Hello everyone, welcome to transfurs!

This is a community for transgender furries where we can come together and discuss more about the intersectionality between being transgender and furry. Of course, other queer furries and allies are welcome to join as long as things stay on topic.

Given the huge number of trans furries, we thought it might be a good idea to have a dedicated community. It would be nice to discuss the intersectionality between furry and trans experiences.

Keep in mind that despite the name association in other places, this community isn't about transformation related stuff (as in human turning into furries and the like). Rather, this community is about transgender furries.

We welcome transformation related contents if they are relevant to this community's purpose. But if you want to find and share purely transformation related stuff, there are other, more appropriate communities such as:

Rules

Please keep in mind that our community rules and guidelines will be updated every once in a while. Be sure to keep track of any edits to this pinned post so you won't get left behind on our community rules.

01. Follow pawb.social code of conducts

Their code of conducts can be found here.. In summary:

  1. No contents or conducts that are illegal in the United States.
  2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other discrimination.
  3. Don't stalk or harass other users.
  4. No misinformation and deceptive content.
  5. Content warning policy. For pawb.social lemmy instance specifically: NSFW content must be tagged.
  6. Do not perform pentesting without approval, do not spam or advertise, and limit the scope of automated tools (see the full code of conducts).
  7. Use the report system
  8. Account policies, see the full code of conducts for more info.

02. Keep this community as a safe space

Keep this place civil and don't cause issues or drama which may make others unwelcome. Avoid hostile behaviors such as gaslighting, harrasment, ad hominem, bullying, and other incivility. Hate speech against other groups are also not allowed, such as fatphobia, ableism, antitheism, etc.

Keep in mind that anything which may invalidate someone's gender identity is also not allowed. This includes erasure or gatekeeping of non-binary, genderfluid, and other alternative gender identities. Likewise, gatekeeping whether someone is trans enough, calling others trenders or fakers is also not allowed.

Basically, respect others' gender identity.

03. Put Content Warning on potentially negative post

When posting content which may trigger or affect many people negatively (such as negative experiences, transphobia, etc), try to place content warning within your post title. For example:
[TW: transphobia] Insert post title

Also, if your post assumes or reassures viewers as a certain gender (such as posts that affirms femininity, which can be euphoric for transfeminine people but dysphoric for transmasculine people, and anything else similar to that), place a trigger warning within your post title. For example:
[TW: assumes viewer as transfem] Insert post title

04. We are not professionals, don't ask for medical advice

This community is not created, maintained, or participated by a professional. We are mostly trans people and furries who wanted to share our own creation and ideas. This community is not a substitute for professional help if you need them. We also can't guarantee the quality of any users, posts, or comments made in this community, so please excercise caution to any advice or information here.

Because of that, we also couldn't allow medical advices which could be dangerous without professional help. These include advices about HRT dosages, DIY HRT, and other medical advices, official or alternative. We couldn't moderate such contents properly and we couldn't guarantee the safety of such advices. There are other communities better suited for such content.

Of course, general mentions of HRT and surgeries are allowed, just not medical discussions/advices which can be dangerous without professionals.

05. No adveritising or fundraising

Our moderation team are not well equipped to vet or verify that any particular fundraiser, crowdfunding, or organizations are legitimate, so we couldn't allow them within our community. This applies to both personal and organization fundraising, as well as non-fundraising organization.

If you need resources or professional help, we highly recommend checking !mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone sidebar/about page as there are quite a few helpful links. You could also ask or find more resources there.

TLDR for Rules

  1. Follow pawb.social code of conducts.
  2. Keep this community as a safe space and don't make others unwelcome or invalidate their gender
  3. Put Content Warning on potentially negative posts and posts that assumes the viewers' genders.
  4. We are not professionals, don't ask for medical advice
  5. No adveritising or fundraising

We will continue to revise the rules as time went by and our community grows. We hope you have a great time within our community.

Keep awooing your gender!