So, I left 'bout a year ago 'cause I was flat sick of how clichey the trans part of the forum was getting. Basically, I'm peering in to see if anything's changed, or if the forum is still going to make me turn into a rage machine. Anyhoo, in the past year I have: Moved out and started therapy (Aug) Had my endocrinologist appointment and started hormones (April) And mostly come out to my family. Yay. So, as it stands, I've been on T for about five weeks and cultivated even more of a "zero BS tolerance" attitude than ever before. Also a general hatred of most things social justice. Sup?
Brother, I'm quite interested to hear about how you felt the trans subcommunity was cliquish here. I didn't get a similar sense, although I did feel at times that some people I tried to be kind to were not always warm in return or timely in their responses on my wall. I'm most interested in what we can do as a community to make you and others feel it's productive and healthy to be here. To that end, you're more than welcome to name me as a problem.
Well, there for awhile, there were one or two other transmen that gathered up most of the transwomen/a couple of the transmen into a group. If one wasn't part of the clique, your posts largely went ignored. Had one of the ring leaders go so far as to message me telling me not to talk to him on the forum because I was "upsetting some of the ladies". I was less than impressed at this and left a short time later.
I know exactly who you're talking about. They've disbanded. Some were banned, the others just stopped coming around. No worries, they tried to give me a shake down too.
I am fairly sure such an attitude does not prevail at this time. I have found the trans community inclusive and supportive. Adrienne
