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Gillian Branstetter

Gillian Branstetter

I Want Nothing Dead in Me

Among many overlooked music loves I’ve fallen for lately is Leftover Wine, a collection of live recordings by summer-of-love folk singer…

Aug 19, 2021

I Want Nothing Dead in Me

Aug 19, 2021

Gillian Branstetter

The Radical Self-Compassion of Simone Biles

Biles desire to be more than her accomplishments breaks longstanding American myths about who is deserving and undeserving of our…

Aug 3, 2021

The Radical Self-Compassion of Simone Biles

Aug 3, 2021

Gillian Branstetter

How To Begin

It was maybe the third time I got champagne in my hair in a span of an hour. Walking through a jubilant and growing crowd outside the…

Nov 8, 2020

How To Begin

Nov 8, 2020

Gillian Branstetter

In Pennsylvania, A Woman In Power Confronts Nothing New

The offensive mocking of Dr. Rachel Levine is both a rare example of public discourse wrangling with a transgender woman with power and an…

Aug 2, 2020

In Pennsylvania, A Woman In Power Confronts Nothing New

Aug 2, 2020

Gillian Branstetter

How Do You Change a Conversation You Aren’t Allowed to Have?

With minimal institutional power or presence in American newsrooms, how can transgender people shift public discussion about us?

Jul 12, 2020

How Do You Change a Conversation You Aren’t Allowed to Have?

Jul 12, 2020

Gillian Branstetter

While A Virus Spreads, DC Washes Its Hands

“I’m sure there are many people in Washington who have envisaged their capital destroyed by a nuclear missile, a fate for which it seems…

Mar 16, 2020

While A Virus Spreads, DC Washes Its Hands

Mar 16, 2020

Gillian Branstetter

Transgender People: A Guide for Reporters

Transgender Adults and Health Care Transgender Youth and Health Care Transgender People and Incarceration

Jan 13, 2020

Transgender People: A Guide for Reporters

Jan 13, 2020

Gillian Branstetter

Transgender People & Incarceration: A Guide for Reporters

There are few people more vulnerable in American society today than a transgender person in prison.

Jan 13, 2020

Transgender People & Incarceration: A Guide for Reporters

Jan 13, 2020

Gillian Branstetter

Transgender Adults & Health Care: A Guide for Reporters

This article is one part of a series on recommendations for reporting on the lives and experiences of transgender people. For an…

Jan 13, 2020

Transgender Adults & Health Care: A Guide for Reporters

Jan 13, 2020

Gillian Branstetter

Transgender Youth & Health Care: A Guide for Reporters

According to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention, one in 50 teenagers in the United States identifies as transgender. Also…

Nov 22, 2019

Transgender Youth & Health Care: A Guide for Reporters

Nov 22, 2019

Gillian Branstetter

Gillian Branstetter

Writer | Media Strategist | Press @NWLC | Co-Founder @TransJournalist | Bylines: The Atlantic, Newsweek, Out, Openly, Rewire, The Daily Dot | She/Her

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