"A former New York Times editor has claimed the newspaper's management is 'militant' about their anti-trans views. Trans journalist and campaigner Billie Jean Sweeney claimed senior staff members at the 175-year-old news publication's shut down 'all avenues' of internal criticism over its reporting of trans issues in the lead-up to the 2024 US election. Speaking to Trans News Network, she said the organisation allowed staff to raise questions and criticisms over senior staff decisions through 'Employee Resource Groups' but subsequently shut the groups down."
"One the things that happened was that [NYT chairman A.G. Sulzberger] kind of came around and gave a stump speech to every part of the paper, including the international desk," Sweeney claimed. "He talked for 40 minutes about how we were going to cover the election 'fairly' and that sort of thing. The international desk wasn't really that involved in the coverage of the election, so it was a little off-key for us. We were all like, 'why are we talking about this?'"
Senior staff at the New York Times shut down avenues of internal criticism over reporting on trans issues in the run-up to the 2024 US election. Employee Resource Groups that had allowed staff to raise questions and criticisms were closed, removing formal channels for dissent. The company chair delivered a company-wide stump speech about covering the election 'fairly' and later asserted that coverage had 'protected' young people through reporting on trans youth. Pockets of dissent were silenced through cancellation of internal forums and other measures described as 'militant.' The outlet's trans reporting has faced sustained criticism from human rights groups and over 100 LGBTQ+ organisations.
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