Mr Josh 3 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Drag queens from left, Lil Ms. Hot Mess, Sister Roma and Heklina take turns speaking about their battle with Facebook during a news conference at City Hall Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco drag queens are sparring with Facebook over its policy requiring people to use their real names, rather than drag names such as Pollo Del Mar and Heklina. In recent weeks, Facebook has been deleting the profiles of self-described drag queens and other performers who use stage names Facebook is apologizing to members of the LGBT community, specifically drag queens and transgender individuals, over the way their name change policy has disproportionately targeted and affected their identities. Facebook came under fire several weeks ago after forcing a large percentage of individuals operating personal profiles on Facebook under pseudonyms, stage names, or any name not matching their legal name to change their name on Facebook or risk having their profiles deactivated. A number of individuals spoke out on the issue, including RuPaul and Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence member Sister Roma, who orchestrated a face-to-face meeting with Facebook to discuss the implications of this policy. Today, the company’s chief product officer, Chris Cox, apologized to “the affected community of drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbors, and members of the LGBT community" through a post on his personal profile. See More Cox notes in his apology, "Our policy has never been to require everyone on Facebook to use their legal name. The spirit of our policy is that everyone on Facebook uses the authentic name they use in real life. For Sister Roma, that's Sister Roma. For Lil Miss Hot Mess, that's Lil Miss Hot Mess. Part of what's been so difficult about this conversation is that we support both of these individuals, and so many others affected by this, completely and utterly in how they use Facebook." This is a victory not only for drag queens and transgender individuals, but every person who chooses to self-identify for whatever reasons while navigating the Internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpe 916 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I'm so happy yayyyyy :ghostlegend: MAKE IT WORK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erotica 34,929 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 That's great! Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
What 4 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Lil Miss Hot Mess yaaaaaaasssssssss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkCity 10,536 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 inb4 they delete Gaga's profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenART 429 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 slé Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop 4,541 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 You don't wanna mess with the drag queens! Slay a bit! :whip: The Taylor Brigade: KNOCKOUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Kahn 2 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I'm glad they finally said something about it. Respect! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,132 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 So, is it coming back or are those apologies are empty ones? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraLove 1,281 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 So shouldn't Gaga's account technically be deleted also? Or is the money she's waiving keeping that at bay? lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuki 3 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 So shouldn't Gaga's account technically be deleted also? Or is the money she's waiving keeping that at bay? lol. the name change was for personal accounts, not fan pages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraLove 1,281 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 the name change was for personal accounts, not fan pages Duh. Completely forgot that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 533 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 It's good that they have dealt with the situation, and apologized :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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