I read the whole essay, and I do not have a publicist. If anyone from Angry Robot or my former agency ever contacted you about my books, this is the first I’ve heard of it. That you can only parse objections to your gatekeeping through the lens of imagined vendetta is telling. https://twitter.com/DarkMatterzine/status/1379050227387146243 …
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"people coming out of the closet to snatch the goodies before retreating back into the closet" - this is about personal comfort & often survival. Nobody is obliged to be out *all the fucking time* about every aspect of their marginalisation to be able to claim
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The idea that people HAVE to expose themselves to the maximum amount of suffering and vulnerability or you won't consider them valid? The subsequent revelation that you OUTED A WRITER because YOU, personally, were offended by their silence? THIS IS REALLY SHITTY.
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Yes it is dangerous. So, for example, they shouldn't come onto my website claiming to be trans and outing themselves, because that puts them in danger. I don't see the problem.
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If a trans author comes to you and says, "hey, I trust you with the disclosure that I'm trans and this story is ownvoices, but please keep that private, I'm not fully out" that should be a REAL FUCKING EASY thing to accommodate. Admitting you wouldn't do that is gross.
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