Twitter rescinds ban on misgendering and deadnaming transgender people
Earlier this month, Twitter covertly removed the section of the “Hateful Conduct Policy” which the social media giant first enacted in combatting targeted misgendering and deadnaming of transgender people in 2018.
Prior to the policy change, Twitter’s Hateful Content Policy stated: “We prohibit targeting others with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to dehumanize, degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category.
This includes targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.” The final sentence, specific to trans users, has since been removed.
According to the Wayback Machine, the sentence referring to targeted misgendering and deadnaming was present on April 7, but was stricken from the policy on April 8.
