An art teacher in British Columbia has launched a human rights complaint against an online harasser after becoming the subject of a targeted anti-trans campaign.
A teacher has launched a human rights complaint after they say they were doxed and a target of online hate. Travis Prasad has the story.“A variety of slurs, accusations, and it’s all that I’m a teacher,” said Wilson, who teaches art at a high school in the Lower Mainland community.The messages have come from a social media account called “Blonde Bigot.”She is reportedly a parent of a student where Wilson teaches.sent to your email, as it happens.
Back in November, an X account known as Libs of TikTok shared Wilson’s name, picture and place of work to its 3 million followers, an online act known as ‘doxxing.’Global News spoke with a social media expert about the situation. “When parents or individuals in our community see a teacher they don’t agree with, they can use the power of social media to target that individual without a lot of regulation or oversight and basically make that person’s life a living hell,” said Jesse Miller, a consultant at Mediated Reality.Crashed B.C. school bus was filled with grade 6s, 7s, superintendent saysA B.C. lawyer said it is not uncommon for transgendered people to be targeted online.
“Trans people are targeted directly, and they’re also targeted when organizations Libs of TikTok get involved and send tsunamis of hate mail,” Barbara Findlay said, a lawyer with Lawyers against Transphobia. “The reason why it’s important to file a human rights complaint is to hold accountable the people who are doing that.”“Empower more trans people, more queer people, more people who are experiencing harassment, and violence and threats and degradation that does violate our human rights,” Wilson said.
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