Alison Tieman, founder of Honey Badger Brigade and supporter of #Gamergate's stated aims of ethics in journalism, was evicted from the Calgary Comics and Entertainment Expo in 2015 based on false allegations of harassment and fraud. This timeline is an ongoing project to compile all the happenings and legal documentation related to the eviction.
Summary of parties involved in the expulsion and overview of connections between parties involved in the expulsion.
Sam Maggs is associated with Soha, @sokareemie. Soha is the author of the original tweet expressing outrage at the existence of a "gamergate" booth at Calgary Expo.
The Space Channel's logo among sponsor logos pictured
Friend references, but does not name, Alison Tieman. Associates Men's Rights Activists with the Rio de Janeiro shooting. Quote: @SamMaggs slightly related: the fact that some YT famous MRA "personality" is from Calgary is a thorn on my side
Linked in profile indicates that Sam Maggs was an Associate Editor at the Mary Sue from June, 2014 to June 2015.
16 Jan 2016 Tweet shows 5 year relationship between Mary Sue's editor Maggs & Expo Sponsor Space Channel's host Teddy Wilson
Sam Maggs defames Men's Rights Activists by making unsubstantiated connection between them and lone gunman Elliot Rodger in her Tumblr blog. Elliot Rodger did not post in Men's Rights forums, follow Men's Rights Activists in Youtube or any social media. He had no connection to Men's Rights Activists at all.
Calgary Expo coordinator Ken Poole sends "Honey Badger Radio" an email confirming "Honey Badger Radio's" sign up at the 2015 Calgary Comics and Entertainment Expo.
Honey Radio(honeybadgersradio@gmail.com) receives Invoice receipt for booth space from Calgary Expo
Honey Badger Brigade's registration is received for SaskExpo. SaskExpo is overseen by the same company as CalgaryExpo. SaskExpo: September 20-21st, 2014. Honey Badger Brigade eventually registered their SaskExpo booth under the name "Honey Badger Radio."
Jill Pantozzi tweets link to Mary Sue Article demonizing gamergaters
Alison Tieman attends SaskExpo after registering the booth under "Honey Badger Brigade." The badges read "Honey Badger Radio."
Alison Tieman makes a request to ensure funnel decoration is in compliance with event venue regulations.
Tweet about Sam Maggs moderating a panel at the expo
Request to change CalExpo booth name made from "xenospora@gmail.com." Request was approved. At this point The Exhibitor coordinator, Ken Poole, would have known the booth was named "xenospora" but registered to "Honey Badger Radio." This request was made through "xenospora@gmail.com."
In this Email exchange Honey Badger Brigade requested CalExpo's exhibition coordinator update their booth name from "xenospora" to "Honey Badger Brigade." This request was made through "honeybadgersradio@gmail.com."
Calgary Expo has the following Policies and Procedures related to Abuse, Bullying and Harassment posted on their website. Please note the following in 6.3.1: "The Comic & Entertainment Expo Committee defines verbal abuse as the use of words and/or statements used to attack, defame, or injure an individual, or to speak falsely of an individual. [...] Verbal abuse, reviling, or bullying can consist of, but is in no way limited to; a) Unwarranted accusations."
Alison Tieman contacted the press coordinator at CalEx to request permission to livestream from the booth.
The Honey Badger Brigade booth was located in the Big Four Building. This is a map of the Big Four building. The Customer service tables BF #3921 and BF #3922 are directly across from the HBB booth.
The Mary Sue cites the "We live in a tentacle culture" artwork as "alluding to a rape joke" and justification for Alison Tieman's expulsion and ban. Offered for context is the art work of Expo attendee, Cyanide and Happiness.
This banner was cited by the Expo and the Mary Sue as offensive to convention goers due to the "Gamergate" or "GG" logo on the top right justifying Alison Tieman's expulsion.
Honey Badger Brigade is listed as an Exhibitor in the Expo's guide to the event. Exhibitors are listed in alphabetical order. Their Booth number is BF #3821 in the Big Four building.
Mary Sue sponsored Cosplay contest accepted entries until march 1st for contest https://archive.is/xZxyR
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After Hannah Wallen overheard event staff talking about "shutting down some booths" while gesturing in the direction of the Honey Badger Booth, Sage Gerard, Hannah Wallen and Alison Tieman discuss whether or not to approach Expo staff about the issue. Off camera they speak with "Rick", CalEx staff at the customer service desk directly across from their booth. Alison Tieman asks if there is any concern over the posters on display and Rick assures them that everything is fine.
Says she's going to the expo
Video of Alison's statement at panel https://youtu.be/tyBfJuvopPg
"Women into Comics panel was interesting, especially with MRA's in the audience. Eagerly/nervously awaiting @calgaryhester's sketchnotes." Sam Maggs responds to Brittney's tweet with "@britl omg are you serious?? Tell me everything." Brittney Le Blanc is later quoted extensively in The Mary Sue article on the Calgary Expo Expulsion.
Sam Maggs stirs up her 8K followers after LeBlanc tweets about the MRAs at the "Women in Comics" panel.
A "Women into Comics" Panelist, Sam Hester, took sketch notes during the panel describing her experience during the panel. Her experience of Alison Tieman's contribution is highlighted in red; she referred to her contribution as part of a number of "impassioned audience comments" including at least three to five other audience members. No indication that Ms. Hester felt harassed or threatened, or even disrespected and disappointed, by Ms. Tieman.
“Dames Making Games” affiliate Soha Kareem tweets complaint about badger presence https://archive.is/Q9teZ
From what I'm hearing they didn't know but are trying to handle it.
We're investigating guys... not to worry we support a safe and fun environment for EVERYONE.
Mike Donachie complains about GG presence; Expo replies they didn't allow GG in & are investigating http://tweetsave.com/a_plant_/status/589181011646291968
@AaronWrotkowski We didn't allow a GG booth. A vendor has signage with a GG logo, and we are investigating.
@ReLiC71 No, we're looking into is as complaints have been lodged by many people, and panelists were disrupted. It's our job to check it out https://archive.is/bLUmc
Day2 Of #CalgaryExpo and our booth is being shutdown because being anti-censorship is bad #GamerGate https://archive.is/vdOxk
Comics creators Ryan Sohmer, Kris Straub, Abbey Howard all cheer Alison Tieman's expulsion.
We'll have a post up in a bit on this.
Calgary Expo says they investigated due to fan complaints.
"MRA's/Gamergaters have been booted from the @CalgaryExpo. That's a great move by the expo team. Well done guys." https://archive.is/pLgfU
Pantozzi says "They 100% were" in response to a question asking if CalEx was misinformed about Gamergate.
Britney LeBlanc sends an email to Jill Pantozzi describing her experience at the panel and indicates Sam Maggs, an editor at the Mary Sue, told her to message Jill Pantozzi, the writer of the Mary Sue article.
Give me 5 minutes and there will be.
To clarify: MRA/GG representatives were at our panel last night. I did not ask Calgary Expo to ban them. Their behaviour spoke for itself. https://archive.is/hFvQn
The Mary Sue accuses HBR of gaining attendance under false pretenses. https://archive.is/2VpXk https://archive.is/XUQtd
Calgary Expo retweets The Mary Sue's claims about HBR as the reason for expulsion. This tweet was later deleted from Calgary Expo's timeline.
@ChrisCharabaruk No, we politely asked an exhibitor to leave. The Calgary Expo is a positive and safe event for everyone. https://archive.is/jqId8
Outhouse article quotes Mary Sue article's claims about HBB
Actual time not listed on article but old enough to be updated at 2:57 PM according to Mike Donachie Exchange. Mike Donachie is the "Managing Editor Night" for the Metro https://archive.is/VUlCb
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