Not one single trans person is quoted in this @nytimes article about the Equality Act passing today, but they did give three extreme anti-trans bigots a chance to spread hatred. Do better. 
Not one single trans person is quoted in this @washingtonpost article about the passage of the Equality Act, and it also gives an extreme anti-trans bigot a platform to spout falsehoods about trans healthcare
Not one single trans person is quoted in this @NBCNews article about the House passage of the Equality Act, but they did allow give the Heritage Foundation a platform to claim without evidence that it would somehow promote sexual assault
Not one single trans person is quoted in this @CNN article about the House passing the Equality Act, but they do give a platform for extreme anti-trans bigots to call my rights “an attack on humanity,” as if I am not a human.
Not one single trans person is quoted in this @CBSNews article about the House passage of the Equality act, though it’s the first article I’ve seen that so much as mentions one of our names!
Not one single trans person is quoted in this article from @thehill about the House passage of the Equality Act.
Not one single trans person is quoted in this article in @USATODAY about the passage of the Equality Act
Somehow @politico managed to include THREE WHOLE WORDS from a trans woman, Dr. Rachel Levine. Good for you, POLITICO! The bar was on the floor and you stepped over it!
Shutting trans people out of mainstream discussions of our rights means these conversations are missing their most moving element. I have friends who've been denied jobs or housing for being trans. They need protection, but you wouldn't know it from the news. Feels intentional.
Where are the trans people talking about what it feels like not to feel safe in *any* bathroom? Where are the trans people talking about how transitioning and athletics saved our lives? Their missing stories are a gaping hole in the conversations about why this bill is needed.
Anyway, if you are a reporter covering trans issues (aka the conversation around the terms on which I'm allowed to exist in our society), PLEASE, I am begging you, reach out to me and I will connect you with so many trans sources it'll make your little head spin. It'll be fun!
I have no words for how tired I became over the course of researching and writing this thread. No conversations about trans people's lives without trans people involved. No excuses.
UPDATE: the @washingtonpost has added a quote from Delegate @pwcdanica to their story. Thanks everyone for helping share this! Will other outlets follow suit?
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