r/gay Jan 28 '26

(repost) On trans rights and the position of this subreddit

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The community present in this subreddit is wonderful, inclusive and has always welcomed not only gay people but everyone under the gender and sexual minority umbrella.

The mod team is very happy to see this welcoming atmosphere and we thank each and every one of you for your love and empathy.

With the current trend in the US for extreme-right politicians to demonise vulnerable minorities so they can score cheap political points it is however time for this place to openly make a stand as to what our positions and intentions are so that we are a beacon in the dark. So that all of our siblings know that they are welcome here.

I was asked by the mod team to explain a few facts about transgender people and about the position this subreddit has towards inclusion.

Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

Being transgender is a natural and normal variation in the human gender and sexual experience. Both sex and gender exist on a spectrum and there isn't actually anything inherently wrong or disordered from being trans, by and of itself.

Should there be no fake, artificially generated outrage against trans people in society then they would simply get the self-affirming care required for them to be happy and that would be that. Instead, unfortunately, existing as transgender has become the new wedge-issue for the extreme-right and deliberate demonisation and villification has been mainstreamed to the point where Republican politicians are now openly calling for genocide.


The issues trans people experience are mainly societal in nature. It is society that imposes gender norms, it is society that tells people they may not be who they are.

There are many ways that a non-trans person can seek self-affirming care in life. Some of those are done via permanent body modification through surgical or chemical means. A woman might for example choose to take estrogen supplements to stave off unwanted physical and psychological side effects resulting from the menopause.

It is not uncommon for a young man to choose to have breast reduction medication or surgery in the case of gynecomastia.

A young woman might choose to get breast implants.

You do not hear people in outrage about these forms of self-affirming care. No-one cares, except suddenly when the topic is trans people. This is because the anti-trans movement is wholly articificial. It is a deliberately created fake outrage about a non-issue for political and monetary gain.



I have written about some manufactured outrage in my text about the stochastic terrorist "Libs of Tiktok"



Fascism is an inherently empty ideology, devoid of any meaningful belief-system or any kind of concrete and actionable strategies for improving society. Fascism only cares for power for the sake of power and it cares for nothing else.

Because a fascist system is fundamentally incapable of giving the general public any kind of reasonable platform it must gain and keep followers by creating an out-group to hate. According to fascist systems it is the other that is responsible for all societal ills and only by supporting the fascists in getting rid of the other can society be healed from the non-existent issues fascism convinces people that their target minority is the cause of.

Fascism always picks on a vulnerable target.

The demonisation and villification coming from the extreme-right is doing exactly that. By calling LGBTQ+ people child molestors simply for existing it has become inevitable that people will take up violence "to protect the children".



Attempting to eliminate a target comes in many forms, of which an extermination camp is only the final and most egregious part. It is always preceded by legislating people out of existence, by creating laws which make it impossible for a minority to participate in society and to receive any of the societal advantages that are the entire reason for collective bundling together of skills, resources in civilisation. This is exactly what Republican states are doing today to transgender people. Certain states have already denied trans people any and all medical care related to their identity, meaning that they deliberately impose abject misery on them.

The most egregiously fascistic states are trying to make it a matter of course to remove trans children from the care of their parents and make it illegal for trans people to be present in any public spaces at all.

This is genocide.

Genocide is not purely restricted to extermination, to murder. Genocide is also eliminating a minority group from public life, causing serious bodily and mental harm and taking away children of a minority group from their parents.

Depending on how strictly you'd want to define it, we are currently at stage seven or eight of genocide as defined by the Holocaust Memorial Trust.

One way in which the abject hypocrisy of the anti-trans laws becomes crystal clear are the remarkable exemptions encoded within. You would think that if the goal is protecting the children from harm then these people would want to protect all children from harm.

This is not the case.

In fact, all of these people deliberate include exceptions which allow the continuation of genital re-allignment surgery on unconsenting infants if they are intersex.

This means that if a baby is born with a genital configuration that to a doctor looks ambiguous or not adhering to a strict binary then this doctor can impose an invasive genital surgery, forcing such an infants body to adhere to a stricter binary look.

It is purely cosmetic. Of course they do not check what chromosomes a child has. Of course they do not care that a child might prefer to look as nature made them.

It is purely and only an imposition on a baby's body, with of course the normal failure and mortality rate that such invasive procedures bring with them.

These people do not care about children.

These people do not want to help children.

They want to harm a vulnerable minority.



Fascism never stops.

Now that these people have mainstreamed transphobia, they are moving on to other targets within the LGBTQ+ identity sphere.

We have all seen the absurd attacks on drag queens, calling a normal and harmless theatrical expression "child abuse".

We have all seen the "clever" rhetoric where they turn arguments upside down and disingeniously say things like "why do you want to be around children".

Fascism doesn't stop, it moves on to new targets and that is why it is important for all of us in the GSM identity sphere to stand together. To openly support our trans siblings. To openly stand against hateful rhetoric.

Because they are not going to stop.

The next step, which is already tentatively beginning, is calling gay people being openly gay in society"groomers".



To be clear: The recommended treatment for being transgender is transitioning.

Gender identity is developed by five years old.

The barrage of lies notwithstanding, allowing trans people to transition and to exist as who they are in society markedly improves their physical and mental wellbeing.

The oft-heard talking point of "they still commit suicide even after transitioning" is a lie.

Here is a wealth of sources and links explaining this.



Our trans siblings are welcome here.

Our gender nonconforming siblings are welcome here.

Our intersex siblings are welcome here.

What is not welcome on this subreddit is hate or divisive rhetoric aimed at our siblings. We will not allow the current increasing trend of fascist othering and villification of a marginalised minority to make our siblings feel unwanted in this space, our space, their space.

The only people who are not welcome here are those that want to exclude others based on how they were born.

Further reading:

No, TERFs cannot "always tell" and I can prove that with mathematics.

"I just care about unfair advantage in sports", a transparant transphobic wedge issue.

Drag queens, the next target in the fascist drive to eliminate LGBTQ+ people.


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Reddit only allows me to upload the first 15 minutes, but I'll upload the other 9 in the comments, here's the link in any case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFw5nbXSO8


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I think we need to stop meowing 🥲

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r/gay 3h ago

Never give up

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Got married to the love of my life this weekend, had to do it in California cause, well, Texas. Always remember - never give up hope, and always fight with love.


r/gay 4h ago

Why is dating so difficult

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I've (33m) been having such a hard time finding a boyfriend, and atp I'm not sure if its me or the pool of guys that I'm in. I live in NYC, which I know sounds like a gay paradise for a lot of us, but it really depends on who you are and what you're looking for imo. I moved here about 3 years ago, and have gone on ~4-5 dates with only one of those turning into a semi-serious 3 month relationship which ended relatively abruptly.

To be honest, the men here just aren't really my type. I know that this comment may offend some people, but I'm genuinely not attracted to feminine gays at all. There is nothing wrong with feminine guys, and everyone is entitled to be who they want to be, but I'm just not attracted to them sexually. I grew up in the south, often going muddin, camping, and doing wrestling/football with my cousins and friends. The kind of guy that I'm looking for is someone that I could do all of those things with, but all of the guys up here are more interested in doing the gym (just for aesthetics, which is fine), tennis, or things like that. I'm looking for other rugged-type men, which is apparently difficult to find in the gay community up here.

I've tried dating apps like Hinge, Tinder, and Grindr (not really a dating app, I know), but everyone on those seems to be looking for a hookup or loses interest after only 1-2 days of talking. Some of my gay friends who have been here for years have been able to find boyfriends seemingly with ease, and I just don't know how. I try going out, but never really find anyone that I'm really interested in. I moved up here originally for work and have a really great job, a great apartment, and really cool hobbies. I just hate that I have no one to share any of that with. I'm sick of being single lol.


r/gay 22h ago

How gay were cowboys

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231 Upvotes

r/gay 3h ago

For the married guys: what did you do about the rings?

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My partner and I have been together for 5 years, and it’s getting to the time where he is going to propose. We already wear rings because in our country we have common law, so we are kinda technically already married, but we do want to get married married.

We have decided that he will be the one to propose, but my question is what did you guys do about the rings? I will have an engagement ring, but he doesn’t know if he should get one too. Do we buy him one after? Does he only get a wedding ring? Do we not wear rings?

Anyways, just looking for ideas on what others did.

Thanks!


r/gay 22h ago

what could this card possibly mean???

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i was playing Inqueeries (gay cards against humanity) with my friends and we found this prompt card. none of us could read the card in a way that made any sense at all. just like grammatically we couldn’t figure out what this is supposed to mean.


r/gay 14h ago

25M Jordanian doctor trapped between a bad job market and family pressure into a marriage and looking for real guidance.

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I am a 25 fresh general practitioner doctor in Jordan. My family is trying to push me to get into residency here in Jordan through joining the army or the ministry of health, which will make me stay here pretty much the rest of my life. The problem is that the job market here is so bad that whatever I save, I end up spending just to live here.

I have been applying to multiple countries, but to be able to practice medicine abroad, it needs a lot of money to take the exams and eventually move. I have tried to enter through research in some fields I'm interested in, but I still got rejections due to lack of experience. I kept my options open so for jobs in the medical field, not minding starting in other jobs and grow slowly in an environment I can be predictive until I can be research or practice medicine again but it feels like I am hitting a wall.

I also tried contacting some asylum organizations, and they told me I need to already be in the country that would provide me support, too. I feel like my hands are tied, and I don't want to end up here being forced to marry a woman I don't love and live a life I don't want have. It's just I like men, and I want to fall in love with one one day or at least be free with my sexuality and likings without being judged.

I know this might not be the place to tell this story, but does anyone have an idea if there are doctors who were in my place doctors or organizations that might guide me or help?


r/gay 8h ago

Record number of queer candidates in Brazil's election

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r/gay 7m ago

i don’t understand how to communicate w my trans roomate…

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i’m 23, and have recently begun transitioning. i’m rooming with my roomate who’s a trans girl who’s well into transition, but a few years younger.

She’s a relatively nice person, but as much as i want more queer and trans friends, i just feel like i can’t relate to anything she says. Every time she talks it’s in this very sarcastic and flamboyant way that just feels so foreign to me. It feels like everything that comes out of her mouth is some pop culture reference or line from reality tv, and i genuinely don’t understand half of what she says.

The thing is, before i began transitioning i was a relatively masc bi guy. She, on the other hand, has lived her life as an openly flamboyant gay boy before transitioning, and i fear that our different life expirience make it nearly impossible to communicate.

i feel like everything i say is so genuine, but everything she says has some weird niche reference to something. it also feels like she just talks and talks about herself but doesn’t really ask a lot about me or seem that curious tbh. and it feels like every time i try to make a joke or talk about something it just doesn’t land or she’s not that interested.

all of this is really frustrating because when i had all straight guy friends, i felt similarly but in the other direction when they would talk about sports. it’s sort of what i would imagine being bi racial feels like, never fully fitting in with either group.

anyways, im not sure if this makes any sense or anyone can relate, but im kinda not sure what to do here… i feel like a fish out of water, and ik it sounds stupid, but i lowkey get kinda dysphoric cause especially when it’s her and my gf who is of a similar path to hers, i feel like a boy in a group of girls. any advice would be super appreciated :/


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r/gay 10h ago

Asking a important question

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Hello everyone. I just wanted to ask a question that ive had worries about for a while. Is it normal that some people cant keep their member up during bedroom activities? Ive been worried that during sex i wont be able to keep my own member hard. Its why ive stopped myself sleeping with other guys since its been such a worry.

I guess my question is it normal & does it happen to others? Why does it happen? I think it might be tied to my anxiety but im not sure


r/gay 2h ago

En la comunidad hay muchos genios, Deseo poder aprender.. Alguien que me enseñe❔

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La verdad es que me he dado cuenta que muchos hombres en la comunidad gozan de buenas posiciones económicas, Se me hace que son súper inteligentes para los negocios y yo quiero saber qué hacen, Ojalá alguno esté dispuesto a compartir sus conocimientos.. No tengo grandes estudios, Pero soy echado para adelante y no le temo al trabajo


r/gay 4h ago

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r/gay 6h ago

How is be a gay adolescent in the public education system in Portugal/around Lisbon?

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It's a sincerely question


r/gay 1d ago

I'm in love with my gay best friend

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I know this would normally say "I have fallen in love with my straight best friend" but in this case, my best friend is also gay. We've been best friends for over 10 years now. We've never been sexual, not even once, but I've always known I've had strong feelings for him. For most of our friendship, he's been in a relationship. He was single for a short while recently and I more or less let it be known that I was attracted to him. He quickly shut it down and basically said dating me would be weird because of how close we are; he views me like family. He's been dating someone for about 5 months now and it's VERY serious. For the first time ever, there have been talks of engagement. I hate this because when I try to date someone, all I think about is him and how bad I want him. I ruin all my possible relationships because of this and I'm worried I'll never be able to have a healthy relationship. Anyone ever been in a similar situation? It sucks because we'd be the perfect match. We have the same hobbies, likes, dislikes, etc. I guess you just can't make someone love you, regardless of how much you love them.