Media Matters has identified several examples of high-profile right-wing YouTube creators -- like Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh -- misgendering and deadnaming trans people on the platform. These are forms of harassment that involve using a trans person's former name or incorrect pronouns, and, unlike Twitter, YouTube has no explicit policy protecting trans people from being deliberately misidentified. Twenty groups including Media Matters, GLAAD, the National LGBTQ Taskforce, and CenterLink. have released a letter calling on YouTube to make its platform a safer place for transgender people by updating its hate speech and harassment policies. They urge the platform to create a policy that explicitly bans creators from intentionally misidentifying trans people.
20 organizations call on YouTube to ban targeted deadnaming and misgendering of trans people
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