Colin Wright, an anti-trans extremist writer for right-wing site Quillette and founder of Reality’s Last Stand, posted a very heinous tweet harming the safety of LGBTQ+ minors by criticizing suicide prevention outlet The Trevor Project’s “quick exit” feature that allows LGBTQ+ youth to have safe conversations without being snooped on by their non-LGBTQ+-affirming parent(s) or other family members and then subsequently get berated, abused, and/or even disowned, or worse, killed.
Far-right extremist organization Moms For Liberty quote-tweeted Wright and complained that that the organization is “encouraging children to keep secrets from their parents.” LGBTQ+ children have good reason to keep secrets of this nature from their parents due to justified fears of being abused, shunned, become homeless, or even killed if they come out to their parents.
Last week, anti-LGBTQ+ extremist Twitter account Libs of TikTok posted a tweet that has since been deleted that falsely painted The Trevor Project a “grooming organization.”
A 2021 Trevor Project survey that recently came out reveals that 42% of LGBTQ+ youth (52% of trans and gender nonconforming youth) considered suicide and only 1 in 3 (or 33%) had LGBTQ+-affirming homes to be in.
Dawn Ennis at Forbes (09.28.2021):
Even if young people and allies don’t notice these changes, what will be readily apparent is the new website, featuring an improved user experience built specifically with LGBTQ young people in mind. With the help of the creative agency Kettle, The Trevor Project added a “Reach A Counselor” button to its site, ensuring easy access to life-saving crisis services and educational resources. Also new is a “Quick Exit” feature for improved safety, which provides greater protection for young people who have not disclosed their orientation or gender identity to their families or live in unsupportive home environments.
“Quick Exit” allows users to not only quickly close out of The Trevor Project’s website, but it also simultaneously erases all Trevor-specific data from their browsing history.
Gillian Branstetter (@GBBranstetter) on Twitter:
Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) on Twitter:
This grotesque attack on LGBTQ+ minors by Wright is the latest in the wholesale attack on LGBTQ+ rights, expression, and identity, especially among LGBTQ+ youth and children.
