New Column: Online bullying has become legal persecution and violence—it’s time for us to respond

It's time for an "I Am Spartacus" moment from the LGBTQ community and its allies.

Hey newsletter subscribers. I have a new column up over at Xtra Magazine. I really appreciate that they’re publishing my work and I hope you’ll click through to read the full piece. Here’s an excerpt:

This is a call to arms for the LGBTQ2S+ community and our allies. The campaigns of hate against us are escalating and we must all step forward to protect each other’s safety and ability to participate in society. If you’ve been telling yourself that the anti-“groomer” campaigns amount to just fringe online bullying, let this be a wake-up call. Our opponents are now using the force of the law and violence to come after us in unprecedented ways.

Many may already be familiar with the efforts of Chaya Raichik (@LibsofTikTok), Christopher Rufo (senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute) and others working to rally hate against queer people online. They create narratives that we LGBTQ2S+ people are threats to children, then they identify random people in the world trying to create safe, inclusive environments and target them for their followers to harass. This harassment is not mere hate mail, but has led to threats to people in their homes and in their workplaces and efforts to make people lose their jobs. And now things are getting worse.

Click here to read my column: “Online bullying has become legal persecution and violence—it’s time for us to respond.”

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