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Several groups advocating for LGBTQ+ youths suggested the bill could limit youths’ ability to engage on platforms that offer emotional support for their identities, particularly for kids who live in communities that might be hostile to their identity.

TERFs’ views on gender identity are widely considered to be hostile to trans people.

From BBC

After red states started banning abortion, the abortion rate rose, fitting the pattern seen in other countries with severe abortion restrictions, because anti-abortion states also tend to be hostile to pregnancy prevention.

From Salon

He said he thought Trump has “big cojones,” and wasn’t surprised that he would organize a rally in an area perceived to be hostile to him.

From Slate

Journalists were sometimes anxious about taking on topics they felt could be hostile to migrants - even though these issues could be investigated while also being respectful towards the people involved and subjects such as immigration fraud covered "in a factual and nuanced way, without demonising migrants".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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