More Broadly, the Narrative About Trans Issues is Changing

More broadly, the narrative about trans issues is changing. Geoffrey Crowther, editor of the Economist from 1938 to 1956, used to tell young journalists to “simplify, then exaggerate”. That may sound like unnecessary advice in the era of churnalism and social media, but it expresses a timeless journalistic truth: a story can only ever be about one thing. And for many years, every trans story stuck to a singular narrative: the struggle of the uniquely oppressed and suffering person born in the wr...