Musk made his comments in response to a tweet from a user who said he didn’t wish to be called “cis” and claimed he was harassed by transgender activists.
views of transgender people, told Esses that he was classifying the words “cis” and “cisgender” as slurs.
“Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions,” Musk said. “The words ‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform.”Musk’s comments exploded on Twitter, where some users praised the billionaire for further enabling anti-trans rhetoric. Other users
that Musk’s stance was hypocritical, given that Twitter allowed users to freely misgender trans individuals without facing consequences. Users also noted thatAdvertisement The Twitter owner’s comments come three weeks after he said he would allow people to misgender transgender people on the platform, a common
bullying tactic. Misgendering transgender people on Twitter was previously against the platform’s rules until this past April, when
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