@charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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I'm leaving tech.lgbt for the same reason everyone is leaving tech.lgbt. But I still have enough mutuals here that I'd like to keep in touch with. I might create a second account on another instance for different local discussions, but we'll see.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

Publication: publishes study showing extremely low rates of regret for gender affirming procedures, dispelling fearmongering regarding regret.

Centrist pundits: "No, it's the data that must be wrong."

*Multiple studies showing extremely low rates of regret*

"There aren't enough peer-reviewed studies or hard evidence that gender affirming care is being administered responsibly!"

*More studies corroborating these findings*

"It can't be true!!! It just can't!!!"

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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@Shadow@tech.lgbt Yup, that's why! And on a very practical level, I want to keep interacting with my mutuals on 8p.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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But the dogpiling of people who express a *slightly* different opinion or viewpoint on the discourse du jour? Or for focusing on different issues than the ones you prioritize? Or for not having progressive language perfectly mastered? Or based on who we follow? Stop this insanity. I know a lot of us trans people are wounded from life. From years of repression. From myriad obstacles society throws at us. We're all carrying around some pain and have our defenses up as a result. And that defensiveness spills over into interactions within our own community. But let's treat *each other* -- and our allies -- with a lot more compassion. And assume others within our community, and adjacent to our community, are acting in good faith until they've demonstrated otherwise. Because, hard as it may be to believe, most of us are. Social media, and trans Twitter in particular, needs to take the temperature down about 100 degrees. More light, less heat. And a *lot* more patience. Love one another. 💙💙💙

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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When Wake Up by Arcade Fire hits 20, I will cry. (We've got two and a half years left.) Those opening chords were practically a revelation to a dysphoric high school sophomore otherwise going through a classic rock phase.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

Two!

Never played a song on a vinyl and never had an AOL address. Just because my family picked a different ISP back in the day.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

Mastodon really, really needs a way to migrate your post history between instances.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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@ElsaStarTrewyn@tech.lgbt Oh, it totally is. It's a completely toxic site whose algorithm amplifies extreme opinions and hate.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

I'm in one of those times where I've almost forgotten what gender euphoria feels like.

Not even experiencing terrible dysphoria, just feeling very disconnected from any sense of gender identity.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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@SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf thanks Evie 💙

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

@AgenderKaz omg I feel ancient right now!!! 😂

It's funny, for me, DVD movies were a godsend after years of having to use the tape rewinder before returning a VHS to Blockbuster! (Spell check doesn't even recognize the word rewinder anymore! 😬 )

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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@Ishtarmuz@mindly.social Oh yeah, there's like no way to have avoided any of these back in the day. The only reason I avoided the AOL one is bc my father jumped at a better deal on internet from our local phone company 😂

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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@EvilGinger013@tech.lgbt I'm peak Millennial (born 1989) and there's honestly one two that predate me! (vinyl and rotary phones) My family still had a rotary phone in our basement but never got AOL because our local phone company had a better deal for internet service 😂

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

Am I the only one who thinks across the table pictures of someone in front of a plate of food at a restaurant are always so terribly awkward? There's literally no good pose for them unless you're going for a candid shot.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

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In fairness!!! That Postal Service album was one of those sleeper hits that didn't really enter the mainstream until like a year+ later. It definitely was NOT on 13-year-old me's radar in February 2003.

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

@12@eightpoint.app Oh I just might, I'm looking to get off of tech.lgbt bc of.... recent moderator decisions anyway!

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Charlotte @charlotte@tech.lgbt

· 44mo ago

@12@eightpoint.app that's exactly what a trans space online should look like, and yet so few do ✨

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