Have you been discriminated against by CRAIGSLIST?

[Danielle Foxx]

Did some quick checking, and federal laws exempt websites from legal liability for content they do not create, but is merely posted by others. CL was sued for ads posted which violated local and federal anti-discrimination housing laws, and the Ninth Circut Court of Appeals held that because of aforementioned federal laws, the website was not liable.

However in a different situation, the website RoomMates.com was sued, lost and the verdict upheld by the same court. At the time RoomMates.com allowed persons to create adverts on their site using pull down choices regarding race, gender, and so forth. Because of this the court found that the website (for lack of a better phrase), acted the way print media classified adverts do, in that it assisted in creating the ads, thus had to follow federal and local anti-discrimination laws.

On another front, CL's TOS does state that persons creating adverts will abide by all local and federal laws regarding discrimination. One can only assume as with the prossing uproar, CL decided to be a good citizen (or at least cover their behinds), and require persons to play nice.

Thank you for the valuable information. Is there a way of finding out what law firm or government agency brought up the first mentioned lawsuit?

In addition, they are not covering their asses by pulling my adds down, they are making my gender the reason, which is unlawful.

[tsntx]

so to see what would happen when i posted the same ad i copied your ad and headed over to my local cl

this is the warning i got upon posting.....

Stating a discriminatory preference in a housing post is illegal, is prohibited on craigslist, and can be expensive:

you can be fined more than $10,000 for each discriminatory ad, plus damages in court, plus loss of license if you are a professional


avoid phrases which could be interpreted as discriminating by race/color/origin (e.g. 'hispanic area'), religion (e.g. 'christian home'), age / familial status (e.g. 'no kids'), disability, or sexual orientation


the words you choose can cost you - get the facts and avoid being prosecuted under fair housing law

[icarus2112]

Damn if I was in Cali and looking for an apartment/room I know who I would be PM'ing LOL . Seems pretty crazy the legal hoops you gotta go through just to not waste a ton of your time and potential renters time not weeding out people that wouldnt want to be a renter due to personal issues. So do you have to wait until someone calls before you can tell them the whole Trans and gay friends stuff? can you even tell them then?

Of course if I was a potential renter you might say no after I ask "how often do you have beautiful single Transexual girlfriends coming for visits" while drooling.

[tstv_lover]

I tend to agree with icarus.

While it's clearly become a matter of principle for you Danielle, and I know you're prepared to fight it through, is it really worth while?

Why not just post an advert someplace where you will find trans and trans-friendly people - like here!! I'm sure you'll be swamped with interest

[Danielle Foxx]

I tend to agree with icarus.

While it's clearly become a matter of principle for you Danielle, and I know you're prepared to fight it through, is it really worth while?

Why not just post an advert someplace where you will find trans and trans-friendly people - like here!! I'm sure you'll be swamped with interest

I have the responsibility to use my loud mouth for a good cause ...sometimes!

I just think it's unfair and I am going to try and see if a lawyer can take the case. It isn't about me anyone nor is it only about my rights but the rights we have as americans... blah blah blah

[icarus2112]

damn right girl fight the good fight.

[2009AD]

I just think it's unfair and I am going to try and see if a lawyer can take the case. It isn't about me anyone nor is it only about my rights but the rights we have as americans... blah blah blah

Someone is flagging your ad for reasons other than your transwoman status. Could it be that stalker who leaves you messages?

Plenty of housing ads on CL mention that the person renting is gay, male, female, et cetera.

One example: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...146381727.html

The CL staff is about 30 people, they get 40 million ads a month. A lawyer would have to prove that out of those millions of ads, CL has decided to target you. I doubt you'll find a lawyer who'll take the case.


Q: How many classified ads does craigslist receive?
A: craigslist users self-publish more than 40 million new classified ads each month

Q: How many employees does craigslist have, and where are its offices located?
A: 28 of us work out of a victorian house in the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco.

[lorddigitalhighfixer]

craigslist is completely automated, and is rife with moral trolls who flag posts, and hackers paid to flag competitor posts in the buy and sell and escort section. unfortunately craigslist won't reveal how many flags it takes to take down an ad, and claim it's somewhere between 2-10,000 but I've never seen a flag threshold more than 75. I usually only need 4-10 tries to take down an ad.

if your email address was flagged once, then it only takes 1-2 flags to have your ad removed again, so cycle different gmail.com email addresses for great success