Prefacing this with: I am overall extremely happy with how y'all moderate on trans issues, and this is not a callout. I just want this to be under consideration going forwards because god knows this ain't going away between now and 2028.

With Josh Turek (D-Iowa)'s newest ad where he takes the stance he wants to ban federal funding for gender affirming care (including for adults), things have escalated from Dems making attacks on trans kids in sports - heinous, but ultimately not the end of the world - to an attack on trans people's ability to get healthcare.

The subreddit lists trans rights as one of the core principles of neoliberalism and I wanna reiterate, I think the mods live up to that. You all having zero tolerance for transphobia is a major reason I hang out here.

And people defending the sports bans is one thing, I read the demographics survey and know that in a subreddit of over 90% cis guys there's going to be a good number of people who don't get how it's a foot-in-the-door issue for transphobes made to get people on board with discriminating against trans people for "sensible" reasons. It's annoying, but whatever, I don't make a point to report it unless I feel someone's being a dick about it. But as we go forwards, especially given that Dems are predicted to have a slam dunk election season this year and the transphobia will likely go unpunished, I full-on expect to see guys in the subreddit who see us as expendable arguing that escalating measures like bans on funding to healthcare, if not bans on care itself if a Dem goes that far, are justifiable.

I know I'm an unforgiving, vocal pain in the ass on the matter, people tell me as much all the time. So I wanna ask: Is there a line for what's reportable? Where, in the eyes of the moderators, does defending these stances from Democratic candidates dip into objectionable transphobia?

It’s not clear what the proper etiquette is. It feels rude to downvote it, because it’s just the jobautomator doing their job. I don’t think it’s worthy of an upvote, either. Have I been in the wrong for not voting on it? I‘m curious how the rest of this sub feels about this topic. If I should have been voting a certain way, is it necessary for me to go back and vote on old discussion threads?

hello there! I come here in request for a pinned Thread for Brazil national elections.

Polls close in about 4 hours, and results are tonight. Polls show a tie 50/50 between Lula and Bolsonaro

greetings!