At what point do you call yourself a trans elder? I'd like to know everyone's opinion on the matter. Trying to determine if I really am a trans elder or not. Thank you.

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[–] 3 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

It needs to be met with support example setting. If someone refers to their own experience in terms that lean on exclusionary language, a good response isn't telling them how they have to refer to themselves, but instead, showing them by example that there are more inclusive, open ways of thinking about their own experiences in the way you talk about your own experiences. Change comes from giving folk room to grown and showing them empathy whilst they navigate the unpacking of enforced binary and transmedicalist perspectives.

i leave this to the people who has the spoons for it. this was my initial approach, nowadays i am tired and overwhelmed and i just want to be able to discuss and speak things without feeling forced to teach other people all the time. i can understand you have the spoons, i simply don't.

in the moment i have to assume that, i simply run away from that space as i did many other times before when the situation was too much for me to handle without a person next to me assisting me on it or until i had the spoons to fight again.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    There is nothing wrong with not wanting to educate because of a lack of energy. Nor there is anything wrong in not wanting to interact and spend effort on new members of the community, to strip all the baggage of harmful ideas.

    Many of us can barely find time to educate ourselves, let alone educate others.

    Eche says that she doesn't feel safe in here as a GNC, we will respect and validate it. And we won't risk harming Eche to educate more beings. We're positive Utilitarians, we reduce suffering, then try to increase well-being.

    If we tried to educate new members at the cost of 1 member, we would've created suffering for that 1 member, and stripped away well-being from them, and created well-being for the new members. That would be wrong in a positive Util perspective. We would strive to reduce suffering, and increase well-being.

    Tl;dr: we want a community that is modded without risking the safety of existing members to bring in new members. And/Or to risk the safety of some members, in order to educate others.

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