Dani Kington (she/her), Assistant Editor of the Athens County Independent, spoke on the responsibility of journalist to enact truthful and unbiased coverage regarding the transgender community, specifically the significance of transgender journalists covering transgender issues. Kington also stressed the acknowledgement of the correlation between negative transgender media portrayals and increased suicide rates. Kington hopes to see more peer-peer support among transgender journalists and more opportunities for a platform to cover their own stories.
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