Trans woman googles every news story containing the word 'transgender' in a year

Get the Full StoryTea Uglow was having dinner with her family when her brother proffered an impromptu opinion on "the role of trans people in sport, women's spaces, and the 'danger to the kids.'"

"It was as surprising as it was personally devastating," said Uglow, who identifies as trans.

"After an emotional discussion it was even harder to persuade everyone that this was literally regurgitating ideas we d seen on the front pages for the last few years," she added. "'Concerns' that were not concerning when I actually transitioned."

From the conversation with her family, an idea emerged. Uglow, who works for Google Creative Lab, said she wanted to see where those ideas about trans people emerged by doing a non-partisan review of headlines from the past year. "I just wanted to see, without cherry-picking the 'bad' headlines, how out of control the situation was," she said. Read more...More about Transgender, Transgender Rights, Media Industry, Social Good, and Activism

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