any video that correctly refers to a trans person’s gender would fail content review.

This assertion by Muyuan is actually questionable, because Bilibili was previously unaware of Yanzhenzhen’s legal gender, and the only thing that truly triggers the platform’s censorship system is transgender identity. In other words, whether she is referred to as a “girl” or a “boy” makes no difference here, and no one would go so far as to verify the gender marker on the ID of someone who has already passed away.

As for Wenrou, I believe the assessment of him as an “Ally who is not perfect” is fair, even though I disagree with the final course of action. His behavior was still strategic, even if it may have been a flawed strategy.

As for the other person mentioned in the post, Xiaoer, due to his ongoing attacks on the transgender community and individuals for over a year, some have indeed questioned why he would participate in rescue efforts (not just for transgender people—their rescue efforts actually involved more cisgender individuals). Some have even uncovered suspicious records from his time in Australia, suspecting him of being an informant for Chinese authorities, deliberately sent to sow division within the community. Whether or not this counts as a conspiracy theory, it is ironic that accusing someone of wanting to “divide the community” without sufficient evidence often leads to even greater division.

While gathering information for this post, I discovered that although they haven’t publicly broken ties, Muyuan mentioned that their actual collaboration with Xiaoer had ceased a year ago. Yet mistrust has once again taken root in this community rife with anxiety and internal strife. The recent incident involving Wenrou, which could have been resolved through peaceful negotiation, has instead descended into chaos—a situation I personally believe is not unrelated to the scars left by past disputes.

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Unfortunately, Hexbear’s domain is blocked in China, just like most non-Chinese social platforms. Moreover, abandoning WeChat is extremely difficult—even for those without a social life. Since companies tend to use WeChat rather than email for hiring and work communication, giving up WeChat is tantamount to career suicide. During the COVID pandemic, without scanning the “health code” via WeChat, you couldn’t even step outside your residential compound.