https://sophie.dreamwidth.org/ Sophie - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:24:25 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios sophie personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/304440/324 https://sophie.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://sophie.dreamwidth.org/31604.html Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:24:25 GMT https://sophie.dreamwidth.org/31604.html About 19 hours ago, I <a href="http://twitter.com/sophira/status/29631245300">tweeted</a> about <a href="http://transfinite.dreamwidth.org/215469.html">transfinite's appalling treatment from deviantART</a>. Since then, that tweet has had 184 retweets.<br /><br />If you haven't seen that post yet, please do so. Basically, a few months ago deviantART removed the option for "Unspecified" from its "Sex" dropdown on the profile, in a move reminiscent of <a href="http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/366609.html">what LJ wanted to do</a> (but in the end, didn't). Unlike LJ, however, dA aren't backpedalling on this one.<br /><br />I won't reproduce the full post here, but I wanted to highlight the part that really made me angry. dA responded to a support request that transfinite opened about this issue with "My apologies but there are only two sexes; male and female so one should apply to you. In the unusual case that you are hermaphrodite then I would suggest that you select the one which you feel applies the best."<br /><br />Um. Yeah.<br /><br />I've never been a deviantART member myself, but this only ensures I never will be one.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sophie&ditemid=31604" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://sophie.dreamwidth.org/31604.html transphobia deviantart link angry public 4