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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/main@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Edit - Hexbear announced plans to deferedate from us.

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~~After recent events, it feels to me that sentiment has shifted and more people are asking for defederation of hexbear than previously~~

~~I've been doing my best to try and mend bridges and keep us connected, as it's my hope that we can maintain trans solidarity and work with them, despite the friction, however, ultimately, I feel that this is an issue for the blahaj lemmy community to decide, not the admins alone~~

~~So here's what we're going to do~~

~~We're going to leave things as they are for a week. That will give time for things to calm down whilst we see if we can work together. After a week, I'll put up a vote and get a feel for where the community is at in regards to our continued federation with hexbear. That poll will run for a week. If there is a strong will to defederate (a clear majority), then that's what we will do~~

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[-] kristina@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've held my tongue in accordance to our new rules on Hexbear, but this is sickening transphobia and I have seen this levied dozens of times against trans users on Hexbear from users on Blahaj. Hexbear rightly bans people for doubting the validity of people's genders, and would ban anyone upvoting the post as well. I believe in trans unity to the nth degree and I have worked as a volunteer at trans organizations for 10 years helping hundreds of trans people with medical access. To doubt the validity or sincerity of our trans users is beyond the pale.

[-] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 year ago

I stand with you on this, Hexbear. I don't understand why this is the thing that people are going with, especially on a trans instance like this. Hexbear is so obviously queer and so aggressively supportive.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

The thing most concerning to me is that it has 11 votes thinking it was fine.

[-] moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago

Yeah it is a bit messed up to question if people are really trans. They are if they decide they are. Questioning someone's politics and beliefs is fine, but not who they are.

[-] Mewtwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

My issue is their antagonistic behavior that I find unnecessary. It gives off the_donald vibes in the sense that everyone acts like trolls in a circle jerky manner. I was hoping lemmy would have a better standard than Reddit where people don't shit post all day long.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can see you haven't been banned and have yet to apologize for the blatant transphobia you just posted. Gives off trolly vibes.

[-] SoloboiNanook@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

This nerd talking about standards after that garbage lmao

this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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