Clubhouse, the popular social audio-only app, announced it will not be attending this year's SXSW because of the state's attempt to limit gender-affirming care for trans youth. | via NPR
This photo illustration taken on July 14, 2021, shows the Clubhouse app icon on a mobile phone screen. The social audio app announced Wednesday it will not be attending this year's SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, given the controversies surrounding the state's transgender laws., announced Wednesday that it will not be attending this year's South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, because of the state's attempt to limit gender-affirming care for transgender youths.
"We realized we wouldn't feel comfortable asking LGBTQ+ voices from the Clubhouse community to come to Texas...and if we feel that way, we shouldn't be there at all," a Clubhouse spokesperson wrote oninstead, we’ll be holding our panel “The Power of Voice” in Clubhouse and donating SXSW travel costs to local organizations.
"This was an easy decision and welcome and support brands, talents and other panels to house on [Clubhouse]," Maya Watson, head of marketing for Clubhouse,Along with the support and safe space the platform is giving to its LGBTQ+ speakers and clubs online, Clubhouse'soutline a strong stance against unruly behavior — emphasizing no tolerance for"hatred, or [discrimination] against based on things like race, religion, national origin, caste, age, sex, gender identity, sexual...
News of the platform's withdrawal from the annual conference and festival comes after organizers for SXSW denounced Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's recent orders to investigate
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