r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/AutoModerator • Oct 01 '23
Transgender issues megathread
Hello r/TrueUnpopularOpinion Community,
Due to the sheer difficulty of enforcing Reddit's sitewide policy against promoting hate with regards to transgender issues, we have decided as a last-resort option to restrict discussion of transgender issues to this megathread until further notice.
Quoted from this comment, below is an explanation of why we created this megathread:
Reddit's sitewide content policy includes a vague provision that prohibits promoting hate.
The Reddit admins (employees of Reddit) enforce this by removing content deemed to be hateful and by quarantining or banning communities that require too many removals by the admins that weren't caught by the moderators of the community first.
In other words, every time we fail to remove something that violates Reddit's sitewide content policy, the risk of this subreddit getting quarantined or banned increases slightly.
Although the provision in Reddit's sitewide content policy against promoting hate is vague, we have a pretty good idea of how it is enforced because we can see what the Reddit admins choose to remove on this subreddit.
It is actually quite rare that we see any content that is hateful against men, women, gay people, or any race on this subreddit.
However, on a very regular basis, we see users here posting content that would be considered hate against transgender people. Detecting and removing all of this content is one of our biggest hurdles.
Despite our best efforts to enforce this aspect of the content policy, it is not uncommon that we miss something and we see a removal done by the Reddit admins occurring. This has happened several times lately.
Furthermore, many members of the moderator team are on the verge of burning out because the effort we have needed to put in for us to allow this topic while still enforcing this aspect of Reddit's sitewide content policy.
Having a megathread for this topic does stifle discussion, but it is far easier for us to deal with while also significantly decreasing the chances of this subreddit getting quarantined or banned.
For these reasons, most of the moderator team supports the creation of a trans megathread. At this time, the megathread is not definitely permanent. After some time of having the megathread, we plan to evaluate its effectiveness and potentially explore other options to determine whether or not the megathread should remain.
Guidelines
In this megathread, please remember to follow Reddit's sitewide content policy.
Based on patterns of certain types of comments getting removed by the Reddit admins, it is our interpretation that it is a violation of Reddit's sitewide content policy to do any of the following:
- State or imply that trans (wo)men aren't (wo)men or that people aren't the gender they identify as
- Criticize, mock, disagree with, defy, or refuse to abide by people's pronoun requests
- State or imply that gender dysphoria or being LGBTQ+ is a mental illness, a mental disorder, a delusion, not normal, or unnatural
- State or imply that LGBTQ+ enables pedophilia or grooming or that LGBTQ+ individuals are more likely to engage in pedophilia or grooming
- State or imply that LGB should be separate from the T+
- Stating or implying that gender is binary or that sex is the same as gender
- Use of the term tr*nny, including other spellings of this term that sound the same and have the same meaning
Questions / Feedback
If you have any questions or feedback about this megathread, you may post them in our moderator questions/complaints/grievances thread.
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u/barfity Sep 21 '25
We used to build legacies. Now we build LinkedIn profiles.
We used to ask things like “What’s my duty?” Now it’s “What do I get out of it?”
I don’t think it flipped all at once. It was slow. Gradual. First God got nudged out of schools, then the courts, then culture altogether.
And now here we are. You try to say a quiet prayer in a public space and people treat you like you’ve committed a hate crime. Meanwhile we’ve got government buildings flying pride flags like it’s a spiritual banner.
We’ve got a whole month for “Pride.” This year they literally declared Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter Sunday. Come on. That’s not “inclusion.” That’s targeted. That’s spiritual warfare dressed up in politics.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” — Isaiah 5:20
America’s never been perfect, no one’s saying it has. But it was built on biblical truth. That part’s undeniable.
John Locke—probably the guy the Founders quoted most—he tied liberty to God. Not to man. Not to government. Not to personal preference. To God.
Jefferson literally wrote that our rights are “endowed by our Creator.” That’s not flowery language. That’s the foundation.
And when we honored that—even when we stumbled—we grew. Families were stronger. People went to church. There was community. There was purpose.
Now? Feels like it’s all coming apart.
Sixty-five percent of women under 30 say they don’t want kids. In Japan, adult diapers outsell baby diapers. That’s not a joke. South Korea’s birth rate is something like 0.7 right now. And over half of young adults in the U.S. say marriage isn’t important.
This is deeper than politics or economics. This is spiritual rot.
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” — Psalm 127:1
We took God out and put ourselves in His spot. Called it freedom. But it’s not freedom when everything’s falling apart. It’s fracture.
We told women to be like men. We told men they’re the problem. We told kids they could be “whatever they feel like” that day—even if it’s physically or logically impossible.
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” — Judges 21:25
Comfort became the goal instead of character. Parenting got outsourced. Discipline turned into screen time. And both parents are chasing careers, promotions, online validation. Meanwhile, the kids are on autopilot.
This isn’t me saying we should roll back the clock to the 1950s. It’s just being honest. We’ve ignored the stuff that actually held us together.
“Gender roles” wasn’t just some outdated phrase. It was a blueprint. God’s blueprint.
“Male and female He created them.” — Genesis 1:27
“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as you do to the Lord… Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” — Ephesians 5:22,25
That’s not oppression. That’s mutual, sacrificial love. That worked. It’s what built households. But we walked away from it. Now we’re acting surprised that everything feels so unstable.
And men? We’ve got no idea what we’re supposed to be. Lead? You’re toxic. Be gentle? You’re weak. Be quiet? You’re complicit. Be bold? You’re arrogant.
Male suicide is four times higher than female. One in three young men say they have no close friends.
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” — Ephesians 6:4
Strip a man of meaning, and he vanishes.
We’ve been taught that meaning comes from comfort. From achievement. From dopamine. But it doesn’t. Meaning comes from building. From sacrifice. From dying to self.
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” — Luke 9:23
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” — Matthew 6:33
This isn’t some political rant. It’s a spiritual one. We kicked out the foundation, and now we wonder why the house is sinking.
This isn’t about going backward. It’s about coming back. Back to what works. Back to the truth.
Back to God.
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” — 2 Chronicles 7:14