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Have you tried turning off voting for lemmy (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Cattail@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I went through the options on the Lemmy and say you can turn off all any display of voting and even the icon for the voting feature. Has you done this? Has it changed your experience of Lemmy?

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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Thank you for the explanation!

Edit: If you don't mind a follow-on question: Is my former binary definition applicable when we're talking about 'transsexual' rather then 'transgender'? And when someone says just 'trans' in the queer community without any suffix, does that typically refer to -gender or -sexual?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Transsexual is an old, negatively coded word (with use as far back as the Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975). Transgender is the preferred nomenclature.

It was a derogatory term that implies that being transgender has something to do with sex and not an expression of gender.

Asexuals, who are disinterested in sex, can be transgender. Calling them a "transsexual" implies that there is a sexual expression happening.

When you express your gender (whatever it is), do you feel like you are being sexual? I would wager most don't think they're being sexual simply walking around being who they are.

That's why the term for non-trans people is "cisgender" not "cissexual."

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Personally, I'm not offended when referred to as '-sexual'. In general, I don't see my gender as an important part of my identity. I guess I'm 'just' cis male but I don't see that as restrictive in any way.

But thanks for your explanation! Good to know that there's a negative connotation tied to that term and other people might be offended. I'll try to keep it in in mind for future discussions. :)