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Oh come on, as a (presumably) gender-normative person, I'm somewhat insulted you assume my ignorance. You also seem to skip over the part of my comment where I

by jonah 12y ago

Oh come on, as a (presumably) gender-normative person, I'm somewhat insulted you assume my ignorance. You also seem to skip over the part of my comment where I largely agree with you. (Though I didn't spell it out explicitly, I assumed it was clear what I mean. Apologies.) What I was trying to do is draw the distinction between being trans and being a drag performer. The issue I see is whether an individual can have personas. Should PartyBro045 be forced to present as BusinessDude75 online? (There are valid reasons as well as potential consequences to do this - though they likely don't reach the same level of concern.) Does that issue get the same attention? No. Understood. Whatever policy is put in place, it needs to be applied consistently both between and across gender lines.

Smudge 12y ago
The line between being trans and being a "drag performer" is way more blurred and way more personal than you are making it out to be. Furthermore, looking at your other example, I'd argue that PartyBro045 and BusinessDude75 should totally be allowed to present themselves as different people online. It doesn't get the same level of attention because It's unlikely someone will go after BusinessDude75 if his party identity gets revealed (at least not in the way many LGBT people face) but, hey, he might lose his job, which would certainly suck. It think it's pretty easy to make the policy consistent. Identify bad actors not by the name they choose, but by whether or not the identity they present is "real," based on patterns of behavior. If they're a bot or a scammer, it shouldn't matter what name they use, real-sounding or not. Otherwise, leave them alone.
SwellJoe 12y ago
"I'm somewhat insulted you assume my ignorance." It was not assumed. You'd demonstrated it. There's nothing wrong with being ignorant, only with insisting on maintaining it.

by jonah 12y ago

Smudge 12y ago

The line between being trans and being a "drag performer" is way more blurred and way more personal than you are making it out to be. Furthermore, looking at your other example, I'd argue that PartyBro045 and BusinessDude75 should totally be allowed to present themselves as different people online. It doesn't get the same level of attention because It's unlikely someone will go after BusinessDude75 if his party identity gets revealed (at least not in the way many LGBT people face) but, hey, he might lose his job, which would certainly suck. It think it's pretty easy to make the policy consistent. Identify bad actors not by the name they choose, but by whether or not the identity they present is "real," based on patterns of behavior. If they're a bot or a scammer, it shouldn't matter what name they use, real-sounding or not. Otherwise, leave them alone.

SwellJoe 12y ago

"I'm somewhat insulted you assume my ignorance." It was not assumed. You'd demonstrated it. There's nothing wrong with being ignorant, only with insisting on maintaining it.