Liberal Crone

@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party Yes, the addiction is real. However, I became a part of communities on FB that I have not, thus far, seen on Mastodon. For example, I became a member of glass and pottery identification groups which helped me run an Etsy business. I also was part of a group which migrated to FB from a political forum. We were all friends with a journalist who died 2 years ago. Not wanting to lose that sense of community with friends we never actually met, we started another group.

@duco@norden.social @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net All the fears that some people express as grounds for being dismissive of the Trans community are so easily addressed without dehumanizing anyone. Unisex bathrooms with private stalls and focusing on testosterone levels rather than gender in sports events are a couple of examples.

@czauner@social.vivaldi.net @gadgetgav@mas.to @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io I’d like to have my own domain; but funds are limited. Can you recommend a relatively inexpensive, but safe, host?

@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party I agree. I’m not very tech-savvy. I wonder if there’s a way to create such groups on a platform like this one…not owned by fascists. It might help people take the blinders off and switch platforms.

@the5thColumnist@mstdn.ca @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party I remember listserv groups which were helpful with shop-talk or communal interests; though my recollection is that you couldn’t post pictures there. But maybe it’s better to have different interests not be under the same umbrella.

@zbrown@floss.social @duco@norden.social @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net I hope we can evolve to that point in the US; but it isn’t looking likely soon, sadly.

@inpc@go.mxtthxw.art This made my day. Thank you! 💙

@artemissian@mastodon.social @czauner@social.vivaldi.net @gadgetgav@mas.to @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io Thank you for this info! 💙

@duco@norden.social @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net I agree that it would be absurd to do genetic tests on people who are Transgender. Ideally, we would all just take their word for it. Unfortunately, there are currently a lot of ignorant people who are not willing to see beyond the 2 gender status quo. Given positions of power, these people will make considerable efforts to ensure Trans people are not acknowledged.

@brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net But unless they do genetic testing on every person declaring themselves to be a different gender from what their genitalia might indicate, nobody can possibly know whether they’re “biological women” or not. If people are concerned about different genders competing in the same sports, I believe their worries are misplaced. Why not create classes of competition based on levels of testosterone rather than gender? It’s more complex; but so are humans.