Category: Twitter / X
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New Twitter CEO’s ad quest faces one big hurdle — the owner’s tweets
Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino wrote up some inspirational comments for her new staff in an e-mail on Monday, exhorting them to “reach across aisles, create new partnerships, celebrate new voices, and build something together that can change the world.” Rating: Transsupportive, Axios, June 13, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Elon Musk Celebrates Pride Month By Going On An Anti-Trans Tweeting Spree
Critics say the platform isn’t safe for trans users after the company rolled back protections against “targeted misgendering.” Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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Rivers of Nihil Bassist Deletes Twitter After Getting Called Out
Rivers of Nihil bassist Adam Biggs, also the technical/progressive death metal band’s primary lyricist, has seemingly deactivated his public Twitter account after getting called out on the social site for tweets he liked by people advancing conservative viewpoints. Rating: Transneutral, Loudwire, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Ella Irwin: Gender Hero
Resigned from Twitter when Elon Musk reversed content moderation of “What Is a Woman?” documentary.
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A.J. Brown: Gender Hero
Resigned from Twitter when Elon Musk reversed content moderation of “What Is a Woman?” documentary.
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Maie Aiyed: Gender Hero
Resigned from Twitter when Elon Musk reversed content moderation of “What Is a Woman?” documentary.
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Twitter officials censor ‘What is a Woman’ documentary over ‘transphobia’ & ‘misgendering’ charges, resign after Elon Musk overturns censorship and promotes it
Elon Musk promoted the ‘What is a Woman’ documentary on Twitter saying “Every parent should watch this,” after removing censorship on it Rating: Transphobic, Opindia, June 3, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Elon Musk spent the last 24 hours spreading increasingly unhinged anti-trans content
One of the world’s richest men spent the last 24 hours sharing anti-trans content. Rating: Transsupportive, Business Insider, June 2, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Mapping the transphobia/far-right Twitter nexus
The convergence between “gender critical” anti-trans activists and the far right is becoming increasingly apparent. Posie Parker’s Let Women Speak rallies are attended by anti-abortion campaigners and Sieg Heil-ing Nazis. The LGB Alliance have found a new home at 55 Tufton Street alongside neoliberal and climate-misinformation think tanks. And fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA) have been leading anti-drag protests. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, May 23,…