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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> | 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 [ | Among the targets of TERF Tracker was lesbian lawyer Cathy Brennan and her blog Gender Identity Watch (since suspended by WordPress), the [https://womensliberationfront.org/ Women's Liberation Front (WoLF)], and the blog GenderTrender by GallusMag (also suspended by now). | ||
== Revelation of past sexual offense == | == Revelation of past sexual offense == | ||
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On January 6, 2015, the Twitter account of the TERF Tracker (@TERFTracker), controlled by Melissa Savage at that point, tweeted at the account @TransHarmTrack: | On January 6, 2015, the Twitter account of the TERF Tracker (@TERFTracker), controlled by Melissa Savage at that point, tweeted at the account @TransHarmTrack: | ||
<blockquote>Hey Allison, does the year 1991 have any significance to you? - Melissa Savage</blockquote> | |||
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. | 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. The revelation was posted about swiftly in various blogs and publications, both by trans-critical feminists and trans activists. | ||
Two days later, the blog GenderTrender, which had previously been targeted by Woolbert as a "hate group," published a brief post about the revelation of the crime via Savage's tweet and the associated public criminal record.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170622134743/https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/terf-tracker-allison-woolbert-outed-as-violent-sex-offender-resigns-citing-his-unconscionable-behavior-as-a-human-being/ | title = “Terf Tracker” Allison Woolbert : outed as violent sex offender, resigns, citing his “unconscionable behavior as a human being” | date = January 8, 2015 | publisher = GenderTrender }}</ref> | |||
After another day, the TransAdvocate published a post titled "Community Responsibility" in which they lamented that "an anti-violence organization that [he] led" (presumably, either the TVTP or the THRI) had declined to accept Woolbert's resignation following the revelations.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.transadvocate.com/community-responsibility_n_14832.htm | title = Community Responsibility | date = January 9, 2015 | publisher = TransAdvocate }}</ref> On the same day, TERF Tracker published a highly detailed post about Woolbert's crime and related issues, meant as a continuation of the statement by the TransAdvocate.<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://terftracker.blogspot.com/2015/01/allison-woolbert-exposed-part-one.html | title = Allison Woolbert Exposed Part One | date = January 9, 2015 | publisher = TERF Tracker }}</ref> Although the post was titled "Part One," there would be no part two. To date, it is the last post on TERF Tracker. | |||
On January 11, the TransAdvocate reported on Woolbert having resigned from both the THRI and the TVTP.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.transadvocate.com/thritvtp-executive-director-resigns-after-aggravated-sexual-assault-record-discovered_n_14862.htm | title = THRI/TVTP Executive Director Resigns After Aggravated Sexual Assault Record Discovered | date = January 11, 2015 | publisher = TransAdvocate }}</ref> | |||
A few days later, the website LGBT Weekly published an independent article about the event, speaking of the importance of vetting leadership for trans activist groups.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180307153253/http://lgbtweekly.com/2015/01/15/allison-woolberts-resignation-an-object-lesson-on-the-value-of-thorough-vetting/ | title = Allison Woolbert’s resignation: An object lesson on the value of thorough vetting | date = January 15, 2015 | author = Autumn Sandeen | publisher = LGBT Weekly }}</ref> | |||
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