Overview
Evan Greer is the director (formerly deputy director) of Fight for the Future, a queer- and trans-led US digital rights organization. Public face of the most consistent organizational opposition to KOSA, Section 230 sunset proposals, Age Verification laws, and the broader Bad Internet Bills Campaign cluster. Authored or co-authored several of the canonical opposition op-eds across Vice, Teen Vogue, and other publications. Trans/queer; identifies as parent of a tween (per Vice 2022 op-ed).
Key Facts
- Authored the canonical KOSA-opposition op-ed: LGBTQ Youth Are Under Attack — Why Are Democrats Pushing a Bill That Hurts Them More (Vice, December 2022) — the original formal articulation of the duty-of-care critique
- Co-authored the most current consolidated argument: Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship? (Teen Vogue, October 2025) — the three-vector framing (Section 230, age verification, KOSA)
- Frequently quoted across The Verge, Vox, WaPo, Tech Policy Press as digital rights expert
- Has been publicly smeared by Sen. Richard Blumenthal as part of “a pawn of Big Tech” — Blumenthal’s response to FtF’s KOSA opposition; widely seen as a particularly cynical attack on a queer-/trans-led organization
- Argues for affirmative alternatives: federal data privacy law (ADPPA), antitrust (AICOA, Open App Markets Act), algorithmic justice — “rather than throwing trans kids and human rights under the bus”
Newsletter Relevance
Greer is the central editorial voice of the Bad Internet Bills Campaign cluster. Any newsletter piece on KOSA, Section 230 sunset, or age verification benefits from Greer’s framing — it’s pre-distilled, sourced, and repeated consistently across every relevant source in this batch. The Blumenthal smear angle is also rich material: the Senate’s lead KOSA co-sponsor publicly attacking the queer leader of the bill’s opposition.
Connections
- Fight for the Future — director
- Janus Rose — Teen Vogue 2025 co-author
- Anna Bonesteel — FtF colleague and 2024 op-ed author
- Sara Philips / Sarah Philips — FtF colleague
- Marsha Blackburn — primary policy opponent
- Richard Blumenthal — primary policy opponent and personal attacker
- Heritage Foundation — primary intellectual opponent
Source Appearances
- LGBTQ Youth Are Under Attack — Why Are Democrats Pushing a Bill That Hurts Them More — author (Vice, Dec 2022)
- Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship? — co-author (Teen Vogue, Oct 2025)
- Child safety bills are reshaping the internet for everyone — interviewed
- Officials say social media is hurting teens — Scientists say it’s complicated — quoted
- Congress is flooded with bills for childproofing the internet — quoted
- Considering Age Verification and Impacts on LGBTQ+ Youth — referenced
Open Questions
- The Blumenthal “pawn of Big Tech” smear is a remarkable on-record attack from a sitting Senator on a digital rights leader — has Greer or FtF responded formally beyond the Teen Vogue op-ed mention?
- Greer’s public profile across multiple outlets makes them a strong candidate for a profile piece — biography, organizing trajectory, post-2024 evolution of the campaign.