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Re:Welcome to Libera Chat by fao_ on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:03AM (#27209647)
I mean, most spaces have those as roles that you can fill in, but don't have to. wrt pronoun roles, they are used for figuring out how to refer to you -- it is after all, a trans space where appearance and expectation won't match up with people's preferences, and where people are tired from the water-drip torture* that is constant implicit and explicit misgendering.

* - that is to say, each individual instance (drip) wouldn't cause pain, but when you face it almost constantly, and you're already hyperaware of it, it can cause a lot of anguish.

Re:Welcome to Libera Chat by Quarrelsome on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:18AM (#27209901)
In this case they were mandatory. I get that it represents an issue for that community but I'm merely describing a schism compared with earlier internet attitudes and some spaces today.

I left the community because it just upset me to have to do that. a/s/l always broke my heart and it still does.