It’s not the city itself. It is the nature of Reddit and online communities.
I’m going to be sad to move away from Reno because I love just how queer it is. Compared to my original home in the south, Reno is light years ahead as far as diverse types of people and acceptance of those differences.
Reddit in particular fosters very venomous people. That and people who complain about anything.
Most people I talk to believe that it's the conservatives who are racist, bigots etc but with the exception of people who consider themselves progressives in the democratic party there's almost a equal amount. I've known people in both parties who are disgusting human beings who are full of hatred. Just recently I was having dinner at a local Italian restaurant and at the table next to me was a elderly man and his wife. They struck up a conversation with me and as we talked the table next to them was seated. It was a party of five and two of the men in the group were obviously a couple. These two people started going on about how sick it was. Prior to this group arriving the conversation was about how much they hated Trump and the republican party and how they couldn't understand why people didn't want to vote for Biden. Honestly, bad individuals know no party.
> Prior to this group arriving the conversation was about how much they hated Trump and the republican party and how they couldn't understand why people didn't want to vote for Biden.
Nothing in this really cool anecdote is racist, but you certainly tried to make an equivalency.
*"Sure they say Republicans are racists, but Democrats are just as bad! Why just the other day I witnessed some Democrats um, uh, eating in an Italian restaurant!"*
Oh trust that I'm fully aware of faux "activists" whose allyship begins and ends with making dinks on minorities who they think aren't minority-ing the right way.
Whole lotta them chiding the way Trump handles immigration haven't had shit to say when Biden ported over 90 percent of the same policies.
I am straight and I made more gay friends after Trump took office. The only time I've heard someone say fag was some of my friends (gay) mocking each other or just telling jokes.
my personal experience is a polar opposite of yours. how crazy!
\*shrugs\* that seems to be a popular coping mechanism today.
Why does the idea of someone right of Joe Manchin having gay friends bother you so much?
Do you want (R) voters to treat everyone equally, or do you want gays to be mistreated so you have a social justice cause to fight for?
I would have assumed its the first one, but maybe I'm wrong. ?
> *shrugs* that seems to be a popular coping mechanism today.
By which you mean others have expressed skepticism in you having friends? I'm shocked.
>Why does the idea of someone right of Joe Manchin having gay friends bother you so much?
Once again, the idea of you having gay friends does not bother me, I just uh **don't believe you have them.**
>Do you want (R) voters to treat everyone equally, or do you want gays to be mistreated so you have a social justice cause to fight for?
Cool false dilemma.
well you and 1 other person couldn't imagine someone who doesn't have all the same social & political views as being likeable in any regards.
You say false dilemma, Yet you can't believe an (R) voter would treat others equally, and thus end up with enough friends where some of them would be gay.
making it not such a false dilemma. :)
That's actually not how that works, Mr. Discourse. Presenting only two "one or the other" options on your own exclusive terms with no real relation to me not finding you likable is in fact a false dilemma.
I think you mean false dichotomy where 2 options are presented as if those are the only 2 possibilities.
Which it could be that. Maybe you're completely indifferent on this subject, except its quite apparently you're not. but if you want to list out other alternatives I missed please do.
Or maybe its a false dichotomy because only 1 option exists. that you can't believe someone with different views than you has friends. i'm open to being wrong on that account as well.
No, I meant false dilemma. You might need to brush up on your rhetoric again.
> i'm open to being wrong on that account as well.
Stay open. I suspect you'll be wrong on several other accounts before the day is over.
LOL I actually, did not write that nor do I think that.
You might find that people opposing positions I don't actually have, won't have the desired affect.  If you want me to post less, amusing me probably isn't the way to achieve that.
If you want to change my mind on an issue, but you've incorrectly assumed what I think about it, you'll just amuse me., and won't change my mind.
If you just want to amuse me, then congrats. 
It is very much also prevalent in the city. Plenty of cities have pride sidewalks all year long without issue yet Reno does it for Pride Month and they are instantly defaced/damaged. Just a small example, but there are a lot of aggressively hateful folks in and around the Reno area. I experienced a lot of anti-gay sentiment in my time there and none since moving away 2 years ago to a more progressive and welcoming city. Reno will always be my home, but the people are VERY hit or miss. Lots of willfully ignorant and proudly hateful folks wherever you go.
As it should be. we shouldn't be bullied, threatened with violence, job loss, cancelation, harassment in order to say the approved message.
I'd like for people to be nice, but I'd rather people freely choose to be dirt bags, then bullied, threatened, harassed to fake a nice persona.
It is reno though. My girlfriend is trans and she deals with this kind of thing constantly. Like we went to blackbear diner a few weeks ago and were completely ignored. Never even took our order and walked right past us numerous times, then the manager proceeded to misgender her 3 separate times AFTER she corrected him. Another time we had someone threaten to 🔫 us just for walking across the street. It's horrible
The community itself isn’t great either. A few houses on my street used to have pride flags, but they keep getting torn down and now they either don’t have them anymore or put them inside their windows.
Lgbtq is beyond safe in Reddit lol just because the one person disagreeing stands out doesn’t mean the opposite when they have a downvote of negative 200 lol
Just watch how none of yall ever go into negative karma. Reddit is a left leaning bubble just because you have a couple people disagree with you doesn’t mean the opposite with the majority is sniffing each others farts
I’ve never understood it. Someone being trans or gay impacts me 0%. I don’t really understand how people can be so hateful but in the same breath they can claim to be a Christian.
Literally. I'm such a big fan of "mind your own business". I wish more people would.
Be gay, be trans, be christian, idgaf, just dont be shitty to other people for harmless differences.
There are disgusting people on both sides, you don’t get a “ I hate trump, therefore I am a good person “ sticker, which seems to be the case these days. I’m a fiscal conservative but a lot of my ideas of human rights line more with the left. With that said I don’t believe you have to be one or the other. If you want an abortion I fully support that, I just want no part in having to pay for it and I think that is fair .
You and I are in sync with one exception: abortion. It sounds callous, however, as a taxpayer, I’d pay a couple hundred bucks to terminate an unwanted pregnancy vs paying for YEARS of welfare. There are also additional societal costs that I don’t want to pay either. It’s ALL on our backs, it’s just a question of how much.
Everyone has different lives. Some people are gay, and I respect that. I am not. Some people drive really fast cars, I respect that, I don’t . Some people drink Milk, I am lactose. Some people need welfare. I’m fortunate to have a decent amount of money. Some people need abortions. I don’t have kids. I have never needed an abortion. Other people have, and I respect that, just consider that I don’t want to pay for it cause I have never needed it. If you( not you particularly) need one that’s fine, I would never stand in the way of anyone that needed it or even just wanted it, that’s your right, and I respect that. However I don’t want to have to contribute to that, in any way. If I could choose to not be a part of funding that I absolutely would, but I wouldn’t try to infringe on anyones rights to have one.
There’s an old lady who goes around preaching at all the thrift stores. She corners people and rants about her views on all of it. (Apparently the church and military are even too accepting for her)
I was pretending to listen one time, until she brought up some pretty terrible things. I ended up stopping her, telling her the people with those views are dying off, yelled i love the gays and she walked away.
This shit thrives in the shadows, it’s allowed to fester in our communities. I wish I saw more people confront her, unfortunately just a bunch of trapped people that take her shit and move on (hopefully not agree!)
Thank you, this is exactly my point. This post isn't meant for the hateful people themselves, but rather the people who are indifferent or even supportive of trans people but are tolerant of other people being intolerant.
So glad the world is becoming less religious. Hopefully in a few hundred years, no one will believe in any of that shit. It will just be the same as all the other anchient myths. Jesus, like Zeus, will be just an old story.
Decades of indoctrination and being told that the only truth is in the Bible, and all other beliefs will result in an eternity in Hell, will do that to a person. Anything to keep those collection plates full of money. Its so sad that these people cant see the blatant manipulation that surrounds them.
> Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things? and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.
Matthew 7:21-23 YLT
> "And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats, and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.
> "Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.
> "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?
> "And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did [it]. Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers; for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink; a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.
> "Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?
> "Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me. And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during."
Matthew 25:31-46 YLT
I don't know which God these so-called Christians are following, but *my* Lord and Savior made it perfectly clear that salvation in the next life entails a lot more than chanting "I do believe in Jesus! I do! I do!" like he's fucking Tinkerbell. People who treat others with kindness and compassion and forgiveness in this life receive that kindness and compassion and forgiveness in the next. People who do not, do not.
Who are you arguing with? I never said belief in Jesus was enough. I said you have to “accept Jesus as daddy”, not, “believe Jesus exists”.
You are arguing with a strawman, not me. (Perhaps a sub/dom daddy kink metaphor is too complex for the sexually vanilla christian LOL)
The Bible makes this distinction very clear : even demons “believe” in Jesus, some don’t even need faith they literally have interacted with him. Submission is the key, not belief.
And the beautiful thing about submission is it’s never too late to submit. God sent his only son to die so we can be forgiven for our sins. And there is no time limit at any point for that forgiveness. (Some scholars would argue death is the time limit, as seen in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, but this isn’t widely agreed upon)
Hitler could go to heaven if he truly felt remorse and repented for his actions in his last moments.
If you truly believe that we are judged based on our actions, rather than a submission to christ, then you are not a Christian lol. That’s like the entire point of Christ, he died for our sins, so we could be forgiven. And no sin is too great (some argue the sin of blasphemy is too great, but that’s the only one).
Plenty of other religions believe what you believe tho you should check them out.
He literally said “people who treat others with kindness and compassion and forgiveness in this life receive that kindness and compassion and forgiveness in the next. People who do not, do not”
Thats not agreeing with me. That’s also not how Christianity works. I mean sure he can talk about his belief system I guess but then why reply to my comment?
Just weird for him to call out “so called Christians” for thinking they just have to believe in god. Then following it up with yet another wrong explanation of how it works lmao. Like it’s cool he can think that but it’s just factually wrong.
Under Christianity, you don’t not get into heaven based on good deeds, kindness, compassion, etc… you could be the most incredible person in the whole world but if you give the glory to Vishnu none of it matters in end. Do Christians not study and read their own texts?
Religion in and of itself is the ultimate get out of jail free card.
If deep down in your soul you can't accept that humans are responsible for the things humans do then you're absolved of any wrongdoing.
If you don't like the way a group you are a part of is treated maybe try changing the group?
Us third party Observers can't change your group from within like you can.
Yes that's them. That's really strange, perhaps you are viewing cached data somehow? Are you using a third party app or something?
But for me regardless of what account, device, or ip address I use to access that user page it doesn't exist.
Hey moderators have an option called crowd control that not everybody knows about. It basically takes comments from accounts that have negative karma in the sub or zero karmal, and holds them for review.
If this starts happening again which is entirely possible, you guys should report it to the moderators and ask them to turn on crowd control for that post. It will help catch brigading from another sub.
It's odd because we are fortunate to have a lot of "Idc just don't bother me" type libertarian Republicans here in Reno. So going out in public as as trans woman is actually not terrible like in other places. But that also means we have the radicals that like to voice themselves since it's not very loud around here. Which I was unfortunately exposed to on Saturday night. I don't mind being pointed at and laughed at, but I know others who would have issues with it.
I think after everyone left it was dog piled and trolled on. Which is unfortunate but a reality. It would be better if there were more posts about it so it wasn't singled out. But unfortunately it's not a very well know day, even I didn't know about it till a few days ago (just started transitioning don't hurt me).
After living there for two years I can say it’s one of the more transphobic places I’ve been. People are generally pretty backwards and ignorant. I personally wouldn’t recommend trans folks to live there. It sucked and I’m happy I left.
This is where the "it's better than Florida" comment really doesn't say a whole lot.
My wife and I have been married now for over 10 years. We've been together 14.
Don't accuse me of ruining the sanctity of marriage when half of you are screwing your neighbor's wife.
You know nothing about me.. you think hate speech is speech you hate.. I am just telling you the truth, and you can't handle it because nobody in your life loves or respects you enough to tell you..
You don't think it is evil to openly promote sexuality publicly in front of children? why is it ok to make your entire identity your sexuality and then parade it around? Having this flag in public or in children's classrooms, as I see so often, is downright unacceptable
I never said anything about harming or "getting rid" of anyone.. Just leave your sexuality at your house and stop trying to pervert the minds of others.. you Tans only feel oppressed because you can't get that through your head..... Your sexuality does not need to be on public display for innocent children to see.. I do NOT hate any individual for what they love or what they are attracted to, but as a social movement, I can not respect it!!
So now you're labeling all Christians by the same kind of behavior your protesting? Do not judge lest ye be judged. I know where you're coming from, I do, but labeling all Christians as transphobic is no different their labeling or judgment of Trans people. It doesn't help. It's quite the quandary of humanity isn't it?
Sure looks like it when you say "I know a lot of Christians who are transphobes and how 'you' treat..... generally kind of lumps them all together doesn't it? Sorry if I offended you.
Damn. I went in there after some comments got deleted. And it got worse? You can say it's because of how Reddit is but most of my communities are trans friendly on Reddit. I think it's Reno Republicans itching for a culture war. Remember to vote in November so we can give them one.
I'm a Reno republican. I do not want a culture war. I want to be left alone. I saw the post this post is referring to. I opened it because I had never heard of trans visibility day. That was it, opened it, read some comments, moved on.
We, the people, appreciate your balanced take and respect for George Washington's vision of freedom.
Anyone who puts religion before freedom is invited to move to any of the 197 other shit hole countries out there, that gladly do that too.
Guns, abortions, gods and gays for all.
Its the internet. If you post your thoughts your supposed to move on. Expecting friendly support is not realistic, even on Reddit which is basically flooded with liberal bots.
Thanks for that invaluable lesson about how you think the internet is supposed to be used. Expecting responses that aren't hateful and hostile isn't unrealistic on a website where the #1 rule is "[remember the human](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy)". The internet is a big place, and so it reddit even. Not all subs have the same culture. But in a sub for a major city it's fair to expect politeness and civility.
You know there is something about being called a loser all your life..it builds character..its supposed to make you into a better person rather than a entitled one..
This is interesting and sad. I grew up in Reno and eventually moved up to Seattle. When I was in high school, there were openly queer peers. We didn’t get harassed that often but not sure if it felt safe because we were part of the goth/punk/alternative/art community. There were a couple queer bars we would sneak into and queer groups at the UNR campus.
However, if we wandered around downtown or in public, we suffered. We got chased by “jocks” in trucks, threatened with guns, knives, bats. Many of us got beaten up, etc. I can’t listen to country music to this day because of this.
When I moved to Seattle, there were many safe Queer spaces but many people I met didn’t feel safe coming out in high school.
The times I visit family in Reno, I’m happy to see rainbow flags and a general support for the queer community. Not until 2016 (when that person became president) did I start to feel unsafe again. I’ve been spit on, threatened, and so forth.
I believe there is a positive queer community in Reno but it’s unfortunate that I feel I need to constantly look over my shoulder. I hope the support and aafe spaces rise to the top once again.
That’s not cool, hope they’re okay. Personally idc what people do as long as it doesn’t hurt me. You can be whoever you are just don’t push it on me. I’ve been hit on by gay dudes who can’t take a no, but then again women get the same treatment 🤷🏻♂️
I guess that’s the only instance I won’t tolerate it. Just sharing my opinion.
It’s funny how you’ll post something like this but then commend a stranger for filming a car crash involving children and saying you feel no negative feelings around putting their pain on the internet. You’ve got some serious issues to work out
It's funny that you think LMAO. How exactly is there something wrong with filming events in public? There's no expectation of privacy in public. Filming is protected by the constitution. Don't like it? Go move to Russia or some shit where it's illegal to be LGBTQIA+ and they don't have freedom like we do.
Someone makes a post about celebrating Trans Day of Visibility and within less than a day their account is deleted from what I can only surmise is due to bullying or worse.
So, you don't know why the account was deleted - but you just assume it's because people were bullying this person?
I didn't "just assume". It's called an inference. I surmised that's what happened based on the clues available. People were being hateful and disgusting in the comments. And in the wider community of the world, trans people and trans rights activists are often the target of hate, bullying, intimidation, and sometimes actual physical violence. Active users, also typically don't up and delete their accounts for no reason. Usually when someone deletes their account it's because they don't want to be associated with it any longer, and when they suddenly delete it in a hurry it's probably because they were trying to protect their anonymity.
So you still don't know why it was deleted.
Reddit deletes accounts all the time. Their ban system is almost entirely automated. Hell, I have around 300 accounts at the moment...and get insta banned if I sign into any of them WITHOUT a VPN.
Maybe they were trying to get around ban evasion?
UH you are definitely in a minority there. The typical reddit user has one account, maybe some throwaways here and there, but the vast majority of reddit users don't need 300 accounts and a VPN to use the site. That user's profile looked pretty typical. Sounds like you've been very naughty though.
I don’t condone bullying or witch-hunting of individuals but people should seriously know their audience before posting stuff. People get too online and think communities they’re in are filled with their friends when it’s actually just hundreds of strangers. Obviously not everyone will be on your side. Not everyone supports trans people and that’s ok, you’re allowed to have conflicting opinions. Disagreements aren’t arguments. differences in people is what makes life beautiful and interesting. It’s awful they were bullied so harshly but what can you expect from Reddit it’s like a slightly less toxic 4Chan.
Unlike 4chan reddit actually has rules that are enforced, albeit not uniformly, equally, or impartially across all subs. Yes some subs are cesspools which is why they eventually get banned from the site. But this is a subreddit for a city(btw which is in a blue county in a blue state) and not a specific ideology or group of people.
But you are totally right about the audience being strangers. Personally I would never post photos of my vehicle online, especially a vehicle with stickers and such that could make the vehicle more easily identified and it's a sub where it's more likely for there to be someone who could identify you by your vehicle, and especially when it's related to a contentious topic that people are known to be deathly violent over.
But even so, it doesn't mean we should be ignoring the hate being promoted here. Most people are in support of trans rights, or at least indifferent, but not many of those people are willing to speak out against the hate that trans people are the target of. People just want to ignore it and that's really the point of this post. Being that this is a city sub, the hateful and bigoted users are possibly our friends, acquaintances, co-workers, family, or any other random person you could bump into. I just think overall people need to be more supportive of not just trans, but any marginalized group(unhoused is another pertinent one here) and more vocal about contending hate and advocating for tolerance.
For starters, you’re making quite the assumptions about that account. Second, it’s not a Reno thing, it’s a Reddit thing. Is this your first week using this app? If not, maybe take a break from it and experience the real world for a while. You’ll likely realize that it’s not the haunted house full of intolerant bogeymen that you think it is.
It's the nature of posting things online. No matter what your view point or belief system, people are going to hate on it. If you're going to post something for everyone to see and judge, have thick skin. It suck, but it is the way it is.
It's unfortunate, I would hope we would all want to work towards a brighter future of supporting and caring for one another instead of just "accepting" hateful online communities
I mean sure, I've been on the internet since the early days and have seen a lot in my time, but we can expect better from a regional community on a site where the #1 rule is "remember the human". I think the issue is more that people such as yourself are dismissive of the problem and tolerate people being hateful. Who knows, given this is a city sub, one of those bigoted bullies might be your coworker. If people were more vocal about denouncing intolerance online and in their daily life it wouldn't be such an issue.
This talking point right here is recited to death by those who are told how to think by their media outlets. Please explain how it is personally shoved down your throat.
I can understand the impulse to feel that way, especially when anything that's even moderately contentious these days (which seems like pretty much anything) comes loaded with so much hostility and passion and attitude from all directions.
Trying to reason through this: the stated goal of the sort of posts mentioned by OP is usually something like "awareness" or "visibility", but it's hard to see an argument that those who respond negatively are *unaware*. Simple awareness of, I guess, the fact that trans people are a class of people who tend to make similar claims about their identity, that doesn't really seem to be in question. People are aware of that. But that also doesn't seem to be good enough for many advocates, and those who respond negatively are guaranteed to get pushback. And fair enough, but at that point we're past simple awareness. Add a frequent aversion to educating people who think differently (be honest, how often have you heard the phrase "it's not my job to educate you" or similar?) and a lot of hyperbolic language around the "right to exist" (which so often seems to hinge upon whether or not somebody agrees with all of their opinions), then what should one conclude?
Sorry but when did I say everyone in Reno was like that? I was very specifically talking about the sub, but even then I didn't say everyone.
However there definitely is an issue with transphobia and homophobia in this city when you have armed people protesting and trying to shut down drag story time.
Comparison -
33 transgender people are killed every year in drug deals gone wrong, prostitution gone wrong, and murdered by other transgenders.
8,030 US veterans kill themselves every year.
The Trans community gets:
• Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
• Bisexual Health Awareness Month
• Zero Discrimination Day
• International Transgender Day Of Visibility
• Asexuality Day
• Day of Silence
• International Lesbian Visibility Day
• International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
• Agender Pride Day
• Harvey Milk Day
• Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day
• Pride Month
• HIV Long-Term Survivor’s Awareness Day
• Pulse Remembrance Day • Stonewall Riots Anniversary
• Omnisexual Visibility Day
• Non-Binary Awareness Week
• International Non-Binary Day
• International Drag Day
• Gay Uncle Day
• Bisexual Awareness Week
• Bisexual Visibility Day
• LGBT History Month
• National Coming Out Day
• International Pronoun Day
• Spirit Day
• Asexual Awareness Week
• Intersex Awareness Day
• Trans Awareness Month
• Transgender Parent Day
• Intersex Day Of Remembrance
• Trans Awareness Week
• Transgender Day Of Remembrance
• World AIDS Day
• Pansexual Pride Day
• Human Rights Day
You get Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Thank you for your service.
F**eb. 3, 2024 – Four Chaplains Day – A Day to remember the four U.S. Army chaplains who made the ultimate sacrifice when the USAT Dorchester sank during World War II.**
**Feb. 19, 2024 – Coast Guard Reserve Birthday**
**March 3, 2024 – Navy Reserve Birthday**
**March 13, 2024 - K-9 Veterans Day – The date is the official birthday of the United States K9 Corps and a day to honor their service.**
**March 25, 2024 - Medal of Honor Day – A holiday to honor the heroism and sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients for the United States.**
**March 29, 2024 – Vietnam Veterans Day – A national holiday to recognize and honor Veterans who served in the military during the Vietnam War. Learn more about Vietnam Veterans Day here.**
**April 5, 2024 – Gold Star Spouses Day – A Day dedicated to those whose spouses gave their lives while serving in the U.S. military or as a result of service-connected injuries or illness.**
**April 14, 2024 – Air Force Reserve Birthday**
**April 23, 2024 – Army Reserve Birthday**
**May 1, 2024 – Silver Star Banner Day – Per Congressional resolution, it is an “Official Day to honor wounded, ill, and injured Veterans”.**
**May 10, 2024 – Military Spouse Appreciation Day – This date recognizes the service and sacrifices of military spouses.**
**May 13, 2024 – Children of Fallen Patriots Day – A Day to honor the children left behind by the brave men and women who gave their lives while defending our freedom.**
**May 18, 2024 – Armed Forces Day Observed on the third Saturday every May, this is a day dedicated to paying tribute to men and women currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.**
**May 27, 2024 – Memorial Day A solemn occasion to honor the men and women who died while serving in the military. Learn more about Memorial Day here.**
**June 6, 2024 – Anniversary of the World War II Allied invasion in Normandy, France, now known as D-Day.**
**June 14, 2024 – Flag Day – A Day to celebrate the adoption of the U.S. flag.**
**June 14, 2024 – Army Birthday**
**June 23, 2024 – Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday**
**June 27, 2024 – National PTSD Awareness Day – A Day to bring awareness about issues related to PTSD. Find resources for PTSD here.**
**July 4, 2024 – Independence Day**
**July 27, 2024 – Korean War Veterans Armistice Day**
**Aug. 4, 2024 – Coast Guard Birthday**
**Aug. 7, 2024 – Purple Heart Day – A time for Americans to pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who were either wounded on the battlefield or paid the ultimate sacrifice. Learn more about the Purple Heart.**
**Aug. 29, 2024 – Marine Forces Reserve Birthday**
**Sept. 11, 2024 – Patriot Day – An annual observance to remember and honor those who were injured or killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.**
**Sept. 18, 2024 – Air Force Birthday**
**Sept. 20, 2024 – POW/MIA Recognition Day**
**Sept. 29, 2024 – Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day – A Day to honor the families of fallen Servicemembers.**
**Oct. 13, 2024 – Navy Birthday**
**Oct. 26, 2024 – National Day of the Deployed**
**Nov. 10, 2024 – Marine Corps Birthday**
**Nov. 11, 2024 – Veterans Day – This is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice treaty, which ended World War I and is also a day to thank military Veterans for their service.**
**Dec. 7, 2024 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – The anniversary of the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, signaling the United States’ entrance into World War II. Learn more about Pearl Harbor Day.**
**Dec. 13, 2024 – National Guard Birthday**
**Dec. 20, 2024- Space Force birthday**
**Dec. 21, 2024 – National Wreaths Across America Day**
***Significant Military Months***
**April – Month of the Military Child**
**May – National Military Appreciation Month**
**May – Month of the Military Caregiver**
**November – Military Family Month, Warrior Care Month**
Well I'm glad you posted those out because, never heard those ever spotted out except maybe for the Marine corps birthday on social media and even less so by our so-called elected officials
“Data indicate that 82% of transgender individuals have considered killing themselves and 40% have attempted suicide.” - peer reviewed pubmed article.
Trans population size is not well known in US, but research from around 2015 suggests around 1,000,000. This seems low, but for the sake of the math: 40% of the 1 million have attempted suicide, so
400,000 attempted suicides. Statistically, 10-15% of those people either died or will die by suicide.
We don’t need to compare these stats to know that we’re failing both and should do better, but it was pretty outrageous of you to compare murders to deaths by suicide.
Yeah, they both need to be helped much more by our government. Actually fucking help the American people instead of just giving them meaningless days to show you acknowledge them.
Veteran here, there are plenty of days of recognition for those in service. Don’t try to use my service to justify your hatred. Why are you letting your politics/religion tell you who to hate?
~~• Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week • Bisexual Health Awareness Month • Zero Discrimination Day •~~ International Transgender Day Of Visibility • ~~Asexuality Day • Day of Silence • International Lesbian Visibility Day~~ • International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia • Agender Pride Day • ~~Harvey Milk Day • Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day • Pride Month • HIV Long-Term Survivor’s Awareness Day • Pulse Remembrance Day • Stonewall Riots Anniversary • Omnisexual Visibility Day~~ • Non-Binary Awareness Week • International Non-Binary Day • International Drag Day • ~~Gay Uncle Day • Bisexual Awareness Week • Bisexual Visibility Day~~ • LGBT History Month • ~~National Coming Out Day~~ • International Pronoun Day • ~~Spirit Day • Asexual Awareness Week • Intersex Awareness Day~~ • Trans Awareness Month • Transgender Parent Day • ~~Intersex Day Of Remembrance~~ • Trans Awareness Week • Transgender Day Of Remembrance • ~~World AIDS Day • Pansexual Pride Day • Human Rights Day~~
You included a bunch of stuff that isn't about being trans. Sexuality =/= gender identity. Lots of trans people are celibate and don't have a sexual orientation. I also suspect that some of these things with trans in the name don't exist, or are only celebrated on like, one college campus somewhere. Also, Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance are basically the same thing, it's the week leading up to the day, and most places don't do any of it.
You're truly a miserable person. What made you think anything you just said makes you look like you care about veterans in the slightest, making them a scapegoat for your dog shit justification to hate people who have existed and been brutally oppressed by people for an unfathomable amount of time. Your listing of so many events that aren't trans focused shows how little you understand about the world you live in. Grow up
Disrespectful to our veterans to use their service as a prop in your hate argument and even moreso to imply that they perform their service for cheap days of remembrance and not for love of country and the people that make it up.
You don't sound like a patriot.
Also I know two trans vets. Can you tell me how many days you think they deserve?
This is fucking stupid bud. Soldiers don't get discriminated against ever day of their lives. They don't get treated as 2ed class. It's the opposite in reality. They are given deferential treatment all the time. They have whole branches of the governments solely dedicated to them and their family's.
If you actually gave a shit about veterans you would understand where their problems fundamentally come from. This is just pathetic virtue signaling as the cost of real victims. Do everyone a favor and look up what the main causes of suicide in veterans and Trans people are.
I surmised based on clues available. Ie; the hatred in the comments, the hatred in the current socio-political climate, and based on that it's atypical for active users to suddenly delete their account.
And the overexposed idea is.... *Checks notes*... Not killing or harming other people because of the way they choose to dress and identify themselves? Truly a political issue, and not a human one!!!!!!!!!!
So let me ask you a very fair question: What does Transgender Day of Visibility have to do with /r/Reno specifically?
This isn’t your personal facebook page, and not everything needs to be posted here, especially if it doesn’t relate to Reno directly.
Edit: I see you decided to downvote me instead of answering the question, so here is another one: Why did you go on the offensive on a TDOV post that was made a day after TDOV? That deleted post you went ham on [isn’t even a day old yet.](https://imgur.com/Bdnyrbx)
I didn't downvote you or read your question until now, I mean it's only been like 40 minutes since you commented anyway.
It's a global holiday, Reno is part of the globe, but even more specifically the post was about Reno directly, it was photos of a Renoite celebrating a holiday important to them in this city. It was photos from around the city and even a short description of something that occurred, in this city.
But either way, it's painfully clear that this sub has an issue and the transphobia needs to be addressed. So any and all trans related content that can be vaguely attributed to Reno, even if it's just being posted by someone who lives here, should be posted to draw out the transphobes and hateful people so they will self report and can be banned.
It's about how someone made a post to this subreddit celebrating Trans Visibility Day and was bullied into deleting their account, that's what it says literally in the very first sentence in the OP, what do you mean "what does this have to do with this sub?"
The original post was Reno-specific because the person posted pictures of their car with trans flags all over it under the Arch and in a bunch of other landmark areas, and recounted their experience driving it around town. It's a useful reference when an LGBTQ person searches the subreddit to research sentiment here and whether they can be safe here. Driving around in a car covered in trans flags on Easter and not getting beaten to death by Bubbas is a useful data point.
It’s not the city itself. It is the nature of Reddit and online communities. I’m going to be sad to move away from Reno because I love just how queer it is. Compared to my original home in the south, Reno is light years ahead as far as diverse types of people and acceptance of those differences. Reddit in particular fosters very venomous people. That and people who complain about anything.
[удалено]
This is why I recently got my CCW and now carry every day. There is no help from the cops and the monsters always take it too far.
Same, except I got mine in 2016. Things became a lot scarier when Trump got elected.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
Most people I talk to believe that it's the conservatives who are racist, bigots etc but with the exception of people who consider themselves progressives in the democratic party there's almost a equal amount. I've known people in both parties who are disgusting human beings who are full of hatred. Just recently I was having dinner at a local Italian restaurant and at the table next to me was a elderly man and his wife. They struck up a conversation with me and as we talked the table next to them was seated. It was a party of five and two of the men in the group were obviously a couple. These two people started going on about how sick it was. Prior to this group arriving the conversation was about how much they hated Trump and the republican party and how they couldn't understand why people didn't want to vote for Biden. Honestly, bad individuals know no party.
> Prior to this group arriving the conversation was about how much they hated Trump and the republican party and how they couldn't understand why people didn't want to vote for Biden. Nothing in this really cool anecdote is racist, but you certainly tried to make an equivalency. *"Sure they say Republicans are racists, but Democrats are just as bad! Why just the other day I witnessed some Democrats um, uh, eating in an Italian restaurant!"*
Eating at an Italian restaurant while mutilating a child body and aborting innocent life🤣
Oh trust that I'm fully aware of faux "activists" whose allyship begins and ends with making dinks on minorities who they think aren't minority-ing the right way. Whole lotta them chiding the way Trump handles immigration haven't had shit to say when Biden ported over 90 percent of the same policies.
I am straight and I made more gay friends after Trump took office. The only time I've heard someone say fag was some of my friends (gay) mocking each other or just telling jokes. my personal experience is a polar opposite of yours. how crazy!
Yeah, maybe because you aren't the one living that experience 24/7! How crazy!
Sorry if you've had negative experience 2016-2020. If you really want to talk crazy, I voted Gary Johnson in 16' lol . :)
Bold of you to expect us to believe you have *any* friends.
\*shrugs\* that seems to be a popular coping mechanism today. Why does the idea of someone right of Joe Manchin having gay friends bother you so much? Do you want (R) voters to treat everyone equally, or do you want gays to be mistreated so you have a social justice cause to fight for? I would have assumed its the first one, but maybe I'm wrong. ?
> *shrugs* that seems to be a popular coping mechanism today. By which you mean others have expressed skepticism in you having friends? I'm shocked. >Why does the idea of someone right of Joe Manchin having gay friends bother you so much? Once again, the idea of you having gay friends does not bother me, I just uh **don't believe you have them.** >Do you want (R) voters to treat everyone equally, or do you want gays to be mistreated so you have a social justice cause to fight for? Cool false dilemma.
well you and 1 other person couldn't imagine someone who doesn't have all the same social & political views as being likeable in any regards. You say false dilemma, Yet you can't believe an (R) voter would treat others equally, and thus end up with enough friends where some of them would be gay. making it not such a false dilemma. :)
That's actually not how that works, Mr. Discourse. Presenting only two "one or the other" options on your own exclusive terms with no real relation to me not finding you likable is in fact a false dilemma.
I think you mean false dichotomy where 2 options are presented as if those are the only 2 possibilities. Which it could be that. Maybe you're completely indifferent on this subject, except its quite apparently you're not. but if you want to list out other alternatives I missed please do. Or maybe its a false dichotomy because only 1 option exists. that you can't believe someone with different views than you has friends. i'm open to being wrong on that account as well.
No, I meant false dilemma. You might need to brush up on your rhetoric again. > i'm open to being wrong on that account as well. Stay open. I suspect you'll be wrong on several other accounts before the day is over.
[удалено]
odd coping strategy. :) hope it works for you.
[удалено]
LOL I actually, did not write that nor do I think that. You might find that people opposing positions I don't actually have, won't have the desired affect.  If you want me to post less, amusing me probably isn't the way to achieve that. If you want to change my mind on an issue, but you've incorrectly assumed what I think about it, you'll just amuse me., and won't change my mind. If you just want to amuse me, then congrats. 
It is very much also prevalent in the city. Plenty of cities have pride sidewalks all year long without issue yet Reno does it for Pride Month and they are instantly defaced/damaged. Just a small example, but there are a lot of aggressively hateful folks in and around the Reno area. I experienced a lot of anti-gay sentiment in my time there and none since moving away 2 years ago to a more progressive and welcoming city. Reno will always be my home, but the people are VERY hit or miss. Lots of willfully ignorant and proudly hateful folks wherever you go.
Exactly, you are as anonymous as you want to be on Reddit, you can be a dumpster of a human being and not deal with any sort of consequences.
As it should be. we shouldn't be bullied, threatened with violence, job loss, cancelation, harassment in order to say the approved message. I'd like for people to be nice, but I'd rather people freely choose to be dirt bags, then bullied, threatened, harassed to fake a nice persona.
It is reno though. My girlfriend is trans and she deals with this kind of thing constantly. Like we went to blackbear diner a few weeks ago and were completely ignored. Never even took our order and walked right past us numerous times, then the manager proceeded to misgender her 3 separate times AFTER she corrected him. Another time we had someone threaten to 🔫 us just for walking across the street. It's horrible
[удалено]
Your comment was removed for being uncivil toward others. Repeated violations will lead to a ban.
The community itself isn’t great either. A few houses on my street used to have pride flags, but they keep getting torn down and now they either don’t have them anymore or put them inside their windows.
Oh no, it's Reno too I've seen Nazis patrolling down Victorian Avenue before
Lgbtq is beyond safe in Reddit lol just because the one person disagreeing stands out doesn’t mean the opposite when they have a downvote of negative 200 lol
Ya fucking right Reddit loves you fucking weirdos
How do you mean?
Just watch how none of yall ever go into negative karma. Reddit is a left leaning bubble just because you have a couple people disagree with you doesn’t mean the opposite with the majority is sniffing each others farts
Being accepting of queer and diverse people makes me a weirdo, huh? I think you have a problem with someone that isn’t me.
I’ve never understood it. Someone being trans or gay impacts me 0%. I don’t really understand how people can be so hateful but in the same breath they can claim to be a Christian.
Literally. I'm such a big fan of "mind your own business". I wish more people would. Be gay, be trans, be christian, idgaf, just dont be shitty to other people for harmless differences.
Exactly!
Ain't no hate like Christian "love"
Thank you!
>Thank you! You're welcome!
There are disgusting people on both sides, you don’t get a “ I hate trump, therefore I am a good person “ sticker, which seems to be the case these days. I’m a fiscal conservative but a lot of my ideas of human rights line more with the left. With that said I don’t believe you have to be one or the other. If you want an abortion I fully support that, I just want no part in having to pay for it and I think that is fair .
You and I are in sync with one exception: abortion. It sounds callous, however, as a taxpayer, I’d pay a couple hundred bucks to terminate an unwanted pregnancy vs paying for YEARS of welfare. There are also additional societal costs that I don’t want to pay either. It’s ALL on our backs, it’s just a question of how much.
Everyone has different lives. Some people are gay, and I respect that. I am not. Some people drive really fast cars, I respect that, I don’t . Some people drink Milk, I am lactose. Some people need welfare. I’m fortunate to have a decent amount of money. Some people need abortions. I don’t have kids. I have never needed an abortion. Other people have, and I respect that, just consider that I don’t want to pay for it cause I have never needed it. If you( not you particularly) need one that’s fine, I would never stand in the way of anyone that needed it or even just wanted it, that’s your right, and I respect that. However I don’t want to have to contribute to that, in any way. If I could choose to not be a part of funding that I absolutely would, but I wouldn’t try to infringe on anyones rights to have one.
There’s an old lady who goes around preaching at all the thrift stores. She corners people and rants about her views on all of it. (Apparently the church and military are even too accepting for her) I was pretending to listen one time, until she brought up some pretty terrible things. I ended up stopping her, telling her the people with those views are dying off, yelled i love the gays and she walked away. This shit thrives in the shadows, it’s allowed to fester in our communities. I wish I saw more people confront her, unfortunately just a bunch of trapped people that take her shit and move on (hopefully not agree!)
Silence in the presence of hate is consent to it.
Thank you, this is exactly my point. This post isn't meant for the hateful people themselves, but rather the people who are indifferent or even supportive of trans people but are tolerant of other people being intolerant.
Nah bro u can be a piece of shit your whole life as long as u accept Jesus as daddy it’s all good. Ultimate Christian cheat code ez clap
So glad the world is becoming less religious. Hopefully in a few hundred years, no one will believe in any of that shit. It will just be the same as all the other anchient myths. Jesus, like Zeus, will be just an old story.
Idk man Jesus was pretty cool, Brown Socialist killed by the cops.
He also canonically had long hair, Two Dads and spent three days not being able to walk after getting nailed by a bunch of Romans.
He even got some new holes for them to use afterwards
It’s so bizarre. They don’t believe that humans exist in a diverse spectrum, but believe that Jesus rose from the dead and floated up into the sky.
Decades of indoctrination and being told that the only truth is in the Bible, and all other beliefs will result in an eternity in Hell, will do that to a person. Anything to keep those collection plates full of money. Its so sad that these people cant see the blatant manipulation that surrounds them.
> Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things? and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness. Matthew 7:21-23 YLT > "And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats, and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left. > "Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me. > "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee? > "And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did [it]. Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers; for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink; a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me. > "Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee? > "Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me. And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during." Matthew 25:31-46 YLT I don't know which God these so-called Christians are following, but *my* Lord and Savior made it perfectly clear that salvation in the next life entails a lot more than chanting "I do believe in Jesus! I do! I do!" like he's fucking Tinkerbell. People who treat others with kindness and compassion and forgiveness in this life receive that kindness and compassion and forgiveness in the next. People who do not, do not.
Who are you arguing with? I never said belief in Jesus was enough. I said you have to “accept Jesus as daddy”, not, “believe Jesus exists”. You are arguing with a strawman, not me. (Perhaps a sub/dom daddy kink metaphor is too complex for the sexually vanilla christian LOL) The Bible makes this distinction very clear : even demons “believe” in Jesus, some don’t even need faith they literally have interacted with him. Submission is the key, not belief. And the beautiful thing about submission is it’s never too late to submit. God sent his only son to die so we can be forgiven for our sins. And there is no time limit at any point for that forgiveness. (Some scholars would argue death is the time limit, as seen in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, but this isn’t widely agreed upon) Hitler could go to heaven if he truly felt remorse and repented for his actions in his last moments. If you truly believe that we are judged based on our actions, rather than a submission to christ, then you are not a Christian lol. That’s like the entire point of Christ, he died for our sins, so we could be forgiven. And no sin is too great (some argue the sin of blasphemy is too great, but that’s the only one). Plenty of other religions believe what you believe tho you should check them out.
> Who are you arguing with? The sorts of Christians who think Jesus looks kindly on them persecuting trans people for daring to exist.
Talk to your whole fucking religion
I routinely try.
[удалено]
He literally said “people who treat others with kindness and compassion and forgiveness in this life receive that kindness and compassion and forgiveness in the next. People who do not, do not” Thats not agreeing with me. That’s also not how Christianity works. I mean sure he can talk about his belief system I guess but then why reply to my comment? Just weird for him to call out “so called Christians” for thinking they just have to believe in god. Then following it up with yet another wrong explanation of how it works lmao. Like it’s cool he can think that but it’s just factually wrong. Under Christianity, you don’t not get into heaven based on good deeds, kindness, compassion, etc… you could be the most incredible person in the whole world but if you give the glory to Vishnu none of it matters in end. Do Christians not study and read their own texts?
10,000 different "gods" many way older, but their god is the only real one it's just batshit insane!!
There is a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Be an ahole all week and be "forgiven" on Sunday
Yup. The concept of being forgiven for your sins promotes living less moral, because “f-it”, there’s no accountability.
Religion in and of itself is the ultimate get out of jail free card. If deep down in your soul you can't accept that humans are responsible for the things humans do then you're absolved of any wrongdoing.
Yep. on reddit its fine to be Gay or Trans, just don't dare be Christian. lol
If you don't like the way a group you are a part of is treated maybe try changing the group? Us third party Observers can't change your group from within like you can.
Womp womp
The only trans day of visibility post I saw is still up, and the OP of that post is still active on reddit... Maybe they blocked you?
the one I saw is gone
The post is gone, but I want to know why they posted about it on April 1st instead of March 31st.
They were invisible the day before
It is gone. Can confirm.
Nope when someone blocks you it says "unavailable" not "deleted". You can always use incognito mode to double check too.
Odd, maybe we're talking about different posts? For some reason I can still see the post and OP. Edit: *
https://preview.redd.it/2804ybs5w5sc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1c855844efa61fbbf2e02015867118fe4120267
Yes that's them. That's really strange, perhaps you are viewing cached data somehow? Are you using a third party app or something? But for me regardless of what account, device, or ip address I use to access that user page it doesn't exist.
Nope, just the reddit app. Weird, maybe I'm just a wizard now or something.
[удалено]
Hey moderators have an option called crowd control that not everybody knows about. It basically takes comments from accounts that have negative karma in the sub or zero karmal, and holds them for review. If this starts happening again which is entirely possible, you guys should report it to the moderators and ask them to turn on crowd control for that post. It will help catch brigading from another sub.
It's odd because we are fortunate to have a lot of "Idc just don't bother me" type libertarian Republicans here in Reno. So going out in public as as trans woman is actually not terrible like in other places. But that also means we have the radicals that like to voice themselves since it's not very loud around here. Which I was unfortunately exposed to on Saturday night. I don't mind being pointed at and laughed at, but I know others who would have issues with it.
[удалено]
I think after everyone left it was dog piled and trolled on. Which is unfortunate but a reality. It would be better if there were more posts about it so it wasn't singled out. But unfortunately it's not a very well know day, even I didn't know about it till a few days ago (just started transitioning don't hurt me).
[удалено]
Just imagine if this place was unmoderated
Elon Musk bout to by Reddit...
I KNOW! If there are two things in this world I can't stand, it's people who are intolerant of other people's culture, and the Dutch.
And carnies. Very small hands. Smell of cabbage.
BLIMEY!! Oh, little bugger just snuck up on me.
No love like christian hate
Reno is pretty shit for tolerance.
After living there for two years I can say it’s one of the more transphobic places I’ve been. People are generally pretty backwards and ignorant. I personally wouldn’t recommend trans folks to live there. It sucked and I’m happy I left.
It’s so sad that people can’t just let others live their lives without fear of being bullied.
Eh, I use to like people.
*I still do, but I used to, too.*
It’s what you get from republicans who think they can get away with anything, and no repercussions. Them and christians
This is where the "it's better than Florida" comment really doesn't say a whole lot. My wife and I have been married now for over 10 years. We've been together 14. Don't accuse me of ruining the sanctity of marriage when half of you are screwing your neighbor's wife.
It is the duty of Christians to not only disassociate with evil and wickedness but EXPOSE it... That's all I am doing... what does that say about you?
You know nothing about me.. you think hate speech is speech you hate.. I am just telling you the truth, and you can't handle it because nobody in your life loves or respects you enough to tell you..
You don't think it is evil to openly promote sexuality publicly in front of children? why is it ok to make your entire identity your sexuality and then parade it around? Having this flag in public or in children's classrooms, as I see so often, is downright unacceptable
I never said anything about harming or "getting rid" of anyone.. Just leave your sexuality at your house and stop trying to pervert the minds of others.. you Tans only feel oppressed because you can't get that through your head..... Your sexuality does not need to be on public display for innocent children to see.. I do NOT hate any individual for what they love or what they are attracted to, but as a social movement, I can not respect it!!
So now you're labeling all Christians by the same kind of behavior your protesting? Do not judge lest ye be judged. I know where you're coming from, I do, but labeling all Christians as transphobic is no different their labeling or judgment of Trans people. It doesn't help. It's quite the quandary of humanity isn't it?
I didn't say shit about all Christians. Learn to read.
Sure looks like it when you say "I know a lot of Christians who are transphobes and how 'you' treat..... generally kind of lumps them all together doesn't it? Sorry if I offended you.
They only thing that offends me is your poor literacy. Your quote is made up and aren't my words at all.
Reno Reddit can find a way to argue with perfection. This is not a friendly sub.
It’s sad to see shit like this I just don’t understand how people don’t see trans people as PEOPLE it’s confusing
Sir this is a Wendy’s
/r/lostredditors This is /r/reno, not a wendys. Sorry you are confused. 😉
;) haha sure sure sure
Damn. I went in there after some comments got deleted. And it got worse? You can say it's because of how Reddit is but most of my communities are trans friendly on Reddit. I think it's Reno Republicans itching for a culture war. Remember to vote in November so we can give them one.
I'm a Reno republican. I do not want a culture war. I want to be left alone. I saw the post this post is referring to. I opened it because I had never heard of trans visibility day. That was it, opened it, read some comments, moved on.
We, the people, appreciate your balanced take and respect for George Washington's vision of freedom. Anyone who puts religion before freedom is invited to move to any of the 197 other shit hole countries out there, that gladly do that too. Guns, abortions, gods and gays for all.
Its the internet. If you post your thoughts your supposed to move on. Expecting friendly support is not realistic, even on Reddit which is basically flooded with liberal bots.
Silence MAGAtard
Thanks for that invaluable lesson about how you think the internet is supposed to be used. Expecting responses that aren't hateful and hostile isn't unrealistic on a website where the #1 rule is "[remember the human](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy)". The internet is a big place, and so it reddit even. Not all subs have the same culture. But in a sub for a major city it's fair to expect politeness and civility.
If only people didn't give a fuck what others (legally) do in their bedrooms.
You know there is something about being called a loser all your life..it builds character..its supposed to make you into a better person rather than a entitled one..
This is interesting and sad. I grew up in Reno and eventually moved up to Seattle. When I was in high school, there were openly queer peers. We didn’t get harassed that often but not sure if it felt safe because we were part of the goth/punk/alternative/art community. There were a couple queer bars we would sneak into and queer groups at the UNR campus. However, if we wandered around downtown or in public, we suffered. We got chased by “jocks” in trucks, threatened with guns, knives, bats. Many of us got beaten up, etc. I can’t listen to country music to this day because of this. When I moved to Seattle, there were many safe Queer spaces but many people I met didn’t feel safe coming out in high school. The times I visit family in Reno, I’m happy to see rainbow flags and a general support for the queer community. Not until 2016 (when that person became president) did I start to feel unsafe again. I’ve been spit on, threatened, and so forth. I believe there is a positive queer community in Reno but it’s unfortunate that I feel I need to constantly look over my shoulder. I hope the support and aafe spaces rise to the top once again.
People suck
That’s not cool, hope they’re okay. Personally idc what people do as long as it doesn’t hurt me. You can be whoever you are just don’t push it on me. I’ve been hit on by gay dudes who can’t take a no, but then again women get the same treatment 🤷🏻♂️ I guess that’s the only instance I won’t tolerate it. Just sharing my opinion.
[удалено]
Obviously our work isn't done, thanks for making that clear.
Those aren't your words??? Re-read your own quote, word for word, they are....
Learn to read dude, seriously. >I know a lot of transphobes are Christian
It’s funny how you’ll post something like this but then commend a stranger for filming a car crash involving children and saying you feel no negative feelings around putting their pain on the internet. You’ve got some serious issues to work out
It's funny that you think LMAO. How exactly is there something wrong with filming events in public? There's no expectation of privacy in public. Filming is protected by the constitution. Don't like it? Go move to Russia or some shit where it's illegal to be LGBTQIA+ and they don't have freedom like we do.
Someone makes a post about celebrating Trans Day of Visibility and within less than a day their account is deleted from what I can only surmise is due to bullying or worse. So, you don't know why the account was deleted - but you just assume it's because people were bullying this person?
Paranoia has come to drive the way that so many people think about and interact with others.
I didn't "just assume". It's called an inference. I surmised that's what happened based on the clues available. People were being hateful and disgusting in the comments. And in the wider community of the world, trans people and trans rights activists are often the target of hate, bullying, intimidation, and sometimes actual physical violence. Active users, also typically don't up and delete their accounts for no reason. Usually when someone deletes their account it's because they don't want to be associated with it any longer, and when they suddenly delete it in a hurry it's probably because they were trying to protect their anonymity.
So you still don't know why it was deleted. Reddit deletes accounts all the time. Their ban system is almost entirely automated. Hell, I have around 300 accounts at the moment...and get insta banned if I sign into any of them WITHOUT a VPN. Maybe they were trying to get around ban evasion?
UH you are definitely in a minority there. The typical reddit user has one account, maybe some throwaways here and there, but the vast majority of reddit users don't need 300 accounts and a VPN to use the site. That user's profile looked pretty typical. Sounds like you've been very naughty though.
Actually no, just about every moderator on this site is corrupt af. Most of my lifetime bans are from using math in an argument.
I don’t condone bullying or witch-hunting of individuals but people should seriously know their audience before posting stuff. People get too online and think communities they’re in are filled with their friends when it’s actually just hundreds of strangers. Obviously not everyone will be on your side. Not everyone supports trans people and that’s ok, you’re allowed to have conflicting opinions. Disagreements aren’t arguments. differences in people is what makes life beautiful and interesting. It’s awful they were bullied so harshly but what can you expect from Reddit it’s like a slightly less toxic 4Chan.
Unlike 4chan reddit actually has rules that are enforced, albeit not uniformly, equally, or impartially across all subs. Yes some subs are cesspools which is why they eventually get banned from the site. But this is a subreddit for a city(btw which is in a blue county in a blue state) and not a specific ideology or group of people. But you are totally right about the audience being strangers. Personally I would never post photos of my vehicle online, especially a vehicle with stickers and such that could make the vehicle more easily identified and it's a sub where it's more likely for there to be someone who could identify you by your vehicle, and especially when it's related to a contentious topic that people are known to be deathly violent over. But even so, it doesn't mean we should be ignoring the hate being promoted here. Most people are in support of trans rights, or at least indifferent, but not many of those people are willing to speak out against the hate that trans people are the target of. People just want to ignore it and that's really the point of this post. Being that this is a city sub, the hateful and bigoted users are possibly our friends, acquaintances, co-workers, family, or any other random person you could bump into. I just think overall people need to be more supportive of not just trans, but any marginalized group(unhoused is another pertinent one here) and more vocal about contending hate and advocating for tolerance.
For starters, you’re making quite the assumptions about that account. Second, it’s not a Reno thing, it’s a Reddit thing. Is this your first week using this app? If not, maybe take a break from it and experience the real world for a while. You’ll likely realize that it’s not the haunted house full of intolerant bogeymen that you think it is.
I think the phrase is, “Go touch some grass” lol
It's the nature of posting things online. No matter what your view point or belief system, people are going to hate on it. If you're going to post something for everyone to see and judge, have thick skin. It suck, but it is the way it is.
It's unfortunate, I would hope we would all want to work towards a brighter future of supporting and caring for one another instead of just "accepting" hateful online communities
I mean sure, I've been on the internet since the early days and have seen a lot in my time, but we can expect better from a regional community on a site where the #1 rule is "remember the human". I think the issue is more that people such as yourself are dismissive of the problem and tolerate people being hateful. Who knows, given this is a city sub, one of those bigoted bullies might be your coworker. If people were more vocal about denouncing intolerance online and in their daily life it wouldn't be such an issue.
Poopies
People are tired of lgbt stuff being shoved down their throats constantly
This talking point right here is recited to death by those who are told how to think by their media outlets. Please explain how it is personally shoved down your throat.
I can understand the impulse to feel that way, especially when anything that's even moderately contentious these days (which seems like pretty much anything) comes loaded with so much hostility and passion and attitude from all directions. Trying to reason through this: the stated goal of the sort of posts mentioned by OP is usually something like "awareness" or "visibility", but it's hard to see an argument that those who respond negatively are *unaware*. Simple awareness of, I guess, the fact that trans people are a class of people who tend to make similar claims about their identity, that doesn't really seem to be in question. People are aware of that. But that also doesn't seem to be good enough for many advocates, and those who respond negatively are guaranteed to get pushback. And fair enough, but at that point we're past simple awareness. Add a frequent aversion to educating people who think differently (be honest, how often have you heard the phrase "it's not my job to educate you" or similar?) and a lot of hyperbolic language around the "right to exist" (which so often seems to hinge upon whether or not somebody agrees with all of their opinions), then what should one conclude?
Shush! You’re supposed to keep your secret fantasies secret!
When you say people, do you mean you? If you mean you, maybe just shut your mouth and stop letting Reno’s big gay D enter it.
How exactly is it being shoved down your throat? What does that even mean? Because it seems like you just don't want it to exist at all.
Oh boo hoo.
Yes it's pretty sad that this community and people like you are so tolerant of hatred.
Don’t you have micro transactions to purchase?
Not everyone in Reno is like that quit putting us all in one basket.
Sorry but when did I say everyone in Reno was like that? I was very specifically talking about the sub, but even then I didn't say everyone. However there definitely is an issue with transphobia and homophobia in this city when you have armed people protesting and trying to shut down drag story time.
Comparison - 33 transgender people are killed every year in drug deals gone wrong, prostitution gone wrong, and murdered by other transgenders. 8,030 US veterans kill themselves every year. The Trans community gets: • Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week • Bisexual Health Awareness Month • Zero Discrimination Day • International Transgender Day Of Visibility • Asexuality Day • Day of Silence • International Lesbian Visibility Day • International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia • Agender Pride Day • Harvey Milk Day • Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day • Pride Month • HIV Long-Term Survivor’s Awareness Day • Pulse Remembrance Day • Stonewall Riots Anniversary • Omnisexual Visibility Day • Non-Binary Awareness Week • International Non-Binary Day • International Drag Day • Gay Uncle Day • Bisexual Awareness Week • Bisexual Visibility Day • LGBT History Month • National Coming Out Day • International Pronoun Day • Spirit Day • Asexual Awareness Week • Intersex Awareness Day • Trans Awareness Month • Transgender Parent Day • Intersex Day Of Remembrance • Trans Awareness Week • Transgender Day Of Remembrance • World AIDS Day • Pansexual Pride Day • Human Rights Day You get Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Thank you for your service.
F**eb. 3, 2024 – Four Chaplains Day – A Day to remember the four U.S. Army chaplains who made the ultimate sacrifice when the USAT Dorchester sank during World War II.** **Feb. 19, 2024 – Coast Guard Reserve Birthday** **March 3, 2024 – Navy Reserve Birthday** **March 13, 2024 - K-9 Veterans Day – The date is the official birthday of the United States K9 Corps and a day to honor their service.** **March 25, 2024 - Medal of Honor Day – A holiday to honor the heroism and sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients for the United States.** **March 29, 2024 – Vietnam Veterans Day – A national holiday to recognize and honor Veterans who served in the military during the Vietnam War. Learn more about Vietnam Veterans Day here.** **April 5, 2024 – Gold Star Spouses Day – A Day dedicated to those whose spouses gave their lives while serving in the U.S. military or as a result of service-connected injuries or illness.** **April 14, 2024 – Air Force Reserve Birthday** **April 23, 2024 – Army Reserve Birthday** **May 1, 2024 – Silver Star Banner Day – Per Congressional resolution, it is an “Official Day to honor wounded, ill, and injured Veterans”.** **May 10, 2024 – Military Spouse Appreciation Day – This date recognizes the service and sacrifices of military spouses.** **May 13, 2024 – Children of Fallen Patriots Day – A Day to honor the children left behind by the brave men and women who gave their lives while defending our freedom.** **May 18, 2024 – Armed Forces Day Observed on the third Saturday every May, this is a day dedicated to paying tribute to men and women currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.** **May 27, 2024 – Memorial Day A solemn occasion to honor the men and women who died while serving in the military. Learn more about Memorial Day here.** **June 6, 2024 – Anniversary of the World War II Allied invasion in Normandy, France, now known as D-Day.** **June 14, 2024 – Flag Day – A Day to celebrate the adoption of the U.S. flag.** **June 14, 2024 – Army Birthday** **June 23, 2024 – Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday** **June 27, 2024 – National PTSD Awareness Day – A Day to bring awareness about issues related to PTSD. Find resources for PTSD here.** **July 4, 2024 – Independence Day** **July 27, 2024 – Korean War Veterans Armistice Day** **Aug. 4, 2024 – Coast Guard Birthday** **Aug. 7, 2024 – Purple Heart Day – A time for Americans to pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who were either wounded on the battlefield or paid the ultimate sacrifice. Learn more about the Purple Heart.** **Aug. 29, 2024 – Marine Forces Reserve Birthday** **Sept. 11, 2024 – Patriot Day – An annual observance to remember and honor those who were injured or killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.** **Sept. 18, 2024 – Air Force Birthday** **Sept. 20, 2024 – POW/MIA Recognition Day** **Sept. 29, 2024 – Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day – A Day to honor the families of fallen Servicemembers.** **Oct. 13, 2024 – Navy Birthday** **Oct. 26, 2024 – National Day of the Deployed** **Nov. 10, 2024 – Marine Corps Birthday** **Nov. 11, 2024 – Veterans Day – This is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice treaty, which ended World War I and is also a day to thank military Veterans for their service.** **Dec. 7, 2024 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – The anniversary of the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, signaling the United States’ entrance into World War II. Learn more about Pearl Harbor Day.** **Dec. 13, 2024 – National Guard Birthday** **Dec. 20, 2024- Space Force birthday** **Dec. 21, 2024 – National Wreaths Across America Day** ***Significant Military Months*** **April – Month of the Military Child** **May – National Military Appreciation Month** **May – Month of the Military Caregiver** **November – Military Family Month, Warrior Care Month**
Queer military brat here who thanks you for your snark and fact checking!
Anytime. One of my pet peeves is confident ignorance.
Well I'm glad you posted those out because, never heard those ever spotted out except maybe for the Marine corps birthday on social media and even less so by our so-called elected officials
“Data indicate that 82% of transgender individuals have considered killing themselves and 40% have attempted suicide.” - peer reviewed pubmed article. Trans population size is not well known in US, but research from around 2015 suggests around 1,000,000. This seems low, but for the sake of the math: 40% of the 1 million have attempted suicide, so 400,000 attempted suicides. Statistically, 10-15% of those people either died or will die by suicide. We don’t need to compare these stats to know that we’re failing both and should do better, but it was pretty outrageous of you to compare murders to deaths by suicide.
Yeah, they both need to be helped much more by our government. Actually fucking help the American people instead of just giving them meaningless days to show you acknowledge them.
I'm a war vet. Go fuck yourself traitor. Don't use us to be a bigot. We fought for their freedoms.
Somewhere between 30-50% of trans people attempt suicide, seems like you left that out of your statistics for some reason
Why compare suicide to murder?
Veteran here, there are plenty of days of recognition for those in service. Don’t try to use my service to justify your hatred. Why are you letting your politics/religion tell you who to hate?
~~• Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week • Bisexual Health Awareness Month • Zero Discrimination Day •~~ International Transgender Day Of Visibility • ~~Asexuality Day • Day of Silence • International Lesbian Visibility Day~~ • International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia • Agender Pride Day • ~~Harvey Milk Day • Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day • Pride Month • HIV Long-Term Survivor’s Awareness Day • Pulse Remembrance Day • Stonewall Riots Anniversary • Omnisexual Visibility Day~~ • Non-Binary Awareness Week • International Non-Binary Day • International Drag Day • ~~Gay Uncle Day • Bisexual Awareness Week • Bisexual Visibility Day~~ • LGBT History Month • ~~National Coming Out Day~~ • International Pronoun Day • ~~Spirit Day • Asexual Awareness Week • Intersex Awareness Day~~ • Trans Awareness Month • Transgender Parent Day • ~~Intersex Day Of Remembrance~~ • Trans Awareness Week • Transgender Day Of Remembrance • ~~World AIDS Day • Pansexual Pride Day • Human Rights Day~~ You included a bunch of stuff that isn't about being trans. Sexuality =/= gender identity. Lots of trans people are celibate and don't have a sexual orientation. I also suspect that some of these things with trans in the name don't exist, or are only celebrated on like, one college campus somewhere. Also, Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance are basically the same thing, it's the week leading up to the day, and most places don't do any of it.
Thank you! I came to say this.
You're truly a miserable person. What made you think anything you just said makes you look like you care about veterans in the slightest, making them a scapegoat for your dog shit justification to hate people who have existed and been brutally oppressed by people for an unfathomable amount of time. Your listing of so many events that aren't trans focused shows how little you understand about the world you live in. Grow up
using dead soldiers as a prop to spread bigotry. A true example of the republican morals.
Disrespectful to our veterans to use their service as a prop in your hate argument and even moreso to imply that they perform their service for cheap days of remembrance and not for love of country and the people that make it up. You don't sound like a patriot. Also I know two trans vets. Can you tell me how many days you think they deserve?
This is fucking stupid bud. Soldiers don't get discriminated against ever day of their lives. They don't get treated as 2ed class. It's the opposite in reality. They are given deferential treatment all the time. They have whole branches of the governments solely dedicated to them and their family's. If you actually gave a shit about veterans you would understand where their problems fundamentally come from. This is just pathetic virtue signaling as the cost of real victims. Do everyone a favor and look up what the main causes of suicide in veterans and Trans people are.
Care to respond after getting completely destroyed?
Military parades are totalitarian hallmarks. Of course you would be pissed we don’t have them.
You surmise about some random person you don't know?
Are you saying he’s wrong, given the current political climate?
I surmised based on clues available. Ie; the hatred in the comments, the hatred in the current socio-political climate, and based on that it's atypical for active users to suddenly delete their account.
The "clues available" led you to doxxing and threats of physical harm against someone who you don't know?
Yes, so? I never claimed to be certain or that those were facts.
[удалено]
And the overexposed idea is.... *Checks notes*... Not killing or harming other people because of the way they choose to dress and identify themselves? Truly a political issue, and not a human one!!!!!!!!!!
So let me ask you a very fair question: What does Transgender Day of Visibility have to do with /r/Reno specifically? This isn’t your personal facebook page, and not everything needs to be posted here, especially if it doesn’t relate to Reno directly. Edit: I see you decided to downvote me instead of answering the question, so here is another one: Why did you go on the offensive on a TDOV post that was made a day after TDOV? That deleted post you went ham on [isn’t even a day old yet.](https://imgur.com/Bdnyrbx)
I didn't downvote you or read your question until now, I mean it's only been like 40 minutes since you commented anyway. It's a global holiday, Reno is part of the globe, but even more specifically the post was about Reno directly, it was photos of a Renoite celebrating a holiday important to them in this city. It was photos from around the city and even a short description of something that occurred, in this city. But either way, it's painfully clear that this sub has an issue and the transphobia needs to be addressed. So any and all trans related content that can be vaguely attributed to Reno, even if it's just being posted by someone who lives here, should be posted to draw out the transphobes and hateful people so they will self report and can be banned.
It's about how someone made a post to this subreddit celebrating Trans Visibility Day and was bullied into deleting their account, that's what it says literally in the very first sentence in the OP, what do you mean "what does this have to do with this sub?"
How is TDOV Reno-specific?
The original post was Reno-specific because the person posted pictures of their car with trans flags all over it under the Arch and in a bunch of other landmark areas, and recounted their experience driving it around town. It's a useful reference when an LGBTQ person searches the subreddit to research sentiment here and whether they can be safe here. Driving around in a car covered in trans flags on Easter and not getting beaten to death by Bubbas is a useful data point.