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Watching Our Language In Reporting Transgender Stories

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Watching Our Language In Reporting Transgender Stories

http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2015/05/15/407056702/watching-our-language-in-reporting-transgender-stories

By Elizabeth Jensen
May 15, 2015

"Weekend Edition Sunday aired a feature piece last week about the experience of Little Rock, Ark., cartographer Andrea Zekis as she transitioned from male to female. It focused on her experience at her workplace, the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, and was told largely through the voices of Zekis and her coworkers as they recalled events from several years ago."
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