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gravityeyelidsvia http://ift.tt/2f6DZuP:Debunking Misinformation, a response to a recent Tumblr article:
verdigrisvagabond:
froborr:
queer-trash-witch:
Trans Lifeline has posted an official response to the misinformation that is currently being spread.
“A Tumblr article by LordHauchefant has been getting shared recently that makes a number of untrue claims about the Trans Lifeline. We decided to go through line by line and debunk post. You can view the original article here.
“Ever since the Presidential Election results came in, there’s been post after post of people spreading around the phone number for a supposed suicide hotline for trans people, called Trans Lifeline.
What people don’t know is that this “hotline” is a huge scam meant to fund the founder’s’ personal lives,…”
Nina Chaubal and Greta Martela are two trans women who were software engineers in San Francisco. When Greta was suicidal, she experienced ignorance, mistreatment, and abuse while trying to get the help she needed. They decided they needed to do something to help other suicidal trans folks, so they left their jobs where they made a combined income of $260,000 in order to found the Trans Lifeline. In 2015, the both dedicated themselves full time to the Trans Lifeline. Greta collected a salary of $28,800 that year, and Nina worked without pay for the first fifteen months of Trans Lifeline, living entirely off of her savings. In 2016, they are each collecting a salary of $30,000 (since they work 70 hours per week on average, that is practically minimum wage) for a combined income of $60,000.
“…and that the hotline barely answers their calls, if ever.”
Since Trans Lifeline launched in November of 2014, we’ve answered 17,064 calls.
“A twitter was made a while back to cover the small, almost nonexistent amount of operators on the line, but it is now inoperable because the founders found out and shut down the source of the twitter bot’s information, because how dare someone provide the truth.”
Kiwifarms is a website dedicated to harassing autistic trans women into dying by suicide. Kiwifarms launched a personal attacks on staff of Trans Lifeline including Greta, Nina, and an intern. This attack included leaving explicit harassing messages, death threats, and attempting to disclose their personal addresses online. Frustrated that their attacks did not dissuade us from offering life-saving support to trans people who were suicidal, Kiwifarms supporters created a twitter bot to defame Trans Lifeline and spread lies. Kiwifarms is being investigated by the federal government as a hate group in connection with this incident and a number of other alleged malicious crimes.”
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I normally don’t say “reblog this,” because trying to guilt people into reblogging is bullshit. But there is an ethical obligation to issue a correction when you know you have been distributing false information.Everyone who reblogged that BS “Don’t donate to Trans LifeLine” thing actually does need to reblog this.
I did not reblog it, but I’m reblogging this because I saw the “don’t donate” post on my dash and just ignored it rather than trying to confirm my initial suspicions.
@nbkatara
verdigrisvagabond:
froborr:
queer-trash-witch:
Trans Lifeline has posted an official response to the misinformation that is currently being spread.
“A Tumblr article by LordHauchefant has been getting shared recently that makes a number of untrue claims about the Trans Lifeline. We decided to go through line by line and debunk post. You can view the original article here.
“Ever since the Presidential Election results came in, there’s been post after post of people spreading around the phone number for a supposed suicide hotline for trans people, called Trans Lifeline.
What people don’t know is that this “hotline” is a huge scam meant to fund the founder’s’ personal lives,…”
Nina Chaubal and Greta Martela are two trans women who were software engineers in San Francisco. When Greta was suicidal, she experienced ignorance, mistreatment, and abuse while trying to get the help she needed. They decided they needed to do something to help other suicidal trans folks, so they left their jobs where they made a combined income of $260,000 in order to found the Trans Lifeline. In 2015, the both dedicated themselves full time to the Trans Lifeline. Greta collected a salary of $28,800 that year, and Nina worked without pay for the first fifteen months of Trans Lifeline, living entirely off of her savings. In 2016, they are each collecting a salary of $30,000 (since they work 70 hours per week on average, that is practically minimum wage) for a combined income of $60,000.
“…and that the hotline barely answers their calls, if ever.”
Since Trans Lifeline launched in November of 2014, we’ve answered 17,064 calls.
“A twitter was made a while back to cover the small, almost nonexistent amount of operators on the line, but it is now inoperable because the founders found out and shut down the source of the twitter bot’s information, because how dare someone provide the truth.”
Kiwifarms is a website dedicated to harassing autistic trans women into dying by suicide. Kiwifarms launched a personal attacks on staff of Trans Lifeline including Greta, Nina, and an intern. This attack included leaving explicit harassing messages, death threats, and attempting to disclose their personal addresses online. Frustrated that their attacks did not dissuade us from offering life-saving support to trans people who were suicidal, Kiwifarms supporters created a twitter bot to defame Trans Lifeline and spread lies. Kiwifarms is being investigated by the federal government as a hate group in connection with this incident and a number of other alleged malicious crimes.”
READ MORE
I normally don’t say “reblog this,” because trying to guilt people into reblogging is bullshit. But there is an ethical obligation to issue a correction when you know you have been distributing false information.Everyone who reblogged that BS “Don’t donate to Trans LifeLine” thing actually does need to reblog this.
I did not reblog it, but I’m reblogging this because I saw the “don’t donate” post on my dash and just ignored it rather than trying to confirm my initial suspicions.
@nbkatara
