MSG’s Secret Database: LGBTQ+ Celebs Tagged & Dolan’s ‘Threat’ List Exposed

Wired exposed MSG's VIP database, which tags LGBTQ+ celebrities by identity/sexuality and assigns 'threat' levels, often based on criticism of owner James Dolan. This system also allegedly tracked a trans fan, raising privacy and discrimination concerns.

“They just appear extremely interested in queer and trans people in their place.”

MSG’s Controversial VIP Database

Wired located an MSG data source of place VIPs affixed with labels that consist of a threat assessment that goes from “flag,” indicating reduced threat, along with tags such as “reduced danger,” for celebrities including Edie Falco, Tracy Morgan and Ben Stiller and “average risk,” such as rap artists Jadakiss and Fat Joe. Rap Artist Lil Jon and Da Infant are reportedly taken into consideration “high threat.” The range, per Wired, frequently reflects whether a person has ever before been openly critical of location proprietor and New York Knicks executive chairman James Dolan.

LGBTQ+ Identity and Sexuality Tagging

The venue, which has come under examination this year after multiple exposés concerning its surveillance system and likewise attracted global attention for organizing Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, apparently maintained a list of LGBTQ+ celebrities that might check out the location, with a certain tag indicating their sex identity or sexual preference, according to a Wired investigation.

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Celebrity Threat Levels and Criticism

Also Knicks superfan Fat Joe, who is a follower of Dolan, has presumably been identified as “medium” threat for his organization with Jadakiss that was critical of Dolan in 2020. “It’s a really, truly paranoid, dreadful system,” a resource told Wired.

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Key Public Figures Identified

Celebrities that have received the tag include Ricky Martin, Phoebe Bridgers and Geese guitarist Emily Green, who is transgender. At least one bisexual attendee of Taylor Swift’s MSG wedding celebration, Ice Seasoning, is likewise consisted of in the file as “low threat,” per the report.

Celebs that have obtained the tag consist of Ricky Martin, Phoebe Bridgers and Geese guitar player Emily Eco-friendly, who is transgender. At the very least one bisexual participant of Taylor Swift’s MSG wedding event, Ice Seasoning, is additionally included in the record as “reduced threat,” per the report.

Digital Rights Group Condemns Practices

“I have actually never fulfilled James Dolan. I don’t understand the higher-up management at Madison Square Garden. Yet, like, there does appear to be a little bit of a pattern below,” Evan Greer, director of the digital legal rights team Defend the Future, informed Wired. “They simply seem overly interested in queer and trans individuals in their location.”

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The data source was located by ShinyHunters, a hacker cumulative, and initially reported by 404 Media, though Wired was the first to report concerning the data source’s considerable labelling of celebs, consisting of by gender identity and sexuality.

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Extensive Tracking of Transgender Fans

The lady “presented no hazard,” per a worker, safety apparently assembled an 18-page dossier on her, which consisted of times she scanned her ticket, utilized the lift, hugged an usher, ordered drinks and got in the women’s washroom– as well as when she left 2 minutes and 5 secs later on.

Wired found an MSG database of location VIPs affixed with labels that consist of a threat assessment that goes from “flag,” suggesting low threat, alongside labels such as “reduced threat,” for celebrities including Edie Falco, Tracy Morgan and Ben Stiller and “average risk,” such as rappers Jadakiss and Fat Joe. The range, per Wired, usually shows whether an individual has actually ever been openly important of location proprietor and New York Knicks executive chairman James Dolan.

Greer’s remarks reference an earlier report that Madison Square Garden security, under Dolan’s management, allegedly tracked a trans Knicks fan’s every activity, to the 2nd, throughout the place. Inevitably, the supposed objective was to maintain her separated from the Knicks players.