I'm relatively new here, so with that context in mind... I'm glad I was able to find out this place exists after it disappearing on but even so, opening to federation like this should not come at the cost of our trans comrades and comrades of color. I'm all for defeding from all but grad (and maybe lemmy.ml), as well as keeping applications in place for the foreseeable future. People are well aware of this place by now; Those that want to participate will find a way, or lurk as they learn.
From what I remember, it goes like this: Shark is cuddly, you can use plausible deniability since sharks are "cool" and often considered a "boyish" animal (for those closeted), and its colors match the trans flag.
I hold no love for the corpo and their trying to capitalize on the phenomenon is distasteful to say the least, but in a cishetero world that denies softness (physically and emotionally) I think it's a small comfort.
When that happened it's when I knew I needed to jump ship from that instance lmao what a trainwreck
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