# How do the current list of Mods identify themselves as to gender? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 19, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936 "2020-11-19T01:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/1 "2020-11-19T01:44:55Z")
How many males? How many females? How many other? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/2 "2020-11-19T01:59:36Z")
Current count is 2 female ( **puzzlegal** and **raventhief** ) and 10 male (the rest). ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/3 "2020-11-19T02:15:15Z")
Honestly, I don’t see how any of this anybody’s business but theirs. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/4 "2020-11-19T02:23:06Z")
Yes, but if they posted to that, it is now public SD knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/5 "2020-11-19T02:26:41Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Honestly, I don’t see how any of this anybody’s business but theirs. Some people prefer to be addressed using the appropriate pronouns. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/6 "2020-11-19T02:28:12Z")
Of course…and those of them who care are free to answer, or not. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/7 "2020-11-19T02:40:38Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Honestly, I don’t see how any of this anybody’s business but theirs. It has been an issue for some time that diversity is desirable among the moderation staff, especially with respect to moderating on misogyny issues. For some time, we did not have any female moderators. So I think transparency on that particular issue is warranted. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/8 "2020-11-19T03:12:42Z")
Fair enough. As long as all the mods are cool with it, I am too. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/9 "2020-11-19T04:05:58Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > > [@snfaulkner](#): > > > > Honestly, I don’t see how any of this anybody’s business but theirs. > > It has been an issue for some time that diversity is desirable among the moderation staff, especially with respect to moderating on misogyny issues. For some time, we did not have any female moderators. So I think transparency on that particular issue is warranted. Then, shall we know if there any moderators of any other protected class? Of color? With disability? Muslim? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/10 "2020-11-19T04:16:10Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Then, shall we know if there any moderators of any other protected class? Of color? With disability? Muslim? No. . Issues related to misogyny have been controversial on the board recently, so I think transparency about gender of the staff is relevant. While we do seek diversity in other respects, these have been less of an issue. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/11 "2020-11-19T05:34:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > While we do seek diversity in other respects, these have been less of an issue. Ha! Sorry, I thought you were making a joke. That there was only 1 PoC mod (and is **Asimovian** still a mod?) was very much an issue. _You_ may not have seen it, but it was. Still is, I should say. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/12 "2020-11-19T11:21:01Z")
To be fair, he said “less of an issue.” With misogyny, it was so bad that the female Dopers got together and pleaded for changes. That hasn’t happened with PoC Dopers, which suggests the problem is not considered as bad. That said, there have been plenty of times where the mods were accused of not properly dealing with racism, so I can’t see how knowing their racial makeup is any different from knowing their gender makeup. Of course, as said before, it’s up to them to decide what to reveal. No one is obligated to tell you their race, gender, or any other personal information. (I’m curious if this is post will be treated like I’m finding a position acceptable to both sides, or if I just made both sides mad at me. I always try for the former.) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/13 "2020-11-19T12:09:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > With misogyny, it was so bad that the female Dopers got together and pleaded for changes. That hasn’t happened with PoC Dopers, which suggests the problem is not considered as bad. It’s not relative to how bad it was, I’m sure. More relative to proportions in the populace. Having said that, the place is a lot better around race nowadays - partly the result of restructuring of GD, partly the changes in mod staff, partly the banning of several long-time racists. But moderation staff being even more diverse would be better still. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/14 "2020-11-19T13:30:28Z")
So I’m a White Male in my 50s and married. In case you couldn’t guess, from New Jersey. The current staff: **Ed\_Zotti** our Admin 9 moderators **engineer\_comp\_geek** **Miller** **Chronos** **Colibri** **loach** **RickJay** **Hari\_Seldin** **Raventhief** **Puzzlegal** **What\_Exit** At the top of every forum we list which mods are the moderators for said forum. As an example: > [@About the Cafe Society category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-cafe-society-category/911005): > > Our salon for art, drama, literature, movies, music, comics, cuisine – all the artistic disciplines – if it’s about creativity, entertainment, or leisure, it goes here. Moderators: @Chronos@Puzzlegal@What_Exit ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/15 "2020-11-19T13:47:48Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > At the top of every forum we list which mods are the moderators for said forum. FYI, **Jonathan\_Chance** is still listed as a mod on GD… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/16 "2020-11-19T13:56:47Z")
☹ I’ll fix that. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/17 "2020-11-19T14:19:59Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > 9 moderators > **engineer\_comp\_geek** > **Miller** > **Chronos** > **Colibri** > **loach** > **Hari\_Seldin** > **Raventhief** > **Puzzlegal** > **What\_Exit** And **RickJay** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/18 "2020-11-19T14:25:07Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Having said that, the place is a lot better around race nowadays - partly the result of restructuring of GD, partly the changes in mod staff, partly the banning of several long-time racists. > > But moderation staff being even more diverse would be better still. As I said, it is less of a problem than the misogyny issue. And I said that diversity is desirable in general. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/19 "2020-11-19T14:30:13Z")
Oh Crap! I’m so sorry. I’ll fix my post above. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936/20 "2020-11-19T21:06:16Z")
Aha! The anti-Canadian bias of the Mods is shown once again! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-current-list-of-mods-identify-themselves-as-to-gender/925936.md?page=2)