We're getting sued for calling a man a man. Yes, really.
Reduxx was founded in 2022 as a response to the growing threat gender ideology posed towards women and children. Frustrated by a lack of factual news willing to track the problem and report on the subject using accurate, biology-based language, a small group of passionate female journalists stepped up and created Reduxx to fill the gap.
Since then, we’ve published almost 2,000 articles — hundreds of them exclusives that made waves around the world. One of our most impactful scoops came just before the Paris Olympics, exposing that two male boxers were competing in the women’s division, a revelation that ignited what would become the biggest women’s sports scandal in history.
From the beginning, we haven't been afraid to call a spade a spade… or a man a man.
And we're finally getting sued for it.
On October 15, 2024, Reduxx published an article titled The article was focused on a Taiwanese-born writer named Li Kotomi. Kotomi, an author, is a trans-identified male currently residing in Japan.
The article reported on Kotomi's campaign of terror against women's rights advocates, and how he had filed multiple lawsuits and criminal charges against women who refused to validate his identity as a “woman” and “lesbian.”
It also noted that Kotomi had taken literary prizes intended for female writers, and called into question concerning statements Kotomi had made comparing pedophilia to a sexuality.
EXCLUSIVE
A trans-identified male author from Taiwan is suing multiple critics for saying that men cannot be lesbians.
Li Kotomi, who has won several literary awards, has also pursued criminal charges against those who state he was born male.
As always, our article did not participate in validating Kotomi’s self-declared claim to womanhood. We referred to Kotomi as a man, and used “he/him” pronouns throughout. We also included some of his other aliases - including his birth name.
All of the details we published utilized data that was publicly accessible.
Kotomi is now suing us because of this article.
His argument? That it was defamatory, invasive, and "factually incorrect" to refer to him as a man because he is “legally and socially a female.”
Note that in Japan, truth is NOT a defense against such claims. "Outing" a trans-identified male is often held as illegal, and "misgendering" them can be considered a legally actionable "insult" regardless of the underlying facts.
In addition to hefty monetary damages, Kotomi is seeking to compel a Japanese court to order us to remove the article we published about him.
In other words, he believes he can litigate us into validating his identity.
Not gonna happen.
If you're wondering how, exactly, Kotomi filed a suit against Reduxx, which is a non-Japanese entity... this is where it gets troubling.
Kotomi managed to file this suit by tracking down a single Reduxx writer who happens to live in Japan. He collected details on individuals he mistakenly thought were connected to her, along with places he believed she might be, which resulted in an unrelated person receiving the legal notice and contacting us in confusion.
We believe the move was calculated to both advance the suit and intimidate us by raising concerns for our writer’s safety. Perhaps Kotomi believed this pressure would cause us to simply back down and comply.
And that brings us here…
We have found a highly experienced lawyer in Tokyo specializing in free speech eager to take on this case - but to move forward, we must cover his retainer and additional fees. We also need to fund a court translator, and potential travel to and from any hearings we may be obligated to have representatives at.
Over the years, Reduxx has relied 100% on reader donations, allowing us to remain fully independent. We have always made our content free to access for everyone, and we have never accepted money from political interest groups, investors, or institutions. That independence means we do not have a large reserve to draw from for a legal battle of this scale.
We also have an extremely short window of time to pay our lawyer's retainer and file our response in court... just 5 days.
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