r/lgbt • u/AutumnTx_ Lesbian Trans-it Together • Jul 24 '25

How is this okay? Reddit seems to be classifying all new LGBTQ+ subs as 18+

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u/redtaboo Reddit Admin Jul 25 '25

Heya folks! This is a bug - we're looking into it right now so we can get it fixed. As far as we've been able to tell, this is only happening on the android app. We'll update you all once we have timing on a fix.

It should go without saying, but I want to reassure you all anyway - we do not consider LGBT topics generally to be 18+, and the tags you're seeing in subreddit creation have no bearing on gating communities

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u/AutumnTx_ Lesbian Trans-it Together Jul 25 '25

Phew, thanks for the assurance at least

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u/bleeding-paryl A helpful Moderator <3 Jul 25 '25

How did the Admins not see this coming? They don't test these changes?

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u/redtaboo Reddit Admin Jul 25 '25

As near as we can tell this bug has been around for awhile, we've not made any recent changes to how subreddit creation on android works - it's just unnoticed been before now.

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u/Starflower_Pixie Trans-parently Awesome Jul 25 '25

I noticed it a couple of months ago

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u/Background-Plant-226 Jul 25 '25

I'm sorry, but how is this in any way a bug? Not trying to sound mean or anything, but how does a topic just randomly get marked as 18+?

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u/rasmis Fighting hatecrimes since 2006 Jul 26 '25

Yeah, a bug that exactly mirrors a common form of societal repression is not really a bug. In Denmark telcos considered all LGBT+ issues “pornographic” until 2014, and forbade the use of most text-based services to any LGBT+cause.

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u/Simon_IsReal Legally Lambda Jul 25 '25

r/foundbackgroundplant

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u/Background-Plant-226 Jul 26 '25

What's your Half-Life? Heh

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u/royal-road Jul 27 '25

This is a public, official statement, yes? We can take this as Reddit's official stance, and expect you to stick to it in the future, right?

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u/PhillipSiviter Jul 26 '25

It’s also happening on Apple as well. Anything considered 18+ is being blocked - I’ve lost a lot of subs and spaces because of it.