I recently found this story detailing how Epstein promoted or at least facilitated the gender critical/anti trans rhetoric we’ve been seeing for the last 10 years: https://transnews.network/p/epstein-backed-prominent-anti-trans-figures

“Started” may be an overstatement, but there’s some truth to it.

I’d argue the opposite, Lemmy was in a decay and Trump and the go European movement prompted a new influx of users to Lemmy. External events didn’t cause the dip, but the recovery.

I feel this, I’ve tried to get cis people to go to protests and mobilize for trans rights for years, and crickets, but they manage monthly marches and even a general strike (in my country) for Palestine since Oct '23. People usually have the capacity to organize, they just don’t think most issues are worth it.