last June, to the delight of his bigoted brigade of blue-check sycophants, that “‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform.” On Tuesday, X made good on the regressive provocateur’s stance andbegan posting an official warning that the LGBTQ-inclusive terms could result in a ban from the platform. Not that you’d miss much.
But some people have a hard time accepting and respecting that some humans are different from others. Those fantasizing that the heteronormative ideals they grew up with are absolute gospel sometimes take great offense at being asked to adjust their vocabulary to communicate respect for a community that has spent centuries forced to live in the shadows or risk safety due to the widespread pathologization of their identities.This isn’t the billionaire’s first ride on the Transphobe Train.