Transgender Mayoral Candidate to Sue Twitter over Defamatory Fake Account

August 27, 2009 by Anna Wipfler, GLAAD's Transgender Advocacy Fellow

http://glaadblog.org/2009/08/27/transgender-mayoral-candidate-to-sue-twitter-over-defamatory-fake-account/

A transgender woman currently running for Mayor in Nampa, Idaho is planning to sue the social networking site Twitter for allowing a false account posted in her name to remain accessible for weeks after requesting that they take it down.

Melissa Sue Robinson, who entered the mayoral race in June, told KTRV she was shocked to find a link under her name to a Twitter account titled "WomanWithAPenis."  This same account was also reported to have sent lewd tweets to a Michigan reporter.  Robinson recounted:

Idaho is a really bad place to be trans, this isn't suprising in the least. When you cross the border into Oregon you can physically feel the relief of the irrational anger and distaste lifting from your back.

Quote from: Becca on August 27, 2009, 04:20:15 PM
Idaho is a really bad place to be trans, this isn't suprising in the least. When you cross the border into Oregon you can physically feel the relief of the irrational anger and distaste lifting from your back.

Ahem, Becca.  Or even cross over to Washington can be a relief.  We are slowly getting there one state at a time.

@ Ms. Robinson. You go girl!  I hope you not only win the suit, but the election.


Janet