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Alejandra Caraballo
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Twitter quietly changes its hateful conduct policy to remove standing protections for its transgender users
April 19, 2023
Twitter sparked backlash this week after some users noticed it had quietly removed language in its hateful conduct policy that explicitly protected transgender people from…
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Coming up on today’s show: Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic and former staff attorney at the Transgender Legal Defense…
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Puffer coat Pope Francis fooled many with his ‘drip.’ But experts say image underscores danger of AI misinformation.
March 29, 2023
Over the weekend, an image of Pope Francis spread like wildfire on social media platforms. In place of his daily attire of austere white cassocks,…
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On Monday a transgender woman from Saudi Arabia published a suicide note that incriminates her parents with forcing her to detransition. Eden Knight lived in…
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A rash of proposed Florida laws use ‘genocidal rhetoric’ to attack trans people, legal experts say
March 14, 2023
A series of new bills in Florida taking aim at health care providers offering gender-affirming care and parents who support their trans kids are part…
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How LibsOfTikTok Became the Darling of the GOP
March 1, 2023
In the year since Chaya Raichik was unmasked as the operator of the hate-filled Libs of TikTok Twitter account, a primary vector of the right’s…
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An Arkansas lawmaker shocked onlookers this week when he asked a transgender health care professional about her genitals at a hearing on a bill that…
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Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing…
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Transgender Americans Feel Under Siege as Political Vitriol Rises
December 12, 2022
Alejandra Caraballo is used to seeing anti-transgender hatred. As an L.G.B.T.Q. rights advocate and a transgender woman, she has received death threats, and her and…
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Why extremism experts say it’s worth discussing the Colorado shooting suspect’s pronouns
December 12, 2022
Attorneys for the alleged gunman in the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado said in court filings the suspect is nonbinary and uses…
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Colorado shooting prompts top drag queens to tour with armed guards and metal detectors
December 2, 2022
The deadly attack at an LGBTQ club in Colorado last month — where a shooter turned the venue’s “Drag Divas” night into a massacre —…
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‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts
November 28, 2022
Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly all previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts. After posting…
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Right-wing influencers and media double down on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in the wake of the Colorado shooting
November 28, 2022
Some right-wing media figures and influencers have doubled down on the use of inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQ community in the wake of Saturday night’s…
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Texas GOP looks to restrict transgender health care and drag shows
November 16, 2022
Texas Republicans introduced several bills this week that target the transgender community, including at least two measures seeking to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors and…
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Would Twitter get online publisher immunity in fake ‘blue check’ suits?
November 15, 2022
Twitter Inc’s introduction last week of a new subscription system to dole out blue-check verification badges was a flop by any standard. Even Twitter tacitly…
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Florida medical boards vote to ban gender-affirming care for youth
November 8, 2022
On Friday, two Florida medical boards – Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine – voted to institute a ban on…
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In the fews days since Elon Musk closed his deal to buy Twitter, far-right users have started to celebrate what they hope will be the…
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Looming elections in US, Brazil pose test for Musk’s Twitter
October 31, 2022
Pivotal elections in Brazil and the United States will present an early test to Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and his promise to ease up…