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Allison D. Woolbert (formerly Dennis Wayne Woolbert) is a [[transgender ideology|trans activist]] from New Jersey who was | Allison D. Woolbert (formerly Dennis Wayne Woolbert) is a [[transgender ideology|trans activist]] from New Jersey who was infamous among trans-critical feminists for the blog "[[TERF]] Tracker," which he started to complain about and, arguably, harass feminists. After it was revealed that he had a past conviction for sexually molesting a 15 year-old relative, he seems to have disappeared from the Internet. | ||
== Professional life == | == Professional life == | ||
According to his public Linkedin profile, Woolbert has been working in IT since the early 1980s.<ref | According to his public Linkedin profile, Woolbert has been working in IT since the early 1980s.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-woolbert-428629b9 | title = Allison Woolbert, Linkedin }}</ref> | ||
His many early job descriptions include: | His many early job descriptions include: | ||
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* 1990: PSE&G: Maintenance Software Programmer | * 1990: PSE&G: Maintenance Software Programmer | ||
* 1990 - 1992: Xerox: Technician/Operator | * 1990 - 1992: Xerox: Technician/Operator | ||
After that, there is a gap in Woolbert's résumé for a few years, which is the time he was in prison. See below for details. | |||
In August 1995, Woolbert founded his own software development business, Phoenix Consultants Group, Inc., which seems to still exist.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.crunchbase.com/person/allison-woolbert | title = Allison Woolbert, Crunchbase }}</ref> | In August 1995, Woolbert founded his own software development business, Phoenix Consultants Group, Inc., which seems to still exist.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.crunchbase.com/person/allison-woolbert | title = Allison Woolbert, Crunchbase }}</ref> | ||
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The website NonProfitFacts.com, lists a tax report by the Transgender Human Rights Institute (THRI) for 2012 period, apparently filed by Woolbert.<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/NJ/Transgender-Human-Rights-Institute-Inc.html | title = Transgender Human Rights Institute Inc. in Princeton, New Jersey (NJ) | website = NonProfitFacts.com }}</ref> The income is listed as zero dollars so it seems the organization did not start to be active until later. | The website NonProfitFacts.com, lists a tax report by the Transgender Human Rights Institute (THRI) for 2012 period, apparently filed by Woolbert.<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/NJ/Transgender-Human-Rights-Institute-Inc.html | title = Transgender Human Rights Institute Inc. in Princeton, New Jersey (NJ) | website = NonProfitFacts.com }}</ref> The income is listed as zero dollars so it seems the organization did not start to be active until later. | ||
In October 2013, Woolbert started a Kickstarter campaign to create the Transgender Violence Tracking Portal (TVTP).<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1280267427/transgender-murder-violence-and-suicide-website/description | title = Transgender Violence Tracking Portal | website = kickstarter.com | author = Allison Woolbert | date = October 7, 2013 }}</ref> The fundraiser started with a goal of $3,500 and gained $4,772 in total. In a November 2013 interview published on Huffpost, Woolbert explains why he believes there to be a need for tracking anti-transgender violence, and how his software development business started providing the technologies needed to start the TVTP.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allison-woolbert-on-the-need-for-tracking-of-anti-transgender-violence_b_4233566 | title = Allison Woolbert on the Need for Tracking of Anti-Transgender Violence | author = A.J. Walkley | publisher = HuffPost | date = November 11, 2013 }}</ref> A follow-up article from October 2014 talks about how the TVTP had been successfully set up at that point.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-violence-trac_b_5948606 | title = Transgender Violence Tracking Portal: One Year Later | author = A.J. Walkley | date = October 10, 2014 | publisher = HuffPost }}</ref> | In October 2013, Woolbert started a Kickstarter campaign to create the Transgender Violence Tracking Portal (TVTP).<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1280267427/transgender-murder-violence-and-suicide-website/description | title = Transgender Violence Tracking Portal | website = kickstarter.com | author = Allison Woolbert | date = October 7, 2013 }}</ref> The fundraiser started with a goal of $3,500 and gained $4,772 in total. In a November 2013 interview published on Huffpost, Woolbert explains why he believes there to be a need for tracking anti-transgender violence, and how his software development business started providing the technologies needed to start the TVTP.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allison-woolbert-on-the-need-for-tracking-of-anti-transgender-violence_b_4233566 | title = Allison Woolbert on the Need for Tracking of Anti-Transgender Violence | author = A.J. Walkley | publisher = HuffPost | date = November 11, 2013 }}</ref> A follow-up article from October 2014 talks about how the TVTP had been successfully set up at that point.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-violence-trac_b_5948606 | title = Transgender Violence Tracking Portal: One Year Later | author = A.J. Walkley | date = October 10, 2014 | publisher = HuffPost }}</ref> | ||
In December 2014, the THRI started a petition against "transgender conversion therapy" after the suicide of a 17 year-old teenager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-enact-leelah-s-law-to-ban-transgender-conversion-therapy|title=Enact Leelah's Law to Ban Transgender Conversion Therapy|website=Change.org|date=December 31, 2014}}</ref> The petition garnered about 350,000 signatures and some mainstream media attention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/transgender-teens-death-inspires-petition-conversion-therapy|title=Transgender teen’s death inspires petition against conversion therapy|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)|date=January 2, 2015}}</ref> | In December 2014, the THRI started a petition against "transgender conversion therapy" after the suicide of a 17 year-old teenager.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-enact-leelah-s-law-to-ban-transgender-conversion-therapy | title = Enact Leelah's Law to Ban Transgender Conversion Therapy | website = Change.org | date = December 31, 2014 }}</ref> The petition garnered about 350,000 signatures and some mainstream media attention.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/transgender-teens-death-inspires-petition-conversion-therapy | title = Transgender teen’s death inspires petition against conversion therapy | publisher = Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) | date = January 2, 2015 }}</ref> | ||
== TERF Tracker == | |||
In August 2014, Woolbert started a blog called "TERF Tracker" described as being "about the cause to eliminate transphobic harassment and violence by the pseudo-feminist group called the [[TERF]]s (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists)."<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://terftracker.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-commentary-on-feminist-guide-to-all.html | title = A commentary on “A Feminist Guide to all things Trans” - Part 1 | author = Allison Woolbert | date = August 4, 2014 | website = terftracker.blogspot.com }}</ref> | |||
Later in the same month, Woolbert posted on TERF Tracker that he would be focusing on TVTP instead, and designated Melissa Savage as the director/facilitator of the blog.<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://terftracker.blogspot.com/2014/08/allison-woolbert-to-focus-on-tvtp.html | title = Allison Woolbert To Focus on TVTP, Designates Melissa Savage the TERF Tracker Director/Facilitator by Allison Woolbert | author = Allison Woolbert | date = August 29, 2014 | website = terftracker.blogspot.com }}</ref> | |||
Among the targets of TERF Tracker was lesbian lawyer Cathy Brennan and her blog Gender Identity Watch, the [[Women's Liberation Front]] (WoLF), and the blog GenderTrender by GallusMag. | |||
== Revelation of past sexual offense == | == Revelation of past sexual offense == | ||
On January 6, 2015, the Twitter account @TERFTracker | On January 6, 2015, the Twitter account of the TERF Tracker (@TERFTracker), controlled by Melissa Savage at that point, tweeted at the account @TransHarmTrack: | ||
"Hey Allison, does the year 1991 have any significance to you? - Melissa Savage" | |||
It had come out that in 1991, Woolbert had been convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault in the First Degree, his victim apparently being a 15 year-old family member. Woolbert was 28 years old at the time and would serve the next 4 years in prison. Within the days after that, Woolbert resigned from the Transgender Human Rights Institute. | |||
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