GhaziEnglish • 1 year ago

Elon Musk claims use of ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ on Twitter is ‘harassment’, threatens to suspend users

www.thepinknews.com

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Elon Musk claims use of ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ on Twitter is ‘harassment’, threatens to suspend users

www.thepinknews.com

GhaziEnglish • 1 year ago

Article by Pink News: In a Twitter conversation, site owner Elon Musk attempts to reframe “cis” as a slur, deliberately making the site even more overtly hostile to trans and LGBT+ folks

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Even if that were the case, let’s be honest. He will never enforce the rule to protect trans people from it

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