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Janet Mock remembers Lorena Escalera at the GLAAD Awards

Last weekend at the GLAAD Awards writer and trans advocate Janet Mock took a few minutes to remember Lorena Escalera, the trans woman who died in a fire recently and then was was the subject of a super problematic New York Times article. Janet also called on the Times to meet with trans advocates after the paper refused to admit they did anything wrong. It’s been almost a week, and the Times still hasn’t responded.

If you’re still as pissed as me that the paper of record thinks transphobic reporting is OK  you can write to them here or tweet @NYTimes or @NYTMetro, the paper’s Metro Desk where the problematic article was first published.

Here’s Janet Mock speaking at the GLAAD Awards:

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Last weekend at the GLAAD Awards writer and trans advocate Janet Mock took a few minutes to remember Lorena Escalera, the trans woman who died in a fire recently and then was was the subject of ...