{"id":1356965,"date":"2022-03-03T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356965"},"modified":"2022-03-03T13:53:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:53:06","slug":"social-media-darling-clubhouse-boycotts-sxsw-conference-over-texas-policy-on-transgender-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-darling-clubhouse-boycotts-sxsw-conference-over-texas-policy-on-transgender-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Darling Clubhouse Boycotts SXSW Conference over Texas Policy on &#039;Transgender&#039; Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsocial-media-darling-clubhouse-boycotts-sxsw-conference-over-texas-policy-on-transgender-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Popular audio chatroom app Clubhouse has announced that it will boycott the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference this year in Austin, Texas, due to the state\u2019s policy labeling extreme treatments for allegedly transgender children as child abuse. Gov. Greg Abbott said: \u201cIt is already against the law to subject Texas children to a wide variety of elective procedures for gender transitioning, including reassignment surgeries that can cause sterilization, mastectomies, removals of otherwise healthy body parts, and administration of puberty-blocking drugs or supraphysiologic doses of testosterone or estrogen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/02\/1084063758\/clubhouse-sxsw-conference?t=1646325155347\">reports<\/a> that Clubhouse, the popular social audio chatroom app, will not be attending the SXSW conference this year in Austin, Texas in protest of the state\u2019s attempt to limit access to sex-reassignment surgery for children. SXSW is considered one of the world\u2019s most influential gatherings of leftist tech elites and cultural power players, featuring panel discussions and numerous parties and backroom deal-making sessions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_12844392\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sxswcanceled1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12844392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sxswcanceled1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AUSTIN, TX \u2013 MARCH 16: Haelos performs onstage during the PANDORA Discovery Den SXSW on March 16, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rachel Murray\/Getty Images for Pandora)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A spokesperson for Clubhouse stated on Twitter:\u00a0\u201cWe realized we wouldn\u2019t feel comfortable asking LGBTQ+ voices from the Clubhouse community to come to Texas\u2026and if we feel that way, we shouldn\u2019t be there at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">instead, we\u2019ll be holding our panel \u201cThe Power of Voice\u201d in Clubhouse and donating SXSW travel costs to local organizations. we&#8217;re also going to hold a series of rooms supporting trans speakers and creators \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clubhouse (@Clubhouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clubhouse\/status\/1499117477292244992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Instead of attending SXSW, the company plans to host a panel called \u201cThe Power of Voice\u201d on its platform. The company will also be donating the travel costs associated with the conference to local organizations while hosting a number of Clubhouse conversations supporting transgender speakers and creators.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Maya Watson, head of marketing for Clubhouse, stated:\u00a0\u201cThis was an easy decision and welcome and support brands, talents and other panels to house on [Clubhouse].\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was an easy decision and welcome and support brands, talent and other panels to host on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clubhouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@clubhouse<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rgpOwJXQQz\">https:\/\/t.co\/rgpOwJXQQz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maya (@mayawatson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayawatson\/status\/1499118865837477893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A spokesperson for SXSW told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austin360.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2022\/02\/24\/sxsw-austin-condemns-texas-governor-greg-abbott-transgender-affirming-care-order\/6923872001\/\"><em>Austin American-Statesman:<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u201cSXSW stands against discriminatory legislation and supports the LGBTQ+ community. The governor\u2019s latest directive puts trans children in harm\u2019s way once again, and we unequivocally condemn this action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The leftist outrage stems from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/texas-governor-ag-life-altering-treatment-of-transgender-children-is-child-abuse\/\">Texas Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s recent instructions<\/a> to state agencies to investigate reports of children undergoing life-altering procedures to their biological development with the aim to alter their sex.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/texas-governor-ag-life-altering-treatment-of-transgender-children-is-child-abuse\/\">reported on the situation<\/a>, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Transgender advocates call giving children drugs that block the onset of puberty necessary to \u201cgender-affirming\u201d medical care \u2014 or care that advances the idea that one can choose their sex, alter their biological makeup, and even body-altering surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas law imposes reporting requirements upon all licensed professionals who have direct contact with children who may be subject to such abuse, including doctors, nurses, and teachers, and provides criminal penalties for failure to report such child abuse,\u201d\u00a0Abbott\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21272649-abbott-letter-to-masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0in a letter\u00a0to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes after Paxton issued Opinion No. KP-0401 last week that called treating minors to extreme treatments is child abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott wrote that \u201cit is already against the law to subject Texas children to a wide variety of elective procedures for gender transitioning, including reassignment surgeries that can cause sterilization, mastectomies, removals of otherwise healthy body parts, and administration of puberty-blocking drugs or supraphysiologic doses of testosterone or estrogen.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Jonathan Covey, director of policy for the group Texas Values, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/texas-governor-ag-life-altering-treatment-of-transgender-children-is-child-abuse\/\">commented<\/a> on the situation to the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>, stating:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cMinors are prohibited from purchasing paint, cigarettes, alcohol, or even getting a tattoo. We cannot allow minors or their parents to make life-altering decisions on body-mutilating procedures and irreversible hormonal treatments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/02\/1084063758\/clubhouse-sxsw-conference?t=1646325155347\">NPR here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular audio chatroom app Clubhouse has announced that it will boycott the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference this year in Austin, Texas, due to the state\u2019s policy labeling extreme treatments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1356965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1356965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1356965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1356965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}