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0 pointswhywhywhywhy8y ago0 comments

> they felt perfectly justified in escalating the situation

So they should have been, being accused of transphobia is a serious accusation. Anyone accused of anything like transphobia, homophobia, islamaphobia or any other of these discriminations is absolutely right to escalate the matter straight away to their manager or HR.

> The data scientist was not even named

She was gendered, how many data scientists work at GH? How many are female? She was narrowed down enough that she may as well have been named IMHO and transphobic is a serious mark on her character. Especially from someone who has tried to push people off projects before for being transphobic.

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roywiggins8y ago

If the account is to be believed, she was not accused of transphobia. She was told about a question that was misphrased. Even the author's manager couldn't articulate anything she'd done wrong.

The "transphobia" judgement by the poster comes later in the post, and it is addressed to the question itself, not the author of the question.

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