• The executive editor of The New York Times has urged his staff to calm down and moderate their tone amid an explosive row over the paper’s coverage of transgender issues.
• Joe Kahn wrote to all staff on Thursday, telling them their criticism of each other was damaging and unacceptable.
• The row began on Wednesday, when GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, coordinated a public letter signed by celebrities and activist groups condemning the paper’s “irresponsible, biased coverage of transgender people.”

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