This response is being written to the harmful accusations from @lauren_jankowski at #c2e2 from the perspective of Kimber, Chavon, and Jes from #QueersPlay.
Both Kimber and Chavon were on the panel that #LaurenJankowski has been speaking of at length on social media, while Jes was filming it. We would like to start with a video of this panel, to set the record straight.
18:54 – Lauren self discloses that she has a chronic illness and lives with her parents without prompt from any member of QueersPlay
37:43 – Kimber explicitly recommends Lauren as an expert on a subject an audience member asks for.
42:46 – Kimber asks Lauren to promote her work.
42: 59 – Lauren misgenders Leigh
43:47 – Lauren states she is a “praise whore” then follows up by apologizing to any young people in the audience. Kimber (a sex worker who is being harmed by Lauren’s whorephobic language) responds by saying they thought she was apologizing because “whore” is a slur on sex workers. Lauren follows this by saying she lost her train of thought and “ADD, people.” but was never asked to disclose her disability, nor was there an implication that she should, and she was blaming her whorephobic rhetoric on having a disability instead of being accountable.
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