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Dana McCallum rape arrest

Revision as of 13:24, 24 April 2014 by 24.97.201.230 (contribs) (→‎Geek feminist community response: deleted "but repudiating trans-misogynistic responses to the incident." as it derails the point. left "The Geek Feminism blog posted "On rape allegations and trans-misogyny" in support of the victim.")
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TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors.

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

McCallum's lawyer John Runfola told the San Francisco Examiner that McCallum's victim is a money-grubbing liar and that McCallum is innocent.

Geek feminist community response

The Geek Feminism blog posted "On rape allegations and trans-misogyny" in support of the victim.

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.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316

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

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