Queer photojournalist charged with hate crime for coverage of NYT vandalism, social media posts

Queer photojournalist charged with hate crime for coverage of NYT vandalism, social media posts

Activists are speaking out in opposition to a hate-crime charge brought against queer photojournalist Alexa Wilkinson, who has covered many protests.Wilkinson, who uses they/them pronouns, was charged last week with one count of aggravated harassment in the second degree as a hate crime in connection with their social media posts regarding vandalism committed in protest of New York Times coverage of the war in Gaza, as reported by the Times and …