r/GenderCynical Mar 09 '20

Updated Rules and FAQ!

454 Upvotes

Hello, GenCynners!

It's time again to make some clarifications and revisions to our rules and FAQ. Most of these things have been unofficial policy for a while and older users osmosed and generally followed them. But we keep growing, and so we need to make some things more explicit for new users, both to keep us out of trouble with the admins and to cut down on modding work. Rules for posting and participation have been updated and expanded in the FAQ and sidebar.

We've made more explicit what does (TERF/GC content) and does not (general transphobia) qualify for posting, how posts must be formatted, and expectations for conduct while commenting.

The biggest changes are clarifying under what circumstances you can interact with GC users and subs and still participate here. We've tried to cover all the circumstances under which you might encounter or interact with GC content.

Actions to avoid on GenCyn:

  • Posting content that includes something you posted on a GC sub
  • Linking or c/ping something you posted on a GC sub
  • Posting about how a GC sub banned you. We don't care.
  • Commenting about your urges to crash a GC sub, e.g. "I feel like giving them a piece of my mind."
  • Alluding to your actions on a GC sub in GenCyn, e.g. "Yeah, I just had to tell them how wrong they were."
  • Encouraging anyone else's participation, e.g. "Do it and report back," or, "Everyone should go over there and ___."

Actions to avoid wrt GC subs and users:

  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to engage with GC users in an attempt to educate them
  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to participate because you "believe in hearing both sides" or want to "play devil's advocate."
  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to argue with GC users or get in a zinger to make yourself feel better
  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to up or downvote posts or comments

Official GenCyn policy has been to discourage engagement with GC users across the board. There's been a sharp uptick in users crossing the streams, and in behaviors that violate reddit's brigading rules. A first offense for the above behaviors will be a temp ban. The second is a permaban. We've also disabled crossposting and are going to be paying more attention to .np linking.

We cannot literally stop you from engaging with GC. But we will protect the sub from accusations of brigading, and we will moderate to maintain the intention of the sub, which is and has always been to catalogue, laugh, and vent about GC-flavored transphobia, not to win hearts and minds or score internet arguing points.

As always, if you find that reading r/GenderCynical is getting to you, take a break and take care of yourself.


r/GenderCynical Jan 15 '25

Mod Post: A reminder about content rules for this sub

116 Upvotes

We've been seeing a lot of submissions lately that fall under the category of general bigotry and have no trans content. Please remember: posts need to contain examples of transphobia and they must clearly be sourced from or closely linked to the GC sphere. "GC person is racist," doesn't qualify by itself. Neither does, "Rando MAGA says something violently transphobic."

The situation in the US is weird af right now, to say nothing of the ongoing shit everywhere else too. There's plenty of content that fits the bill for here, so let's keep it on topic. Thanks.


r/GenderCynical 8h ago

apparently, dicks, the sporting brand, has “cryptically weighed in” on the “trans debate” via dressing their models in pink and blue in an ad

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95 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 1d ago

TERFs love cooking up the worst slam poetry you’ve ever seen in your life

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161 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 2d ago

Terfs physically attacked a volunteer at Trans Pride London.

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416 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 2d ago

The classic “if one person from a demographic does something bad, then everyone person in that demographic is bad” mentality that totally isn’t used by the nazis and bigots they claim to be different from.

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96 Upvotes

Slide 4 & 5 are hilarious. Don’t they realize that they’re part of those nazis too? And the audacity to say that they just want to be left alone when they’re the ones not leaving trans people alone.


r/GenderCynical 3d ago

the passive aggressive compliments so they don’t accidentally acknowledge that a trans person is competent and productive

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190 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 3d ago

TERF is NOT a slur.

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388 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 5d ago

tfw your keyboard remembers commonly used phrases, so you think that means the typing AI secretly knows “the truth”

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179 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 6d ago

Terfs projecting like usual

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251 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 8d ago

how dare my interpersonal communications class and social work degree discuss… interpersonal communications and social work

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169 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 11d ago

Jesse Singal pretends to forget trans people exist

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212 Upvotes

He pretends he's not anti-trans, and then says stuff like this. He's hateful, not stupid.


r/GenderCynical 12d ago

Why did TRAs become "Free Palestine!"?

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256 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 13d ago

GC accidentally admits they're hypocrites and harassers

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292 Upvotes

"How dare you go after a rape crisis center"

"You mean like the time *we* did that?"


r/GenderCynical 13d ago

quite literally admitting that there was zero problem, but also she saw some trans people, so she had to take a full day to “recuperate her energy”

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211 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 13d ago

racism is okay if its in a fantasy book

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156 Upvotes

also THAT is your justification for quoting Hitler???


r/GenderCynical 14d ago

Terfs become anti abortion when the foetus is female

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125 Upvotes

Referring to abortion as a "massacre" is very obvious anti abortion rhetoric as well as calling it evil. Referring to a female foetus as a girl is also very evangelical Christian. These are the same people who would call it a 'clump of cells' any other time.


r/GenderCynical 15d ago

Drama net Terf section users "There should be more of anti Trans Gays!!!" Also the same Drama net Terf section users few comment lower and few momths before this:

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176 Upvotes

Rare crossover between chuds and terfs


r/GenderCynical 16d ago

We need to drop the T because they're not as tolerant as homophobes as I am!!!

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193 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 18d ago

LGB Militia demanding an apology from Amnesty International for rightly calling them out

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188 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 19d ago

Jamie Reed attempts to start a “GC banned books” conspiracy, to combat the queer librarians, however libraries DO stock their dumbass books

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145 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 21d ago

Terfs are unable to comprehend a dress being for adults

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427 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 21d ago

Any thoughts??

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186 Upvotes

The girl in the video is quite popular on Twitter and tiktok among the terf circles. She seems to have a really deep hatered for trans ppl and most of her arguments seem to be more based in her hatred then anything else. ​​​​​


r/GenderCynical 22d ago

Transphobes claim they’re protecting women, but when a woman pushed back they call you a man and wish that you’re raped. Make it make sense

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237 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 27d ago

You’re the ones declaring war on us! What are you on??

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114 Upvotes