Only I get the feeling that this sub is HELLA inactive?

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[–]Gearbeta 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

Yeah we have a thread on s/lesbians about this too. It would be nice if LGB had its own place sort of like how Female Dating Strategy and now Gender Critical did. I know that there's a lesbian board on Ovarit but that wouldn't work because not all of us are GC and I think the admins of Ovarit want it to be mainly female focused so that wouldn't work for LGB people.

[–]lavender_menace 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

they still allow men to be part of the community:

Ovarit is run by a team of radical feminist women dedicated to safeguarding women’s ability to have community with other women and speak freely about issues that matter to us as individuals and as a class. We created this space because we, like those who seek to silence us, understand the power of women's voices and experiences. We are here to make sure they are heard.

The Ovarit community is made up of a broader group of people. Ovarit is open to women of all persuasions. Men are allowed to join some conversations, but must respect boundaries. This corner of the internet is one of increasingly few places, real or virtual, unapologetically dedicated to prioritizing and centering women.

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

No offense but a lot of guys probably don't want to go near anything radical feminist. I certainly don't need to be told that I'm inherently "oppressive" for being born a certain way over and over again. Or that since I'm intersex and feminine I'm as "misogynistic" as a MTF. No thanks.

[–]florasisHOMOSEXUAL FEMALE/Pussy is my God and I'm monotheist 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Nobody would call you a misogynistic for being intersex lol Gender critical is against gender ideology and hetero males in dresses using it at their advantage. Being intersex is different thing.

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They literally have so don't pull the "tHiS nEvEr HaPpEnS" crap. Actually, after my ban from GenderCritical on Reddit I believe one of the mods went off calling me a "Misogynistic pervert intersexed" (sic) in PMs. Gender critical isn't just "being against trans." You can do that and not be a radfem. "Gender critical" is a misleading synonym for radical feminism, which isn't even just about gender anyway.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

if we go there what boundaries do I have to respect lol

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

I don’t know, you can ask them what it means.

[–]Gearbeta 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know... I think it would feel uneasy there since gay men are very much a part of LGBdroptheT and that quote makes it sound like men would be tolerated guests there and I think that would be unfair to them. Ovarit hopefully becomes a wonderful place for women to talk about their own concerns like health concerns etc but I feel like LGBdroptheT would not belong there. But that's just me, I can't speak for anyone but myself.

[–]al-Amira 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Allowed to join some conversations is not the really the same as being part of the community.

[–]les4leshomonormative 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed. Ovarit would be a good platform if it were only serving as a host for these conversations, but even as a lesbian I would be uncomfortable making an LGB space in a womens' community and I imagine it's more uncomfortable for gay/bi men. It is depressing to have no space left for us as a community -- I've blocked most of the Saidit pages that aren't related to women's or gay issues because this site does have a vile userbase unfortunately

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

I just find it odd to have the entire platform a women’s only (almost) space, it just makes it useless if you ask me - the one thing that was good about reddit was the sheer number of users and subreddits, made it easy to find answers to things. Having circles (as they call it) being female only would have been fine with me, but its their platform so it is their choice. I don’t lament it all that much though save for the fact that s/Lesbians seems to be split in half where one half is at ovarit and the other half here. And yes there are some vile people using this site but its not like I have to interact with them. There are quite a few people I’d rather avoid at overit too though.