Twitter suspends Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering Rachel Levine – UPI.com

Rep, Jim Banks, R-Ind., said Saturday that his Twitter account was suspended after he intentionally misgendered Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health Rachel Levine in a tweet. File Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI | License Photo Oct. 24 (UPI) — Rep. Jim Banks said his official Twitter account has been suspended after he intentionally misgendered Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health Rachel Levine in a tweet. Banks, R-Ind., on Saturday shared a screenshot of the tweet where he referred to Levine, the first openly transgender Cabinet official confirmed by the Senate, as “a man” after she was named the first female and first transgender four-star officer of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. A Twitter representative told The Hill Banks’ account had been temporarily locked for violating the social network’s Hateful Conduct policy. The policy includes “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as a violation of the policy. “The account owner is required to delete the violative Tweet before regaining access to their account,” the Twitter representative said. Banks on Saturday described the tweet as a “statement of fact” and said he would continue to post from his personal account while…
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