Notices by Kit O'Connell 🏳️‍⚧️ (oconnell@texasobserver.social)

This diagram—with permission, from the Congressional testimony of Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research and development at the VA St. Louis Health Care System and clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis—really drives home the scope of Long #Covid. Brain to skin to kidneys to the circulatory system, there is almost no organ or structure in the body which can't be directly affected by the lasting impact of this disease.

#COVID19 #LongCovid #Science #Healthcare #COVIDIsNotOver

Looking back at 2023, the article I'm most proud of writing is my profile of Austin #drag queens. While this wasn't my article with the biggest impact this year, or one that's garnered any award nominations, it meant so much to me that the @TexasObserver supported the almost six months I spent getting to know members of this community and learning their stories. https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-drag-queens-defy-ban?utm_campaign=mastodon

#journalism #LGBTQIA+ #queer #Austin #Texas #culture #politics #transphobia #BestOf2023

#journalism #LGBTQ+

This summer, I traveled on behalf of @TexasObserver to New York for the GLAAD #Media Awards, after my 2022 article on #transphobia in the #NYTimes got nominated. It's my first nomination for any kind of award, so I'm quite proud of my work~! https://www.texasobserver.org/emily-bazelon-transgender-healthcare-debate-new-york-times?utm_campaign=mastodon

#journalism #LGBTQIA+ #gender #healthcare #children #trans #BestOf2023

In addition, this summer I broke the story that the #Texas Department of #Agriculture had instituted a transphobic new dress code policy, a story which ended up making international #news https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-department-agriculture-dress-code-transgender?utm_campaign=mastodon @TexasObserver

#transphobia #trans #gender #LGBTQIA+ #transgender #politics #USpol #HumanRights #BestOf2023

Mastodon is currently our third largest social network by following, after ex-birdsite and Facebook.

I understand some of the philosophy behind Eugen & co's choices, but I do wish Mastodon didn't hide its referrers from Google Analytics, or at least that there was an easier way to make this optional.

#fediverse #SocialMedia #journalism #JournoLife

Impressive work by @stevanzetti ... many folks have noticed the right-wing takeover of school boards, but Steven dug deep to uncover the people funding that takeover and mapped out the complex web of connections between lobbyists, PACs and #Texas schools: https://www.texasobserver.org/school-board-pacs-consultants-right-wing/

Be sure to explore his interactive map: https://stevanzetti.kumu.io/the-hydralike-network-that-turned-texas-school-board-elections-into-partisan-battlegrounds

#dataviz #news #politics #schools #education #corruption #USpol #Republicans

I joined the rest of the @TexasObserver staff in looking back at the @Texas Legislature's 88th Session and all the suffering lawmakers caused over the past few months.

For my section, on the myriad attacks on #LGBTQIA rights, I spoke with an ACLUTX policy analyst and one of the leading pediatric endocrinologists in #NewMexico. https://www.texasobserver.org/88th-session-texas-legislature-lgbtq-energy-schools/

#transphobia #healthcare #trans #HumanRights #drag #ACLU #TXlege #politics #USpol #news