This does not address the substance of the comment you are replying to. In fact, that comment was itself replying to a comment making the same argument you are making, explicitly explaining why it is non-sequitur.

i went to an eff meeting at a hackerspace in 2006 or 2007, and it was hacker crypto nerds, mostly fat guys with ponytails that liked X files, gaming, and 2600.. some went to 2600 meetings.

I went 10-11 years later, and half the people at the meeting were transexuals, and it was a totally different vibe.

Something happened..

I miss when tech was mostly the former. Or many just the world when these niches could exist without political activists for the omnicause.

Agreed. There are a lot of things that don't have anything to do with software freedom in this explanation of why they're leaving X. I think they've lost the plot.

Usually I try to refrain from snark on this platform, but I wonder what could have happened 10 or 11 years after 2006 that would lead transgender folks to start being more concerned with civil liberties and rights...

Spoiler: it's the same people

I was around both communities before the transition happened and you're really only about 20% right.

You learned how to identify them better, and the community is hiding their identity less.

Nothing happened, except maybe you forgot what it means to be a hacker.

bizarre gaslighting, I have always been able to tell when a man is dressed as a woman, but I don't see what that has to do with 2600 meetings and crypto anarchy with some kind of autogynephilic perversion or fetish