Here’s link to the tweet explaining in depth what’s happening:
https://x.com/reduxx/status/1989730179606892951
'On October 15, 2024, Reduxx published an article titled
EXCLUSIVE: Award-Winning Trans-Identified Male Author From Taiwan Sues Critics Who Say He’s Not A “Lesbian."
The article was focused on a Taiwanese-born writer named Li Kotomi. Kotomi, an author, is a trans-identified male currently residing in Japan.
The article reported on Kotomi's campaign of terror against women's rights advocates, and how he had filed multiple lawsuits and criminal charges against women who refused to validate his identity as a “woman” and “lesbian.”
It also noted that Kotomi had taken literary prizes intended for female writers, and called into question concerning statements Kotomi had made comparing pedophilia to a sexuality.
As always, our article did not participate in validating Kotomi’s self-declared claim to womanhood. We referred to Kotomi as a man, and used “he/him” pronouns throughout. We also included some of his other aliases - including his birth name.
All of the details we published utilized data that was publicly accessible.
Kotomi is now suing us because of this article.
His argument? That it was defamatory, invasive, and "factually incorrect" to refer to him as a man because he is “legally and socially a female.”
Note that in Japan, truth is NOT a defense against such claims. "Outing" a trans-identified male is often held as illegal, and "misgendering" them can be considered a legally actionable "insult" regardless of the underlying facts.
In addition to hefty monetary damages, Kotomi is seeking to compel a Japanese court to order us to remove the article we published about him.
In other words, he believes he can litigate us into validating his identity.
Not gonna happen.
If you're wondering how, exactly, Kotomi filed a suit against Reduxx, which is a non-Japanese entity... this is where it gets troubling…'