Because lots of trans people are into programming (disproportionate compared to the average) and like memes around that specifically, and want a community specific to viewing discussion and memes around those specific topics in combination. Furthermore, it means that sort of content won’t be lost or removed like it might on general purpose communities. And it provides a nice way to meet other trans people with similar hobbies.
Also, lots of programming communities have a history of being very comfortable hosting transphobia and having specific trans friendly zones is often useful so you don’t have to constantly mentally ready yourself to see casual bigotry accepted >.<
Even with a somewhat more leftie culture on lemmy, having trans specific spaces means trans people can go there without feeling the expectation to constantly rehash “gender 101” to the more uninformed parts of the general population when they ask insensitive questions (seriously, I’ve had people ask me about my genitals to my face more than once, they were well meaning and I explained but… yeah), which is exhausting to constantly do even ignoring the decent chance it’s actually a bad faith actor trying to spread bigotry or bioessentialism or general antagonism to trans people via sealioning.
Because lots of trans people are into programming (disproportionate compared to the average) and like memes around that specifically, and want a community specific to viewing discussion and memes around those specific topics in combination. Furthermore, it means that sort of content won’t be lost or removed like it might on general purpose communities. And it provides a nice way to meet other trans people with similar hobbies.
Also, lots of programming communities have a history of being very comfortable hosting transphobia and having specific trans friendly zones is often useful so you don’t have to constantly mentally ready yourself to see casual bigotry accepted >.<
Even with a somewhat more leftie culture on lemmy, having trans specific spaces means trans people can go there without feeling the expectation to constantly rehash “gender 101” to the more uninformed parts of the general population when they ask insensitive questions (seriously, I’ve had people ask me about my genitals to my face more than once, they were well meaning and I explained but… yeah), which is exhausting to constantly do even ignoring the decent chance it’s actually a bad faith actor trying to spread bigotry or bioessentialism or general antagonism to trans people via sealioning.