HOT TAKE! It can't be both.
NephewAlphaBravo phrased this better than I did.
Inviting libs means inviting a constant stream of new users’ shitty takes. “Place where we constantly rehash this shit with libs” is in direct tension with “place where trans users can just chill and not have to rehash this shit”
I'm not trying to say "a good lib-to-left pipeline community means we shouldn't fight transphobia".
I'm saying we should decide if we want to clap up all Transphobia and protect our feelings, or engage with people that might only have a few brain worms and sort them out in order to grow a larger community.
Ban trenched in transphobes. Acknowledge that being transphobic is the default in 2021 and many people who identify as leftist probably have some transphobic views. Last year I didn't like neo-pronouns and I quickly had my mind changed. A few years ago I agreed with Obama when he said BLM were thugs. Is this supposed to be a community where people like me can come to learn and be radicalized?
At this point I just want a functional community where everyone feels safe. A random website not connected to the big social media conglomerates probably won't be a lib-to-left pipeline any time soon, so if you really can't have both then it's probably better to make it a safe space for trans people.
What it really needs to do is federate with Lemmy, and then the fediverse slowly becomes the new internet. Then ChCh or something similar could become a lib-to-left pipeline.
This isnt a community though to 99% of people, this is what you do while trying to poop/get away from the lib vs conservative google algorithms