That should be on the the wayback machine! With the sheer boatload of disinformation nowadays it’s pretty much mandatory to check everything.
I can’t find any missing kids with the word transgender on their missing page, and those that are down weren’t available on the wayback machine either. Continuing to look with some web searches. Which points to reports still recent enough to show up on Google, yet they’re only there to see on the wayback machine.
This is not good. I honestly was kinda hoping this was fake. Why they were removed is a different question, but I can’t rule out that they’re worried about the USDS* cutting their funding.
*The United States Digital Service was “publicly renamed” to be United States Doge Service aka the United States Department Of Government Efficiency Service
https://www.advocate.com/politics/missing-exploited-lgbtq-kids-removed
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a critical resource for tracking and protecting at-risk youth, has erased all references to LGBTQ+ and particularly trans children from its public materials.
the original reporting was done by The Verge:
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a child safety nonprofit that works closely with the government and major tech platforms, has recently removed publications that reference queer and transgender children from its website. The removals come amid reports that NCMEC was ordered to cull mentions of LGBTQ+ issues under threat of losing government funding, part of President Donald Trump’s push to eradicate recognition of trans people in the US.
… However, comparisons with the Wayback Machine show that at least three documents on its “NCMEC Data” page — including a report on missing children with suicidal tendencies, a report on male victims of child sex trafficking, and an overall data analysis of children missing from care — have been removed since the page’s last archived date of January 24th. …
Within the same date range, NCMEC removed three guides to recognizing and preventing child sex trafficking. That includes an overview that mentions homeless youth who have been “kicked out due to lack of acceptance of their sexual orientation or gender identity” and a guide for parents that mentions victims of child sex trafficking include “boys, girls, and transgender youth.”
Well, ye, I had a search for some articles too. But with how unreliable us news channels have been recently, I figured to check it for myself. Anyways, bad news confirmed, unfortunately
yeah, nothing wrong with that - but it’s also good to know what the specific claim is to know what to look for - the claim is that they removed resources and materials that related to trans and LGBT+ youth, not that they removed listed missing kids who were trans like the headline could lead someone to believe.
The article also includes a hyperlink on each piece of reported data, in text. It’s good to be skeptical, but you should try not to be outright distrustful. Learning what a good article looks like is just as important as learning how to spot a bad one
Unfortunately there’s more than just the look of any article. The journalist can have the best of intentions but just be wrong
They never gave a shit about trans kids. It’s a disgusting sin to them and they want them to die.
The whole protecting kids debate has been a talking point for the middle ground people that don’t know better and for right wingers. Protecting kids was something I heard growing up to go against gay people. “I don’t mind the gays but they need to stay away from children!”
Whoever carried out this order should never have children
Fuck this administration
