Overview
- The New York Times published a guest comic-strip essay by Zach Ellams on Sunday, June 21, recounting parenting as a trans-identifying man in an illustrated, multi-frame format.
- Right-leaning outlets and commentators rapidly condemned the piece, naming figures such as Matt Taibbi, Alex Berenson, Sean Davis, and outlets including Fox News, The Daily Wire, The Federalist, OpIndia, Blaze, and Newsbusters in their coverage.
- Coverage highlighted specific panels in which the author's daughter asks about past breasts, surgery, and a mustache while one scene shows the child saying she wants a beard when she grows up.
- As of the latest reporting in the supplied articles, the backlash has continued without a reported New York Times rebuttal, correction, or editorial response.
- Commentators framed the episode as part of a larger culture-war fight over how legacy media present transgender identities, what counts as fatherhood, and whether holiday coverage should normalize trans parenting for children.