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'''Jesse Singal''' is an American journalist and anti-trans activist. He has written for publications including ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine, ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Atlantic]]''. Singal also publishes a newsletter on [[Substack]] and hosts a [[podcast]], ''Blocked and Reported'', with journalist Katie Herzog.

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Among the controversial aspects of the article was the proportion of weight given to stories of adolescents who had desisted or [[detransition]]ed — thated—that is, reverted to identifying with their genders assigned at birth, either before or after undergoing physical transition. In the article, Singal acknowledges that the stories of detransitioners are sometimes viewed with skepticism or suspicion by the transgender community, in part because they have been used by conservative media to further misleading narratives. Alex Barasch, writing in ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', faulted the article for not including the story of "a single happy, well-adjusted trans teen" in its first 9,000 words.<ref name="slate-atlantic" /> However, one of the reader response letters published by ''The Atlantic'' identified in the article two stories of happily transitioned teens, though the author referred to them as being "buried deep in the article".<ref name="atlantic-parents" /> Barasch also criticized Singal for failing to include the stories of individuals who had detransitioned for reasons other than a realization that they were not trans, such as social stigma.<ref name="slate-atlantic" /> Some transgender advocates questioned whether it was appropriate for a [[cisgender]] man like Singal, rather than a transgender writer, to write on the topic.<ref name="economist-trans"/>

===Subsequent controversiesevents===

In March 2021, Singal was listed on [[GLAAD]]'s "Accountability Project", which the organization described as serving to document "[[Anti-LGBT rhetoric|anti-LGBTQ]] words and actions from politicians, commentators, organization leaders, journalists and other public figures".<ref name="advocate-accountability"/> SingalAmong respondedother on [[Substack]]things, statingGLAAD thatcriticizes hisSingal inclusionfor onmisinterpreting thea list was basedstudy on "previouslydesistance disprovenamong internettransgender scuttlebutt".children Singaland wasfor supportedpromoting byunsupported sexhypotheses columnistthat [[Dansexual Savage]],trauma whocan deridedcause whatgender hedysphoria describedand asthat agender "longdysphoria &can dishonestspread campaign"via against[[social Singal,contagion]].<ref name="hillGLAAD-accountability"/> andSingal urgedresponded readerson to[[Substack]], listenstating tothat Singal'shis interviewinclusion ofon athe youth-genderlist clinician,was Dr.based Ericaon Anderson,"previously beforedisproven judginginternet him as transphobicscuttlebutt".<ref name="advocatehill-accountability"/>

Since March 2020,<ref name="tribune-pod"/> Singal has hosted the podcast ''Blocked and Reported'' with Katie Herzog, a journalist based in Washington state. The podcast's content focuses on internet culture war controversies. According to its website, "Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires. (And sometimes they talk about other stuff, too.)"<ref name="barpod-about">{{cite web |title=Blocked and Reported About Page |url=https://www.blockedandreported.org/about |website=Blocked and Reported on Substack |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> Herzog and Singal have both been described as politically liberal,<ref name="tribune-pod"/> "heterodox"<ref name="reason-pod"/> and "[[woke]]-skeptic."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=July podcast picks: online rage, taboos and obesity |magazine=[[The Week]] |date=July 23, 2021 |url=https://www.theweek.co.uk/arts-life/culture/music/953595/podcasts-of-the-week-online-rage-taboos-and-obesity |language=en}}</ref> Herzog was also the subject of online ostracism (characterized in ''The New York Times'' as an attempted [[cancel culture|cancellation]]) as a result of a controversial 2017 article she wrote for Seattle weekly ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'' about people who have undergone [[detransition]].<ref name="nyt-cancel"/>

Within three months of the podcast's debut, it had more than 1,400 financial supporters through [[Patreon]], collectively paying more than $8,000 per month.<ref name="reason-pod"/> As of July 2021, this had increased to approximately 5,600 patrons and $37,000 per month.<ref name="bnr-patreon"/> In October 2021, the podcast's website hosting and patronage services were migrated to [[Substack]], where it has over 4346,000 subscribers as of NovemberFebruary 20232024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singal |first=Jesse |title=Blocked and Reported {{!}} Substack |url=https://www.blockedandreported.org/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=www.blockedandreported.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name="barpod-substack">{{cite web |title=Why Blocked And Reported Moved To Substack

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