The New York Times to meet with GLAAD, trans community to address coverage of tr

[Shana A]

The New York Times to meet with GLAAD, trans community to address coverage of trans lives
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 2:25pm by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

http://www.glaad.org/blog/new-york-times-meet-glaad-trans-community-address-coverage-trans-lives

The New York Times has invited GLAAD and trans community members to meet in order to speak about story ideas, and ways to improve the paper's coverage of the transgender community.

The move follows a sensationalized and exploitative piece on the death of Lorena Escalera who had been the victim of a fire. Yesterday, another article ran focusing on trans youth culture of Christopher Street but did not include some of the deeper issues facing many trans women of color.

In recent months, it has seemed like the paper's lack of sensitivity towards the trans community has hampered its ability to see beyond appearance and clothing to get at the human stories underneath.