Classic case of captured language because it comes from @AP, whose language guide is uncompromisingly gender affirmative. It’s headlined ‘trans youth’ and dips downhill from there. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a… Link to AP style guide extracts next
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Here’s AP on a ‘trans teen sport ban’ apnews.com/article/west-v… Outlets picking up such stories from agencies will also absorb the language: it’s such a toxic subject, the sub wants to be able to refer to the copy as a defence. So activist language in agency copy isn’t taken out.