Thread by @EliErlick

So @MattWalshBlog's crew is trying to trick trans people into joining a fake documentary. His producers set up a whole front organization (@GenderUnityProj) and tried to recruit me into his next anti-trans documentary. Here's the wild story of how it went down (1/x):

It started with an email from the “Gender Unity Project” a couple weeks ago. They claimed they were doing a film on the trans community and gave me names of well-known trans individuals and surgeons they had interviewed. It all seemed normal at first.

I even talked to the producer (Makenna Lynn Waters) on the phone beforehand. She sounded like a well-meaning cis film graduate who was just curious about the trans community.

She claimed the documentary was self-funded. I was suspicious because she had finished college recently, but figured she was just rich (who has that kind of money?). Later, she told me the person they were interviewing in Chicago suddenly canceled (this happens, but is still sus)

Then she offered to fly me to Arizona... again, the surgeon they were interviewing wasn't responding to them. Then, finally, Nashville: where Matt Walsh lives.

They sent me a release form this morning, which strangely didn’t have the name of the company on it. So, I looked up the Gender Unity Project. It used a registered agent to shield its owners. It’s dubious but sometimes registered agents simply make it easier to incorporate

Then I looked Makenna Lynn up. Her name didn’t show up anywhere. After some heavy searching, I realized she used her middle name in our emails. I found the IMDB page of her real name (Makenna Waters).

It turns out she’s Matt Walsh's producer! That’s not a red flag: that’s a gun to your face. She wasn’t just a crewmember for his show: she worked on over 200 episodes! I finally found her Twitter (@movieaholic27), which features videos of Walsh & Shapiro doing their usual BS

I decided to look closer into the “Gender Unity Project.” After searching its state registration number, I learned it was registered to Justin Folk (@JustinFolk), a far-right documentarian who works for Matt Walsh and Prager U.

This year, Matt Walsh declared his "assault on gender ideology." This is only the tip of the iceberg. Who knows how far he and his followers will go to attack, demean, and dehumanize trans people?

So, if you’re contacted by these slimy assholes, don’t respond. The last thing we need right now is another “gotcha” anti-trans documentary. Stay alert and take any media personalities with a grain of salt.

And they say we’re the ones tricking people? Your move, @MattWalshBlog

Since this thread is trending again: go donate to @transstudent! It’s the only national organization led by trans youth. My friends that work there have been fighting hard against this backlash and doing great work. transstudent.org/donate