Posted on Aug 27, 2022
Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment
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Hospitals and doctors around the country are facing harassment and even death threats over the medical care they offer to transgender kids. In many cases, they have been the subject of posts by a Twitter account called Libs of TikTok, as well as stories in conservative media outlets casting gender-affirming care as child abuse and mutilation.
Which raises the question: where should social networks draw the line with accounts promoting narratives that spark harassment campaigns on their platforms and beyond?
Hospitals and doctors around the country are facing harassment and even death threats over the medical care they offer to transgender kids. In many cases, they have been the subject of posts by a Twitter account called Libs of TikTok, as well as stories in conservative media outlets casting gender-affirming care as child abuse and mutilation.
Which raises the question: where should social networks draw the line with accounts promoting narratives that spark harassment campaigns on their platforms and beyond?
Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment
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Children
Medical
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LGBTQ+
Transgender
Posted >1 y ago
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When you offer to do surgery or prescribe life altering drugs for young children you are in dangerous territory. These children are not old enough to make those decisions.
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