As someone in the trans community, no you don't and that's a prick "joke." You want to publicly talk about the NYT in a positive way, then you're going to get pushback.
Ken JenningsThis may be true of others but I actually got express permission from the trans community to keep NYT games and recipes. I also have a news subscription, which is arguably worse, so I had to specifically send in a written request. Took 30 days but I got approved.