Xtra editor's Facebook post sparks controversy
TRANS / Trans activists call for, then call off, boycott of Xtra
Rob Salerno / National / Friday, December 16, 2011
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Xtra_editors_Facebook_post_sparks_controversy-11252.aspxXtra found itself at the centre of a controversy when assignment editor Danny Glenwright posted the birth name of a trans person on his Facebook wall when linking to a story about her on
xtra.ca on Dec 12.
The trans woman, Lexi Tronic, says she was offended by the reference to her birth name. Several trans activists called Glenwright's Facebook post "transphobic" and on Dec 13 called for a boycott of Xtra until the paper apologized for it. They called off the boycott the next day, after Glenwright apologized to Tronic personally.
Glenwright later published an opinion piece on
xtra.ca's Roundup blog, in which he provided some background to the story and criticized the boycott call. That column has quickly become the most-read story on
xtra.ca and sparked more than 100 comments on the site.
