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‘The Week’ and transgender people

The Week is a media organization that publishes weekly summaries of the news and a more frequently updated website. AllSides rates its political bias as “lean left.” Their coverage of trans topics is generally neutral, though they have published pieces critical of transgender activism by Damon Linker.

Background

The Week’s British version began in 1995 and the American version began in 2001. Their editorial approach is rooted in curation: instead of producing all original reporting, its editors gather, filter, and synthesize coverage from hundreds of reputable newspapers, websites, magazines, and other media They present multiple viewpoints, including liberal, conservative, libertarian, and others, on the week’s biggest stories.

References

AllSides: The Week – News https://www.allsides.com/news-source/the-week-bias

Selected coverage

Linker, Damon (October 26, 2021). Why does wokeness drive me crazy? The Week https://theweek.com/feature/1006394/why-does-wokeness-drive-me-mad

Staff report (October 24, 2021). The controversy over trans teens. Should young people with gender dysphoria be prescribed puberty blockers and hormones? The Week https://theweek.com/life/1006253/the-controversy-over-trans-teens

Linker, Damon (July 12, 2019). Liberals’ astonishingly radical shift on gender. The Week https://theweek.com/articles/852090/liberals-astonishingly-radical-shift-gender

Ishwar, Shivani (July 10, 2018). New study reveals health risks associated with transgender women’s hormone therapy. The Week https://theweek.com/speedreads/784076/new-study-reveals-health-risks-associated-transgender-womens-hormone-therapy

Linker, Damon (March 9, 2018) The egregious overreach of transgender activism. The Week https://theweek.com/articles/759763/egregious-overreach-transgender-activism

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