Transgender activists are outraged that Twitter has quietly removed restrictions on ‘dead-naming’ and misgendering people

Transgender activists and their supporters have expressed outrage after restrictions on “dead naming” and misgendering were removed from Twitter’s terms of service.

The policy was enacted in 2018, before tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the popular platform for $44 billion. On Sunday, Musk opined that the declaration of preferred pronouns is a “virtue signal” that bad guys can use as a shield.

Two days later, the policy on misgendering changed.

Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, said: Said The Associated Press said policy changes would lead to violence against transgender people.

“Twitter’s decision to quietly roll back a long-standing policy is the latest example of how dangerous the company is to both users and advertisers,” Ellis said.

“This decision to backtrack on LGBTQ safety puts Twitter even further out of step with TikTok, Pinterest, and Meta, all of which show how anti-transgender rhetoric online translates into discrimination in the real world. We maintain similar policies to connect and protect transgender users from violence,” she added.

Others attacked Twitter with tweets.

“Twitter lifted its targeted gender misrepresentation and renaming policy, and Freak is, to its credit, happily desexing and renaming all prominent transgender individuals. Said Activist Alejandra Caraballo.

“Every decision Mr. Musk makes is detrimental to free speech, safety and business.” murmured Attorney Nora Benavidez.

“This is really exhausting. Every day something happens that shows how much people despise trans people and don’t care what happens to us. It’s really overwhelming and terrifying.” Said Users who identify as bisexual.

at least one other account called The policy changes the “slaughter move”.

Some public schools have changed their policies to include dead-naming and misgendering as “slander” and have threatened to suspend students who refuse to follow the new rules.

Here are the Twitter details under Elon Musk:

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