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Litter boxes in schools hoax
Right-wing hoax
Litter boxes in schools hoax
The litter boxes in schools hoax was an urban legend spread in 2021 and 2022 that schools were installing litter boxes in bathrooms to be used by students who "identify as cats" or with the furry or otherkin subcultures. The belief in and spread of the hoax has been described as "furry panic". Various right-wing and anti-LGBTQ sources circulated these claims as part of a moral panic against school accommodations for transgender youth, such as unisex toilets. Ahead of the 2022 US elections, the hoax was promoted by Republican politicians Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Scott Jensen, Heidi Ganahl, Don Bolduc, and media personalities Joe Rogan, Chaya Raichik, and Bill Cunningham. Parents of school-aged children also circulated the rumors on social media apps like Facebook. Different iterations named dozens of different schools and districts throughout the US and Canada. Officials have routinely debunked such claims, and there is no evidence that any school has ever held such a policy.
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