Damn. Say what you will about the character of this Leah person, but the reddit thread that shows when you Google that is _insanely_ anti-trans toward her. Only 6 years ago too. One person says that whenever someone says "cisgendered" is when they know to stop listening to them.

Bunch of bigoted ass holes!

> One person says that whenever someone says "cisgendered" is when they know to stop listening to them.

I follow this rule and I'm not a bigoted asshole. Anyone who brings gender politics into a technical discussion is the bigot and should be banned or ignored. This applies to both sides of the debate.

What if someone just said it, period?

From my own memory, trans topics had hardly any coverage in the news (= my best indicator for popularity/acceptance) 7 years ago in 2016[0]. I think widespread acceptance is a very recent thing and it somewhat seems like the T in LGBT is somewhat in its nascency. I'm willing to bet many of the people there have developed different views with the societal shifts in what's accepted as moral in the past 7 years.

All of the events that first come to mind when I think of the movement are very recent, after 2016. Like a UK teacher refusing to use a student's preferred pronouns in 2022, JK Rowling catching heat for her views in September 2019 and Canada judging a lawsuit by a trans person) when that person's identity is relevant) in 2019 too.

There wasn't any mainstream news coverage about them (whether positive or negative) in 2016, and I think the increasing news coverage since then (whether positive or negative) is a sign that they've started to gain acceptance. Negative news about a movement would only be published if those part of the movement are relevant.

I just think we can try to be more understanding of the recent past. We didn't always have the same views we do now...

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/54by6w/comment/d80uu...

Wow, it's been a while since I heard so much use of "SJW". I think Leah's actions here seemed defensible. You can easily understand how a trans person would feel uncomfortable being part of or under a project that they find as hostile to their own identity.

It doesn't make sense. Most people involved in OSS and Linux are self proclaimed SJW, pro lgbtqabcdef. Even if they weren't, nobody would dare to do so in 2023 to risk being cancelled. Especially people in OSS who depends on the tech sphere, which is notoriously pro lgbtqabcdef.

The idea she was fired for being trans is ridiculous. I think it's more credible that she's a narcissist pathological lier.