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Wired: When a Video Game Developer Gets Outed as Abusive, What Happens Next?

June 5, 2024 When confessions coming from industry abusers began rolling in, Lin was surprised. They were working for a hotline that was created to support victims. Unwittingly, it was also becoming a lifeline for people who’d done the harm in the first place. “Really from the beginning, we had folks texting us about harm and harassment that they had caused or been a part of,” Lin says. “It just kept happening.”

Eventually, Lin says, they realized this was “not a one-off thing,” but something the industry wasn’t addressing. There were not many resources, even outside of the games space, for people who “were feeling remorseful and regretful for what they had done and wanted to change,” Lin says. No one knew who to ask for help.

CCRI Announces Jae Lin as the Honoree of The Dr. Holly Jacobs CCRI Founder Award

December 21, 2023 To mark its ten-year record of accomplishment, CCRI established The Dr. Holly Jacobs CCRI Founder Award, which recognizes one outstanding U.S.-based individual who has made a significant contribution to a safer internet. The award is named in recognition of survivor-leader Dr. Holly Jacobs, CCRI’s founder, board member, and one of the world’s first advocates fighting against the non-consensual distribution of intimate imagery and other forms of IBSA.

PFLAG northern illinois interview for open doors: Jae lin

April 2023 OD: How do you nurture your soul in challenging times? JL: I snuggle my cats. I go somewhere in nature that makes me feel small and makes my problems feel small. I laugh with my friends. I marvel at the big Texas sky. I go to therapy. I play on my piano. I kiss my partners. I let my tears flow. I make art. I thank the beautiful things in the world.

ign: Games and Online Harassment Hotline Adds Resource to Protect Against Hate Raids

August 2, 2022 "There is no one right way to respond to harassment," the guide's introduction reads. "Keeping a sense of self and agency can be one of the most important things to center in the face of ongoing harassment. So remember that you’re allowed to react to hate raids in any way that feels right to you. It’s OK to stop streaming, to keep streaming, to talk about it, to not talk about it, to feel angry, to feel numb, to feel scared, to feel anything at all. Remember: online harassment is not your fault."

Games industry.biz: Tips from the Games and Online Harassment Hotline on stamping out toxicity in the workplace

August 6, 2021 "I wish the punishment, reporting and shaming systems we have were effective in solving this problem but it clearly hasn't been working," they say. "The systems in place have been failing survivors for a really long time. […] I don't think anything else can change unless we not only believe survivors but really shift to a pro-survivor support. Because even when we say we believe survivors, sometimes protocols and systems are set up in ways that really focuses on investigating and ultimately punishing the person that caused the harm, but I don't think that's enough.”

Almost Real Things: Jae Lin

August 21, 2020 My process is quite nonlinear. I frequently have many different ideas going at once, and it’s not uncommon for me to have interweaving timelines of multiple different pieces at once. I always have too many ideas in my head, so I try my best to just put things down on paper and see where they go.

NBC: 12 queer artists whose work is making us pay attention

December 13, 2019 With buoyant artwork and typography, nonbinary artist Jae Lin is acting as a beacon of positivity and progress. “My work focuses on trans liberation, loving affirmations and acknowledging the possibility for post-traumatic growth and healing within all of us,” they say. “I also draw cute bunnies sometimes.” Lin said they've become part of “an amazing queer trans art community in Austin,” which has only bolstered the fact that, for them, making art is “a lifeline.” Lin creates all of their lettering with ink, marker and brush pens on paper before incorporating digital design and illustration, and all of it feeds their mission to uplift. “I hope I can play a small part in subverting narratives around trans and queer stories, which often focus on how much we suffer and hate ourselves and our bodies,” Lin said. “We also have so much growing, blossoming and flourishing in our stories.”

Austin Chronicle: Empowering Queer People of Color Through Health and Wellness

March 23, 2018 The health fair will feature a variety of health care providers that attendees can speak with and learn about in the hopes of figuring out who they connect with best. Because, as Lin stresses, it's important for everyone, but especially QPOC folks, to have a health care provider they trust. Saturday's event will also offer free health screenings – from blood pressure to HIV testing – and giveaways. For providers who were invited but could not attend, brochures will be available to browse and take home.

Reporting Texas: Austin Trans and Queer Artists Seek Visibility Amid Intolerance

April 7, 2017 “If you walk into a museum, you can see paintings of cisgender people looking beautiful, being themselves,” said Dallas trans non-binary artist Jae Lin, a member of the organizing committee whose work was exhibited in the Gender Unbound Art Fest. “But you don’t really see transgender people or transgender bodies reflected in media. […] These transgender artists are taking it upon them to really portrait transgender people in a dignified way.”