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Hi everyone,
In case you're not aware, French-speaking Wikipedians are pushing some highly transphobic rules approved to ensure that all bios of trans people include their deadnames, even if they were unknown before their transition.
These rules have been approved by very few people, which shows a distinct lack of respect. Any voices that disagreed with them were silenced to such an extent that Wikipedian contributors were banned.
For example, in the case of Andrea Furet (French actress and Miss France contestant), who wasn't known before her transition, they published her deadname on French Wikipedia and refuse to remove it.
In any case, it is very dangerous for trans people to have their private information (the fact that they are trans and their deadnames are private information according to French law) exposed on the internet.
We don't want Wikipedia to be a doxxing site targeting trans people like Kiwifarms is. We want to protect trans people from harassment.
They are even pushing to misgender trans people in a future poll!
We tried to get Wikipedians to understand that this is not acceptable because it puts all trans people at risk.
We failed.
Now, we want to push this information to the Wikimedia Foundation and we need your help.
We believe that one email won't be enough for the Wikimedia Foundation to take a stand against what is happening in French Wikipedia.
You can use the template below to send an email to legal@wikimedia.org (legal department of the Wikimedia Foundation).
The email below is a suggestion, but feel free to adapt it to your needs.
Please help us reach the Wikimedia Foundation and make sure they are aware of the situation.
Many thanks to all trans people and allies who are willing to help us against the transphobia in Wikipedia
Retoots are sweat and please spread this message as much as possible (even on other social network platforms)
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