1.) No bigotry of any kind, and don't be a jerk either
• Bigotry includes but is not limited to: ableism, casteism, homophobia, lookism, queerphobia, racism, sexism, transphobia, and xenophobia. Bigotry towards non-binary people is transphobia. Truscum rhetoric is also bigotry. You getting punished for your hateful opinion, however, is not bigotry.
2.) No Spam
• This includes both advertising and breaking your or my Lemmy instance's rules, such as vote manipulation or brigading.
3.) Posts must have something to do with being trans, or about trans experiences
• Try to stay away from negative political events too. You can joke about it, but bringing attention to something bad happening in the world might take someone out of their comfort zone— this is an escape from the constant news cycle for some.
4.) No Selfies or Character Creations
• *Selfies are not memes! This is not a community for selfies. Picrews and o
I work retail, and I had a belligerant customer try to insult me by calling me a "Gender fluid mother fucker" among other things. And I was like, yes? You noticed? It took me a moment to realize he thought it was some kind of slur maybe? Not sure.
Then it got me thinking. Every time I show my preferred gender I'm super fly TNT. All us NBs and Trans folks are mushroom cloud layin motherfuckers. Just thought y'all should know.