Join Members Of The NewsGuild of New York Organizing For Trans Rights (original) (raw)

February 17, 2023

We, members of the NewsGuild of New York, are coming together to address critical issues affecting trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming workers in our industry. We are concerned about bias in reporting on trans issues; inconsistent standards for reporting on these issues; and a lack of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming editorial staff. We are uniting to confront these issues across our newsrooms, including at The New York Times. Many of us—along with many members of the public—have observed the devastating influence of the anti-factual, biased coverage of transgender life from leading media organizations.

Our goals as a group include building and sharing ethical reporting standards around trans issues, drawing on the work of the Trans Journalists Association; developing strong contract language that ensures trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming journalists are considered for staff positions and are supported in those jobs; and establishing these supports not only in editorial roles, but across newsrooms and media organizations, including for tech workers and in publishing.

We are committed to working together as Guild members to ensure that our industry is a safe and equitable places for trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people to work, and that the work we produce informs readers, viewers and listeners clearly, factually and humanely.

We also emphasize that when we come together as Guild colleagues to engage in this work, it is concerted activity protected by the National Labor Relations Board.

We invite you to sign up below to join us at our next meeting to further this conversation.

In solidarity,

Allegra Kirkland, Teen Vogue (shop steward, the Condé Union)

Alma Avalle, Bon Appétit (bargaining committee, the Condé Union)

Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue

Cody Corrall, BuzzFeed News (unit chair, executive committee member)

Crispin Long, The New Yorker (shop steward, grievance committee)

Dorian Barranco, Insider Union (shop steward)

Emma LeGault, Insider Union (unit chair)

Emma Specter, Vogue (shop steward, the Condé Union)

Gaylord Fields, Condé Nast (edit unit chair, the Condé Union)

Indigo Olivier, The New Republic (unit council)

James Factora, Them

Joan Yang, The New Republic

Lexi McMenamin, Teen Vogue

Lil Kalish, BuzzFeed News

Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic (unit council, shop steward)

Nozlee Samadzadeh, New York Times Tech Guild

P. Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue (shop steward, the Condé Union)

Quispe Lopez, Them

William Antonelli, Insider Union (shop steward)

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