That December 2015 post came after months of pressure from drag queens, Native Americans, and domestic violence survivors for Facebook to adjust the controversial “real-name policy” under which some accounts were being deleted in the absence of proper identification. responded to these users with a link to a December 2015 post about two new tools that were designed to “reduce the number of people who are asked to verify their name on Facebook when they are already using the name people know them by.” More outrage followed along this same vein.
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“Celebrate Pride by not suspending trans peoples’ accounts when they change their name on Facebook before they decide if they even want to update legal documents,” insisted another user, whose comment elicited several hundred sympathetic reactions. “How about keeping trans people safe and changing your FB profile name policy to allow trans folk to use whatever name they see fit?” “Pride is more than celebrating,” added another. “Hey, why don’t you really show support and stop deleting accounts of trans people that are using their chosen names?” wrote one user.
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Judging from the comments on page, it’s clear that discontent with the social media website’s names policy hasn’t entirely faded away-indeed, some transgender users still feel targeted by reporting tools that can require them to undergo an “ID verification experience” to use their chosen names. The Pride reaction in particular has become an internet sensation, with Facebook users indiscriminately slapping it onto every post they can-especially posts by anti-LGBT public figures, like Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.īut not everyone in the LGBT community has reacted to Facebook’s new rainbow regalia with, well, rainbows. Then, on June 11, Facebook released its official Pride profile picture frame: a rainbow ribbon tied in the shape of a heart for good measure. On June 9, the official page announced that any user who liked the page would gain access to a special rainbow flag Pride reaction to supplement the usual array of hearts and emojis. Rainbows, rainbows everywhere! If you’re on Facebook this month, multicolored displays of LGBT pride have become ubiquitous.