More Than Just a ‘Trans Journalist’

Introducing myself — journalist Katelyn Burns

Katelyn Burns

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The writer — Katelyn Burns. Credit: Katelyn Burns

All I remember is that I was supposed to be covering a congressional hearing about some abortion-related issue inside the US Capitol one July day in 2018. It was about 15 minutes after the world learned that Justice Anthony Kennedy — the swing vote in, to that point, the most consequential queer legal case in US history —…

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Katelyn Burns

Political journalist. The first openly trans Capitol Hill reporter in US history. Writing about more than just trans issues. Follow her on Twitter @transscribe