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https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/27342058/14854908

While I do agree that some go a bit hard on this it is true that buying the movies, the games, or official merch is directly harmful as the money is used to fund anti-trans lobbies. I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect anyone to stop engaging with fanfiction or other things that doesn’t give Rowling cash, but I do understand why me and other trans people are upset when others cling to harry potter. It’s a sore point for us because we know what she stands for and are keenly aware of the bigotry even within the HP book series, not just Rowlings later statements. We are also aware that many simply do not care. Even if you tell them what the money is being used for people often don’t believe us, or choose to prioritize their indulgence into the fandom over preventing harm. Talking about HP does contribute to the popularity of the franchise and can therefore arguably indirectly hurt us. So I do ask that you have some understanding for why people are upset.

One of the devs is a transphobe

I can confirm that I am me!

Okay I’m super impressed so far! I absolutely love this. Way better than lemmy imo, I’ll be migrating there fully. The wiki feature for the HRT community is gonna be super handy and things like post flairs/tags is something many have missed here!

Things like a [transmasc] and [transfem] and [transneutral] tag for trans_memes f.ex!

I’m not the best at talking but my DMs are open if you ever wanna talk. There’s also the matrix which has lots of people in it, including some people who have done bottom surgery

The UK is experiencing a surge in hate and violence against trans people, so it’s for sure sampling bias. From what I’ve heard from others from your country it varies by city a lot how accepting people are

I used to draw ventilation for businesses! So I dunno what the requirements are for public bathrooms like these, but bathroom stalls are generally required to be well ventilated. We usually always placed an extract vent right above the toilet

I didn’t read the title and was very confused about why you had shared a picture of a bathroom for a while

What does LC mean in this context?

I think the problem is that nothing in the image alludes to cigarettes, while there are clearly references to queerness, so we just see the slur in huge letters and then two sentences that don’t provide any context or mean much on their own.

You ever been on an instance that doesn’t have their own rules?

Edit: And it’s hardly flipping our shit to ban people who dehumanize us or spread anti trans propaganda.

I’ll take your word for it! I’m from the wrong continent, but I’ve heard tales of these strange and wondrous locations

I recommend https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/ Cozy queer instance with quick moderation, and open to allies as well

Ah, yeah, we do block instances. Only transphobic ones or ones that don’t moderate however.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/

You don’t get the point of the instance. That sports thing is deliberately pushed by the alt right because it gets people riled up, it was literally a non issue until they started bringing it up (and lying about it, making it seem like a bigger issue than it really is). There are not a lot of trans women and we largely don’t compete at a professional level. We have to keep hearing this tired old debate over and over, and so on blåhaj, which is supposed to be a safe space, we simply ban all alt right rhetoric targeting us rather than engage in it.

Do you know how often someone shows up and randomly brings up some unrelated alt right talking point? In an unrelated post? Yeah this is not us being sensitive, this is other people not understanding what it means to be a minority being specifically targeted to create engagement. We can’t all expend all of our energy all of the time to rebuke every single argument. That effort would legitimately be inhuman

Yeah. Before I started using lemmy and matrix more I was on discord a lot, and some of the mods there are rather shitty I have to say. Many even think they are allies despite allowing and defending all sorts of transphobic rhetoric like AGP etc.

Blåhaj has been such a relief in that sense. The only instance I know for sure has my back 100%. No “allies” telling me what is and is not transphobic

We typically adjust our dosage based on regular blood tests so the most important thing is just picking which method is most comfortable for us and doing it safely!