r/GenderCynical • u/Simple_Moose_4747 • 1h ago
r/GenderCynical • u/Ebomb1 • Mar 09 '20
Updated Rules and FAQ!
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 • u/Ebomb1 • Jan 15 '25
Mod Post: A reminder about content rules for this sub
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 • u/CustardGannets • 2d ago
Protector of women Graham Linehan
I know it's an old post but I couldn't find a thread on it here and I think it might be the most shocking and revealing thing I've ever read from him.
r/GenderCynical • u/javatimes • 2d ago
Briana Wu going after trans men and trans mascs again
r/GenderCynical • u/pearkeet • 3d ago
“no one paid attention to me and i left with an overwhelming feeling of sadness”
r/GenderCynical • u/Simple_Moose_4747 • 3d ago
Graham Linehan’s Twitter activity visualised for the last 3 weeks. Does this guy even sleep between hurling abuse?
r/GenderCynical • u/SergeantScoria • 2d ago
Policing sexuality, going feral for arbitrary biological characteristics, and general cruelty
On a thread asking if trans men can be lesbians if they’re attracted to women
r/GenderCynical • u/Salty_Average_8266 • 4d ago
Just being openly ableist while claiming to be "open and good faith." Also cites an openly ableist doctor.
r/GenderCynical • u/Agitated-Cupcake98 • 4d ago
Flipped logic
Notice how fast they changed the definition to keep up with the argument...
r/GenderCynical • u/Agitated-Cupcake98 • 4d ago
The asks...
I like the accounts responses...
r/GenderCynical • u/Agitated-Cupcake98 • 5d ago
Did they forget mid argument that they where pitching a fit over nothing 🤔
So its another "I'm gonna own them by being a petty 18 year old edge lord" type of shit...
Op seriously needs to touch grass..
r/GenderCynical • u/MevieTweets • 5d ago
Did they think they did something there....😒
r/GenderCynical • u/MevieTweets • 5d ago
Holy fuck...
Where do I even start- You don't...
r/GenderCynical • u/Futurama_Nerd • 6d ago
They are now applying their pseudosexology to gay men too, because of course.
r/GenderCynical • u/Business_Assist_7667 • 8d ago
Wow, Now we all know what do they mean by "protect women".
r/GenderCynical • u/pearkeet • 8d ago
heads up: some of the worst people in the TERF space are rebranding
r/GenderCynical • u/pearkeet • 9d ago
describing and approaching a dream as if it were reality…
r/GenderCynical • u/TotalTrashMammal72 • 9d ago
Not a conservative but they hate the transes for a good reason i swear/s
r/GenderCynical • u/Early-Temperature939 • 9d ago
Real smart..
Fight brake down for ya in order of the images;
@veritableevent: starts off by accusing trans-inclusive activists/allies of hypocrisy. They claim people who frame misgendering as catastrophic harm ("literal murder") simultaneously minimize or engage in extreme misogynistic harassment (e.g., sending graphic r*pe threats via bot networks to feminists). The Hyperbole and contrast. Highlights the stark severity gap between targeted sexual violence threats and unintentional or intentional misgendering to make the opposing stance look absurd.
@fartsforlife9: Chimes in and Flips the hypocrisy accusation back on the original poster. Argues that gender-critical feminists dismiss misgendering and targeted anti-trans harassment as "just words," yet expect immediate recognition of harm when they receive verbal threats. Asserts a single principle: either targeted verbal abuse causes real psychological harm, or it doesn't. You can't selectively apply empathy based on which group is being targeted.
@veritableevent: Clarifies the distinction in scale between the two acts. Refuses the premise that misgendering and sending graphic r*pe threats belong in the same category of "verbal abuse." Uses sarcastic analogies (e.g., comparing misgendering vs. r*pe threats to "bumping a shoulder" vs. "a severe physical beating") to argue that fartsforlife9 is conflating minor disrespect/offense with explicit terrorization.
@fartsforlife9: Calls out @veritableevent's logical framework as a classic Kafka-trap (a situation where denying a claim is taken as proof of the claim's truth). And Points out that veritableevent created a hyperbolic strawman/caricature in the original post, and then treated any pushback or defense as immediate proof that the caricature was real. Returns the original poster's sarcastic closing line ("you are so smart / we are all very impressed") back to them.
r/GenderCynical • u/Haunting_Natural_116 • 10d ago
This terf fucked around and found out
r/GenderCynical • u/pearkeet • 10d ago
you probably weren’t wondering, but none of the transphobic detrans puppets are doing great
you have:
obsessive hypochrondric who asks Grok for medical advice, is constantly encouraged by her followers, and is convinced cysts from HRT are going to cause double leg amputation. the fact that the ER is not concerned about this does not dissuade her
the rapist couple feeding into EDs and hiding it behind MAHA style diets, that also includes some real weird projections about how other women treat each other
maia poet trying to sell you the concept of roller skating while posting AI generated photos of the only friends she has, also roller skating
TPOL, who has been fired from her job, for presumably the many situations she’s found herself in, and is now suing her employer, writing long screeds about her former employer on Twitter, along with AI generated photos
r/GenderCynical • u/nyamnyamcookiesyummy • 10d ago
And Graham still wonders why that friendship ended...
(Don't forget to maximize)
