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@awful.systemshttps://www.nj.com/education/2024/04/nj-college-cancels-drag-queen-event-to-respect-comfort-levels-of-employees.html
The drag queen story hour was supposed to be part of the college's "Bring Your Children to Work Day" event, but was called off the night before.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/us/missouri-lawmakers-felony-transgender-students-reaj
Legislation has been proposed in the Missouri state House that could see teachers and counselors charged with a felony and require them to register as sex offenders if they’re found guilty of supporting transgender students who are socially transitioning.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/voters-huntington-beach-calif-weigh-banning-pride-flags-city-property-rcna141902
Measure B in Huntington Beach enshrines into the city charter a prohibition on nongovernmental flags being flown outside city buildings and other facilities.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/03/portland-bartender-who-shoved-transgender-woman-in-bathroom-dispute-guilty-of-hate-crime-jury-rules.html
Jake’s Place bartender Cassie McIntyre pushed customer Riis Larsen, a transgender woman, outside the women’s restroom.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/03/portland-bartender-who-shoved-transgender-woman-in-bathroom-dispute-guilty-of-hate-crime-jury-rules.html
Jake’s Place bartender Cassie McIntyre pushed customer Riis Larsen, a transgender woman, outside the women’s restroom.
https://www.mediamatters.org/google/youtube-and-right-wing-creators-are-profiting-anti-trans-vitriol
YouTube is allowing right-wing creators with millions of subscribers to misgender and deadname trans people on its platform — and monetizing that content through advertising. YouTube has claimed for years to be committed to protecting trans people from hate speech and harassment on the platform while resisting advocates’ calls to explicitly prohibit intentionally deadnaming or misgendering trans people — forms of harassment that involve using a trans person's former name or incorrect pronouns. Media Matters reviewed the YouTube channels of popular right-wing pundits including The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, and Candace Owens and found that they have repeatedly misgendered and deadnamed high-profile trans people, including minors. What’s more, their content misidentifying trans people was frequently monetized, meaning that YouTube and the creators likely profited from this bigotry. Though YouTube has temporarily suspended or demonetized accounts in the past for violating its hate speech and harassment policies by promoting bigotry against LGBTQ people, the platform’s lack of explicit rules around misgendering and deadnaming has left YouTube rife with monetized anti-trans vitriol.
https://www.mediamatters.org/google/youtube-and-right-wing-creators-are-profiting-anti-trans-vitriol
YouTube is allowing right-wing creators with millions of subscribers to misgender and deadname trans people on its platform — and monetizing that content through advertising. YouTube has claimed for years to be committed to protecting trans people from hate speech and harassment on the platform while resisting advocates’ calls to explicitly prohibit intentionally deadnaming or misgendering trans people — forms of harassment that involve using a trans person's former name or incorrect pronouns. Media Matters reviewed the YouTube channels of popular right-wing pundits including The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, and Candace Owens and found that they have repeatedly misgendered and deadnamed high-profile trans people, including minors. What’s more, their content misidentifying trans people was frequently monetized, meaning that YouTube and the creators likely profited from this bigotry. Though YouTube has temporarily suspended or demonetized accounts in the past for violating its hate speech and harassment policies by promoting bigotry against LGBTQ people, the platform’s lack of explicit rules around misgendering and deadnaming has left YouTube rife with monetized anti-trans vitriol.
https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/response-grows-as-westboro-baptist-church-plans-protest-at-owasso-schools
National and local organizations are responding to a protest planned by the Westboro Baptist Church at Owasso Public Schools on March 6.
https://www.advocate.com/news/x-bans-deadnaming-misgendering
Advocacy groups say the quiet policy change and weak enforcement mechanisms leave a lot to be desired for the safety of users on the platform formerly called Twitter.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/02/29/texas-ag-pflag-must-provide-names-details-of-trans-members/