Anti-LGBTQ Hate Thrives Online, Spurs Fears Of More Violence
FILE - Attendees congregate at a rally against gender-affirming care at War Memorial Plaza in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 21, 2022. Hate speech and threats of violence targeting transgender people and other LGBTQ individuals is thriving on social media and spurring fears of more violence. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP) VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS In the days after a shooter killed five individuals at a gay club in Colorado last month, quite a bit of virtual entertainment illuminated with the now natural articulations of despondency, grieving and skepticism. However, on some web-based message sheets and stages, the tone was celebratory. "I love awakening to extraordinary news," thought of one client on Prattle, a stage famous with extreme right gatherings. Different clients on the site called for more viciousness. The disdain isn't restricted to periphery locales. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, specialists and LGBTQ advocates have followed an expansion in disdain discourse a...