Anya Zoledziowski
Senior Reporter
anya.zoledziowski@vice.comAnya Zoledziowski is an award-winning staff reporter at VICE World News. Her reporting focuses on a wide-range of social justice issues, including Indigenous affairs, race, politics, sex worker rights, and the disproportionate harm experienced by racialized communities as the climate crisis worsens. She graduated top of her class from the University of British Columbia Master of Journalism program in 2018, and has since won multiple awards for her investigative reporting delving into hate crimes targeting Indigenous women at the hands of transient workers who move into “man camps,” temporary housing units near resource extraction sites. She also won the CAJ Reconciliation Award in 2021 for her Indigenous affairs reporting. Prior to working at VICE, she was with CBC, now defunct StarMetro Calgary, and freelanced all over.
‘It’s Time to Start Worrying’: Trans People Are Questioning Their Futures in the US
“Everybody is kind of scrambling just to prepare for the absolute worst.”
‘I’m Scared for My Followers’: Anti-Trans Hate Is Absolutely Rampant on Facebook
“I have DMs from people literally telling me to kill myself and Facebook won’t do anything about,” one trans creator told VICE News.
These Queer Kids Aren't Going to Let Ron DeSantis Ruin Their College
“Joy is a form of resistance,” one student said.
Trans People Are Avoiding Whole U.S. States to Stay Safe
“I wouldn’t even try to get a motel in rural America right now,” one trans woman told VICE News.
GOP Lawmakers Are Silencing Montana’s First Out Trans Lawmaker
Republicans won’t allow Rep. Zooey Zephyr to speak about bills on the House floor for the rest of this year’s legislative session.
Kentucky Schools Can’t Teach Kids About Puberty Anymore
A new law that’s full of anti-trans provisions also bans teaching about puberty until sixth grade, when many kids are already going through puberty.
Florida’s Anti-Trans Laws Could Completely Wipe Out LGBTQ Clinics
“There is going to be a massive health crisis as all these bans go into effect,” the owner of one LGBTQ clinic told VICE News.
Trans Kids Are Losing Critical Healthcare, and Their Parents Are Panicking
Approximately 150,000 trans kids in the U.S. are at risk of losing critical care.
Gender-Affirming Care for Adults Is Now Basically Banned in Missouri
The state’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced an emergency regulation that erects enormous barriers to care for trans people of all ages.
Leaked Emails Reveal Just How Powerful the Anti-Trans Movement Has Become
What was said in private emails just a few years ago is now said publicly—online, in the media, and on the floors of state houses around the country.
Republican Calls Trans People ‘Mutants,’ Totally Misses the Point of X-Men
Unfortunately, the representative fully missed the point of the X-Men story and appeared to draw inspiration from the film's villains.
Trans Lawmakers Are Publicly Opposing Biden’s Title IX Changes
Trans politicians have sent a letter to Biden urging his administration to rework proposed Title IX changes that could cause further discrimination against trans people.