dont put money into that "announcement". they "exposed" her to be an old cracker who was in the scene many, many years ago. that person is to this day fighting a court case about their time in the scene. they've also written a post somewhere on the net talking about this and how hurt and confused they are to be dragged back into this mess. and the group that did the "exposing" has, as far as i have seen, not provided a single piece of evidence for their claims.

innocent until proven guilty. no one knows who empress is, so you may as well believe she is the woman she says to be.

Alright? She prefers she/her

Is this the first time.you hear of preferred pronouns?

Yes, gender identity is that simple. Watch this:

I'm a drone, use it/its pronouns for me