Thread by @sirosenbaum

"(Because Caroline calls Casey her son, and for the sake of clarity, we are using male references for Casey.)"

This really tells you everything you need to know about the ethics of the reporter heere

https://twitter.com/SleepyOktobur/status/1643347040250781706

I cannot emphasize enough that it's ridiculous that anyone is still quoting Jamie Reed about trans care. She's not trained in trans care. She's not trained in any kind of health care. She's trained in administrative work.

Anything she thinks she knows about trans care comes from doing intake questionaires and scheduling appointments.

Again, this article is very confusing to read if you consider transition care/blockers a normal medical treatment. Any parent demanding a doctor immediately cease any other kind of medical treatment for their child would be seen as potentially abusive -- unless it's trans care.

It is, in fact, standard journalistic practice NOT to publish a story about a minor private citizen if the minor doesn't want the story to run.

https://twitter.com/SleepyOktobur/status/1643347048375238656?s=20

I've killed stories for this reason several times. This is journalistic malpractice tbh.

PS: I'd love for the people rightfully outraged at this to hold onto that outrage next time you see a story about a disabled &/or autistic child that only quotes the parents. #nothingaboutuswithoutus

There are a lot of other problems in the piece, including quoting anti-trans activists without identifying them as such, etc

it's just horrifying to see anyone treat a kid like this in print.