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Noted transgender women's rights activist and senior Twitter engineer Dana McCallum (legally: Dana Contreras) was arrested and, on January 29th, 2014, charged with 5 felonies including rape and domestic violence.
McCallum is free on $350,000 bail and there is a restraining order against her, keeping her away from her victim.
Defense lawyer's propagation of rape culture
Geek feminist community response
The Geek Feminism blog posted "On rape allegations and trans-misogyny" in support of the victim but repudiating trans-misogynistic responses to the incident.
Model View Culture, for which McCallum had previously written articles, removed her articles (cached link), but have not made a statement on the matter.
Sources
http://valleywag.gawker.com/respected-twitter-engineer-dana-mccallum-charged-with-r-1562193427
http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-engineer-denies-rape-charges-2014-4
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-women-s-rights-advocate-accused-of-raping-5396746.ph