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LinkedIn Banned A Trans Woman For Using Her Preferred Name
YouTuber Sarah Burssty saw her account abruptly removed, coming as one of the latest instances of social media's targeting of trans people
The Trust and Consumer Support Consultant who communicated with her, named only Shivam, said that this policy exists to ensure that profiles “accurately reflect” a user’s “personal and professional life,” and that her “appeal has been denied and your account will remain restricted." The YouTuber posted on Twitter that she was told “in no uncertain terms they are going to block all future communication with me,” adding that she was “really scared that this is going to impact my odds at the over 20+ businesses I applied to over the past couple of weeks that have my LinkedIn page on my resume. “I'm glad my account is back and they're allegedly going to be using my experience as a template for future situations like mine, but at the end of the day it did hamper my job search,” Burssty told Free Radical following her reinstatement.
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