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Meet Laura Kate Dale



Why is Laura notable? You probably know her as that transgender game journalist who accused a Microsoft employee of misgendering her on stage at Eurogamer Expo (http://archive.md/o2GgG).
You may know her from when she claimed a cab driver tried to abduct her:

Or maybe when she got a game developer to pull their game from Steam Greenlight and receive harassment because the game's title was "Tranny Gladiator" (https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/678513696994418688) (http://archive.md/LNWeJ). Or maybe when she wrote an article for The Guardian about how World of Warcraft convinced her that she was transgender (https://www.theguardian.com/technol...-warcraft-game-helped-me-come-out-transgender) (http://archive.md/JIYZz).
Laura works as a gaming journalist, freelancing for various sites. She's become notable for posting alleged leaks on Twitter. She also makes "games" using Twine. Here's an article she wrote about the game, talking about how brave she is for making it: http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/19/10789720/acceptance-game-trans-risk (https://archive.md/MRzky).
Why is she being talked about right now? Because last night, Nintendo held a conference for their new Switch console and most of her leaks were wrong:

(Here's Ian Miles Cheong's compiled correct list : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2CBXQzUAAAwhME.jpg).
Despite not being invited by Nintendo (possibly blacklisted), she managed to get in to the conference due to this charming individual:



Now people are claiming that she's being harassed due to her erroneous leaks.

Deadname: Joshua Dale
Alias(es): Laurawesome, joshany12, obscurejoshany12
Birthdate: 9/14/1991
Lives In: Boscombe West, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Attended Brockenhurst College
Mother's name: Jenny Dale

Email (old): Laurak@indiehaven.com
Email: Laura@LetsPlayVideoGames.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laura.kate.146 (http://archive.md/Ldcp6)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz (http://archive.md/MfRqN) (104,000 tweets)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LauraKBuzz (http://archive.md/bTbP9)
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/102214935609883911408 (http://archive.md/cVQQQ)
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LauraKBuzz (a little under $3,000 per month) (http://archive.md/Czbgc)
Personal Website: http://www.laurak.buzz/ (http://archive.md/2cvFy)
Personal Blog: https://laurakbuzz.com/ (http://archive.md/sSu5B)
ModDB: http://www.moddb.com/members/laurawesome (Nothing interesting) (http://archive.md/5kuHD)
GiantBomb: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/laurakbuzz/ (http://archive.md/ketVH)
NeoGAF: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=105111 (Need an account to view) (http://archive.md/lg8Wo)
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/laurakbuzz (http://archive.md/nmsXM)
Tumblr: http://laurakbuzz.tumblr.com/ (http://archive.md/N2snP)
Storify: https://storify.com/LaurakBuzz (http://archive.md/fK6Oz)
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/LauraKBuzz (http://archive.md/KBKho)
Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/laurakbuzz/ (http://archive.md/4I2yV)
IGN: http://people.ign.com/laurakbuzz (http://archive.md/5LHzC)
itch.io: https://laurakindie.itch.io/ (http://archive.md/DwxRB)
ask.fm: http://ask.fm/LaurakBuzz (http://archive.md/vo1YY)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurakbuzz/ (http://archive.md/jC1MZ)
GoFundMe (For trans surgery; surgery has been done):
(http://archive.md/lIlOn)
GoFundMe (To pay for moving): https://www.gofundme.com/help-4-queer-women-and-1-cat-move (http://archive.md/Moleq)
Miiverse: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/Laurawesome (Nintendo Network ID: Laurawesome) (http://archive.md/c4kEt)
PSN: Laurawesome


Suffers from Aspergers. Hates being called tranny.
Ex-girlfriend: https://twitter.com/GatheringTilley (Rebecca Tilley)

Has written for: RPS, Destructoid, Indie Haven (founded the site), Let's Play Video Games (founded the site), 3DSBuzz, Explosion (can't find any posts for the site by him; probably under deadname), MCMBuzz, Kotaku, Polygon, Vice, The Huffington Post, The Average Gamer
Cohosts the Jimquisition podcast. Other podcasts include: Laura's Gaming Butts, Oh No! Video Games!, C:VG, Year of Steam and The Let's Play Video Games Podcast.

Came out as trans in 2010. Trans-lesbian. Has a step-father and an older brother.
Father left when he was 2. Two younger brothers, both low-functioning autistic.

Links to other lolcows:
Brianna Wu
Andrew Dobson (https://twitter.com/ADobsonComics/status/819954440144818177) (http://archive.md/GSi6B) (Laura actually noticed him unlike most of the individuals Dobbo hopelessly lusts after.)
Bob Chipman (http://categoryvideogames.podbean.com/e/episode-27-bob-chipman-movie-bob-category-video-games)
Total Biscuit (http://categoryvideogames.podbean.com/e/discussing-the-r-word-with-total-biscuit/)
KivaBay
(http://archive.md/m0cXe) (She was going to be included in the Feminist Deck KivaBay never put out)

Here's a pic pre-transition:



Edit: Updated names and accounts. Thanks to @zedkissed60 for the deadname. Fixed some formatting. Fixed some errors and replaced all the dead pictures (media gallery was recently removed from the site).