2/24/2023 0 Comments Litter box![]() ![]() ![]() In the 2010s and 2020s, social media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok helped give rise to the growth in the popularity of a furry fandom subculture. Sharon Roberts, a faculty member at Renison University College and co-founder of a furry research group called Furscience, had not in a decade of research of furry conventions encountered instances of litter boxes being requested. The rumors became a recurring urban legend. Īccording to Lynn McNeill, a folklore researcher at Utah State University, false rumors of furries using litter boxes date back to at least the early 2000s as satire. ![]() Several LGBTQ+ activists and media columnists have argued the hoax is a form of transphobia. Some conservative politicians and activists argued that protections for LGBTQ+ students in schools had "gone too far" and that litter box accommodations are what they might lead to next, despite there being no confirmed instances of schools providing litter boxes for students who dress up as cats or furries to defecate or urinate in or planning to do so. The hoax spread in North America largely as backlash against recognition of gender variance in schools. Several parents of school-age children have amplified the hoax on social media websites such as Facebook. Ahead of the 2022 elections, several prominent American politicians and media personalities spread the hoax, including Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Minnesota Republican candidate for governor Scott Jensen, retired brigadier general and United States Senate candidate Don Bolduc, podcast host Joe Rogan (who later admitted there was no "proof that they put a litter box" in a particular school), Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok, and Christian talk show host Bill Cunningham. In the United States, popular media coverage of the hoax originally revolved around a school in Michigan in December 2021, but spread to schools in several other states. Rumors spread to other Canadian provinces and schools. The hoax was reported in Prince Edward Island in October 2021, and initially thought to be a joke, but had to be formally disavowed as misinformation circulated on social media. Officials for every school named by those promoting the hoax have verified that the accusations are false. Many news outlets, fact-checking websites, and academic researchers have debunked such claims. The sharing of such claims often begins as gossip or the relaying of a second-hand report without any supporting evidence. The litter boxes in schools hoax is an urban myth in North America that has been promoted by various American conservative and far-right media outlets and personalities, stating that some schools were providing litter boxes in bathrooms to students who identified as cats or furries, in response to several school districts enacting protections for transgender students. Hoax claiming schools provide litter boxes as accommodations for students identifying as animals ![]()
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