TwoXChromosomes - SLRPNK
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About A place for serious and silly content intended for women’s perspectives. (We are not the same mods as the Reddit r/twoxchromosomes [https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/] sub) Rules We are currently following a modified version of r/TwoXChromosomes rules here [https://slrpnk.net/comment/195833].

/c/twochromosomes explains its name with the following:

The name XX was chosen just because it illustrates the essence of this subreddit and its target Redditors–girly and geeky, and subtly awesome.

Connecting girliness with a genotype and bragging about being cisgender is not my idea of what the solarpunk movement stands for. This is gender essentialism and subtle transphobia. And the beginning of the community and of SLRPNK is the perfect time to be getting rid of transphobic names.

Admins, if you are reading this, please remove this transphobic community.

Everyone else, do you know how I can get in touch with the SLRPNK admins?

  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Sorry, but I’m going to need you to explain this more clearly, with Crayons and by talking slowly. How is the name, or the community tenents transphobic or exclusionary in nature? I legitimately don’t get it, and it’s likely a failing on my part

    Anyone can be a punk. We are left leaning, for sure, but apart from that, I have yet to see and shitlords here.

  • j_roby@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Cis-yt-male here, so take my limited-perspective opinion however you’d like…

    But… Wouldn’t it be better to first talk to the mods of that c/?

    My understanding (again limited…) is that the r/ they are modeled on (and took the name from) has existed for quite awhile, long enough to where most peeps were much less aware of trans inclusive issues back then

    I wholeheartedly agree with you that trans inclusivity should be a forefront in the movement, but my 2¢ would be to start with the mods and see about changing the name/editing the sidebar to be more inclusive. It is 2023 afterall, and this is SLRPNK. I have a feeling peeps here would be very open to that dialogue

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I agree that the name is not without issues, but you can not undo history.

    People coming from Reddit are searching for communities with the same name, and they are usually not explicitly looking for a TERF community when doing so. Thus if they find our, explicitly not TERF friendly community under this name, it is better than some actual TERF name-squatting it and using it for TERF propaganda.

    I am willing to change my mind on this, but for now I don’t think the community name alone warrants administrative action as long as the community is and remains explicitly not transphobic.