Kulturkampf

[Polident]

Story is insane

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-23/nsw-sydney-giggle-transgender-discrimination-court-judgment/104260546

It’s difficult not to see this as malicious. The trans person 100% knew it was going to cause a problem and make others uncomfortable. You have the rest of the internet, countless communities, many for the Ts and Qs and +s. Targeting the rare community meant as a space for women is intentional. To say nothing of seeking $200,000 in compensation.

And reading up on the app, the Ts targeted the app and founder is very much intentional.

In early 2020, in our initial testing phase when Giggle had not been on the App Store and Google Play for long and was only known to a handful of select women, it was discovered by the “Trans Rights Activist” corners of Twitter and Reddit. I did not know there were such places. Suddenly, we had 1000s of downloads. We were inundated. Trans women who did make it onto the app created “KILL TERF” profiles (among many other threats). There was an orchestrated – albeit failed – attempt to get Giggle removed from the App Store and Google Play. There was some media attention, all of which called me a TERF and Giggle, Transphobic. Not one journalist asked for a comment or facts. I didn’t understand what was happening. To be honest, I’d never heard of the word “TERF” before.

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Recently, I was told by a member of the Australian media that I would only get media coverage if I “stopped being a TERF”. However, 99.9% of the rape threats, death threats and general online abuse I now receive is from self-described Trans Rights Activists. Self identified trans women and the men who support them. Why do I need to ignore this behaviour to be heard?