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Katelyn Burns

MSNBC Columnist

Katelyn Burns is a freelance journalist based in New England. She was the first openly transgender Capitol Hill reporter in U.S. history.

Katelyn Burns is a freelance journalist based in New England. She was the first openly transgender Capitol Hill reporter in U.S. history.

Latest from Katelyn Burns

24d ago

Anti-trans policies don’t win elections. The GOP hasn’t figured that out yet.

Despite the beliefs of many Republican leaders, transphobia and anti-trans rhetoric don’t win elections. This notion is proving true ahead of the 2024 election.
30d ago

Caster Semenya’s story highlights the fallacies of anti-trans sports bans

Caster Semenya, the Olympic champion middle-distance runner, has written a memoir, “The Race to Be Myself,” that dispels some of the myths that underlie anti-trans sports bans.
97d ago

Jennifer Aniston’s complaints about cancel culture ignore a major rule of comedy

'Friends' icon Jennifer Aniston has had an impressively long career, but her more recent headlines have to do with so-called cancel culture.
170d ago

Ezra Miller proves you’re only as ‘canceled’ as the rich person in your corner

"The Flash" star Ezra Miller, despite multiple controversies, has dodged damage to their public career as their blockbuster hits theaters to favorable reviews
222d ago

How Bud Light made its true feelings about Dylan Mulvaney depressingly clear

The Bud Light-Dylan Mulvaney controversy shows that marketing beer to trans folks isn't the same as supporting them.
227d ago

DeSantis has nearly unchecked power for his anti-trans agenda — he built it that way

There’s a reason Gov. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 presidential hopeful, is able to steer Florida's anti-trans agenda in ways that threaten the lives, health and safety of trans people like me.
236d ago

Right-wing outrage for trans actress Dylan Mulvaney’s Bud Light ad backfires

A Bud Light ad by Instagram influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked hilariously misplaced conservative outrage, also directed at LGBTQ-friendly ads for Nike and Jack Daniels.
298d ago

A new trans character doesn’t fix ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ transphobia

Harry Potter franchise's newest 'Hogwarts Legacy' video game brings up fresh concerns for the transgender community creator J.K. Rowling continues to attack.
306d ago

Hyperfocusing on new anti-trans bills may hurt more than it helps

The avalanche of hateful legislation has taken its toll on trans Americans' mental health.
352d ago

How Democratic-led states can rise up to the challenge of LGBTQ safety

This week, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing on violence against LGBTQ people following the deadly mass shooting at a Colorado queer bar last month.
376d ago

The Club Q shooting was a predictable next phase of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

Colorado shooting suspect killing five people at Club Q is only the latest consequence of far-right anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that endangers our LGBTQ communities.