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A transgender girl accused of assaulting two students at a Texas high school alleges that she was being bullied and was merely fighting back

Shocking video shows a student identified by police as Travez Perry violently punching, kicking and stomping on a girl in the hallway of Tomball High School.

The female student was transported to the hospital along with a male student, whom Perry allegedly kicked in the face and knocked unconscious.

According to the police report, Perry - who goes by 'Millie' - told officers that the victim has been bullying her and had posted a photo of her on social media with a negative comment.

One Tomball High School parent whose daughter knows Perry said that the 18-year-old had been the target of a death threat.

'From what my daughter has said that the girl that was the bully had posted a picture of Millie saying people like this should die,' the mother, who asked not to be identified by name, told DailyMail.com.

When Perry appeared in court on assault charges, her attorney told a judge that the teen has been undergoing a difficult transition from male to female and that: 'There's more to this story than meets the eye.'

Perry is currently out on bond, according to authorities.

The video of the altercation sparked a widespread debate on social media as some claim Perry was justified in standing up to her alleged bullies and others condemn her use of violence.

The mother who spoke with DailyMail.com has been one of Millie's most ardent defenders on Facebook.

'I do not condone violence at all. But situations like this show that people now a days, not just kids, think they can post what they want. Or say what they want without thinking of who they are hurting,' she said.

'Nobody knows what Millie has gone through, and this could have just been a final straw for her. That is all speculation of course because I don't personally know her or her family, but as a parent and someone who is part of the LGBTQ community this girl needs help and support, not grown men online talking about her private parts and shaming and mocking her.'

One Facebook commenter summed up the views of many, writing: 'This was brutal, and severe! I was bullied for years and never attacked anyone!'

Multiple commenters rejected the gender transition defense and classified the attack as a male senselessly beating a female.

One woman wrote on Facebook: 'This person will get off because they're transitioning. This is an animal. She kicked, and stomped, and beat...not okay. Bullying is not acceptable, but kicking someone in the head. Punishment doesn't fit the crime.'

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[Maggots on a Train v2]

Oh, this will go well:

Mastercard will allow transgender customers to use their preferred names on debit and credit cards



Sure Marketwatch. The only hiccups will be with air points and that super rare occasion when the sales clerk at Torrid needs to verify that Kyle Garrett and “Tiffany Panty-Loade” are one and the same. No fraud there.

It’s not card issuers who require verification, it’s retailers. Not everything is bought online.

TV networks will have to cancel true crime shows in a few years, because half of the stories will involve petty criminals involved in troon-related fraud, and that's all before some stripper or elderly divorcee disappears without a trace, but their credit cards are active 1500 miles from home.

 

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Academic threatened with the sack for signing an open letter on the worries over transing children and saying that transgender ideology is anti scientific

Academic faces sack for letter to Sunday Times that criticised traini…

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[Bob's Vagene]

I'm not sure if this is news, but here's another child drag queen being highlighted on pro-lgbt news outlets as uplifting and heartwarming..

The LGBT community and the whole drag / trans shit has become psychotic.

https://www.instagram.com/ethedragnificent/

Spoiler: Gross

 

[Larry David's Opera Cape]

I'm not sure if this is news, but here's another child drag queen being highlighted on pro-lgbt news outlets as uplifting and heartwarming..

The LGBT community and the whole drag / trans shit has become psychotic.

https://www.instagram.com/ethedragnificent/

Spoiler: Gross

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Honestly the pic with the shirtless guy kissing his head is even more horrifying than the naked glitter guy, can't put my finger on exactly why. How did the adults in this society get to the point where this happens and no one gets their ass beat? It's baffling.

 

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Honestly the pic with the shirtless guy kissing his head is even more horrifying than the naked glitter guy, can't put my finger on exactly why. How did the adults in this society get to the point where this happens and no one gets their ass beat? It's baffling.

because the naked glitter guy is clearly uncomfortable being photographed with the kid

 

[Larry David's Opera Cape]

because the naked glitter guy is clearly uncomfortable being photographed with the kid

Is he? I mean he was comfortable enough to hang around for multiple angles. He's a big boy and could have said "lady, you're nuts, take your kid home."

 

[one_time_user]

Is he? I mean he was comfortable enough to hang around for multiple angles. He's a big boy and could have said "lady, you're nuts, take your kid home."

sure, if he wanted to be burned at the stake in the wokest crowd that ever woked

 

[Bob's Vagene]

because the naked glitter guy is clearly uncomfortable being photographed with the kid

He doesn't seem as comfortable as the other guy, who's kissing the kid while practically grabbing his dick. I found that very disturbing.

 

[Azovka]

JK Rowling Confirms Stance Against Transgender Women

Phaylen Fairchild
Jun 24 · 4 min read

It’s been a long time coming, but finally we have a definitive answer. JK Rowling is a TERF.

There have been multiple instanceswherein the (in)famous Harry Potter author demonstrated solidarity with radical feminists who have waged a vicious smear campaign against transgender women.

Once, she blamed liking anti-transgender statuses on Twitter as an error, dubbing it a “Clumsy and Middle-Aged Moment.” Despite fans catching the 53 year old in the act of putting her stamp of approval on trans hate once again, she thumbed her nose at the backlash.

Rowling eagerly co-signed the Anti-Trans attacks launched by notorious The Times journalist Janice Turner.

Most recently, Turner led a hate-motivated campaign against UK children’s charityNational Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children who had enlisted transgender model Munroe Bergdorf in a partnership to expand efforts to reach vulnerable LGBT children. Turner took to twitter where she accused Bergdorf of being a “porn model” and encouraged supporters to consider suspending direct debit donations to the charity.

While the LGBT community and our allies have stood back and watched a rather ominous narrative form around JK Rowling, it has been without any direct confirmation or statement from the author herself. It’s as if she is conditioning the world to accept it rather than rebuke it. First she stuck her toe in the water, was caught, claimed it was a misunderstanding and we accepted that. Then, she persisted to do the same things… again and again.

Finally, we have some confirmation of Rowling’s stance against the transgender community. She has followed one of the most hateful and aggressive anti-trans radical feminists on Twitter, Magdalen Berns.

Out of her 14 million followers, Rowling herself follows less than 700 people on social media, so it’s safe to presume her perspective aligns with that of the well known transphobe whose account is solely committed to espousing misinformation and dangerous rhetoric toward transgender women. This clearly isn’t another middle-aged moment. Instead, it seems more like Rowling unapologetically pulling back the curtain and finally ending what little left there was to speculate about with any optimism.

Twitter has postured itself as something of a safe-house for TERF’s. You don’t have to deep-dive to see those leaders of the anti-trans movement all follow each other and retweet each other’s journalistic hit pieces and clever jibes that attack trans identities. Graham Linehan, Posie Parker, Janice Turner, Julie Bindel, Women Place UK, Mumsnet and Magdalen all present themselves as soldiers on the frontline in their war on transgender women. Some dedicate their efforts to harassing and bullying transwomen on the platform while others actually tour the country to proselytize to other women and recruit them into their radical ideologies.

Twitter did permanently ban radfem warrior Meghan Murphy who was constantly attacking transgender women, misgendering them, deadnaming them and dog whistling her fellow radicals to join her in the targeted take-down-of-the-day. She treated hunting us as a sport on Twitter. She thinks hate speech is an exercise of free speech, yet forgets that hate has consequences. This group coordinates their efforts to damage trans people. They provoke violence against the trans community. They spread malignant lies to spark fear and breed intolerance. The time they invest in this is alarming.

However, it still took years to finally allow Murphy enough rope to get herself banned. Twitter typically takes a passive stance on TERF’s and have even banned trans women for defending themselves against members of this very group of radicals.

To see JK Rowling lock arms with this form of hatred, targeting a minority community while having the ear of millions of young children is deeply saddening. An enormous demographic of her audience is LGBT; Kids who identified with fighting forces of evil for their right to exist, their right to equality, their access to opportunity.

Now, an entire generation of adults who used the Harry Potter books to navigate the rough terrain of life’s trials and tribulations must reckon with the fact that their literary darling is not the progressive fighter for social justice she pretended to be. In fact, many transgender fans are having to reconcile that she’s lending her support to those who wish to fight them back into silence instead.

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[Kamov Ka-52]

Wtf I love JK Rowling now

 

[Larry David's Opera Cape]

an entire generation of adults who used the Harry Potter books to navigate the rough terrain of life’s trials and tribulations

yeah we noticed.

 

[Bob's Vagene]

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Lol the left eating their own as always. Literally all she did was retweeted something they didn't like and followed someone they don't like.

 

[BroFistula]

It’s been a long time coming, but finally we have a definitive answer. JK Rowling is a TERF.

Around TERFs, lower self-worths!

Gas the CIS, TERF war now!

Reeeeeeeeee!

 

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"The most striking drop in acceptance appeared among young women, whose comfort level dropped from 64% last year to 52% in the newly published report " https://www.huffpost.com/entry/glaad-accelerating-acceptance-index_n_5d08cf3ae4b0ea7c4a4f9538

Young Americans Are Becoming Less Comfortable With LGBTQ People, GLAAD Finds

A new survey shows that overall acceptance of LGBTQ people among young adults has dipped for the second year in a row.
Released Monday, GLAAD’s 2019 Accelerating Acceptance Report asked 1,970 Americans over the age of 18 a series of questions with regard to their reactions to several different situations involving LGBTQ people. Participants were asked how they felt about seeing a same-sex couple hold hands, learning that a family member or a doctor identifies as LGBTQ and learning that their child has been placed in a class taught by an LGBTQ teacher, among other situations.

The survey ― conducted in January 2019 by The Harris Poll, a New York-based research firm ― found that non-LGBTQ adults who said they felt “very” or “somewhat” comfortable in all of those scenarios was 49%, reflecting no change from 2018. For the 18 to 34 demographic, however, that percentage fell from 53% to 45%.

As GLAAD representatives pointed out, 2019 marks the second year in a row that LGBTQ acceptance among Americans aged 18 to 34 has dropped. In 2017, that figure was at 63%. The most striking drop in acceptance appeared among young women, whose comfort level dropped from 64% last year to 52% in the newly published report.

In a statement issued Monday, GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis linked the two-year decline to “divisive rhetoric both in politics and in culture.”

“Last year, when we saw an erosion in LGBTQ acceptance, GLAAD doubled down on our formula for making positive culture change,” she said.

Though Ellis didn’t cite specifics, GLAAD has reportedly documented more than 40 incidents of anti-LGBTQ hate violence since the start of 2019. Policy setbacks, such as President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military, as well as religious liberty laws that essentially allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ customers, were also likely to have an impact, she said.

“As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, LGBTQ people and allies must urgently address today’s cultural crisis by being visible and vigilant,” she said.

Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema felt similarly, noting that the results were at odds with younger Americans’ clear support of other progressive issues like climate change and gender equality.

“We count on the narrative that young people are more progressive and tolerant,” Gerzema told USA Today. “These numbers are very alarming and signal a looming social crisis in discrimination.”

In an email statement, he added, “In this toxic age, tolerance––even among youth––now seems to be parsed out. Nothing today should be taken for granted.”

Read the full results of GLAAD’s 2019 Accelerating Acceptance report here.

The young are regarded as the most tolerant generation. That's why results of this LGBTQ survey are 'alarming'

Young people are growing less tolerant of LGBTQ individuals, a GLAAD acceptance survey shows, and advocates say a toxic culture may be to blame.

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The young are regarded as the most tolerant generation. That's why results of this LGBTQ survey are 'alarming'

Young people are growing less tolerant of LGBTQ individuals, a jarring turn for a generation traditionally considered embracing and open, a survey released Monday shows.

The number of Americans 18 to 34 who are comfortable interacting with LGBTQ people slipped from 53% in 2017 to 45% in 2018 – the only age group to show a decline, according to the annual Accelerating Acceptance report. And that is down from 63% in 2016.

Driving the dilution of acceptance are young women whose overall comfort levels plunged from 64% in 2017 to 52% in 2018, says the survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD.

“We count on the narrative that young people are more progressive and tolerant,” John Gerzema, CEO of The Harris Poll, told USA TODAY. “These numbers are very alarming and signal a looming social crisis in discrimination.”

Among the findings:

• 36% of young people said they were uncomfortable learning a family member was LGBTQ, compared with 29% in 2017.

• 34% were uncomfortable learning their doctor was LGBTQ vs. 27% a year earlier.

• 39% were uncomfortable learning their child had a school lesson on LGBTQ history vs. 30% in 2017.

Tolerance takes a hit: Americans less accepting of LGBT people in 2017

The negative shift for the young is surprising, said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO. When GLAAD delved into the numbers, the group found that the younger generation was coming in contact with more LBGTQ people, particularly individuals who are non-binary and don’t identify simply as lesbian or gay.

“This newness they are experiencing could be leading to this erosion. It’s a newness that takes time for people to understand. Our job is to educate about non-conformity,” she said.

'Toxic culture' 50 years after Stonewall
The survey results come during Pride 2019 and on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which sparked the LGBTQ rights movement.

They also land at a dark hour politically and culturally for the LGBTQ community amid a rise in inflammatory rhetoric and dozens of policy setbacks, such as a ban on transgender people in the military and religious exemption laws that can lead to discrimination, Ellis and Gerzema said. Both are a likely force behind the young's pushback on tolerance, they said.

The young are bombarded by hate speech on social platforms from viral videos to “mean tweets,” Gerzema said. “Our toxic culture is enveloping young people. It instills fear, alienation, but also permissibility” that could sway “impressionable" young minds on what is acceptable.

And there is a more menacing side, Ellis said. “We are seeing a stark increase in violence in the community.” GLAAD has documented more than 40 incidents of LGBTQ hate violence since Jan. 1.

Two recent high-profile incidents: On June 16, a young gay couple were assaulted outside a popular strip of bars in Washington, D.C., in what police are investigating as a hate crime. A few weeks earlier, a Detroit man was charged in a triple homicide in which two gay men and one transgender woman were deliberately targeted, police say.

The FBI released statistics in November showing a 17% increase in overall hate crimes in 2017. Of 7,175 reported crimes, more than 1,200 were based on sexual orientation or gender identity bias.

Stonewall Forever:50 years after the raid that sparked the LGBTQ movement, monument goes digital

The transgender community has been especially hard hit. In 2018, there were at least 26 deaths of transgender individuals in the U.S. because of violence, mostly black transgender women, according to the Human Rights Campaign, which has tracked 10 deaths so far this year.

The situation is so grim that the American Medical Association warned this month of “an epidemic of violence” against transgender people, particularly those of color.

'Tolerance parsed out'
The increase in violence and discrimination mirrors the trajectory of the acceptance survey. The report, first commissioned in 2014, reflected positive momentum from historic gains for LGBTQ rights – such as the same-sex marriage ruling – in its first three years. But that shifted in 2017 with fallout from the presidential election, advocates say.

Still, there is cause for optimism this year, Ellis said. Nearly half of all non-LGBTQ adults, or 49%, are classified in the survey as “allies” with high levels of tolerance. That is the same number as 2017, and “that is a big deal,” she said.

Support for equal rights is also stable, with eight out of 10 backing equality for LGBTQ people for the third consecutive year.

Ellis is confident the younger generation can rise again as beacons of unbiased values. When numbers dipped a year ago for young males, GLAAD went to where male audiences consume content: video games. The advocacy group worked with the industry to introduce diverse characters and help shape attitudes.

The group has similar outreach plans for targeting young women in a popular female venue, country music concerts, she said.

It’s crucial LGBTQ advocates stay vigilant, Gerzema said. “In this toxic age, tolerance –even among youths – now seems to be parsed out. Nothing today should be taken for granted.”

The next time they conduct a poll, they should differentiate between the LGB and TQ. That might give them a hint about why there has been an erosion in support.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

The next time they conduct a poll, they should differentiate between the LGB and TQ. That might give them a hint about why there has been an erosion in support.

You don't need more than 2 briancells to know where the least supported are. But still, the LGB would do well on keeping their ranks in check and weed out deviants and ridiculous idiots that have the potential to become as, if not more, cringy than any troon around the block and make them being as hated as furries. Specially with children drag queens and bug chasers in the gay community and lesbian advocates hiding stats about female on female domestic violence being higher than on straight couples.

 

[MW 590]

New Vermont Law Would Require Taxpayers to Fund Sex Change Operations For Children

Could even allow for surgery without parental permission.

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A new law in Vermont would require taxpayers to fund sex change operations for minors and could even allow such procedures to occur without parental permission.
Current Vermont law states that a person must be at least 21-years-old to receive taxpayer funds to assist in sex change surgery.
However, Vermont health insurance regulators are proposing a change that would allow minors on Medicaid to receive a gender reassignment free of charge.
The proposal, which was made by the state’s Department of Health Access, would require persons under the age of 18 to get parental approval before any such procedure.
However, the proposal states that if the “minor is emancipated by court order,” permission is not required.
“The proposed law would allow for minors to have access to sixteen different types of genital surgery, including breast augmentation and mastectomies,” reports CBN News.
To qualify for the operation, patients must have lived for at least 12 months “in a gender role that is congruent with their gender identity,” must have received hormonal therapy and are required to obtain two written clinical evaluations from mental health professionals.
The proposal is being held for public comment until July 17, after which it will be voted on by the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules.

 

[Looney Troons]

Time to nuke Vermont too

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

Time to nuke Vermont too

we don't even have to make a new flag, we can just take back the ones before alaska and hawaii

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

Transgender people find a home on YouTube but challenges remain

YouTube has been a way for transgender people to connect and discuss their experiences. But trans creators also have frustrations with the platform.

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Transgender people find a home on YouTube but challenges remain

New York (CNN Business)For a trans person, YouTube can be an extremely valuable resource. It's a place where they can find — and share — personal stories of gender transitions, identity struggles and journeys through surgeries and hormone treatments.
The Google-owned (GOOG) video platform has ignited a community of social media stars, known as creators, making videos about virtually everything, from gadget reviews and beauty tutorials to topics relevant to LGBTQ people.
Trans creator Reed Wetmore said YouTube has been a "lifeline" for the trans community.
"Making my videos and watching other creators on YouTube gave me strength. Seeing other trans men on YouTube being so much farther in their journeys gave me a lot of hope," he told CNN Business. "When some family and friends didn't react the way I hoped they would [to me coming out], I went back to YouTube and found some solace and comfort there in the community."

Nikita Dragun said her YouTube channel went viral in 2015 after she posted a video coming out as trans. Dragun continued to document her trans journey, including surgeries, as well as sharing beauty tutorials. She now has over 2 million subscribers and recently launched her own makeup line, Dragun Beauty.
"If I could've seen someone like me years ago, I would've wanted to know who I could've become," she told CNN Business. "I think I owe it to myself and other people to educate them."
But some trans creators also have frustrations with the platform's policies on restricting content. In recent interviews with CNN Business, more than half a dozen trans creators shared their experiences with YouTube and many expressed concern that some of their trans-related content, such as sexual education videos, has been limited from making money from ads or was age restricted. Many said they're frustrated with YouTube's lack of transparency around why their videos are being demonetized.
Creators can apply to make money from ads that run on their videos through the YouTube Partner Program. Under YouTube's "advertiser-friendly" guidelines, the company says content that "features sex toys, sexual devices, or explicit conversation about sex may also not be suitable for advertising, with limited exceptions for non-graphic sexual education videos." The policy does not elaborate on what "non-graphic" sex ed means.
"We're proud of the incredible LGBTQ+ voices on our platform and take concerns like these very seriously," a YouTube spokesperson told CNN Business. "All content that shows ads on YouTube is subject to our Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines, and discussion of sexual education, while welcome on the platform, may not always be suitable for ads. That's why we offer creators on YouTube a variety of ways to monetize their content outside of advertising, including memberships, Super Chat and merchandise."
Ads are typically the most common way creators make money on YouTube. Creators with smaller followings may not be eligible to tap into some of YouTube's other income opportunities. For example, a creator must have more than 30,000 subscribers to have channel memberships, while the requirement is over 1,000 subscribers for making money from ads.
YouTube's policies sometimes contain exceptions and gray areas — often with limited information around how those guidelines are enforced. For a long-marginalized group like the trans community, it can be especially frustrating not to specifically know why some of their content is being restricted.
The YouTube spokesperson also said the company is working on ways to improve communications with creators so that there is more clarity on how its content reviewers evaluate their videos.

Sexual education videos

Ash Hardell, a trans creator who posts videos focusing on queer and trans issues, said young people are in a "vulnerable" position when they're not out.
"They need a safe, private place to learn this information," said Hardell. That's where YouTube comes in.
Hardell is also concerned about YouTube age-restricting sex ed videos. Videos can be age-restricted because of things like vulgar language, violence, nudity and sexually suggestive content. When videos are age-restricted, they can't be monetized or seen by people under age 18.
Hardell, whose preferred pronouns are they/their, works with their wife Grace on the channel. They said YouTube is an important source of income for the pair. When their videos are demonetized and age-restricted, they said that can impact their earnings and how many views they get. When a video is age-restricted, it isn't shown in certain sections of YouTube, and can be harder to find.
"For YouTube to age restrict a video, it cuts [young people] off from important education," Hardell said.

Ash Hardell with their wife Grace.
In one instance, YouTube deemedHardell's video focused on a practice called packing — padding pants or underwear to make it look like the person has a penis — "not suitable" for most advertisers. Some trans men and non-binary people use packing to feel more comfortable or confident with their identity. Hardell also shows images of commercial packers, and discusses sexual topics and terms.
YouTube declined to comment about why specific videos were only showing limited ads. But the YouTube spokesperson said if sexual education videos include realistic depictions of genitalia, they are typically considered graphic and will likely only show limited ads.
The company isn't always transparent about why a video is demonetized, which can leave creators left guessing. For example, some creators told CNN Business that YouTube told them they violated the company's "Community Guidelines," but wouldn't specify which one.

Darnell Motley, lead researcher for LGBTQ health at the University of Chicago's Ci3 initiative, is concerned that demonetization could discourage trans creators from continuing their work on the platform. It takes time to create content — whether it's for YouTube, Instagram or other platforms — and creators often want to monetize those efforts and make social media their main career.
Motley also said there is already a lack of comprehensive sexual education for trans people, especially in traditional school settings.
"There are so few avenues [for trans people] to learn about sex," he said. "So YouTube really becomes a key space for folks to access information that is community vetted but also that is non-stigmatizing and comes out of experience versus conjecture or some sort of judgment."
Motley said what "non-graphic" sex education means should be better defined. He thinks YouTube should partner with health educators to discuss this and how the platform can balance the need for that content.
"In order to do sex ed, you have to talk about sex. It's critical to the work," he said. "Trans youth are trying to learn about sexual health and transitions. It can't be vague. It has to delve into some of the details."
Zil Goldstein, associate medical director for trans and gender non-binary care at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, said there are higher rates of HIV and sexually-transmitted infections in trans people due to the lack of available sex ed resources.
"YouTube lets people get more detailed information and find out more about how to transition, and ways to live a healthy life," she said. "People can find someone who's like them [on YouTube] and feel less alone."
Goldstein said trans creators could consider potentially working with illustrators to create non-graphic images for sex ed videos or link to web pages that have pictures of packers or other sexual prosthetics people may need.

Sharing their journey

Ty Turner, a trans creator, said YouTube was where he learned "what being trans was in the first place."
"[YouTube] taught me almost everything I knew about the changes of testosterone, different people's transitions and what I could expect socially and physically," he said. "It was a major source of education and learning for me."
Turner then began posting his own YouTube videos about his transition and experience.

However, some of his videos have been limited from making money from ads in recent years. For example, his video review of an STP product — short for "stand to pee" — was deemed not suitable for most advertising by YouTube. An STP device allows trans men to use urinals and can help relieve some of their anxiety around using the restroom.
In order to boost his earnings, he's started working with brands directly on sponsored YouTube videos.
"I get that YouTube is a business, and their priority is to make money and make their advertisers money, but their creators are the people who are the ones putting in the work, and I think some transparency and some solid feedback would be phenomenal," Turner said. "I would love to have some clarity on what the issue is."
Aaron Ansuini, a trans creator who discusses disability, mental health and art on his YouTube channel, said posting on the platform has helped his self-esteem and confidence.
"I'm on the autism spectrum. It's helped me break through a couple of those barriers and work through difficulty communicating with others," Ansuini said.

"Building a community online is a huge game changer for people who are queer or disabled," he added. "If you live in a small town or in a not very accepting town, you still have access to your community and your people."
But Ansuini has also had his videos deemed not suitable for most advertisers when he's discussed trans-related topics, including a video from April about what relationships and intimacy are like for someone who is disabled, asexual and trans.
After CNN Business inquired about the video, it became fully able to monetize again.
Last year, Ansuini's channel received a "strike" for his video showing how to inject testosterone. (If a creator gets three strikes within 90 days, their channel will be permanently deleted from YouTube). The strike was later removed by YouTube.
"My priority isn't making money off my videos, but it's more about the principle," Ansuini said. "It sends a lot of messages, like 'you're not advertiser-friendly', or 'being queer is something that is explicit or something that only adults can be.'"
CNN Business also asked YouTube about trans creator Alex Bertie's video recapping his three-year anniversary on testosterone, which wasn't showing ads. After CNN Business reached out, YouTube restored ads to the video.
According to YouTube, its automated ads systems run several scans to decide if a video meets its guidelines for advertising. A YouTube spokesperson said creators can go through an appeals process when they disagree with the company's decision. YouTube also says its systems sometimes get it wrong when deciding which videos can show ads.

Previous challenges

This isn't the first time tensions between YouTube and the LGBTQ community have surfaced around content decisions.
In 2017, YouTube's family-friendly "Restricted Mode" blocked some videos by gay, bisexual and trans creators.
At the time, YouTube said the aim of Restricted Mode was to "filter out mature content for the tiny subset of users who want a more limited experience. LGBTQ+ videos are available in Restricted Mode, but videos that discuss more sensitive issues may not be." YouTube also admitted some of the videos created by the LGBTQ community were mistakenly filtered out.
Last year, some LGBTQ YouTubers began speaking out about their videos being age-restricted and demonetized. A few of them said that in some cases, anti-LGBTQ ads ran on some of their videos, although creators told CNN Business the ad issue appears to be resolved now.
Trans YouTuber Kat Blaque — who primarily discusses social justice issues and being a black woman in her videos — believes creators on the platform, in general, need to better understand how monetization on YouTube works and the rules around it.
"YouTube went from being a place where people made videos for fun to a place where people made videos for money," she said. "I'm not saying people who have been demonetized shouldn't be upset about that — they absolutely should — but at the same time these are the policies laid out for being able to monetize your videos."
"Being monetized is a blessing, it's not a guarantee," Blaque added.
CNN's Isabela Quintero contributed reporting.