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A Team Consisting of a Trans Player was Reinstated after Getting Disqualified from a $100k Apex Legends Tournament

Nazmul Hassan
By Nazmul Hassan Published May 21, 2023
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A Team Consisting of a Trans Player was Reinstated after Getting Disqualified from a $100k Apex Legends Tournament
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Organizer reinstated a team consisting of a trans player who was disqualified from a women’s Apex Legends tournament. Later the team was reinstated following an investigation.

A North American-based organization named HER Galaxy is running the biggest Apex Legends women’s tournament—a huge step toward the growth of the women’s Esports scene in the Apex Legends community.

Nearly 100 teams participated in that tournament to win a total prize pool of $100k. Among the teams, only 40 teams remained to face off in playoffs against each other on May 19 and 20.

Of the 40 teams, one of the teams named VEXXX has a trans woman player, trying their best to compete against some of the best teams in the community. However, before the Upper Bracket took place, the team was disqualified due to an unresolved identification issue concerning one of VEXXX’s members.

The player in question is a transgender player named Gabs, who identifies as she/they. Despite passing the verification and participating in every scrim and Her Galaxy tournament, the team faced this unpredictable response.

– upon presenting ID's. We played in both rounds of pre-quals and have been participating in all Hergalaxy scrims/tournaments, including those hosted by @RisenRoseGG @HisandHersLive @NXS_org @CelestialCup. We qualified in the Winners Bracket and were set and prepared to compete –

— 𝓢𝓪𝓷𝓲 (@rkxine) May 19, 2023

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VEXXX was Disqualified and Then Reinstated

rkxine, one of VEXXX’s team members, expressed her opinion and the reason why they were eliminated from the tournament. According to her, “A known transphobic member of the Apex community reached out to the Admins to spread rumours and false statements about my teammate’s identity, post-verification. This person has always had a hateful nature towards everybody around them, and 95% of the Bracket participants can agree and attest to this.”

She further added that her team and her teammate (Gab) fell victim to a decision entirely based on transphobic/ hateful intent from a specific individual. Moreover, Gab’s eligibility was discussed and verified with Her Galaxy admins upon the initial verification process, which makes the elimination really unexpected and devastating.

@EA @PlayApex Team VEXXX was eliminated from the @hergalaxygg $100K Apex Legends Open Women's Tournament, less than 48 hours before upper brackets, which we qualified for, because our teammate is transgender with the following pronouns: she/they. We all passed verification –

— 𝓢𝓪𝓷𝓲 (@rkxine) May 19, 2023

The specific individual was later exposed by loserira, who shared two clips of a team member who raised the accusations against Gab.

. @hergalaxygg
kicked team Vexx out of the HG tourney based off false accusations submitted by wondernikki, yet she gets to openly display malicious and transphobic hate during the scrims and tournaments? Here are video examples pic.twitter.com/AJsOIY2auh

— Ira🕷 (@loserira) May 19, 2023

After watching the clips, many players in the community came forward to show their support for Gab, who felt grateful for all the support from the community. The community was also surprised by the person’s behavior in the clip.

Rollercoaster of a day as I had all my finals today as all of this was happening. Will have a statement out in the morning. But truly, thank you everyone for the support. ❤️

— Gabs (@Gabrielluminati) May 19, 2023

Following the escalated situation, HER Galaxy led an investigation and reinstated VEXXX in the $100k tourney. Not only that, but they also disqualified the team who displayed discriminatory behavior.

Independently, as part of this investigation, we have unearthed discourse that violates our code of conduct. We have a zero tolerance policy for discriminatory behavior and have disqualified this team from the HER Galaxy $100K Apex Legends Open. Education and rehabilitation are a…

— HER GALAXY (@hergalaxygg) May 19, 2023

VEXXED later participated in the Upper Bracket in the $100k tournament. Currently, the team stands at the 9th position on the leaderboard and will play in the finals on June 25.

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