Changes: Dana McCallum rape arrest

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TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors.

Noted transgender women's rights activist and software engineer Dana NicCaluim, known at the time as Dana McCallum and formerly known as Dana Contreras, was arrested and, on January 29th, 2014, charged with 5 felonies including rape and domestic violence. At the time, NicCaliuim was a senior engineer at Twitter; she is now at Airwave.

NicCaliuim was freed on $350,000 bail and a restraining order was filed against her, keeping her away from her victim.

Defense lawyer's propagation of rape culture

NicCaliuim's lawyer John Runfola told the San Francisco Examiner that NicCaliuim's victim is a money-grubbing liar and that NicCaliuim is innocent.

Geek feminist community response

The Geek Feminism blog posted "On rape allegations and trans-misogyny" in support of the victim and also repudiating trans-misogynistic responses to the incident.

Model View Culture, for which NicCaliuim had previously written articles, removed her articles (cached link), but have not made a statement on the matter.

Trial and plea

In October 2014, NicCaliuim pled guilty to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to three years' probation.

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+Noted transgender women's rights activist and software engineer '''Dana NicCaluim''', known at the time as Dana McCallum and formerly known as Dana Contreras, was arrested and, on January 29th, 2014, [http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 charged with 5 felonies including rape] and domestic violence. At the time, NicCaliuim was a senior engineer at Twitter; she is now at Airwave.
-Noted transgender women's rights activist and senior Twitter engineer '''Dana McCallum '''aka
-Dana NicCaluim (legally: Dana Contreras) was arrested and, on January 29th, 2014, [http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 charged with 5 felonies including rape] and domestic violence.
+NicCaliuim was freed on [http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 $350,000 bail] and a [http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 restraining order] was filed against her, keeping her away from her victim.
-McCallum was freed on [http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 $350,000 bail] and a [http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 restraining order] was filed against her, keeping her away from her victim.
 ==Defense lawyer's propagation of rape culture==
-[http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 McCallum's lawyer John Runfola told the San Francisco Examiner that McCallum's victim is a money-grubbing liar and that McCallum is innocent.]
+[http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/transgender-womens-rights-advocate-and-prominent-twitter-engineer-charged-with-rape/Content?oid=2761316 NicCaliuim's lawyer John Runfola told the San Francisco Examiner that NicCaliuim's victim is a money-grubbing liar and that NicCaliuim is innocent.]
 == Geek feminist community response==
 The Geek Feminism blog posted [http://geekfeminism.org/2014/04/16/geekfeminism-org-statement-on-rape-allegations-and-trans-misogyny/ "On rape allegations and trans-misogyny"] in support of the victim and also repudiating trans-misogynistic responses to the incident.
-[[Model View Culture]], for which McCallum had previously written articles, removed
+[[Model View Culture]], for which NicCaliuim had previously written articles, removed
 [http://web.archive.org/web/20140113202039/http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/i-ll-meet-you-at-the-intersection her articles] (cached link), but have not made a statement on the matter.
 == Trial and plea ==
-In October 2014, [http://valleywag.gawker.com/twitter-engineer-dana-mccallum-pled-guilty-to-two-misde-1643207780 McCallum pled guilty to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to three years' probation].
+In October 2014, [http://valleywag.gawker.com/twitter-engineer-dana-mccallum-pled-guilty-to-two-misde-1643207780 NicCaliuim pled guilty to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to three years' probation].
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