Pokimane responds to transphobia accusations after Discord DMs emerge PokimanePokimane has been accused of being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist after a mod tried to blame her for discriminating against a trans girl, but she apologized and maintained her innocence. Iman \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys is normally in the spotlight for the right reasons. However, she\u2019s been caught up in drama lately after leaked documents about her relationship with Federico \u2018Fedmyster\u2019 Gaytan surfaced. Pokimane denied the allegations, and it looked like smooth sailing from here on out. But now, another incident has surfaced. It\u2019s a serious one that has thrown her into drama yet again. Pokimane\u2019s official Discord server has a role exclusive to girls, but users can\u2019t get it unless they confirm their gender by speaking in voice chat. It\u2019s supposed to be a failsafe way to stop male viewers from pretending to be females for trolling purposes. However, a mod rejected a trans girl from the role. He claimed he was following orders and deflected the blame onto Pokimane. Apparently, the trans girl persisted, which ultimately lead to being banned from the server. https:\/\/twitter.com\/CultC0re\/status\/1332769848703774720?s=20 This sparked an uproar on social media. Some people even accused Pokimane of being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF). Fortunately, she responded quickly and assured fans that everybody is welcome in her community. \u201cI\u2019m looking into this with said mod\/proof of the conversation that was held between them,\u201d she said. [I] will [also] contact SHSLChris directly to resolve this and to assure she is welcomed properly.\u201d \u201cAnyone in my community should be welcomed with open arms no matter what gender\/sexuality,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry if anyone was made to feel otherwise, especially by a mod. That is not okay, and I\u2019ll make sure it\u2019s properly handled.\u201d so sorry if anyone was made to feel otherwise, especially by a mod. That is not okay and I\u2019ll make sure it\u2019s properly handled. \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) November 28, 2020 \u201cFurthermore, I\u2019ve unmodded the person in question,\u201d she said, implying that he acted independently. \u201cAgain, I\u2019m so sorry for this interaction, as it is not something I reinforce\/a rule of mine, and is far from representative of my personal opinions, as I truly support the trans community.\u201d furthermore, I\u2019ve unmodded the person in question. Again, I\u2019m so sorry for this interaction, as it is not something I reinforce \/ a rule of mine, and is far from representative of my personal opinions, as I truly support the trans community. \ud83d\ude1e\u2764\ufe0f \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) November 28, 2020 The key takeaway is the mod appears to have acted or interpreted the rules in his own way, and has since been unmodded. Pokimane also maintained her innocence and claimed she is in full support of the trans community. Whether the affected user will accept her invite back into the Discord remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane responds to transphobia accusations after Discord DMs emerge PokimanePokimane has been accused of being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist after a mod tried to blame her for discriminating against a trans girl, but she apologized and maintained her innocence. Iman \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys is normally in the spotlight for the right reasons. However, she\u2019s been caught […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}