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LGBTQ Celebrities & Allies Call on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter to Stop the Flow of Anti-Trans Hate & Malicious Disinformation About Transitioned Healthcare
“True allies do not profit from anti-LGBTQ hate.”
- View the press release here.
June 27, 2023
To:
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms, Inc.
Neal Mohan, YouTube/Alphabet Inc.
Shou Zi Chew, TikTok/ ByteDance Ltd.
Linda Yaccarino and Elon Musk, Twitter, Inc./X Corp
As celebrities, influencers, and prominent public figures with significant followings on social media,we the undersigned are calling on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter to fulfill the promises you’ve made to trans, nonbinary, gender non-conforming and all LGBTQ users in your terms of service. There has been a massive systemic failure to prohibit hate, harassment, and malicious anti-LGBTQ disinformation on your platforms and it must be addressed.
Dangerous posts (both content and ads) created and circulated by high-follower anti-LGBTQ hate accounts targeting transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people are thriving across your platforms, directly resulting in terrifying real-life1 harm2includin
ALYSSA MILANO, ELLIOT PAGE, LAVERNE COX, ARIANA GRANDE, BILLY EICHNER, SHAWN MENDES, BILLY PORTER, CAMILA CABELLO, GABRIELLE UNION-WADE, CYNTHIA ERIVO, MICHAELA JAÉ RODRIGUEZ, DAN LEVY,, SIA, DEMI LOVATO, HAILEY BALDWIN BIEBER, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, JANELLE MONÁE, ALOK, JONATHAN VAN NESS, JUDD APATOW, TAIKA WAITITI, JUSTIN BALDONI ALONG WITH OVER 250 INFLUENTIAL VOICES JOIN GLAAD AND HRC IN CALLING ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, TIKTOK, AND TWITTER TO Guard AGAINST ANTI-TRANS HATE
“True allies do not profit from anti-LGBTQ hate.”
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(Los Angeles, CA) June 27, 2023 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, same-sex attracted, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced that more than 250 LGBTQ and ally actors, notables, and other leaders signed a public letter created by GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) calling on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and
US, celebrities join criticism of Brunei's fresh laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery
The United States has joined the international criticism of Brunei's harsh fresh law that allows stoning to death for Muslims convicted of homosexual sex and adultery.
The commandment, which went into effect on Wednesday, has triggered an international backlash, which includes celebrities advocating for a boycott of hotel properties owned by Brunei, a tiny, wealthy oil producing nation on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.
"Brunei’s conclusion to implement Phases Two and Three of the Sharia Penal Code and associated penalties runs counter to its international human rights obligations, including with respect to torture or other harsh, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment," said Robert Palladino, the State Department's deputy spokesperson.
"All governments have an obligation to ensure that all people can freely enjoy the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms to which they are entitled," said Palladino. "The Combined States strongly opposes violence, criminalization and discrimination targeting vulnerable groups, including women at risk of vi
11 celebrities who've been called out for anti-LGBTQ comments
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- J.K. Rowling tweeted problematic comments about trans people last summer.
- Other celebrities, such as Eminem and Azealia Banks, have been called out in the past for their comments about the LGBTQ society or for using slurs.
- Comedians fancy Kevin Hart and Tracy Morgan have apologized for making anti-LGBTQ jokes.
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Celebrities are no stranger to bad press and sometimes it's because of something they said.
Stars like Alec Baldwin, Paris Hilton, Kevin Hart, and Sarah Silverman have all been criticized for saying anti-LGBTQ remarks.
Here are 11 celebrities who've been called out for their comments — and how they responded.