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Category: Facebook / Meta

NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans

Rating: Transneutral, AP News, February 15, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans A community member…

February 15, 2025
The Black Consumer Advisory | NAACP

Rating: Transneutral, NAACP, February 15, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary Leveraging Our Dollars For Change In the wake of nationwide protests against systemic racism in 2020, many corporations and institutions publicly committed to being more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Five years later…

February 15, 2025
Action Alert: Meta: Stop Hate Speech Against LGBT+ People!

Rating: Transsupportive, All Out, January 13, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary META: STOP HATE SPEECH AGAINST LGBT+ PEOPLE! SIGN NOW Meta is normalizing harmful speech against LGBT+ people on Facebook and Instagram. Sign the petition to demand Meta reverse these changes! Meta has updated its content moderation policies, allowing…

January 14, 2025
‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes

Rating: Transsupportive, 404 Media, January 9, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary ‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes Jason Koebler Jan 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM Meta’s decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+…

January 9, 2025
Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’?

Rating: Transsupportive, Dallas Morning News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’? Max Hightower was cast in ensemble roles for theater productions throughout high school. Then, finally, his teacher offered him one of…

November 8, 2023
Houston-area teacher fired for attending drag show at downtown bar

The 19-year veteran teacher was let go based on social media posts on her personal account from a drag performance at Houston’s Hamburger Mary’s. Rating: Transneutral, Chron (aka Houston Chronicle), July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Houston-area teacher fired for attending drag show at downtown bar The 19-year veteran teacher was let…

July 27, 2023
He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.

Renton Sinclair’s mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life. That’s exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

June 30, 2023
Elon Musk claims use of ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ on Twitter is ‘harassment’, threatens to suspend users

Twitter owner Elon Musk has declared both ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ are slurs on the social media platform, warning people who engage in “repeated, targeted harassment” by using them face account suspensions. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 22, 2023
GLAAD: Social media networks fail to protect LGBTQ users

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok all get failing marks when it comes to protecting LGBTQ users on their social networks, according to a new report from GLAAD. Rating: Transsupportive, Axios, July (actually June?) 13, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 13, 2023
Online content policing loses steam

On tech’s biggest platforms, efforts to limit undesirable content are splintering as corporate priorities change. Rating: Transneutral, Axios, February 15, 2023 (PDF archive)

February 15, 2023