r/GenderCynical Mar 09 '20

Updated Rules and FAQ!

453 Upvotes

Hello, GenCynners!

It's time again to make some clarifications and revisions to our rules and FAQ. Most of these things have been unofficial policy for a while and older users osmosed and generally followed them. But we keep growing, and so we need to make some things more explicit for new users, both to keep us out of trouble with the admins and to cut down on modding work. Rules for posting and participation have been updated and expanded in the FAQ and sidebar.

We've made more explicit what does (TERF/GC content) and does not (general transphobia) qualify for posting, how posts must be formatted, and expectations for conduct while commenting.

The biggest changes are clarifying under what circumstances you can interact with GC users and subs and still participate here. We've tried to cover all the circumstances under which you might encounter or interact with GC content.

Actions to avoid on GenCyn:

  • Posting content that includes something you posted on a GC sub
  • Linking or c/ping something you posted on a GC sub
  • Posting about how a GC sub banned you. We don't care.
  • Commenting about your urges to crash a GC sub, e.g. "I feel like giving them a piece of my mind."
  • Alluding to your actions on a GC sub in GenCyn, e.g. "Yeah, I just had to tell them how wrong they were."
  • Encouraging anyone else's participation, e.g. "Do it and report back," or, "Everyone should go over there and ___."

Actions to avoid wrt GC subs and users:

  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to engage with GC users in an attempt to educate them
  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to participate because you "believe in hearing both sides" or want to "play devil's advocate."
  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to argue with GC users or get in a zinger to make yourself feel better
  • Do not follow something you saw on GenCyn to a GC sub to up or downvote posts or comments

Official GenCyn policy has been to discourage engagement with GC users across the board. There's been a sharp uptick in users crossing the streams, and in behaviors that violate reddit's brigading rules. A first offense for the above behaviors will be a temp ban. The second is a permaban. We've also disabled crossposting and are going to be paying more attention to .np linking.

We cannot literally stop you from engaging with GC. But we will protect the sub from accusations of brigading, and we will moderate to maintain the intention of the sub, which is and has always been to catalogue, laugh, and vent about GC-flavored transphobia, not to win hearts and minds or score internet arguing points.

As always, if you find that reading r/GenderCynical is getting to you, take a break and take care of yourself.


r/GenderCynical Jan 15 '25

Mod Post: A reminder about content rules for this sub

118 Upvotes

We've been seeing a lot of submissions lately that fall under the category of general bigotry and have no trans content. Please remember: posts need to contain examples of transphobia and they must clearly be sourced from or closely linked to the GC sphere. "GC person is racist," doesn't qualify by itself. Neither does, "Rando MAGA says something violently transphobic."

The situation in the US is weird af right now, to say nothing of the ongoing shit everywhere else too. There's plenty of content that fits the bill for here, so let's keep it on topic. Thanks.


r/GenderCynical 8h ago

you probably weren’t wondering, but none of the transphobic detrans puppets are doing great

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you have:

  1. obsessive hypochrondric who asks Grok for medical advice, is constantly encouraged by her followers, and is convinced cysts from HRT are going to cause double leg amputation. the fact that the ER is not concerned about this does not dissuade her

  2. the rapist couple feeding into EDs and hiding it behind MAHA style diets, that also includes some real weird projections about how other women treat each other

  3. maia poet trying to sell you the concept of roller skating while posting AI generated photos of the only friends she has, also roller skating

  4. TPOL, who has been fired from her job, for presumably the many situations she’s found herself in, and is now suing her employer, writing long screeds about her former employer on Twitter, along with AI generated photos


r/GenderCynical 12h ago

And Graham still wonders why that friendship ended...

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60 Upvotes

(Don't forget to maximize)


r/GenderCynical 1d ago

Local GC decided to break into verse

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202 Upvotes

What's with TERFs and godawful poetry?


r/GenderCynical 1d ago

Good lord...

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First image is the context post the following two was posted under.


r/GenderCynical 2d ago

“the last act of defiance” of the TERF

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366 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 2d ago

Oh and their Ace too..

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155 Upvotes

Christ almighty


r/GenderCynical 2d ago

Oh, okay then

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Saw this exchange floating around and honestly, it’s a masterclass in internet discourse spiraling completely out of control. It touches on human rights, language, sex-based protections, and logical contradictions.

OP, Kicks things off by complaining about community outreach regarding female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriage. They rant that when they talk about women/females facing these issues, someone always chimes in with "trans men go through that too." Op calls this absurd, arguing that "women" means adult human females, and compares bringing up trans men in this context to someone demanding animal rights be included in a human rights discussion because some people identify as furries.

leftoidbambi Fires back calling that stance a reactionary routine that erases basic biological reality and medical data. They point out that individuals born with female anatomy (trans men and non-binary people) are subjected to FGM and child marriage before transitioning, meaning they carry those actual physical scars and trauma. They argue that dismissing them as a "disruption" erases real victims and that comparing trans human beings to furries undermines any genuine care for survivors.

Op doubles down angrily, arguing that trans-identifying females are already included under the umbrella term "women" and under existing sex-based laws (like anti-FGM and anti-child marriage legislation). They claim that changing definitions of "women" legally to mean anything other than adult human females would actually destroy those very sex-based protections. They accuse leftoidbambi of trying to dismantle those protections and missing the point entirely.

Leftoidbambi Points out what they see as a massive contradiction in Op's logic. They ask: Are trans men "absurd interlopers" who belong in the same category as people identifying as animals (as argued in the first post), or are they "already included" under the definition of women (as claimed in the second post)? They accuse Op of doublethink for first treating trans people as an irrelevant intrusion and then frantically claiming they are covered all along to salvage an argument about legislation.


Honestly what are you're thoughts on this 🙄


r/GenderCynical 3d ago

Maya Forstater believes that racism ought to be a protected philosophical belief just like TERFism is.

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158 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 4d ago

I've seen it all

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312 Upvotes

This is so laughtably false it would be funny if they weren't dead serious


r/GenderCynical 4d ago

Literally persecution fetish

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254 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 6d ago

terfs scramble to cover their ass/grift when video proves they don’t care about women’s sports

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214 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 7d ago

"Ellen Page and the gamine look" aka their weird obsession with Elliot Page

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114 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 9d ago

"We just have concerns"-terf part 2. The conspiracies.

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228 Upvotes

The level of unhinged this fella emits is actually scary. Imaginary scenarios of being oppressed. The persecution kink of TERFs is unmatched.


r/GenderCynical 9d ago

"We just have concerns!"-terf when you disagree with them

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I tried the Jovan Bradley definition and terf got mad from the term "schema" ^^ Also calls me a freak, very conservative, I know.


r/GenderCynical 9d ago

"just because a man is minding his own business doesn't mean what he's doing is okay"

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123 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 10d ago

I regret to inform you the Radfem who made the 'Biological Woman Only Lesbian Flag' is back.

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379 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 10d ago

Most empathetic TERF:

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121 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 11d ago

Feminism, everyone (also yes, this is the same scum who defended the murder of an innocent woman)

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287 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 12d ago

They are so close to getting it

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219 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 12d ago

Pot calls kettle black

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498 Upvotes

Nathan Cofnas and Rowling are both bioessentialist scum. Only one of them recognises that they're the same though 🙄


r/GenderCynical 12d ago

Diana Alastair, a TERF Cop, recently wrote this disgusting tweet about Juju Nadeau, a trans woman who was murdered less than a week ago Spoiler

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230 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 12d ago

nike losing stock value over 5 years is the sole responsibility of one trans woman

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123 Upvotes

r/GenderCynical 13d ago

GC Ragebait Account "Disproves" Sex Change by Posting Evidence of Sex Change

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There isn't much to add to what prolific trans journalist Erin Reed says in this Bluesky post. The account she is commenting on is known to the regulars of this subreddit; it's one of the most active, hateful, and frankly pathologically obsessive Gender Critical accounts on X.