Y’all, we have a problem.

These are some of the results of a survey done on our community concerning gender identity:

1.08% Binary Trans men (4).

1.08% Transmasculine people (4).

1.35% Cis women (5).

That’s right, there are more CIS WOMEN on a TRANS community than binary trans men or transmasculine people alone.

We have a problem.

This isn’t just a Blahaj problem. Another queer instance did a similar survey and found only 3% of their users were trans and use he/him pronouns.

Not having enough transmasc voices is going to be detrimental to our community. There are plenty of transmasc people on the internet. The problem is with Lemmy.

So what are we gonna do about it?

  • cowboycrustation [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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    3 months ago

    As the other checks notes one of three other binary trans men on here, I will say I feel the lack of transmasculine people on here. This community isn’t quite as bad because it’s not specific to that, but even the answers to questions are usually from transfemmes and there’s nothing wrong with that but they aren’t as relatable to me and it makes it harder to understand what some widely held transmasculine experiences are.

    c/FTM on the other hand? There’s hardly any active users on it, and a lot of the active ones are transfems trying to be supportive. It’s a big deal to me because it’s one of the few places on the Internet where I feel safe and able to be open about my transness. The problem is there’s no major place where I can ask questions and get advice and support for my trans man specific problems.

    You’re right, trans men are definitely more likely to live stealth and have it a lot easier in that regard. I’m in the beginning stages of medically transitioning which is why I seek out support on here. Even if most trans men move on (which I’m sure there there are a lot that do want to stay in trans spaces), it’s still important to have a place where we can go to get advice and support from other trans men while going through the process.

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      3 months ago

      Sounds like c/FTM needs to adjust their rules to allow posts to request answers only from transmen

      • cowboycrustation [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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        3 months ago

        Honestly it’s not much of a problem to me. I mentioned it not because I’m annoyed at the transfem people, but annoyed at the lack of transmasculine people. I have gotten some genuinely helpful answers from transfems on there. I’m hoping to try and recruit some more transmascs from other platforms onto here and post more on the community.

        P.s. Are you interested in helping me mod FTM? Could really use another transmasc mod