A new ‘Assigned Media’ report found that the ‘New York Times’ rarely cited trans people in coverage about trans issues
Mel Woods
Senior editor Mel Woods is an English-speaking Vancouver-based writer, editor and audio producer and a former associate editor with HuffPost Canada. A proud prairie queer and ranch dressing expert, their work has also appeared in Vice, Slate, the Tyee, the CBC, the Globe and Mail and the Walrus.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules against Colorado conversion therapy ban
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