I'm glad it's not just me, I felt a little bit bad even posting them, since I get that the people promoting that medium article seem like they have strong grievances with trans rescue that may extend beyond genuine concern, but it seems like the response to such allegations was lackluster and lacking substance as well, and they've gotten if anything less transparent since.

In order, here's the posts I see from them addressing this:

• https://transrescue.org/responding-to-our-attackers
• https://transrescue.org/finding-a-way-out-of-an-internet-attack
• https://transrescue.org/bunkering-against-attack-services-reduced

the last post seems to have been in response to the medium article (shutting down taking new clients entirely because the people writing the medium article had pretended to be prospective clients to get some of the pictured screengrabs)

Thanks for taking this seriously. Idk what the best path forward is but I had to say something at least. I think the idea of the org is a good one, but it isn't super clear to me how much useful organizational capacity exists either. If it's just two people in Europe, some remote volunteers presumably helping run the telegram, and a safe house in Kenya that is no longer safe, maybe putting our resources/trust behind a different org is a better use of time. And honestly the more cynical side of my brain is screaming at the whole situation, it just doesn't seem right. The aims of the project seemed to shift with the wind (first its help emigrating then its temporary safe houses then it's living openly at Eden House, then its a permanent commune for people to stay as long as they want?). A more disciplined and focused org would be preferable, but maybe that's asking too much idk