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Hey Smash Community, I'm Nyani, and I'm transgender. This is something I'd honestly hoped I'd never have to tell you all; Afterall, it's really only my business. So really, nobody should need to find out, right? But in the wake of all of these stories of Strife's harassment of the women in smash coming to light, I'd never forgive myself if I didn't stand with everyone else who's come forward. Unfortunately, as cute as I pride myself to be, there's been a few of you who've found out. The most inconvenient person in this small subgroup is none other than the illustrious Alex Strife. And that is why I'm making this post. As Mr. Strife has so clearly informed the community, he's quite fond of transwomen. Unfortunately, he picked me out as one at Zenith last year, and sent Chibo this lovely message afterwards. http://imgur.com/PtAU7cr So, not gonna sugar coat it, that's a disgusting thing to do. Outing a trans person against their will to anyone is incredibly violating, to put it in the mildest possible terms. I honestly can not adequately explain how dispicable this single action is. Luckily he reminds us at the end that really, we're just his favorite, so of course he makes sure to harass us along with the cisgender women of smash. Oh, and let's not overlook that fact that he drops the name of ANOTHER transgender individual without a second thought, again with no regard for their privacy. Not only that, but he was kind enough to inform Cris and "Andre" of my setup. Gold star. This was, unfortunately, not the last incident of disturbances from, and quite frankly attempts at intimidation by Strife that I'd encounter surrounding my gender. Fast forward to just before Guts 3, I'm in the car with Chibo to go stream the event, and I get a facebook message from the man himself. Mind you, I'd literally said two words to strife when being introduced to him at SKTAR 3, and hadn't ever heard from him in any form since. I didn't even recognize the name. http://imgur.com/aJm7lri This message may as well have said "I know your secret, so watch your back." I take this as threatening, and I think a lot of people will agree that that was the connotation here. It's one thing if you know, but it's another to loom the fact over my head. He then goes on to assure me that people(?) are very proud of me, and tell me he can answer any questions I have for him. Because the most important thing here, second of course to intimidation, is for strife to feel important, and like he matters at all in the life or transition of a girl who could care less about him. But hark, a trilogy is on the horizon. During a debate around Apex issues, which of course, as someone who is not Apex staff, I was not a part of, Strife decided to cross an enormous line, and use my birth name in conversation with Chibo. http://imgur.com/2uppXt8 It was when i found this out that I decided I couldn't let him walk away with it. This is one of the most violating things that can be done to a transgender individual, especially knowing what great lengths he went through to find it out in the first place. Alex Strife is a disgusting, despicable human being. He fetishizes transwomen but at the end of the day has absolutely no respect for us as human beings. Then again, he seems to have no respect for cisgender women, or any other humans, so this shouldn't surprise you. The community doesn't need somebody like this. And if "outing" myself gives the little extra push needed to help make this community safer for the players who come after me, and for people of alternative genders and expressions in any community, then I'm all for it. For a safer community, ~Nyani