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Hospitals and doctors around the country are facing harassment and even death threats over the medical care they offer to transgender kids. In many cases, they have been the subject of posts by a Twitter account called Libs of TikTok, as well as stories in conservative media outlets casting gender-affirming care as child abuse and mutilation.
Which raises the question: where should social networks draw the line with accounts promoting narratives that spark harassment campaigns on their platforms and beyond?
Accusations of 'grooming' are the latest political attack — with homophobic origins
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Accusations of 'grooming' are the latest political attack — with homophobic origins
Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. became the most recent target this week when Libs of TikTok posted an audio recording in which hospital staff appeared to say that gender-affirming hysterectomies had been performed on minors. The hospital said that claim was incorrect and that none of the people recorded deliver care to patients. ...
We are all people not matter what gender we like to be. Those kids should have choice on who they want to be. Unless repubs enjoy the suicide rate going up in a few years.
I think it is more like kids should have the freedom to be who they are.
Shameful hatred of Everything is the hallmark of these losers......
Why are you okay with messing around with the gender of an undeveloped Human being? That seems like hurting children,but to you it's a loving thing to do ?
@laidback1 ummmmm, you do realize this is Totally Fake "news" and you are being Fooled, to get your money, right?
@AnneWimsey sure...
@AnneWimsey that's all fake right..
They tell blatant lies because the right wing base eats them up like raw meat.
They’re all messed up in the head.