Category: wafflers
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Louisiana governor vetoes bills targeting gender-affirming care, pronoun usage
Louisiana Gov. Jon Bel Edwards (D) vetoed three bills targeting the LGBTQ community on Friday. Rating: Transsupportive, The Hill, June 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Bud Light: Gender Waffler
Subject to a right-wing boycott due to celebrating transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s transition anniversay, Anheuser Busch — the company that makes and markets Bud Light — waffled and withdrew support for Mulvaney, resulting in an LGBTQ+ boycott of what was the most popular brand of beer in the U.S. LOSER: GenderMenace.net Gender Waffler Award for…
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Target: Gender Waffler
Subject to a right-wing boycott for LGBTQ+ Pride displays and merchandise at its stores, Target waffled and moved displays to the rear of some stores and withdrew some merchandise, thus prompting an LGBTQ+ boycott as well. LOSER: GenderMenace.net Gender Waffler Award for June 2023
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Adam Biggs: Gender Waffler
Bassist for the band Rivers of Nihil who tweeted some transphobic comments, then offered a half-hearted apology and deleted his Twitter account.
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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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Elisa Rae Shupe: Gender Waffler
A retired US Army soldier who became a vocal anti-trans advocate after detransitioning, then was the first the first person to obtain legal recognition as a non-binary person, but has since retransitioned, disavowed much of her old activism, and shared her copies of a transphobic working group’s emails with reporters.
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Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country
Leaked emails give a glimpse of the religious-right networks behind transgender health care bans. Rating: Transsupportive, Mother Jones, March 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Debbie Hayton: Gender Waffler
Transgender person who has argued on the transphobic side.
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Trans Activism UK’s Finalised Open Letter to the BBC
The following version of Trans Activism UK’s Open Letter to the BBC, complete with signatories present at 8pm UK on Friday October 29th, is the version which will be sent in digital and physical formats to multiple members of staff at the BBC. Rating: Transsupportive, LauraKBuzz.com, October 29, 2021 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)