consisting of trans individuals and organizations most likely to be able to recognize bias in reporting are imagining things?
That you - who used a transhostile slur in this thread - are in a better position to recognize when news coverage of trans issues is biased? Even people on DU don't recognize the bias when it is used in conversations here. EarlG acknowledged that juries are getting it wrong and leaving way too many transhostile posts because they don't recognize the bias.
Before going too far out on a limb to support the NYT reporting on trans issues, I'd suggest you spend some time listening to trans individuals and their allies.
Just as a quick example, the second opinion piece you posted has some good parts. Hearing the voices of trans individual in a national forum is a great start. But instead of letting the individual speak for themselves, the NYT added an introduction that went out of its way to pander to both-sides-ism.
For example:
The NYT characterized how trans individuals feel about children transitioning as, "There was no uniform perspective on when or whether children should be allowed to transition."
The reality is that the show of hands reported in the article was 11-1 to allow teenagers to take puberty blockers. When the phrase "no uniform perspective" is used, it typically means a split close to half. Not one, sole, Trump supporter standing against the majority. And even that person suggested 13-18 was an appropriate time to begin transitioning.
In the first article, wildly inaccurate opinions were included as part of a conversation - for example - that puberty blockers are being given to 2-3 year olds. When wildly inaccurate opinions about COVID or the 2020 election are asserted, responsible journalists typically include disclaimers near the opinions that the opinion is non-factual. No such disclaimer was included in that article.
The fact that an artical or opinion piece is published in the NYT doesn't make it fair game to use to open up a discussion on DU as to whether restrictions on access to medical care, bans on participation in sports, prohibition on using the bathroom which matches gender is acceptable.
The NYT has different rules for pubishing opinions than the DU TOS. If an opinion would be barred here as trans-hostile, or right wing talking points, publication in the NYT (rather than on Fox) doesn't transform it into fair game as a vehicle to invite the expression of opinions which are otherwise barred here.
I don't know what your purpose is in bringing articles like this to DU, but I do know that such articles have served to invite members of DU to express transhostile opinions on such issues as participation in sports, gender affirming care, etc.
I would encourage you to think carefully about the articles you bring that might invite transhostile opinions, and either refrain from sharing them, or make a point of explaining what non-hostile purpose you have in sharing them.
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