First, I appreciate the Independent's coverage of Friday's Title IX celebration at the courthouse. ( "Jumping Fences and Gender Barriers" ). As I read the story online, I was thrilled by the newspaper's coverage of the event, including Title IX's backstory (Representative Patsy Mink), and overall, what I had hoped to see in print.
However, the last two paragraphs, not. The closing sections inserted male transgender issues into an article about female athletes, the obstacles they faced, and woman's rightful place in elite sports today. The trans angle had no place in the Title IX story.
The two paragraphs looked to have been clipped on, reading as though they were a political disclaimer to remind your most liberal readers where the Independent stands on transgenderism. Even the tone and language were quite different from the story's body that celebrated women's sports within an important moment in American history.