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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/a-major-lgbtq-org-just-left-x-over-the-sites-cyberbullying-of-queer-youth/>
"GLSEN, the LGBTQ+ student rights advocacy organization, has announced that it
will no longer use X (formerly Twitter) because of “increased cyberbullying and
harassment against transgender and LGBTQ+ youth” on the microblogging platform.
The organization’s departure comes barely a month after The Trevor Project, an
LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention resource, left the platform because of its
“increasing hate and vitriol.” The It Gets Better Project, a queer youth
empowerment nonprofit, also left X in August, saying that changes at X made it
impossible to “safely and effectively do this work.”
In its announcement, GLSEN wrote that the platform’s “discriminatory policies
and harmful practices… continue to put LGBTQ+ youth at risk.” Specifically, the
organization mentioned X’s quiet removal of a policy that protected transgender
people from deliberate misgendering and deadnaming."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
