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'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry (transnews.network)

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In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directed from the very top and the damage this legitimization of bigotry has done

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