Transgender Fact Check (Bot)

A Twitter bot to help combat fake information on transgender people.

Prompts

The following prompts can be used with this bot:

"bigot"
"biology" or "chromosomes"
"what is a woman" or "define woman"
"groomer"
"history"
"sexual assault" or "assault"
"41%" or "suicide"
"brainwashed"
"education" or "sex ed"
"sports"

Sources

These are extra sources that could not be included in tweets due to length:

Sexual Assault Info: https://www.hrc.org/resources/sexual-assault-and-the-lgbt-community
Transgender History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history
Suicide rates: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/
Sex offender rates: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/41-per-cent-trans-transgender-trans-women-prisoners-sex-offenders-false-study-statistic-this-is-why-a8072431.html
Sports: https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/four-myths-about-trans-athletes-debunked

Usage

Steps to create your own fact checker bot:

• Install tweepy with pip install tweepy
• Clone repository with git clone https://github.com/guighub/Trans-Fact-Check.git
• Fill in config.py with API keys
• Modify values like refresh_rate or prompt# (optional)
• On your Twitter account, disable Quality Filter in Settings > Notifications > Filters
• Run main.py