I don’t know if you’re in contact with [email protected] (or HiddenStill on Reddit) but she’s also a great person to consult with as things grow over here, although I doubt she’ll want to mod
I do not want to mod but I do want to help by sharing my comments on posts and such. I've spent a lot of time on the other sub and think it's an amazing resource but am moving to the fediverse.
I went to Dr. Bank a few years ago. Can maybe write up some info or offer to answer questions anybody has. Also booked for Jumaily this year.
Thanks for making this space. I really don't want to be a mod in any way and so was reluctant to make it. I'd rather build things for people.
Nice to see the EU joining in
This is so encouraging imo thank you
Yes this was basically exactly what I was thinking! It's very reassuring to hear that could be possible in the real world and not just in my head :D
Okay that's rad. I'd been privately thinking of something similar to that myself but I'm new to the fediverse and didn't know whether it was possible. If it's like what I'm thinking you're suggesting that would solve a HUGE issue in our community for balancing visibility (to help others and give information) with privacy (to support each other and avoid bigots). Centralized social media/messaging platforms have never prioritized this need in their design so we are always switching between apps to fulfill either function.
Woohoo thanks! Hope you're having a lovely holiday
Thanks! She’s submitted an application to join blahaj and I’ve also pointed her to this post
She’s submitted an application to blahaj to join and I pointed her to this thread
Yeah I agree. It’s progress and personally I’m very impressed by lemmy. It feels good to get connected with people who are charting paths forward in this environment.
It sucks but historically trans people have always been a bit underground by necessity and needing to find solutions outside the mainstream (in the case of the fediverse maybe one day it will be mainstream). And a lot of us do work in tech, can help those who aren’t as savvy out. We were always active on irc and Usenet back in the day
I think at the end of the day it’s good we’re working on this now because if things go downhill fast we can minimize our losses
That's an awesome response tbh and clears up some of my questions I didn't even know I had too
idk why I can't view it :( maybe caught in a spam filter on Reddit's side
Mod of r/Transgender_Surgeries has posted an edit to their post addressing Lemmy with questions and things to consider
Cross posting this here for visibility as it's easy to not see the edit. They are adding thoughts and resources to the post as they evolve so maybe keep an eye out for future edits.
I think the questions they have are very reasonable & they have welcomed cis people to discuss on the post (but not elsewhere on the subreddit)
I'm new to Lemmy and doing what I can. Long time member of the subreddit. Maybe some of you all are better than me at discussing these topics with them?
Thank you all for your help so far 🫶
Thanks so much! It's great to hear from you. I have a few concerns about some of the details of how that might work & could use your advice. I sent you a DM :)
Big changes! HRT and surgeries are often inflection points for breakups. Sounds like you’re on the right track. Breakups are hard during any time let alone during second puberty. Good luck 🫶
I remember that feeling so clearly. Mood boost is one of the earliest benefits of HRT, or at least it was for me. Congrats!
Also for what it's worth, I could never really date all that much before hormones. A month into HRT I had a cute little fling and later that year I met my boyfriend. 5 years and going strong.
Gotcha no worries thanks for the heads up
Thanks 🫡
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for tagging her for me! If she doesn’t see it I’ll reach out to her soon ❤️
Mirror/start c/Transgender_Surgeries or other subs here?
Hi all,
I’m a Reddit refugee and I’m wondering if we could consider mirroring subs like r/Transgender_Surgeries, r/TransDIY and r/estrogel here (or if not maybe another instance)
If you’re not aware Reddit has made it clear they will probably deploy tools to shut these subreddits down in the nearish future. This has lead us to start looking elsewhere and personally I’m in favour of getting people into the fediverse.
It seems obvious to me the main issue we have with getting people onto the fediverse is momentum. In light of that do you think that we could mirror some of the content from those subs here? Maybe also if we have a bot like this one to seed the content https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/21662525
I for one would be happy to start encouraging people to move here by regularly posting my responses to people’s questions on here with info I know on Lemmy and then linking to my response in the subreddit so they take a peek.
I’ve been researching surgeries for well over half a decade by now and have some surgeries myself so I think people will come if people like me start putting valuable content here.
My issue here is I’m new to the fediverse and probably not the best to take something like this up. I also am working on learning how to set up my own server for the first time and ultimately help others in my network around the world do the same so idk if I’m the best to lead that type of initiative.
It does seem we need someone though and the leader of the Transgender_Surgeries subreddit is too burned out to migrate it (understandably so)