This is so encouraging imo thank you

Yes this was basically exactly what I was thinking! It’s very reassuring to hear that could be possible in the real world and not just in my head :D

Okay that’s rad. I’d been privately thinking of something similar to that myself but I’m new to the fediverse and didn’t know whether it was possible. If it’s like what I’m thinking you’re suggesting that would solve a HUGE issue in our community for balancing visibility (to help others and give information) with privacy (to support each other and avoid bigots). Centralized social media/messaging platforms have never prioritized this need in their design so we are always switching between apps to fulfill either function.

Woohoo thanks! Hope you’re having a lovely holiday

Thanks! She’s submitted an application to join blahaj and I’ve also pointed her to this post

She’s submitted an application to blahaj to join and I pointed her to this thread

Yeah I agree. It’s progress and personally I’m very impressed by lemmy. It feels good to get connected with people who are charting paths forward in this environment.

It sucks but historically trans people have always been a bit underground by necessity and needing to find solutions outside the mainstream (in the case of the fediverse maybe one day it will be mainstream). And a lot of us do work in tech, can help those who aren’t as savvy out. We were always active on irc and Usenet back in the day

I think at the end of the day it’s good we’re working on this now because if things go downhill fast we can minimize our losses

That’s an awesome response tbh and clears up some of my questions I didn’t even know I had too

idk why I can’t view it :( maybe caught in a spam filter on Reddit’s side

FYI @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone @lvxferre@mander.xyz

Thanks so much! It’s great to hear from you. I have a few concerns about some of the details of how that might work & could use your advice. I sent you a DM :)

Gotcha no worries thanks for the heads up

Thanks 🫡

Thank you! 😊

Thank you for tagging her for me! If she doesn’t see it I’ll reach out to her soon ❤️

Do you know who I would even talk to in order to find out if this instance is comfortable hosting them? In the long run I am working on setting up my own server but that won’t help if the sub is banned tomorrow for example

Yeah personally I think linking to a Reddit thread is fine because it can be deleted on Reddit still. And then just replying to it here with info so the people have to click through and poke around to get the info they need until eventually they decide to join, etc.

All the more reason to work with the communities to establish a backup.

Right which is what brought me here 😅

Tbh I think that Lemmy is not ideal for archiving existing knowledge. There are people already doing that and I suspect a mirror to wikis and such will be up and running shortly.

The ethics of mirroring the Reddit posts are also ethically dubious. The norm there is that people delete their shit all the time and move on with their lives after surgeries are done. That’s okay because the knowledge lives on via word of mouth about which surgeons are good, etc.

To my mind the much bigger risk here is that the community itself has nowhere to go when a ban happens so everyone just scatters. The data can all be backed up but it’s useless sitting on a hard drive with nobody to share it with.

I have talked to the mod at Transgender_Surgeries and the vibe is they’ve worked tirelessly for years doing a thankless job and are too burned out but are open to others taking the lead—probably more likely they would add it to a list of resources if someone else takes the lead on this

I agree with getting off of simply mirroring Reddit content but I think we need a bridge in order to get people posting here. Like if I reply with helpful info here then people have follow up questions maybe they’ll ask me here instead of there type of thing & slowly migrate over

Sure I am not knocking the attempt as a matter of principle.

However, you are plainly wrong about the Canadian constitution if you think it’s safer. Look into the notwithstanding clause.

All a politician needs to do in order to genocide us with explicitly transphobic legislation is invoke the notwithstanding clause.

And Pierre Poilievre has said he will do so in order to add new criminal offences to the law that violate human rights. His party’s platform is also looking like it will win a majority and the platform includes banning trans women from female spaces at the federal level (something that can only be done via the criminal code thanks to separation of powers in our constitution).

They explicitly don’t even need a state of emergency or any reason at all to do so. They just need to do it & it overrides all of section 15 charter rights which means all of our rights to be free from discrimination on the basis of trans status.

Totally legal in Canadas constitution and would likely be upheld by the Supreme Court. It’s a massive hole in our country’s legal system.

Not trying to be discouraging here. Just FYI I live in Canada and am beginning to assess my own options for leaving if needed. India and Thailand are looking pretty good. EU, NZ, and AUS maybe.