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# !egg_irl !egg_irl is for widely relatable memes about questioning one’s gender or being an egg (a trans person in denial) as well as other eggy topics. If you are looking for a place to discuss something specific to you or especially if you need help or are in crisis, we have communities and resources that can support you linked at the bottom of this sidebar. General Rules: 1. No bigotry. 2. No spam, bots, or vote farming. Rules on Content: 3. No reposts. 4. No personal-life posts, bingo cards, quizzes, selfies, “trans/not trans” lists, picrew, or non-memes. 5. No visible names or usernames. 6. Do not post or link to pornography. Rules on Post Titles and Tags: 7. Posts must be titled “egg_irl”. An emoji or two is OK, but they have to be between “egg” and “irl”. 8. Posts that assume the viewer’s gender and/or contain potentially triggering content must be spoilered and tagged at the beginning of the post title. Example content-warning tags that you can copy include the following: * [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transmasc] * [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transfem] * [CW: Assumes Viewer is Nonbinary] * [CW: Transphobia] * [CW: Violence] * [CW: Weapons/Firearms] * [CW: Disturbing Imagery] 9. You may optionally include other tags, such as: * [Transmasc Meme] * [Transfem Meme] * [Nonbinary Meme] * [Gender-Nonspecific Meme] Rules on Post Text: 10. If possible, include an image description for accessibility. 11. Add sources for art. Rules on Comments 12. If a post is tagged with a specific gender identity, keep the conversation centered on that identity. Recommendations: We strongly encourage you to include your pronouns in your account bio [/settings] so that others know how to refer to you without misgendering you. If you’re questioning or unsure of your pronouns, that’s totally cool—just say so. Sibling Meme Communities * !traa [/c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@lemmy.ca] (or search for https://lemmy.ca/c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns [https://lemmy.ca/c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) Sibling Non-Meme Communities * !transgender [/c/transgender@lemmy.ml] (or search for https://lemmy.ml/c/transgender [https://lemmy.ml/c/transgender] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !ftm (and transmasc) [/c/ftm@lemmy.blahaj.zone] (or search for https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/ftm [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/ftm] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !mtf (and transfem) [/c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone] (or search for https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/mtf [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/mtf] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !nonbinary@lemmy.one [/c/nonbinary@lemmy.one] [/c/nonbinary@lemmy.one] (or search for https://lemmy.one/c/nonbinary [https://lemmy.one/c/nonbinary] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org [/c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org] [/c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org] (or search for https://beehaw.org/c/lgbtq_plus [https://beehaw.org/c/lgbtq_plus] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone [/c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone] [/c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone] (or search for https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/lgbtq_plus [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/lgbtq_plus] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) Community Resources: * The Trevor Project [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/] / 1-866-488-7386 [tel:+18664887386] — A US-based crisis prevention and intervention hotline and community * TransLifeLine [https://translifeline.org/] / 1-877-565-8860 [tel:+18775658860] — A US-based trans peer support hotline * The Gender Dysphoria Bible [https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en] — An in-depth explanation of the different types of gender dysphoria * Trans Resources [https://trans-resources.info/] — A directory of resources for trans, non-binary, and gender-non-conforming people * LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory [https://lgbtqhealthcaredirectory.org/] — A directory of LGBTQ+ accepting Healthcare providers * Trans Resistance Network [https://transresistancenetwork.wordpress.com/] — A US-based mutual-aid organization to help trans people facing state violence and legal discrimination * TLDEF’s Trans Health Project [https://transhealthproject.org/] — Advice about insurance claims for trans healthcare procedures * TransLifeLine’s ID change Library [https://translifeline.org/resources/id-change-library/] — A comprehensive guide to changing your name on any US legal document
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/egg_irl
# !egg_irl !egg_irl is for widely relatable memes about questioning one’s gender or being an egg (a trans person in denial) as well as other eggy topics. If you are looking for a place to discuss something specific to you or especially if you need help or are in crisis, we have communities and resources that can support you linked at the bottom of this sidebar. General Rules: 1. No bigotry. 2. No spam, bots, or vote farming. Rules on Content: 3. No reposts. 4. No personal-life posts, bingo cards, quizzes, selfies, “trans/not trans” lists, picrew, or non-memes. 5. No visible names or usernames. 6. Do not post or link to pornography. Rules on Post Titles and Tags: 7. Posts must be titled “egg_irl”. An emoji or two is OK, but they have to be between “egg” and “irl”. 8. Posts that assume the viewer’s gender and/or contain potentially triggering content must be spoilered and tagged at the beginning of the post title. Example content-warning tags that you can copy include the following: * [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transmasc] * [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transfem] * [CW: Assumes Viewer is Nonbinary] * [CW: Transphobia] * [CW: Violence] * [CW: Weapons/Firearms] * [CW: Disturbing Imagery] 9. You may optionally include other tags, such as: * [Transmasc Meme] * [Transfem Meme] * [Nonbinary Meme] * [Gender-Nonspecific Meme] Rules on Post Text: 10. If possible, include an image description for accessibility. 11. Add sources for art. Rules on Comments 12. If a post is tagged with a specific gender identity, keep the conversation centered on that identity. Recommendations: We strongly encourage you to include your pronouns in your account bio [/settings] so that others know how to refer to you without misgendering you. If you’re questioning or unsure of your pronouns, that’s totally cool—just say so. Sibling Meme Communities * !traa [/c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@lemmy.ca] (or search for https://lemmy.ca/c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns [https://lemmy.ca/c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) Sibling Non-Meme Communities * !transgender [/c/transgender@lemmy.ml] (or search for https://lemmy.ml/c/transgender [https://lemmy.ml/c/transgender] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !ftm (and transmasc) [/c/ftm@lemmy.blahaj.zone] (or search for https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/ftm [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/ftm] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !mtf (and transfem) [/c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone] (or search for https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/mtf [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/mtf] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !nonbinary@lemmy.one [/c/nonbinary@lemmy.one] [/c/nonbinary@lemmy.one] (or search for https://lemmy.one/c/nonbinary [https://lemmy.one/c/nonbinary] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org [/c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org] [/c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org] (or search for https://beehaw.org/c/lgbtq_plus [https://beehaw.org/c/lgbtq_plus] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) * !lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone [/c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone] [/c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone] (or search for https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/lgbtq_plus [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/lgbtq_plus] in your instance [/search] if the link doesn’t work) Community Resources: * The Trevor Project [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/] / 1-866-488-7386 [tel:+18664887386] — A US-based crisis prevention and intervention hotline and community * TransLifeLine [https://translifeline.org/] / 1-877-565-8860 [tel:+18775658860] — A US-based trans peer support hotline * The Gender Dysphoria Bible [https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en] — An in-depth explanation of the different types of gender dysphoria * Trans Resources [https://trans-resources.info/] — A directory of resources for trans, non-binary, and gender-non-conforming people * LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory [https://lgbtqhealthcaredirectory.org/] — A directory of LGBTQ+ accepting Healthcare providers * Trans Resistance Network [https://transresistancenetwork.wordpress.com/] — A US-based mutual-aid organization to help trans people facing state violence and legal discrimination * TLDEF’s Trans Health Project [https://transhealthproject.org/] — Advice about insurance claims for trans healthcare procedures * TransLifeLine’s ID change Library [https://translifeline.org/resources/id-change-library/] — A comprehensive guide to changing your name on any US legal document
Sorry for more meta posts; I'm depending on you all to counterbalance them with memes :).
I wanted to ask if we should have any resources for eggs and trans people listed in our sidebar after our rules. For example, the transfem community on lemmy.blahaj.zone has these resources listed:
Another that comes to my mind is The Trevor Project.
Thoughts? Yea, nay? Any suggestions on what to include or leave off if we do post a list?
At the moment, I've taken the rules that were in place on r/egg_irl as a starting point for our community. You can find them, tweaked for Lemmy (edit: and updated according to early feedback below), in the sidebar. Unfortunately, the r/egg_irl wiki is not accessible during the blackout, and it was not archived in the Wayback Machine, so we'll have to wait a bit to get the full versions.
There are, however, four potential changes that I'd appreciate community input on:
Nominally, r/egg_irl was for memes about being an egg, but a lot of the posts were just about things that eggs and omelettes could relate to. Do we want to update the community description to reflect that broader scope?
Lemmy does not have post flairs at the moment, and I know it's going to be important that people can filter out content that would cause dysphoria. As a stop-gap, I would like to propose that posts assuming the gender of the viewer be required to be spoilered and be marked with a square-brackets tag [CW: Assumes Viewer is …]
at the start of the post title. Similarly for posts that discuss violence, transphobia, etc. That won't be enough to support filtering, but hopefully it would help people avoid clicking through to content they don't want to see. Thoughts?
Also, while discussing post flairs, do we want to go further and ask all posts to be tagged [Transmasc Meme]
, [Transfem Meme]
, [Nonbinary Meme]
, etc.?
Lemmy does not have user flairs either, so there's no good way to know commenters' pronouns at a glance. Do we want to have a recommendation (I don't think we could make it a rule) that commenters list their pronouns in their user profile?
It was also nice that people could flair themselves as questioning, cracked, etc., but I don't that that's the kind of thing everyone wants to make as visible across Lemmy as being in their profile, so I don't have a good suggestion for replicating that feature.
One thing that I think we could improve on versus r/egg_irl is accessibility and searchabilty. (I at least had trouble finding old memes back on Reddit since every post is titled so similarly.) I have tentatively added
- If possible, include an image description for accessibility.
to the sidebar, but there is a cost because it takes time to manually type up an image description, as well as a risk that people won't write good descriptions. Are we okay with this being in the rules? Do we want to make it a hard requirement?
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/egg_irl
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