This page is a work in progress. You can open each section to how I phrased my reports of these radqueers. Please don't copy what I said exactly, but use it as a guide and paraphrase it to fit the post you're reporting. This should make it a lot less emotionally taxing to report these people.
"transtorturemurderer: a transharmful term for one who wishes to or identifies as having commited torture murder"
Tutorial on each step:
When a radqueer advocates for violence, child abuse, animal abuse, abuse of a corpse or actual CSAM material, it's very important that you archive the post. Saving evidence of radqueers promoting harm is important, especially if this user later comes back after their account is removed.
You have two main options for archiving:
I tend to use both archivers, but if you only want to use one I suggest Archive.Today. Open the main page and copy-paste the URL of the RQ post into the field. Press enter, and it will store an archived version of the post. (Sometimes this takes longer than other times, this is based on how many people are using the site at once.)
If a page has been archived before, you get this message. If it looks like a post has been edited or there are new replies in the notes from radqueers encouraging it, I suggest archiving it again.
Now you've got your updated archived URL. Hold onto this URL.
You'll need to view the post in dashboard view if they have a custom theme. Custom theme URLS go like blogname.tumblr.com, and dashboard view is tumblr.com/blogname/post122121212121212121.
Once in dashboard view, click the hamburger menu (the three dots), and you'll see the red option that says "Report blogname."
This takes you to a basic categories menu. Select "Report something else."
That takes you to a sub menu which lets you pick from the following options:
I bolded the options which radqueer posts will most likely fall into. For the post I'm reporting, I am selecting "Violent content or threat."
You'll enter Tumblr's permalink (the post url), enter a name, your email, solve a captcha and most importantly describe how it violates Tumblr's Community Guidelines. Since I'm reporting this for violence, let's go right to the Community Guidelines on Tumblr:
What Tumblr is not for:
Violent Content and Threats, Gore and Mutilation. Don't post content which includes violent threats toward individuals or groups - this includes threats of theft, property damage, or financial harm. Don't post violent content or gore just to be shocking. Don't showcase the mutilation or torture of human beings, animals (including bestiality), or their remains. Don't post content that encourages or incites violence, or glorifies acts of violence or the perpetrators.
You can use the way a website's phrased their guidelines as a sort of base for writing your report. However, on Tumblr remember that it needs to be fairly short because there's a character limit. So, questions to answer:
In this example, this is a pride flag, which denotes pride, and it says "one who wishes to or identifies as having commited torture murder" That is reasonable enough cause to call this post glorifying violence. So, here's what I'm saying in my report: (Changed phrasing slightly from the screenshot above)
This user is posting "pride flags" for people who "identify as" and "wish to" into murderers and other violent perpetrators. In this post, they made a "transorturemurderer" pride flag, for people who wish to commit torture murder. This is very concerning, this blog seems to be completely serious. Please take this blog and other radqueer blogs down.
If a user has many posts right on their blog that violate the Community Guidelines, you can say something akin to "More examples: (Link)" and link to the archived post/s.
Once you're satisfied with your report, you can click submit and Tumblr will say "Got it" and let you know it was received.
If you still have the post open, quickly go through the notes and block everyone interacting positively. (Don't spend time looking at these blogs, it will likely be upsetting/disturbing)
4. You'll be redirected to a new tab which will contain Tumblr's report menu. Select "Report something else".
5. You'll be shown a list of many options. Scroll down and select "Hate speech violation".
6. It will add the permalink of the post you're reporting. I typically also add other posts that are bigoted - I want Tumblr to understand that it's not a per-post issue and the entire blog should be terminated. Unfortunately, Tumblr limits report text to under 350 characters so this will limit what you can write. You can use Google Docs or this website to count the characters
This user is racist and is arguing with other users about how White people are oppressed and also claims to be "transracial" (as in transitioning to another race). This blog is almost entirely about racist content - In another post they claim that people of color are actually a majority: sheyoves/737288677972131840 and in this post they say they're "transpanasian", as in they're a White person who is "transasian": sheyoves/737264717704347648/my-transids This is racist misinformation/propaganda.
6.5. Tumblr frequently glitches on the report page. Once you're finished filling out both text boxes I would really suggest copying and pasting what you wrote somewhere else. You could put it in a Google Doc, text document, a Discord DM to yourself, etc. If Tumblr glitches and just gives you a "We're sorry" message when reporting, reload the report page tab and paste what you wrote back in so you can try again to submit it.
Once your reply has been submitted, you'll see this message:
7. Block the OP of the post you're reporting, and every radqueer in the notes. Again, do not engage. Radqueers will use criticism as "proof" that "antis" are mean and harassing, no matter what place you come from when you message them. I can't say this enough: Do. Not. Engage. Report them.
8. To all people of color who may be reading, please make sure to step away from the computer and go do something that you enjoy now that you've reported a racist. Please prioritize self care and take care of yourself.
Here's a recent post from the radqueer coining tag, and here's how I phrased my report if you want to model future reports of radqueer posts off this: