As Amazon prepared Wednesday to kick off Pride Month at its Seattle headquarters, a group of people holding transgender pride flags dropped to the ground.
The individuals — most of whom identified themselves as Amazon employees — were staging a "die-in" to protest Amazon's decision to offer books on its platform that activists say are transphobic, like "Desist, Detrans & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult" and "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters."
The books, activists say, are prominently displayed on Amazon's website, particularly when users search for LGBTQ+ titles. "Irreversible Damage" is listed as a bestseller on Amazon's digital bookshelf for LGBTQ+ studies.
