TikTok COO identifies as ‘pansexual’, ‘non-binary’

TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas identifies as “pansexual” and as “both female and non-binary” and uses the pronouns “both she/her and her/her,” according to a Notice Shared on social media — Pappas’ name is listed on social media as “V(anessa) Pappas.”

“A personal update. I shared this with our TikTok organization over the weekend and wanted to add some visibility here too,” Pappas wrote.

“I’m pansexual and have been raising my children with my loving spouse and partner in a same-sex household for 20 years – as a family we spend a lot of time talking about the importance of diversity in terms of sexual orientation, race, ethnic acknowledging affiliation, gender, age, socioeconomic status, personal abilities, political backgrounds, etc.” Pappas explained. “Lately our conversation has focused on gender identity. In my private life I mostly go from V and lately from them/ them. Since representation is important, I recognize the importance of language in identifying and affirming gender differences.”

“Although most of you know me to be quite private about my personal life, I found it important to bring my whole personality to work and share my gender identity and preferred pronouns,” Pappas wrote. “So what’s the best way to address myself? I use both her/her and she/her as I still hold my identity as a female and non-binary very dear. I don’t worry if you don’t use V or her/her all the time, but I appreciate the effort to identify my preferences.”

TikTok is a controversial social media company as it is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

The app has been banned from devices owned by the US House of Representatives. “The House Management Committee has authorized the CAO Office of Cybersecurity to initiate the removal of the TikTok social media service from all House-managed devices.” note. “TikTok is Not allowed on House mobile devices.”

A measure approved late last year as part of the massive omnibus law targets TikTok challenging the development of “standards and guidelines for law enforcement agencies requiring the removal of all covered applications from information technology”, with certain exceptions – the measure provides that “the term ‘covered application’ means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application developed or developed Service means or provided by ByteDance Limited or a legal entity owned by ByteDance Limited.”

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