"The image shows a rainbow-colored Star of David with pictures of several trans rights leaders and points out that they're Jewish, including NCTE founder Mara Keisling and GLSEN director Eliza Byard, who isn't transgender. Non-Jewish trans rights leaders are not included in the image."
"At the top of the star is Magnus Hirschfeld, the gay, Jewish, and German sexologist born in the mid-1800s who was a pioneer in researching LGBTQ+ identities. In 1933, his sexology research institute was looted by the Nazis, who beat up the institute's staff and burned its books."
"The image also contains several "facts," like that the Talmud "recognizes EIGHT genders." That "fact" - with a number that varies - is popular among antisemites online but is a simplification of hundreds of years of rabbinical commentary that sometimes mentions gender."
Former congresswoman and 2008 Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney shared an antisemitic and transphobic infographic on social media. The image features a rainbow Star of David with pictures of Jewish trans rights leaders, implying Jewish people are responsible for transgenderism's growth. It references Magnus Hirschfeld, a pioneering Jewish sexologist whose research institute was destroyed by Nazis in 1933. The infographic includes distorted claims about Jewish religious texts recognizing multiple genders. Non-Jewish trans rights advocates are notably absent from the image, revealing the selective targeting of Jewish individuals to promote a harmful conspiracy theory.
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