Molly is a freelance writer working across journalism, creative nonfiction, screenplays and more. Her writing uplifts the voices and experiences of racialised and marginalised people across the world, with a focus on structural issues through the lenses of culture, society, entertainment and more.

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Jamie is a trained software engineer and fundraiser, bringing experience from the LGBTQ+ non-profit sector both in the UK and internationally. His involvement spans a range of LGBTQ+ initiatives, including projects centred around queer history, education, international rights, and mental health advocacy.

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We came together with the mutual understanding that not enough was being done by cis people to combat the scale of transphobia in the media. As a media worker, Molly could see that whilst publications churned out article after article espousing transphobic hate, positive stories about, with, for and by trans people were thin on the ground. 

During his time at Switchboard - LGBTQ+ Helpline, Jamie saw the direct impact of the media's rampant transphobia on its service users, both through direct engagement on the phone lines and reflected in their caller data. The data aggregated in Switchboard's annual impact report, Listen Up, continues to shed a light on the real-world implications of media narratives for the trans and gender nonconforming communities.

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Using our backgrounds, knowledge and skill sets, we wanted to create a platform that fights back en masse, bringing media workers together to collectively combat transphobia. Trans people are already taking on much of this crucial work, and as cis people we too must stand up - but not over. We must organise in active solidarity with our trans siblings and work together towards building a world free from transphobia.