In May 2021, Pagonis reported that for the second time the intersex hashtag was removed on TikTok and demanded its return. A poster could not click the tag on their own post and trying to search for intersex pulled up a “null” page. TikTok told The Verge that in both of the instances Pagonis noticed, the tag had been removed by mistake and was subsequently restored. But because there was no public statement about the accidental removal, Pagonis and others were left to speculate about whether it was being intentionally censored.
