With some migrations underway it’s natural to use well established community names for discoverability, but it got me thinking how I’ve always disliked MtF as a community name since it feels dated and “medicalizing”.

Not trying to start anything here, just wondering out loud if a “Transfem” community would cater to the same needs but with less emphasis on where you supposedly came from and more focused on what we want.

  • Bioniclegenius@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    “MTF” feels sometimes like a backhanded way of still calling me a guy. I’m not a guy. It also reinforces the gender binary, which I feel we have a pretty significant population that doesn’t fall neatly into that or feel comfortable self-describing as that.

    I think it also might benefit to mention that while yes, this is a community about transfems, all queer or even cis people are welcome to engage so long as they’re respectful. Possibly in the sidebar.