Facebook has publicly apologized to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT) by identity politics that applies in the social network that requires users to identify themselves by their real names, which had caused several complaints that group.
The controversy has He carried Facebook to apologize publicly began two weeks ago when several drag queens, many of the San Francisco (California, USA), reported to the media that social network had them blocked accounts not using their real names.
We understand how painful this has been for you The drag queens quickly won the support of the LGBT community the USA, as well as local politicians , and forced a meeting with officials of Facebook which finally took place on 17 September at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park (California).
To date, however, Facebook had not spoken publicly on the matter and only the “commitment” of the company to review its policy of identity versions offered by members of the LGBT community and knew the alderman of the City of San Francisco who participated in the meeting.
“Q uiero apologize to the community ‘drag queens” ,’ drag kings’, transgender and other members of the LGBT community for the predicament you we have put in having to deal with your accounts Facebook in recent weeks, “he said in an entry on his Facebook page responsible for the company’s products, Chris Cox.
“ We understand how painful this has been for you . We owe you a better service and a better experience using Facebook, and will improve our political identity, so that all those affected can return to using Facebook as they had been doing, “said Cox.
Various Facebook users in the United States in mid-September reported that their accounts had been blocked under the indication that they would not be operational until they cambiasen the pseudonym used by its real name, “ that is listed on the card driver or credit card. “
The identity politics of Facebook since its inception has always been try to all users on the network are identified by their names real and so make the social network a more transparent place where no one can take refuge in anonymity.
However, this policy clashes with the desires of many users do not submit your data the giant social networks as well as the interests of the transgender community, who regularly use a name that does not correspond with the official.
is the case of Sister Roma, the “Sister Roma”, a famous “drag queen” of the nightlife of San Francisco who led the protests against Facebook and ensures that Many people only known by this name has been used for the past 27 years .
“The spirit of our policy is that everyone uses Facebook the name you use in real life. For Sister Roma, that is Sister Roma , “said Facebook Product Manager
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