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What I Learned Going Viral on Right-Wing Twitter as a Trans Person, Educator and Activist
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What I Learned Going Viral on Right-Wing Twitter as a Trans Person, Educator and Activist

I sat and watched as the video went from 20K views to almost 200K views (this number is still rising). Before the views had racked up too much, I read the comments. I won’t indulge you in the misgendering and hateful specifics, but I did notice a few trends. The first was that the commenters believed I lack critical thinking and am spouting leftist rhetoric. The second was that they did not know what the UK government was doing against trans rights…

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