Yes they are. Trans athletes are banned from playing on their teams.

Nothing about banning trans people from sports is reasonable…

Umm

“Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack areallowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary”

Sites like SubStack are explicitly allowed?

The Needle isn’t a great source. And that article has been well known to be AI written.

From the trans discourse I see, everyone has called out The Needle for this attack. The owner has a personal issue with Erin, IIRC it was from being knocked back from an earlier offer to work with her.

I’ve had a fair few issues with that comm. I was at least able to get them to allow journalist org substacks whereas previously it had been a flat ban on everything sub stack.

Erin in the Morning, being one of if not the most prominent trans journalist with all the breaking stories is simply not allowed and other organisations rarely cover what she does so so-much news is never heard.

I’ve mostly taken to sharing her articles on !politics@lemmy.dbzer0.com or !usa@quokk.au

Josh Turek is the latest to join the list, platforming on banning trans people in sports and ending federal funding for trans healthcare nationwide.