NPR - The Small Business
Administration’s website featured a photograph of people of varying ages,
genders and skin tones. That image was removed in mid-February. A person with
knowledge of SBA’s website update said that the minor task of removing the
photo felt strangely urgent. SBA did not respond to NPR's requests for
comment...
A separate executive order explicitly targeted transgender and non-binary
people. The administration’s actions toward transgender people follow
misleading content focused on unsubstantiated threats of sex crime, concerns
about fairness in women's sports and health care for minors with gender
dysphoria diagnoses.
Historians warn that, in the past, this form of systematic erasure has come
when governments strip rights from people, beginning with the most marginalized
groups. "If you erase the memory, we really forget the people," said
Alessio Ponzio, whose research focuses on LGBTQ history and women's studies and
is a visiting professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland. "It's an
act of violence that is very subtle but can really destroy the psychology of
people."
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