While I do agree that some go a bit hard on this it is true that buying the movies, the games, or official merch is directly harmful as the money is used to fund anti-trans lobbies. I don't think it's reasonable to expect anyone to stop engaging with fanfiction or other things that doesn't give Rowling cash, but I do understand why me and other trans people are upset when others cling to harry potter. It's a sore point for us because we know what she stands for and are keenly aware of the bigotry even within the HP book series, not just Rowlings later statements. We are also aware that many simply do not care. Even if you tell them what the money is being used for people often don't believe us, or choose to prioritize their indulgence into the fandom over preventing harm. Talking about HP does contribute to the popularity of the franchise and can therefore arguably indirectly hurt us. So I do ask that you have some understanding for why people are upset.
Sign up is open! We have an application process that I help with: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/signup
Here's Ada, I dunno how to link her properly: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/ada
We also have a matrix and a piefed as well.
Might I suggest https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/ ? We have very active mods and admins and we have a pretty good track record of removing misogyny and other forms of bigotry.
Yeah wasn't intentional. I tried putting the intersex flag in the top left but it looked messy with the colors
Okay I'm super impressed so far! I absolutely love this. Way better than lemmy imo, I'll be migrating there fully. The wiki feature for the HRT community is gonna be super handy and things like post flairs/tags is something many have missed here!
Things like a [transmasc] and [transfem] and [transneutral] tag for trans_memes f.ex!
I'm not the best at talking but my DMs are open if you ever wanna talk. There's also the matrix which has lots of people in it, including some people who have done bottom surgery
The UK is experiencing a surge in hate and violence against trans people, so it's for sure sampling bias. From what I've heard from others from your country it varies by city a lot how accepting people are
I used to draw ventilation for businesses! So I dunno what the requirements are for public bathrooms like these, but bathroom stalls are generally required to be well ventilated. We usually always placed an extract vent right above the toilet
I didn't read the title and was very confused about why you had shared a picture of a bathroom for a while
What does LC mean in this context?
I think the problem is that nothing in the image alludes to cigarettes, while there are clearly references to queerness, so we just see the slur in huge letters and then two sentences that don't provide any context or mean much on their own.
You ever been on an instance that doesn't have their own rules?
Edit: And it's hardly flipping our shit to ban people who dehumanize us or spread anti trans propaganda.
I think the alt text is mostly correct. It has been a long time since I watched this episode
