Instagram Has a Problem With the Word ‘Dyke’
Genderfluid users say the platform’s moderation system is discriminating against them
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6 min readSep 23, 2019
Recently, I tried to leave what I thought was a fairly innocuous comment on my girlfriend’s Instagram. It was a photo I had taken of her during San Francisco Pride, blocks away from the Dyke March, an annual event for queer women.
