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?
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.