Mr. Yuck: While i understand that you consider this to be completely innocent behavior, (a) the way you are talking about it is making a number of community members incredibly upset, and (b) it's quite possible that the behavior you're describing is illegal. We need you to stop discussing these girls in this way on MetaFilter. You're being given a timeout, and i will follow up with you via email. Everybody else: I am not removing anything from this thread at this point, but this conversation needs to move on and not become the "let's yell at Mr. Yuck while he's on timeout" show.

One comment deleted as a duplicate. ellieBOA, i chose to keep the later of your two comments, since it seems like you clarified your wording slightly. If you'd rather i swap them, let me know!

Added content warning as requested by OP

Fixed typo in title.

Fixed Video URL, please carry on

Two deleted. Folks, this is Ask, and you need to answer the question rather than fighting with other commenters.

subdee: I've edited "former CEO" to "former Board Member" in your post, and removed the comment in which you requested the correction.

PareidoliaticBoy: "My reccomendation is just to move to Canada." This comment has received pushback in the thread, so i'm choosing to leave it, but please note that this is not okay. "Just move" is almost never a reasonable or compassionate thing to say, and it should be avoided in general; but it is particularly unacceptable in a thread about trans people (or other minoritized people) having their civil rights taken away.

Fixed link in this comment.

Fixed a broken link in the post.

salad, i am not deleting this comment because the Asker has replied to it directly, but this is not cool—it interrogates the premise of the question, fails to answer the question, and assumes the asker's gender—and you need to not do it again.

One deleted. People (including me!) do have strong feelings about Substack, and i understand the temptation to point out perceived hypocrisy, but it really doesn't need to get brought up in every conversation. (And again, i've been guilty of that in the past and am trying to do better myself.)

One deleted for questioning the premise and not answering the question.

Folks, i understand that many people think the Asker is doing something unethical here; if you are also answering the question it's reasonable to say so, but you can't do that instead of answering.

Added Substack tag.

Two deleted. Folks, please do not argue with the Asker or with each other in Ask.

Folks, we missed leaving an edit note when editing the link in the post earlier. So, just for transparency: we edited a link in the post at the user's request.

Folks, the derail about Substack has definitely run its course; please do refocus on the actual content (or ignore this post if you hate Substack!)

Substack tag added.