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[–]Amareldys 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What exactly were the "transphobic" comments people were saying.

[–]venecia 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Near as I can tell, here is what happened. This is just hearsay so someone correct me if I've got it wrong.

Women were in r/pcos talking about how much it sucks. A woman was talking about how she saw a before and after transition picture of a transwoman, saying something to the effect of how it was depressing that the TW managed to look more feminine and beautiful than herself after years of treatment. She obviously had mental health issues.

This could have been a moment to emphasize with women with PCOS who get absolutely terrible comments about the androgenic effects of the disease and how it makes them feel as women. Something poor, dysphoric transwomen should absolutely know something about. But NOPE! Instead, it was time to leap on that woman for being transphobic (''OIC! YOU'RE SAYING YOU FIND IT DEPRESSING SHE LOOKS MORE FEMININE THAN YOU DO BECAUSE SHE'S A TR***Y'') and generally harassed the poor woman until she said she felt suicidal and deleted her account.

Then came the pushback thread: https://snew.notabug.io/r/PCOS/comments/hl5dbz/why_is_is_always_the_femaleoriented_subs/

And then came the screenshotted thread OP put up for us.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The reddit admins were already eyeing up PCOS for a brigade because the GC posters they tagged and flagged were going to the PCOS sub. They were looking for an excuse to pounce.

[–]Amareldys 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks!