The Eunuch Archive is (or purports to be) a website for people interested in castration or who have been castrated. A friend of mine created a post discussing the difficulties faced by a submissive male seeking castration. It was a detailed and extremely well thought out post that resonated me with me on a number of levels. Shortly after it’s creation it was taken down. My friend’s Dom challenged the decision and was himself banned. A few days later I created a post questioning how the EA was run. The post never got past the moderators, so I created a post on my blog within the EA website … which got me banned! No explanation, my account was simply deleted.
Below is a copy of my post, with some comments be a member of a Discord server who took the time to attempt to reply to it.
My original questions are in this colour, the fellow on Discord (who has also been banned from EA is in this colour)
I have some questions about the Eunuch Archive, if anyone fancies having a go at answering them:
- What is the purpose of the Eunuch Archive? Is there a mission statement or T&Cs document somewhere?
- How are posts approved? What is the process for removing a post or appealing against a post’s removal? Who is responsible for censoring posts? What criteria is used for this?
- No transparency
- Who are the admins? Are they governors or servants? How are they appointed and to whom do they answer?
- They answer to no one. The kids were appointed long ago, they appoint new ones when older mods die.
- Does the Eunuch Archive have outside affiliations? Is the name “Eunuch Archive” used to endorse any external organisation? (eg does the EA support any particular academic or political institution?)
- Well I heard two of them were instrumental in getting SOC8 passed, but that they were creepy at the conference.
- How is the Eunuch Archive funded? Is it funded from external donations or only by member contributions?
- Member contributions. They have a drive every year to cover the costs.
- Does the EA employ any professionals, or is it managed by non-professional volunteers?
- All volunteers from many walks of life.
- How does the Eunuch Archive manage its public relations policy? How it promote itself? Is the primary means of acquiring new members organic?
- They get a lot of traffic because Reduxx infiltrated and wrote a hit piece on them. Mentioning Reduxx is enough to get banned. They don’t want new members who have any sexual interests in Castration, only interest in posting stories that you aren’t allowed to be turned on by I guess.
- What feedback do people get when their post is rejected by the moderators/admins?
- No feedback, just a deleted, censored or locked thread with a pissed off moderator berating you and threatening a ban.
I posted these questions into my favourite Discord server, and it prompted quite a discussion. There seems that there are a number of problems with EA that it highlighted:
- Lack of accountability
- Narrow definition of what it is to be a eunuch
- Denial of the sexual/kink aspect of being castrated for some people
- Arbitrary eviction of people who question the Authority Of The Elders
- They are self-appointed representatives of our community and thereby exclude representation for non-conformists; this poses a problem for us getting proper help and support from medical and mental health practitioners because of this distortion.
Where EA could have been of benefit is the static and long lived nature of discussion threads and as a knowledge base with peer reviewed articles.
My favourite place, where I feel safest, has been a particular Discord server (The Dog House) since I first discovered it. It is a very welcoming place, it can be fun, informative, and compassionate. It feels inclusive of all kinds of people and discussion is encouraged, and while disagreements do happen, they are usually resolved between the participants. I am not aware of any censorship on that server.
Eunuchorn 
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