Pokimane Speaks Out

TwitchAddict December 1, 2020
Pokimane Speaks Out

A user reported last week that the server had a vacancy for a “girl’s role”. Applicants must verify themselves using voice chat to prove that they have a ‘female’ voice. The user in question stated that she “asked a mod what happens if you’re trans and they just straight up said I couldn’t get the role.” In a screenshot of her conversation with the moderator in question, when the user responded that she was “still a girl though,” the moderator replied that “unfortunately that won’t pass”. The user was then banned from the server. The moderator has since deleted these messages. Following the user’s tweet, others replied that they too had been banned from the Discord server on similar grounds, with one stating that they “literally just got banned for saying I’m trans on the server”.

Pokimane tweeted a response to another tweet on the subject two days later, announcing that she would contact the user directly “to assure she is welcomed properly”.

“Anyone in my community should be welcomed with open arms no matter what gender/sexuality, and I’m so sorry if anyone was made to feel otherwise, especially by a mod. That is not okay and I’ll make sure it’s properly handled”.