The court ruled Tuesday that Idaho and Virginia did not discriminate against runner Lindsay Hecox or high school shot-putter Becky Pepper-Jackson in barring them from playing on teams that align with their gender identity.

Supreme Court rules against trans athletes in case over sports participation

The court ruled Tuesday that Idaho and Virginia did not discriminate against runner Lindsay Hecox or high school shot-putter Becky Pepper-Jackson in barring them from playing on teams that align with ...

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No one is appointed with the power to tell you who you are. I still see you.

This is the absolute coolest thing I have ever seen. I love you, @transjournalists.org. And CONGRATS to every single one of this year's finalists and winners 🎉

Trans Journalists Association@transjournalists.org · 5mo ago

Join us for “Behind the Stories: Roundtable with TJA Pulitzer Winners and Finalists” a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists from across the TJA community. 🗓️: Thursday, May 14 ⌚️: 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET RSVP: bit.ly/42qrqot

A women’s college faces a federal investigation over its trans-inclusive admissions @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social writing for @19thnews.org

A women’s college faces a federal investigation over its trans-inclusive admissions

Smith College, considered one of the nation’s most friendly to LGBTQ+ students, is accused of violating Title IX by the Trump administration.

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Trans people could soon be banned from homeless shelters: Shelters would have to house people based on their birth sex or lose federal funding, according to a new HUD proposal. reporting by @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2026/05/trum...

Trans people could soon be banned from homeless shelters

Shelters would have to house people based on their birth sex or lose federal funding, according to a new HUD proposal.

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A heads up that starting in mid-May, I will be taking a 6-month leave from reporting to hang with my very sweet family and reset. I’m grateful to The @19thnews.org for this time. A contract reporter will capably fill my role while I’m out. ❤️🙏🏻

come work with me!

Grace Panetta@gracepanetta.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My team at @19thnews.org is hiring a contract LGBTQ+ reporter to join us for 6 months this year! 💻 Remote (US only) 💰$50/hour 📆 32 hours a week Apply by May 1! 19thnews.org/2026/04/cont...

Have you ever thought you wanted my job? Well, you can have it for six months! HMU if you have questions 19thnews.org/2026/04/cont...

We're hiring a contract LGBTQ+ reporter

The 19th is seeking a part-time contract reporter to report, write and produce coverage of LGBTQ+ issues, focusing on the intersections with politics and elections.

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My very beloved college is closing, and I'm oh so sad and grateful for all it gave me. gazettenet.com/2026/04/14/h...

Hampshire College to close at year's end - Daily Hampshire Gazette

AMHERST — Hampshire College will close at the end of the calendar year, bringing to an end an institution that began in 1970. Trustees this week voted to permanently shutter the campus following the f...

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some important history to start the week with, from @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social

The wild saga of FDR’s $1 million gay military sex sting

In 1919, before he was president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt approved a secret operation that led senators to say he should never be allowed to hold public office.

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Why does this feel so familiar?

Kate Sosin@shoeleatherkate.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I bring you the most important reporting of my career. 19thnews.org/2026/04/fdr-...

well worth the read, and don't miss the underlying academic article that informed this. i certainly didn't know FDR sent gay men to prison and ruined their lives via an undercover network of, essentially, male Navy sex worker spies: direct.mit.edu/tneq/article...

“I did It for The Uplift of Humanity and The Navy”: Same-Sex Acts and The Origins of The National Security State, 1919–1921

Abstract. This essay explores U.S. national security interests on the World War I home-front from 1917-1921 in Newport, Rhode Island when Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt's covert operatives attempted to restrict same-sex acts through methods of entrapment. It argues that World War I provided government officials new opportunities to expand security concerns as it policed and punished gender and sexual non-conformity well before the Cold War.

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Kate Sosin@shoeleatherkate.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I bring you the most important reporting of my career. 19thnews.org/2026/04/fdr-...

100 years later, FDR’s plan to entrap gay Navy sailors is coming to light @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social - buff.ly/1DiMqtA

I bring you the most important reporting of my career. 19thnews.org/2026/04/fdr-...

Given there’s a good jobs report this month that will almost certainly be revised down significantly I would like to remind people I am actively looking for work and am available to help your organization TOMORROW.

Sydney Bauer@sydney-bauer.com · 8mo ago

Editors, if you would like someone to help plan your Los Angeles 2028 Olympic coverage from the actual sports to the massive political implications they have, I’m your woman. So much is going on NOW that matters.

“I know this is a time when I really need to do this job, and I need to do it well, and I need to do it with purpose. That means that I need to pace myself.” @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social (2025) niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/17/j...

Journalist Kate Sosin on covering trans issues in the age of Trump 2.0 - Nieman Storyboard

“As a trans person, I have to write news that makes me want to get up in the morning … stories that are more constructive than just, ‘Here's another thing that has been taken away from you.’”

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A few weeks ago, I had a really serious nightmare that my wife insisted we celebrate New Year's Eve by going out. I'm still not recovered.

I am looking to interview a trans athlete who self identifies as not that good at their sport but enjoys it anyway. Is that you? HMU!

are there transgender sports stories you feel haven't been told yet? what are they?

We urgently need to address the fact that queer media has been decimated over the last year. Them has been sold. NBC Out dissolved. INTO shuttered. At a time when they are needed most, most queer and trans journalists have no platform or income.

What are the stories about trans people in sports that are not being told? What do you wish we would report? 🎾

Reporting fellows cover issues through the lens of gender, politics and policy. The audience fellow connects our journalism to readers, while the news product fellow builds digital tools and products that support The 19th’s journalism and help us reach new audiences.

The 19th launches applications for fifth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort – plus, a new track

The program offers early- and mid-career HBCU alums yearlong, salaried fellowships in reporting, audience engagement, news product and development.

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We cannot allow colleagues to be subjected to spurious and unwarranted arrest for committing acts of journalism. www.thecity.nyc/media-outlet...

Media Outlets Condemn the Arrests of Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort

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BREAKING: The Trump administration choosing now to go after Minnesota for... trans girls in sports. 19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...

Minnesota targeted by federal government over trans girls in sports

The notice comes as the Trump administration faces a substantial backlash to its immigration enforcement in the state, which has led to the shooting deaths of two Minnesotans.

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Fox News really into covering the winter storm these past two days

I promise to teach my children this history

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.

A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks

Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.

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Don't sleep on @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social and their take on SCOTUS and trans sports - I guarantee some part of this convo will surprise you slate.com/podcasts/wha...

SCOTUS Might Actually Let Trans Kids on the Field

Rooting for the “damage control” of a narrow ruling.

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Justices hear arguments on gender and exclusion in 2 cases on transgender athletes @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social for @19thnews.org

Justices hear arguments on gender and exclusion in 2 cases on transgender athletes

Lawyers for West Virginia and Idaho repeatedly misgendered the girls as they argued that their bans were in line with national policy.

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