Something must be wrong, they keep suggesting, but they can’t tell us what it is. And they didn’t uplift the stories of the trans youths whose care is under threat.

Leading Off: Two big bills promoting bigotry reach the governor. Oregon turns back a sports ban. And trans people speak out against the Times. The week’s top story lines.

The mom of a trans girl pleaded with a New York Times producer not to use audio captured in a vulnerable moment. Against her will, the company is slated to use the clip for its new podcast.

Leading Off: A first look at Utah's evidence review. The Times is pressed on bias. Democrats and Republicans say trans people face bigotry. The top story lines as the week begins.

The lawyer, Bill Bock, is also prominently affiliated with a conservative Christian group that seeks “reformation of nations.”

Insiders say Pamela Paul is soon to be out of the New York Times’ Opinion section… so let’s talk about all of the awful stuff she wrote about trans people!

Billie Sweeney is a trans journalist who was an editor for the New York Times until last year. Here, she recalls her losing battle for the soul of the paper of record.

After attacks on the trans community in the wake of the election, Riki Wilchins takes a look at the actual data.

The shift, which took place under pressure from the New York Times, represents a crumbling of one of the last bulwarks of protection for the tiny number of families whose children need such care.

Azeen Ghorayshi mentioned the trans identity of WPATH President Marci Bowers, but did not include the identities of people mentioned in the story who were cis.

Missouri families are reporting that Azeen Ghorayshi of the New York Times has sought their participation in a podcast that will cover gender affirming care. The largest LGBTQ+ organization in MO is warning families not to agree.

Despite pressure from GLAAD, the NYT resisted efforts to update their obituary for Lori and George Schappell to remove repeated uses of a previously used female name for George.

A story in Politico on tensions between the Biden administration and the New York Times contains intriguing hints about A. G. Sulzberger’s role in shaping coverage of Biden and, perhaps, transgender issues.

David Brooks is not qualified to judge this, or anything else, about transgender healthcare.

Doctors assign their best guess at sex based on a cursory visual examination of an infant’s genitals. But, what if they didn’t?

A BBC Radio 4 interview was misrepresented in the UK press, then JK Rowling went on a transphobic tear, then Caitlyn Jenner amplified the misinformation, and now we’re doing a story on it.

The cons were spitting mad that a trans woman’s life was celebrated.

Will readers understand that Pamela Paul’s lengthy opinions on gender-affirming care don’t represent reporting, or the truth?

The teens who murdered Ghey referred to her as “it” and discussed her trans identity in dehumanizing ways as they psyched themselves up to stab her in a public park.