What’s Current: Lesbians United fights back against gender ideology homophobia with ‘Save the Tomboys’ campaign

  • Grassroots organization Lesbians United’s #SaveTheTomboys aims to raise awareness about homophobia in the gender movement and “the mass medicalization of tomboys, who are disproportionately likely to grow up lesbian.” The group has driven three trucks with the slogan on them through Boston, Los Angeles, New York City. There will also be mass stickering in major US cities.
  • An Indigenous Australian woman went through weeks of violence before dying of sustained injuries from her abusive boyfriend, while police did “nothing” when she called for help multiple times, a Northern Territory inquest finds.
  • Shinigami Eyes, a web browser extension designed to censor social media users who express “transphobic” views, is banned in Norway.
  • The Southern Baptist Convention votes to establish a list of accused sex abusers within the U.S.’s largest Protestant church. The agreement follows a damning report revealing Southern Baptist leaders mishandled and ignored sexual misconduct allegations for years.
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.