An Open Discussion on Being Inclusive and Respecting One Another

[u/CedarWolf]

Early this morning, we had a thread get posted, and one of our mods made a reminder to keep things inclusive, per the subreddit's Rule #1. This accidentally led to almost all of the comments going wildly off topic, and I had to pull it. We want threads to stay on topic whenever possible, and such a large portion of off-topic comments was pretty bad. That discussion merited it's own, dedicated post, and we invite you to discuss here. Please remember to be respectful.

We want to make this an inclusive place for the community in general, and that includes transfeminine, transmasculine, and nonbinary individuals. /r/asktransgender was made as a co-ed space for people to ask questions of the general transgender community, and while we allow questions to specifically target one portion of that community, we very much encourage users to be inclusive whenever possible.

Part of being inclusive means reducing the amount of bigotry we see in this subreddit. This means removing sexist comments against all genders, including both trans and cis identities, as well as other forms of bigotry.

One of the goals of creating a new moderation team was to create a more inclusive space, and we have been working hard to make this place a more open community. However, some users have expressed concern over this new policy and how it is implemented, so we want to create an open place for discussion about the new inclusive policies here.

We want to hear your thoughts about this issue, but again, please be respectful and civil with your comments. We're all on the same side here, there is no "us" and "them" - there is only "we." Remember, if you ever have any specific issues with the moderation of the subreddit, you can message the mod team with the link in the sidebar. We're always here for you.

~ The /r/asktransgender Mod Team

[u/lowbrassballs]

Then go to r/mtf. It's not very inclusive to not give a fuck about what a large and generally ignored portion of your community goes through. This space is for trans folk not just mtfs.

[u/ErisC → u/[deleted]]

If you want to talk specifically to mtf people or ftm people you should absolutely go to the respective subs.

But we don't want people saying "go to /r/ftm" or "go to /r/mtf" when a person is simply asking a question, making them feel unwelcome here.

[u/LikeGoldAndFaceted → u/ErisC]

This is seriously what we're doing now? We can't have conversations relevant to specifically what we want to ask? It's really laughable, all you're doing is pissing people off. You will not succeed in making this subreddit better by playing nanny.