I can't read the whole thread, I just wanted to thank Happy Gnu for caring. I
was a closeted het female for most of my Gnu/Linux using years for this
reason. This username was a mistake on my part and I almost left Trisquel
because I didn't think I could handle people knowing that I was female.
Meeting Leah was life changing for me.
Mainstream women on the sites I frequent commonly say things like "I'd like
to switch from gmail, but my husband is too busy to set up a new email
account for me".
Leah's personal life is none of my business, no matter how much I want to
support her and defend her from hurtful comments. Chasing her and other
transwomen away is denying ourselves their talent, just as we deny ourselves
the talent of those mainstream women who are afraid to even ask how to set up
their own email accounts.
After I accidentally outed myself, Jade outed herself on purpose, either in
solidarity with my embarassed self or because she was planning on doing so
anyway.
Ciswomen have been treated respectfully here, for the most part, ever since.
I still think we have some closeted females here, just from writing style and
other little things I pick up because it takes one to know one.
If Happy Gnu gets banned for standing up for us, however imperfectly, the
closeting and fear of being ourselves continues.
I hope I have half the courage this young man has shown the next time someone
says the same sort of thing about Mexican people as this troll has said about
Lisa. I'm too damned grumpy to weigh in on the content of the thread right
now so I'll let you get back to what you were talking about.
I feel safe now.
