Keffals, a Trans Twitch streamer, has moved, yet the abuse continues.

Author

SB

Date

Aug, 21.2022


On Twitch, Keffals is a force to be reckoned with. A trans rights advocate, he fights against
online discourse that is deemed harmful and potentially deadly to LGBTQ+ individuals.
However, because of her public status, she has come under a lot of criticism. While streaming
on the site, she has endured months of doxxing, swatting, and harassment. She has maintained
her composure through platform bans and other setbacks, but a swatting event on August 5
finally compelled Sorrenti to leave her home for her privacy. Keffals, though, has come under
numerous assaults after that attempt as she looks for a long-term residence. This includes
individuals who placed orders for pizza under her deceased name and delivered them to the
hotel she was staying at.

She said on August 18 that they discovered where she was staying by looking at the bedsheets,
cross-referencing them with every hotel in her city until they found a match. Her address was
made widely known after the information was posted on the website Kiwifarms. Obviously, the
pizza itself isn't the issue; rather, it's the threat they convey by letting her know they are aware
of my address and are prepared to take action if necessary in the real world. My fiancé and I
quickly left and are currently staying somewhere secret.

Keffals says that many more have been caught in the crossfire. Doxxers allegedly swatted an
elderly guy in Toronto after mistaking her for him since they have the same last name. Also
targeted was a graphic designer who works for her in Texas. Keffals is thus maintaining his
privacy as much as feasible in the interim. In order to avoid having to reveal her identify, she
says that she is staying in Airbnbs that have been booked by a third party.
 
She said that ,especially knowing that some of the people involved reside in the same city as
her, she doesn't want to live in constant fear of being found and having threats increase .A
GoFundMe she started to raise money to move out is now being used to "seek justice" for
blatant violations of the Human Rights Act and discrimination against her on the basis of
gender identity and expression. It has raised close to $100,000 CAD ($77,000 USD) as of the time
of posting. This prejudice is coming from both online doxxers and the London Police Service,
who handled the streamer badly when she was first swatted. Since then, the chief of the service
has expressed regret, and Keffals promises to cooperate with them to the best of [her] ability
in order to track down the aggressors.

Keffals also promises to continue exposing her critics rather than abandoning activity and
speaking out against them. Due of their relative obscurity away from the internet, Kiwifarms has
been able to get away with the things they have. If we want to fight back, we need as many
people as possible to know who they are.