4chan plans “genocide” against transgender women
The 4chans sub board known as /pol/ (a well known ultra right reactionary sub board) has publicly and outright stated plans to drive transgender people (particularly trans women) to suicide and stated we should be “rounded up and slaughtered like cattle”. They have also made indications they aim to align with trans exclusionary radical feminists. I call upon all of you to send emails to 4chans owner and operator Christopher Poole (aka moot) to shut down the sub board /pol/ and deny this hate group a platform. Email template for those who need one. To: moot@4chan.org Dear Mr. Poole. We as members of the transgender community implore you to shut down the 4chan board known as /pol/ As enclosed in this screen shot you can see they are using your platform to plan “genocide” against transgender people, who already have a very high rate of suicide attempts. They plan to
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Community significance
“4chan plans “genocide” against transgender women” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging technology, data, and platforms. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2014 at Transadvocate.com, “4chan plans “genocide” against transgender women” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to technology, data, and platforms. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
No dominant policy frame was detected in “4chan plans “genocide” against transgender women.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of transgender identity and history may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.
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Themes
- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Technology, data, and platformsTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication35%
- 3Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community18%
Academic framing
- 1100%
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 1 year(s) after the theme’s highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
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- Community and organizing531
- Law and civil rights468
- Culture, identity, and representation320
- Education and youth308
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse260
- Healthcare and medicine248
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization238
- History, archives, and memory216
- Public policy and governance206
- Feminism and gender politics198
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- Public accommodations and facilities177
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination173
- Criminal justice and public safety131
- Elections and democratic governance100
- Research ethics and data governance78
- Labor and employment policy52
- Administrative classification and identity documents39
- Housing and social services38
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Documented circulation and reception
6 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 6 distinct domains. The dated evidence currently spans 2014–2015. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveNo Girls Allowed – Women Unwelcome | Trans Without the *
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Author profiles and related researchers
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Cristan Williams
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Cristan Williams
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Mari
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Related authors are calculated from co-authorship, shared themes and framings, and citation relationships in the registered corpus. This does not imply a personal or institutional association.
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