Scrubbed: The Erasure of Trans Kids from the National Child Safety Conversation
NCMEC's removal of LGBTQ+ references sparks concerns about politicized child safety and its impact on vulnerable youth.
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Scrubbed: The Erasure of Trans Kids from the National Child Safety Conversation
The digital landscape of child safety in the United States has undergone a disturbing transformation. A key resource, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a non-profit organization deeply intertwined with both government agencies and major tech platforms, has quietly purged its online materials of references to queer and transgender children. This act of digital erasure, first reported in [cite original reporting source], has ignited a firestorm of controversy, raising profound questions about the politicization of child safety and the very definition of who deserves protection. The removal of these crucial resources coincides with reports that NCMEC was compelled to eliminate any mention of LGBTQ+ issues under the threat of losing vital government funding. This alleged mandate, believed to originate from the Trump administration's broader campaign to systematically erase transgender individuals from public recognition, casts a long shadow over the organ…
