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4 Common Challenges When Discussing Transgender Issues and How to Approach Them

Recommended Reading / July 19th, 2023 / By Jessica Carpenter

Here are four common challenges that often come up in conversations about transgender issues and how to navigate them.

Bridging Divides, Transgender Issues, LGBTQ Issues

Coverage Polarized, Response Divided Following School Shooting in Nashville

Story of the Week / March 30th, 2023 / By AllSides Staff

A mass shooting at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, left many speculating about the shooter's motive and calling for gun reform.

Story Of The Week, Mass Shootings, Gun Violence, Gun Control And Gun Rights, Transgender Issues, Religion And Faith

Here's Where Democrats and Republicans Agree on LGBTQ Issues

Common Ground / August 8th, 2022 / By Clare Ashcraft

While much of the country remains deeply divided on trans issues, there has been much progress and common ground on LGBTQ issues as a whole.

Common Ground, Bipartisanship, LGBTQ Issues, Transgender Issues, Gay Rights

Media Bias Alert: The UK's Only Youth Gender Clinic Announces Plan to Shut Down

Bias / August 3rd, 2022 / By Clare Ashcraft

Media in the UK, the US, and elsewhere responded with news coverage that showed signs of biases in favor of and against gender transition treatments.

Media Bias Alert, Transgender Issues, LGBTQ Issues, New York Times Bias

Media Bias Alert: AP Omits Other Side in Transgender Style Guidelines

Bias / July 27th, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

The Associated Press' new Stylebook guidelines on transgender issues show numerous types of media bias.

Media Bias, Media Bias Alert, AP Bias, Transgender Issues

Media Bias by Word Choice: "Gender-Affirming Care" or "Gender Dysphoria Treatment"?

Facts & Data / June 13th, 2022 / By Andrew Weinzierl

AllSides conducted an analysis of media outlets across the political spectrum to see which words were used to describe transgender transition-related treatments in outlets on the left and right.

Transgender Issues, LGBTQ Issues, Data

“Gender-Affirming Care” or “Medical Procedures”? Both Sides of Transgender Terminology

Bias / June 10th, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

What is the best way to describe transgender treatment? "Gender-affirming care" or "gender transition procedures"? AllSides discusses.

Transgender Issues, LGBTQ Issues, AllSides Standards

“Birthing People” or “Mothers”? Debate Ignites Over Mother’s Day Weekend

Bias / May 10th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

“Birthing people” or “mothers”? An online debate was sparked by Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush over Mother’s Day weekend after she used the term "birthing people'' in a speech in Congress, and Twitter lit up with controversy. Some people have advocated for the term birthing...

Mother's Day, Transgender Issues, Women's Issues

Unpacking Media Bias in Coverage of Rand Paul, Rachel Levine Exchange Over Treatments for Transgender Youth

Bias / March 2nd, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

Media bias was on full display following an exchange during Dr. Rachel Levine’s confirmation hearing last Thursday in front of the U.S. Senate. Dr. Levine is President Joe Biden’s nominee for Assistant Secretary of Health and is transgender. During the hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who...

Media Bias, Rand Paul, Transgender Issues

How News Outlets Wrote About Elliot Page

Bias / December 4th, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

News publishers were faced with a test of their reporting standards on Tuesday when Elliot Page, the Oscar-nominated actor formerly known as Ellen Page, came out as transgender. The rights and identities of trans people are a politically polarizing issue for some in the United States,...

Transgender Issues, LGBTQ Issues, Media Industry, Media Bias, Journalism, Hollywood, Entertainment, Movies, Netflix

CNN Accused of Bias for “Individuals With a Cervix” Tweet

Bias / July 31st, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Media bias accusations swirled around CNN ( Lean Left bias ) this week, showcasing the very clear ideological divide on issues of sex and gender. CNN shared an article on Twitter July 30 about the American Cancer Society’s recommendations for cervical cancer screenings. CNN wrote the...

Media Bias, Liberal Media Bias, CNN, Progressives, Progressivism, Transgender Issues, Women, Women's Issues

Transgender Military Ban

Story of the Week / July 27th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

In a series of tweets, President Trump announced that transgender people will be banned from joining the nation's military. Transgender members of the military have spoken out calling it a "shot in the face". Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,...

News, Story Of The Week, Transgender Issues

Are Gender Neutral Bathrooms Our Priority?

News / June 23rd, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Should bathrooms be gender-neutral? In recent months this question has been the subject of countless articles, television discussions and national magazine covers. The people at the Broadway show Kinky Boots have even produced a video featuring their take on the argument. This is an issue...

Missing Perspectives, Bathroom Bill, Gender, Transgender Issues

Story of the Week: Transgender Restroom Access

News / May 19th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Last Friday, the Obama administration called for public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, saying that Title IX, which outlaws sex discrimination in public schools, covers gender identity . There is an implication that...

Transgender Issues, Bathroom Bill, News

Tag: Transgender Issues