Tips for navigating uncertain gender identity during breaking news

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The Trans Journalists Association won’t tell you whether someone is (or isn’t) trans. Here's why identifying gender during breaking news is more complicated than you think. 

Some reporters on a deadline to cover big breaking news this year have found themselves wondering, “Is the person I’m reporting on trans?” 

They probably didn’t teach you how to answer that in J-school. But it’s not always that complicated.

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