Category: wafflers
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Gender Awards for June 2023
Thanks to all of you who voted in the GenderMenace.net Gender Awards poll for June 2023. We have tallied your votes and would like to announce the winners! Gender Hero Winner Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Gender Villain Loser Tie: Ron DeSantis and Matt Walsh Gender Waffler Loser Tie: Bud Light and Target Past Awards and…
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Our First Gender Awards Poll: June 2023
UPDATE: We’ve announced the results of the poll and the winners of the first GenderMenace.net Gender Awards. We’re excited to announce our first GenderMenace.net Gender Awards Poll! Please check it out and vote by July 3, 2023, for your favorite Gender Hero, Gender Villain, and Gender Waffler of the month.
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Caitlyn Jenner: Gender Waffler
Former Olympic athlete for the U.S. who came out as a transgender women with very conservative leanings, so conservative as to cross the line to transphobic on occasion.
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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.