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Trans Journalists Association Celebrates Members Recognized in 2026 Pulitzer Prizes
To celebrate this year’s Pulitzer honorees, TJA will host “Behind the Stories: Roundtable with TJA Pulitzer Finalists & Winners” on Thursday, May 14 at 12 p.m. PT / 2 p.m. CT / 3 p.m. ET.
Resources for covering Trump counterterrorism strategy
The Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy and officials describing the strategy have invoked misinformation related to transgender people and “left-wing violence.” The Trans Journalists Association strongly cautions newsrooms and journalists reporting on the strategy’s release to avoid perpetuating inaccurate claims about acts of mass violence committed in the United
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Meet the 2026 Trans Journalists Association Reporting Fellows
The Trans Journalists Association (TJA) is proud to announce the inaugural cohort for our Reporting Fellowship, a new program designed to directly invest in accurate, nuanced coverage of trans rights and communities.
"As the journalism industry continues to contract, we're pouring into the kind of reporting and
⚖️ How a U.S. Supreme Court ruling could affect your local reporting
On March 2, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency docket ruling, Mirabelli v. Bonta, on the issue of forced outing in public schools.
What one ICE public records request teaches about FOIA
Working through public records requests can be tedious and frustrating – but the records you receive can turn into phenomenal stories.
Meet Our New Team Member, and See Our 2025 Impact
Welcome, Daria Cottingham, to the TJA Team! And read our 2025 Impact Report.
TJA Reporting Fellowship Update
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Why “biological sex” may not mean what you think
There are a lot of terms to refer to a person’s sex: sex, birth sex, natal sex — and more contentiously, assigned sex at birth and biological sex.
The nuances and differences aren’t always important. But there are differences, and when writing about trans and intersex people — and the