/c/twochromosomes explains its name with the following:

The name XX was chosen just because it illustrates the essence of this subreddit and its target Redditors–girly and geeky, and subtly awesome.

Connecting girliness with a genotype and bragging about being cisgender is not my idea of what the solarpunk movement stands for. This is gender essentialism and subtle transphobia. And the beginning of the community and of SLRPNK is the perfect time to be getting rid of transphobic names.

Admins, if you are reading this, please remove this transphobic community.

Everyone else, do you know how I can get in touch with the SLRPNK admins?

  • Track_ShovelEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    Sorry, but I’m going to need you to explain this more clearly, with Crayons and by talking slowly. How is the name, or the community tenents transphobic or exclusionary in nature? I legitimately don’t get it, and it’s likely a failing on my part

    Anyone can be a punk. We are left leaning, for sure, but apart from that, I have yet to see and shitlords here.

    • @HardlightCereal@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      The subreddit is for women. Women come in all kinds of chromosomes, but TERFs like to say that women only have two X chromosomes. The subreddit is called two X chromosomes. The subreddit is named after a TERF’s definition of a woman. And it’s a subreddit for women. No intersectional feminist, no trans ally, and no leftist would ever think “two X chromosomes” is an accurate description of womanhood. Yet the community mods argue the name represents the community. Representing womanhood with “two X chromosomes” denies trans realities.

      • Track_ShovelEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        Wait, so we have a twoxxchromosome community within solar punk? Ok, yes, your point is entirely valid then. We should change that. What harm does a accomodation do in this case?

        I’m two scotches deep, so hence me missing the initial messaging.

        • @Midnight@slrpnk.netEnglish
          4•1 year ago

          As background twox was the original reddit name, which was chosen way before trans issues became more seriously highlighted. Both the reddit and Lemmy twox are explicitly not transexclusionary and welcome posts by trans women.

          Its not my shot to call, but the history of the name, why it was chosen, and given they’ve never been regressive it doesn’t seem overtly awful. Its just outmoded.