If you have no preferred pronouns, just say (none) or something
This will help make people feel more comfortable in this comm and has a side effect of showing you support trans people when making comments in other communities. It will also make reactionaries seethe and make it easier for mods to purge them, and make trans people feel safer all over the fediverse.
Yes, and that is WHY I’m so vocal about it, because I have experience with environments where the choice really was to misgender myself or to risk looking like a biggot. It sucked and that
It forces trans people who are early in their transition and eggs to pick between two really bad options. That makes it functionally (not intentionally) transphobic.
A big point of something like Lemmy is that you don’t need separate accounts in all the communities that you are in and trans communities should put the bar low for people who are looking to explore things. It may not always be the safest thing to do, but reality is messy and people who are just kinda uncomfortable with what they have may still be far away from understanding.
Nobody says you can’t have your pronouns in your username if you want them too, but forcing other people to do the same is really reaching into other people’s personal zone to an extend that I do consider inappropriate.
Thank you for sticking up for us.
Sincerely, someone deep in the closet for reasons of personal safety.
While I appreciate your experience, and of course all of us have been questioning at some point, it is important for building a thriving trans community. The rule stays.
Creating a new account is safer, if your argument is you want things to be safer for trans people (re: not showing pronouns in ID), you must also understand that creating a new account is safer for exploration. Your argument is weak.
If they feel nothing suits them they can say (none) or (use name)
I care about making a safe trans community, and making sure people aren’t misgendered is part of that. This is how you do that. If you’re not for making sure people are gendered properly, leave. 🤷♀️ But I suggest you consider it and keep an open mind about it, I genuinely think you have not seen the benefits of this policy.
Stay strong against the haters. Mandatory pronoun tags and removal of the downvote button are the two best things we ever did on![emoji logo logo](https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=www.hexbear.net%2fpictrs/image/53c6c1cd-6b13-4f02-bf93-9177ca1ec5a7.png)