--- title: On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur description: X, under Elon Musk's ownership, treats the words 'cis' and 'cisgender' as slurs and warns users that their posts may violate platform rules. The platform has... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/on-elon-s-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur-f55ky9flt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur | daily.dev og:description: X, under Elon Musk's ownership, treats the words 'cis' and 'cisgender' as slurs and warns users that their posts may violate platform rules. The platform has... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-elon-s-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur-f55ky9flt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/f55kY9fLt.png og:image:alt: On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary X, under Elon Musk's ownership, treats the words 'cis' and 'cisgender' as slurs and warns users that their posts may violate platform rules. The platform has been criticized for its hostility towards gender-nonconforming individuals and for allowing slurs targeting certain groups. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#twitter](https://daily.dev/tags/twitter) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/on-elon-s-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur-f55ky9flt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-elon-s-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur-f55ky9flt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-elon-s-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur-f55ky9flt"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T16:36:10.951Z","dateModified":"2024-05-14T16:36:10.175Z","description":"X, under Elon Musk's ownership, treats the words 'cis' and 'cisgender' as slurs and warns users that their posts may violate platform rules. The platform has...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9c1b5262d6ab698cdc6d2fecbebda5d9?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9c1b5262d6ab698cdc6d2fecbebda5d9?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-elon-s-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur-f55ky9flt","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"twitter","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur"}]} ```