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‘Worth the Fight’: Meet the California Women Running for the First Time

By Miranda Leitsinger on November 3, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Sex Reassignment Surgery at 74: Medicare Win Opens Door for Transgender Seniors

By Miranda Leitsinger on October 28, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

#MeToo Unmasks the Open Secret of Sexual Abuse in Yoga

By Miranda Leitsinger on September 20, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Left Behind: LGBT Homeless Youth Struggle to Survive on the Streets

By Miranda Leitsinger on August 10, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

‘Extremely Disappointing’: Scouts Boot Openly Gay Troop Leader (exclusive)

By Miranda Leitsinger on April 18, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Sex Offenders No More? Iowa Reconsiders Tough Law on HIV Exposure

By Miranda Leitsinger on April 14, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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Election 2018: Was It the Year of the Woman in California?

By Miranda Leitsinger on November 13, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

After #Election2018 + seeing all of these women winning, you think, ‘fantastic.’ Then you realize we’re NOW making up 22 percent of Congress and 28 percent of CA state leg … and […]

‘Worth the Fight’: Meet the California Women Running for the First Time

By Miranda Leitsinger on November 3, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

I conceived this series with a colleague focusing on California women making their first bids for political office — from city hall to Congress. We received 50 responses to an engagement callout […]

Sex Reassignment Surgery at 74: Medicare Win Opens Door for Transgender Seniors

By Miranda Leitsinger on October 28, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

CHICAGO — Denee Mallon marveled at the view of Lake Michigan from her hospital bed in the Windy City, where she had just made history: the then 74-year-old transgender woman underwent a […]

#MeToo and Yoga: The community responds to KQED reporting

By Miranda Leitsinger on October 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Iyengar National Association of the U.S. (letter): overhauls sexual misconduct reporting, ethical guidelines, use of touch in teaching (moving to informed consent) and will require all teachers and some others to take […]

#MeToo Unmasks the Open Secret of Sexual Abuse in Yoga

By Miranda Leitsinger on September 20, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

A KQED callout for #MeToo accounts in the Bay Area yoga world and my ensuing investigation revealed a range of allegations by seven women against five teachers: from inappropriate massage to a […]

“Paperboy”: A Short Documentary

By Miranda Leitsinger on August 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

For more than 50 years, Eric Smith has delivered the San Francisco Chronicle to his neighbors and friends in the Berkeley Hills – throwing millions of newspapers from his 1975 Chevrolet Capri. […]

26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards: Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia

By Miranda Leitsinger on February 14, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Very excited to report that I have been named a finalist for this GLAAD award for my months-long enterprise story: “Left Behind: LGBT Homeless Youth Struggle to Survive on the Streets.” The winner […]

Boston Marathon Survivor Rebekah DiMartino Has Leg Amputated (exclusive)

By Miranda Leitsinger on November 12, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The latest in my coverage of the Gregory-DiMartino family, survivors of the Boston Marathon. Rebekah had her leg amputated on Monday. I spoke with her over the weekend before the surgery. Despite the […]

Anti-Gay Marriage Leader: We’re David Battling Goliath

By Miranda Leitsinger on October 21, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

A controversial interview I did with the leader of the anti-gay marriage camp ahead of the Supreme Court decision on whether or not to hear same-sex marriage cases pending before it. Is NOM […]

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