Libs of TikTok is now targeting a Jewish summer camp

A Twitter account called Libs of TikTok has been inflaming conservative outrage over queer rights, trans people and other progressive issues since 2021.

In April, Washington Post tech reporter Taylor Lorenz uncovered the woman behind the account: Chaya Raichik, a Brooklyn-based Orthodox Jewish woman. And now, for what seems to be the first time, Raichik is directing outrage at a Jewish group.

Every day, Libs of TikTok reposts a slew of videos and memes off of TikTok, Twitter and around the internet, particularly targeting LGBTQ people and supporters — teachers proudly posting about rainbow-filled classrooms or parents supporting their child’s transition. The account’s posts are then often amplified by conservative talking heads such as Tucker Carlson, Glenn Greenwald and Joe Rogan.

The account posted a screenshot from Camp Ramah in California on Wednesday stating that the popular Conservative Jewish camp supports gender expression in all forms. The excerpt from the camp’s diversity statement includes a promise to “avoid heteronormative assumptions in our language and programming” and explains that it will support “an individual’s wellbeing, which may include bunking campers and staff according to gender identity rather than birth sex.”

“Camp Ramah, which owns tens of camps across the country, announced they are housing kids according to their gender identity rather than birth sex,” announced Raichik’s account.

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