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I dunno if this is the right place for this, but I was curious. I joined Beehaw during the Great Reddit API migration, a few years ago at this point. I couldn't put a finger on why but I wanted to join a queer-friendly space. It just seemed like a good place to be, somewhere that seemed to have goals of inclusivity and being kind to one another that I thought sounded good. I wanted to belong somewhere like this place seems to want to be.

Then, years later, in Nov of 2024 my egg absolutely shattered and I came out to myself as trans. Then I just realized this morning that the timeline is kinda funny to me. Thought I'd ask and see how common that pattern was.

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[-] haileyscommit@kbin.earth 6 points 4 days ago

I'm a member of a relatively well known queer VR group. I think when I initially found them I was still identifying as asexual so it doesn't really count... but anyway, the main reason I had started visiting that group was because I figured it would be one of the least right-wing spaces I could join... that group, as it turns out, also has some of the best moderators on the whole platform, and the worlds they run are well kept, trolls caught early, etc etc.

And well, as it turns out I'm trans now, so um...

[-] Hexarei@beehaw.org 4 points 4 days ago

Hahahah! I can understand the desire to avoid right wing spaces too. There's something calming about knowing that the only thing you're going to be judged on in a queer space is being a complete jerk and treating people poorly, or trolling and trying to ragebait (which counts as the former if you ask me...).

That's super neat though, I hadn't even considered VR queer spaces but that makes a ton of sense!

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