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Chaya Raichik, founder of LibsofTikTok spoke with me about the great replacement theory, the death of a 16 year old non binary child in Oklahoma, why she won't delete her false accusations about the Uvalde shooter, her views on gender, feminism and more. Follow me : https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorlorenz https://taylorlorenz.substack.com READ MY FULL STORY: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/24/libs-tiktok-oklahoma-nonbinary-teen-death/ Libs of TikTok is run by Chaya Raichik who has amassed an audience of millions as a far-right influencer who targets LGBTQ people. Though she lives in California and Florida and is registered to vote in California, she has become an increasingly powerful and ever-present figure in Oklahoma. Raichik’s growing role in Oklahoma became a subject of speculation this week after Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary student at Owasso, Okla., died following an altercation in a girl’s bathroom at the public high school they attended. On Thursday, Oklahoma City Councilor Sean Cummings lambasted Raichik for stoking anti LGBTQ hate in the state, saying that she has “blood on her hands.” Raichik was recently appointed to the Oklahoma Library Media Advisory Committee and has sought to have books depicting LGBTQ people and sex education removed from school libraries. In September, Raichik visited Oklahoma and met with Walters. She also attempted to speak at a local Oklahoma school board meeting to question the board members about a high school principal who performed as a drag queen who Raichik had posted about (the board denied her request to speak). Raichik also claimed that various Oklahoma school districts were featuring “porn” books in their libraries. Last year, Raichik posted about an elementary school librarian in Tulsa. She shared a TikTok video featuring the librarian that had been edited to include the teacher’s name and school, the Ellen Ochoa Elementary School in Tulsa. Shortly after Raichik’s post, the school received a bomb threat. Ryan Walters also retweeted Raichik’s post about the librarian. Raichik said that she has only visited Oklahoma once, but decided to get involved in state politics and education after discovering and posting about LGBTQ teachers in the state. She said of her decision to involve herself in Oklahoma: “[they] unfortunately have a lot of wokeness in a red state and I’m trying to help.