Vimeo removes documentary on the aftermath of trans operations
Taylor Reece's film, 'Dead Name', was available on the platform for a total of 34 days before being removed.
The popular video hosting platform, Vimeo, recently removed a documentary that tells the story of three parents, identified only by their first names, who are fighting to protect their children from transgender treatment.
The online platform told The Daily Signal via email that the documentary Dead Name was deleted because it violates its policy prohibiting "discriminatory or hateful conduct":
Possible pressure campaign by transgender activists towards Vimeo
Filmmaker and director Taylor Reece, confirmed that the documentary was removed from the platform. However, she does not believe that the reasons were appropriate. Reece told the U.S. newspaper:
As Reece believes, the documentary may have been removed due to a lobbying campaign by several transgender activists who pressured the platform to delete the video. She assures that the documentary was available for more than a month before Vimeo removed it:
However, Vimeo said that removing Dead Name was not the result of a campaign against the platform, but came after a thorough review of the documentary created by Taylor Reece:
'Dead Name' is now a hit
However, the documentary is available on an alternative website www.deadnamedocumentary.com. The website, where the documentary was uploaded four hours after Vimeo removed it, is receiving a multitude of hits, as Taylor Reece reports: "In the last two days, we have made more money than we made in the previous three weeks."
Although it does not "take away the sting and the upset," it helped Dead Name, thanks to all the controversy it generated, to reach a much wider audience than expected. Reece says that the families in the documentary are grateful: