The MWMF Blogger Trans Women Hitlist, and Wordpress' Refusal to Do Anything About It.
labelle77 writes:
This blog post outs several trans women with both pseudonyms AND legal names, their photos, where they can be found at the festival, and in some cases their profession and employment.
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The blogger is also putting these people in possible professional peril - at least one woman is listed by both her legal name, profession, and business name AND by the stage name she uses as an actress in (feminist-award-winning, actually) adult films. Suddenly, anyone who googles her in a professional capacity becomes immediately aware of her other work, without any consent from her.
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Everyone who has made a report to Wordpress received a single paragraph canned reply that states:
“WordPress.com is in no position to arbitrate disputes or make judgment on such claims. As per http://en.support.wordpress.com/disputes/, please provide us with a Court Order including a court's decision regarding this particular content; if any content is found to be defamatory or illegal by a court of law, it will be removed immediately from our service. Any court order, should you obtain one, must be sent to the following e-mail address:court-orders@wordpress.com”
I can only add my voice to those saying that, not only is the action by the MWMF blogger vile, but so is Wordpress' response to the complaints.
I literally JUST SAW that site, which is being linked all over Twitter, Facebook, etc. This has been a well-coordinated hit.
ReplyDeleteWhat I am concerned about is the allegations of flashing, etc that have been lodged against trans women at MWMF. This will make the women-only rule stronger than ever; in fact, their complaint seems to be that the rule is not adequately enforced, naming these women as proof of that.
"Regular" women who go to Michigan and don't follow the political hoopla, may believe the okey-doke and the allegations. According to everything I've seen, most women haven't really cared about the trans women, so more have attended... this is obviously the "counter strike"... disturbing, but I am surprised at the strength of the counter-attack. I shouldn't be, since we are currently experiencing a reactionary political phase in the USA, and you'll notice MRAs and anti-trans feminists, etc, are emboldened by the atmosphere.
Ugh.