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r/TrueLesbians

Banned · Hate

Ban record

Action: banned
Date: June 2020
Reason category: Hate

Promoting hate (anti-transgender content)

Removed in the June 29, 2020 hate-policy sweep of gender-critical communities.

Full banned record →Part of June 2020 'Great Ban' →

Sources

01
4W — Reddit Bans Feminist Sub r/GenderCritical (list of removed gender-critical communities)
News2020
02
TheGayUK — Reddit just purged a lot of subreddits that criticised trans people
News2020