ColonizationWhy are most Reddit mods transgenders?

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[–]reluctant_commenter 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Might seem like splitting hairs, but it's worth mentioning:

Most mods on Reddit aren't trans.

Most powermods on Reddit are trans.

Anybody can go be a mod, but transgender ideology is extremely popular on Reddit (and most other social media platforms) right now. People who support and advocate for transgender ideology are awarded praise and social support. So the most extreme gender identity zealots move up the power chain faster. Most people don't want to moderate, and the few people who are eager to push their beliefs on others really want to moderate. So those people end up having a highly disproportionate amount of power over the site.

Why? I rarely if ever find a lesbian or a gay or even a bi person in the mods team but for some reason, transgenders invaded most subreddits.

Another reason why that is, IMO: There are way more transgender-identified people than there are actual LGB people.

Finally... here's my best guess. Reddit originally gained a lot of attraction as a site because it was a host for CP. My understanding is that when the admins banned CP, they didn't ban the people distributing it, running those subs, etc. Those people stayed on the site, and likely continued to bond and communicate because of the other paraphilia subreddits still existing. Paraphilias are extremely common among male transwomen... so there's the trans-paraphilia overlap. s/itsafetish Graham Linehan has done several articles about this on his website, including this one about Aimee Challenor, who was actually briefly hired by Reddit. It's really fucked up.

Worth emphasizing, trans powermods aren't representative of the average trans-identified person.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Worth emphasizing, trans powermods aren't representative of the average trans-identified person.

I think this is true but they are representative of the prominent subset of trans people that are responsible for setting the tone of trans discourse and lawmaking. They're not representative of trans people generally but that's also because "trans" isn't one thing. There are many pathways to having a trans identity in 2022. There's not really anything that unifies "trans" people except that they call themselves some kind of trans (transgender, transexual, etc.). And then commonalities emerge when you break them down by their sex, their age at transition, who they're attracted to, paraphilias, etc.

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

Yup, absolutely. All of that you described is like a giant asterisk on the phrase "average trans-identified person." And sometimes I struggle to find the energy to describe it, lol, but it is important context for understanding what's going on!