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Wordpress bans 'deadnaming'

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QuietContraryMary · 17/11/2018 18:37

Your site will be taken down for

"The malicious publication of private details related to gender identity, including former names."

Note in general

"Examples of information which we don’t consider private are:

Photos of people (excluding nudes/minors).
Publicly available physical addresses, email addresses, or phone numbers.
Names."

en.support.wordpress.com/private-information/

Previous policy (as of November 15th) archive.is/fwcA7

So example:

It's ok to disclose that Tommy Robinson was previously called Stephen Yaxley Lennon, because he's not transgender.

But it's not ok to disclose that Caitlyn Jenner was previously called Bruce.

Two wordpress sites have thus far been taken down in the 36 hours since this policy was put into place, namely 'Gender Identity Watch', and 'Gender Trender'.

TransCrimeUK remains up for the moment, but it's quite likely to be taken down in the future.

Clearly there is some scope for deadnaming, if Wordpress decide that it's not 'malicious', whatever the fuck that means, but how far this extends is not clear. For example if you had a page discussing Charlotte (nee Charles) Clymer's unpleasant, if not necessarily illegal behaviour, and how it affects Charlotte's credibility as a 'feminist', it is not clear whether that would be deemed malicious.

It would however be central to any discussion about Charlotte's behaviour.

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HamiltonCork · 17/11/2018 19:13

Does anyone else find the phrase “dead naming” utterly repugnant. No one actually died. Very insulting to grieving parents.

QuietContraryMary · 17/11/2018 19:04

Well you might not be able to now. There's a 6'3 translady called Brianna (formally John) Wu, all mention of Brianna's trans status is prohibited from Brianna's Wikipedia page.

The Washington Post printed this very snarky 'correction' when Brianna complained:

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/any-old-blue-just-wont-do-insurgents-seek-to-topple-more-democratic-veterans-in-september-primaries/2018/09/01/85e26eee-aca3-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html

"Clarification: An earlier version of this story said that Brianna Wu is transgender. She identifies as a woman."

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AnchorDownDeepBreath · 17/11/2018 19:02

From a technical point of view; this is only applicable to blogs hosted on wordpress.com - if the blogs you've mentioned that are closed down move to their own hosting, they can upload their Wordpress back-ups there and use the self-hosted wordpress in exactly the same way that they were, without the censorship.

IStandWithPosie · 17/11/2018 18:57

How long before we aren’t allowed to refer to someone as trans?

QuietContraryMary · 17/11/2018 18:46

Well, trumptrump, the Wikkfiddlers decided that that the man in Australia who said she is trans, actually isn't.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Barry_O%27Sullivan

This is a world first, and doesn't apply to rapists, murderers and other people who should of course be given priority access to women's spaces.

The reason Barry is not a real translady, apparently, is because Buzzfeed says so. (Seriously, I'm not making these up these are the shit-for-brain fools who write the world's most popular encyclopedia).

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trumptrump · 17/11/2018 18:40

Is it bad that I want Tommy Robinson to come out as transgender for the hilarity that would ensue? Imagine the SJWs trying to square that?!?

(Disclaimer: I loathe Tommy Robinson and what he stands for!)