In regards to the recent accusations of transphobia on the subreddit:
Now, I'm not entirely convinced that there's transphobia going on, seeing as the comment posted is entirely without context of the garbage graffiti stuck figure in the image. Could be someone shitstirring, or genuine, or someone being overly sensitive. I don't know enough yet about the person posting. Given the number of other channels that nothing remotely like that has been said, the number of times AIF has quietly or overtly helped the community, and people I know are LGBTQ+ who are part of AIF, I don't think this kind of accusation holds a lot of water, also considering that the person went with a cropped screenshot to the Reddit to bring attention to it without mentioning it on the discord first. I would encourage everyone to take a second to read their comments over before posting. I asked @Skullmaggot and @WojtektheBear to take a look and chime in, just because this seems like there's no malice and wasn't intended as a shot at the LGBTQ+ community.
The offending comments were deleted, the person responsible had a consequence, and I reached out to the person who complained. Their responses were, well... Let's say they probably won't change their mind and don't like AIF.
In any case, I'll reiterate the point:
Please pause and read what you are going to post before you hit that send button.
Additionally, if you believe someone has said something that is offensive or rubs you the wrong way, please be an adult about it and address it with the person either on the Discord, or in DMs, and do not run to try and air dirty laundry publicly without any sort of explanation or attempt to allow the offender to make it right. (edited)
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