Why trans game developer Brianna Wu is such a controversial figure

Trans game developer and former political hopeful Brianna Wu has become a controversial figure in recent months, and had claimed to be one of social media website Bluesky’s most-blocked users.

The video game developer and journalist hit the headlines during the 2014 “GamerGate” scandal, a misogynistic online harassment campaign that targeted women in the video-game industry. Wu, who founded the independent game studio Giant Spacekat, revealed the doxing and death threats she’d faced.

Four years later, she unsuccessfully ran for congress in Massachusetts. She campaigned again briefly in 2020 before dropping out when the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

In recent months, however, she has become embroiled in controversy over her views on the transgender community – Wu herself is trans – and the conflict in Gaza, leading to campaigns to have

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