Fact-checking Radio-Canada’s ‘Trans Express’ documentary

ANALYSIS: A recent French-language piece is another example of poor reporting on trans issues from Canada's mainstream media

Last week, CBC Radio-Canada aired a video documentary titled Trans Express about gender-affirming care, but it is full of all of the tropes of what not to do when reporting on trans people. These include poorly framed statistics, a lack of representation and reiteration of disproven theories or narratives around gender-affirming care.

Xtra senior editors Mel Woods and Ziya Jones break down what the documentary got wrong, and why everyone in Canada should worry about coverage like this.

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