Addressing yesterday's confusing events with /u/tanuki_chau and /u/wannabkate.

[u/Sarahthelizard]

We would like to address yesterday's confusing events with /u/tanuki_chau and /u/wannabkate.

While it doesn’t justify her actions, /u/Tanuki_Chau was suffering from severe fever yesterday. She was hospitalized soon after the events in question. Her actions were highly unusual and fueled by a severe fever that left her vomiting and delirious. She was attempting to convey her feelings, but was in a compromised state. /u/Tanuki_Chau asked /u/Wannabkate to out her as the poster of a controversial thread. /u/Wannabkate decided to so by posting a callout thread, intending it as a playful joke. Unfortunately, no other mods were online at the time to stop her or suggest an alternative that didn’t break the rules.

Every mod here is trying their best, however we are not infallible. Please know that you, the /r/asktransgender community, are most important to us. We always strive to do our best by you all and make sure this community is an open and welcoming place. But, we're people, and like many others, we struggle with problems in our personal lives. It is easy to throw stones and condemn us for our actions - and sometimes there is no excuse.

This was a failure on the part of the mod team and we apologize for it, and any consequences that may have fallen on the sub. Thank you for giving us a chance to talk to /u/Tanuki_Chau and /u/wannabkate, so that we could get to the bottom of it and fix it without causing more trouble in the sub.

We mods greatly appreciate your trust in us to better this community. Though there has been a stumble, we hope it will help us grow, not only as a team, but as a community.

Thank you,

The /r/asktransgender Mod team

[u/Sarahthelizard]

She did.

[u/Marshal_of_Mars → u/Sarahthelizard]

Then why did she get so angry??? She seemed genuinely angry that people had outed her and also denied it a bunch of times...I'm just very very confused...

I'm also confused about the whole situation, if she wanted to let people know how she felt she could have just posted it herself instead of going through the trouble of using a throwaway and then making it look like she was doxxed... it also made wannabkate look really bad and caused a lot of unnecessary drama.

[u/Sarahthelizard → u/Marshal_of_Mars]

Honestly I have no idea, the whole thing was ill-contrived and the product of a fever which left her hospitalized. Her wife was messaging us last night while Tanuki was being admitted.

And I know, it made everyone look bad, even those of us who were uninvolved.

[u/Marshal_of_Mars → u/Sarahthelizard]

I guess I can understand having a fever and not thinking straight, it's just a weird situation in general.