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The transphobia stops now (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

This community is housed on an instance run by two trans women, focused on the needs of the queer and gender diverse community.

We allowed 196 here because we were promised the community is queer and trans inclusive.

If you're here it's because you're aggressively supportive of trans folk. Not middle of the ground, not "just asking questions".

If your response to that is, "yes, but..." then this isn't the instance for you, and by extension, this isn't the community for you.

tl;dr - Unambiguous support and inclusion, or fuck off somewhere else.

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Edit - I changed the phrase "aggressive support to "unambiguous support", as there was some confusion over the intent behind my previous phrasing.

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[–] TTH4P@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] detectivesniffles@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

WHATS THAT SORRY I CANT HEAR YOU IM CRANKING THE HOG RIGHT NOW TRANSPHOBES GTFO (DISRESPECTFULLY) 🏳️‍⚧️

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Not gay as in happy, but queer as in fuck you!"

TRANS RIGHTS blobhaj, flag, trans, transgender

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[–] alternative_factor@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There was transphobia in 196? HOW?

[–] unmarketableplushie@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One of the mods made a post about how this comment being really creepy about trans men's bodies somehow wasn't transphobic and then deleted it after people started calling them out lol

[–] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you for providing good context on this thread. The original comment was ass, but not important overall. If the mod hadn't decided to explicitly defend it, this wouldn't even be a conversation. This entire discourse would have been avoided if it wasn't for a shitty mod post.

[–] BraBraBra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Defending it is the only sane response. He was literally asked for his opinion. Is it homophobic for a straight person not find the same gender attractive? Of course not. Then how is transphobic for a cis man not to be into penises? It's completely bizarre reasoning.

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[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Most people seem to agree it wasn't transphobia, but here's the context: https://lemmy.world/post/1893561

There was some transphobia that came crawling out like usually happens when a trans topic starts getting active, but they got shut down pretty quickly

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

There was some transphobia that came crawling out like usually happens when a trans topic starts getting active

That is what prompted this post. It happens every single time trans stuff comes up. There is no space for it here.

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[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Dee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Can you see my reply? I'm on lemmy.world and I thought it was still defederated from Beehaw so I shouldn't be able to see your comment O_o~~ (I'm used to being more active on my beehaw account so using my lemmy.world account threw me off, disregard this lol)

P.S. Yay trans rights and having a pro-trans meme space 😄

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Being defederated just means you can't see new posts on beehaw communities and they can't see your communities at all. If your instance and beehaw are both federated with a third instance, like the one this community is on, then you'll still be able to see comments by beehaw users on that instance.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let me just make sure I got this right

Dee is on lemmy.world

Zoop is on beehaw

This thread is on lemmy.blahaj.zone

So Dee and Zoop can see each other's comments since neither lemmy.world nor beehaw is defederated from blahaj.zone?

It's like a border state or something

[–] Dee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can see Zoop's comment, but Zoop can't see mine. Because beehaw is defederated from lemmy.world but lemmy.world has not chosen to defederate from beehaw so it still gets the comments from beehaw users.

Actually because all these replies are to my lemmy.world account Zoop can't see this entire exchange, and I can't see it on my beehaw account either. I just had a brain fart.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Accorded neutral ground

[–] Dee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~I'm not sure about that. I think it might be a glitch or something because I never see beehaw comments on lemmy.world and never see lemmy.world comments on my beehaw account. Like, I can't see the comment I made on this account from my beehaw account.~~

~~Just thought it was odd.~~

I was just being dumb, Monzingo is right.

[–] ombremad@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you so much. We need that more than anything right now — where transphobic content tends to be the default on the web.

If this is the time to go full aggressive for our rights, count me in!

(And if you’re here to passive-aggressively complain about how you « don’t care about people’s sexuality » and making everyone notice you’re leaving — let me be very active-aggressive in saying « good fucking riddance » to you.)

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every single transphobe right now:

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Literally right below this.

[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is what the fediverse was created for. Casual transphobia doesn't need to be permitted and I fully support that.

[–] expected_crayon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank god. Reddit and Twitter were ruined by the transphobic and Nazis. Glad that isn’t tolerated here.

[–] MaryTzu@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trans women are women. Girldick is best dick.

Know that you are loved. ^And also sexually objectified. Sorry bout that... ^

-Sincerely a cis lesbian.

[–] Velociraptor@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Can you explain the girldick thing? I'm a transman and that comes off as one of the many things that are low key alienating in expressions of support, but it's possible I'm just mistaken.

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Trans people are regular, real people. Like my college friend. Or my wife's HS friend. Or that one kind soul I worked with once.

I'm so god damn sick of all the hatred and lies and bullshit and murder and sadistic laws against trans people.

I loudly applaud any space that actively supports trans people and gives them a place free from hatred and assholes.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn ~~straight~~ queer.

I'm just your run-of-the-mill white cismale dude, but I know several trans people in real life including an old friend of mine and a 7-year-old kid across the street from me. Everyone deserves respect and dignity of life.

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you! I followed 196 over here from Reddit when it moved and I appreciate you reaffirming its principles. I think the move to Lemmy paradoxically gave 196 more visibility to people who don't necessarily agree with those principles because its posts wind up so prominent on All, especially in smaller instances. It's kind of hilarious how many posts I've seen asking why people on Lemmy say "rule" all the time 😂

Edit: in closing, fuck transphobes

[–] toadstorm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

i am old and cis but trans shitposters are the best shitposters, this is indisputable. you have my support

[–] tanja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

100% based; Was already worried where this community was headed

BLÅHAJ Lemmy W

[–] THEMASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 7 months ago

Agreed no transphobia

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I don't subscribe to this community but I found your post in the top of my feed. And want people to know, you have my support. I think it's awesome that you're able to build this community.

I'm not going to be aggressive in any online discussion but I am very sensitive to the situation. My brother was a gay man who had lots of difficulties and ultimately took his own life. I will always wonder if society was different, if he'd still be here.

So I will never shy away in real life. I promised the memories of my brother to always be that change that is needed. I will be that cis dude who takes the time to try and change people who show me their bigotry.

I know people in real life who have transitioned. It's a very difficult process and anyone who feels that they need it, they should have access to it. The look of being comfortable in one's own skin afterwards is absolutely observable. I can only do what I can do but you will always have an ally in me.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this, honestly it was worrying how many upvotes some transphobic replies were getting.

[–] flicker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm glad yall posted this but I'm bummed it's no longer "aggressive." Anybody who pretends that the wording of "aggressive support" is concerning is probably afraid of triggering that aggression themselves... and they should be.

[–] pjb@lemmy.spacestation14.com 1 points 1 year ago

What the fuck, transphobia on 196?

Trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[–] Nyla_Smokeyface@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's comforting to know that this community is intolerant of transphobia

Remember; not supporting trans rights means you're on the same side as those using laws and judges to strip women of their autonomy around the world. <3

Will spend the next days reporting transphobes if necessary <3 best wishes from Germany

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Damn straight. Us queers need to stand together and there can be no god damn LGBTQ+ without the flippin T.

Making all the transphobes come out of the woodwork to get banned with this one~ Appreciate everyone's unambiguous support <3

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Human rights are human rights, no matter who you are

[–] RavenFellBlade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Trans rights are women's rights.

Trans rights are men's rights.

Trans rights are human rights.

If you believe otherwise, you're doing nothing less than questioning the basic humanity of Trans people. And you can fuck right off.

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