Y’all, we have a problem.
These are some of the results of a survey done on our community concerning gender identity:
1.08% Binary Trans men (4).
1.08% Transmasculine people (4).
1.35% Cis women (5).
That’s right, there are more CIS WOMEN on a TRANS community than binary trans men or transmasculine people alone.
We have a problem.
This isn’t just a Blahaj problem. Another queer instance did a similar survey and found only 3% of their users were trans and use he/him pronouns.
Not having enough transmasc voices is going to be detrimental to our community. There are plenty of transmasc people on the internet. The problem is with Lemmy.
So what are we gonna do about it?
Sexism is somewhat of a regular occurrence on 196 and personally that really throws me off. I report sexist memes but mods there do not seem to care as the posts are never removed.
I think trans men are better at recognising sexism for obvious reasons than cis men and I think that as long as it’s a regular occurrence on the biggest community of this instance it will be a reason why some trans men (and cis women for that matter) decide not to stay here.
can u give some examples? I cant think of a single time 196 hasnt been anti-sexist, and that community is specially anti-transphobia
The Sydney Sweeney meme was pretty sexist. There are semi frequently memes where the centre of the joke is a woman’s body, where I will find gross comments as well.
Most of the memes are fun and trans positive, but there is definitely a pattern of objectifying and sexist jokes that are not being moderated (as I said, I do report but no action is being taken). I have also found the community very hostile against observations of sexism, which absolutely does not help. Personally, as a trans masc person who has experienced a lot of sexism on the internet when I still presented as femme, I do not feel welcome there.
Ohhh yeh, 196 has always been pretty horny and I feel like its hornier here than it was on reddit, I see why that could make u uncomfortable xP
I don’t have a problem with lewd content if it isn’t objectifying.
A picture of a girl getting excited over boobs is different to a meme that refers unironically to the old school ‘joke’ where women and girls with large breasts were told they have great personality. In the first example no one is degraded, while the 2nd example is a joke that has often been used to degrade women. I think context matters a lot and especially memes about trans girls appreciating their new body or describing their transition goal aren’t objectifying at all
It’s like sex scenes in books and movies. Straight, gay, furry orgy where the gimP is released, whichever.
I don’t need sex in my books, especially because people always seem to walk in on that exact part of the audiobook.
This kinda reads as ‘OMG there are (cis) women on the internet’. Why the need to point out the number of cis women as a problem? There are also more cis men than trans men but i guess that’s ok?
I think u meant to reply to the post and not my comment x3 but I guess its just cuz OP focused on AFABs, and the post doesnt complain about there being cis women but about the lack of trans men