"...if it’s OK to comply with a directive to remove information about gender, what if the next demand is that we don’t report about people who emigrated from other countries, or on people who are experiencing homelessness? What if there’s a directive to suppress data about a particular racial or ethnic group that’s unpopular? How far would we go?"

kffhealthnews.org/news/article…

#PublicHealth #HIV #lgbtq #transgender #immigrants #CDC #USpol #autocracy #ethics

This HIV Expert Refused To Censor Data, Then Quit the CDC - KFF Health News

HIV physician John Weiser talks about why complying with President Donald Trump’s orders to erase transgender people is bad for science and society. And he notes that acquiescing didn’t spare the CDC from further harm.

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"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."

theguardian.com/global-develop…

#PublicHealth #SocialMedia #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #lgbtq #queer #censorship #shadowban

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content

More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings

^{Aisha Down (The Guardian)}

We associate #trolling with #edgelord #bigotry

But a #troll can do good

Example:

"#Egypt and #Iran are calling on #football #soccer’s governing body to intervene in the #LGBT #Pride celebration planned to coincide with their group stage match in #Seattle at the 2026 #WorldCup"

Egypt is playing Iran during Seattle Pride Week

And local organizers designated it a Pride Match

🤭

Hey Egypt, Hey Iran: 🖕

There is nothing wrong with #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ

*Learn it*

theguardian.com/football/2025/…

#FIFA