Anti-Trans Media Policy (S. 736)

This bill would require social media, streaming, gaming, or chatroom companies to provide a parental control option to opt minors out of content that is “sexual in nature” and content that features transgender people. A company that violates this would be guilty of a misdemeanor.

We oppose this bill because: This bill would censor speech and discriminate against transgender people. First, this bill is vague in its use of the phrase “sexual in nature” and would lead companies to censor a large part of their content. Second, this bill would attempt to erase transgender people from being shown in online media, creating more stigmatization.