This topic stems from iNaturalist Pride Month 2021 blog post , and is a place for LGBTQIA+ members of the iNaturalist community and their allies to share and discuss their experiences on iNat or in the broader naturalist/STEM community. It can be difficult to share these stories, positive or negativ…

This is directed at no one in particular, but I want to say that I have been so happy to see the new wave of young (and of course the older ones!) naturalists that are LGBT+. You are seen and you are valued and I want to assure you that you are welcome and very necessary.

Knowing what I know of what has gone on behind the scenes, I wonder if the staff even know what tone policing is. If they do, they’re obviously okay with it. Whatever happened to the “view hidden content” button?

I understand people have different views on all sorts of stuff, this included, but I think people need to realize that outside views do not matter compared to one’s life. One’s opinion on how another person naturally is and how they exist and who they are is simply not comparable to that person’s li…

@sedgequeen have you tried putting yourself in the other person’s position? Suppose that someone on here had very negative experiences with the term “she.” Maybe he was a boy who was thought of as a sissy, bullied and tormented and called a girl by the other boys, who cruelly referred to him as “she…

Thanks, Dallon. A breath of fresh air with the kindness I have learnt to expect from you.

You’re here to tell us queer naturalists that we don’t experience what we’re telling you we experience? On the absolutely simplest level, visibility is encouraging to people who have historically been made unwelcome in a given social space. In general that means women, people of color, and queer pe…

I hid two posts above because the first was calling out other users and making accusations about them based on behavior from other sites, and the second was a response to it. Trying to keep this focused on the LGBTQIA+ experience and iNat/nature.

In interest of bringing this topic back to, hopefully, something a little more positive (since there’s also a moderation thread regarding the mod decisions and it keeps spilling back over here,) does anyone have any queer artists they can recommend supporting? Pride month seems like a good time to c…

[image] lothlin: target not being willing to back their queer designers Oh, why am I not surprised to see this on that company’s website today [image]

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sedgequeen June 1, 2023, 4:07pm 379

Actually, I’ve tried twice to modify one of my posts and can’t because of the slow mode.

Moderation decisions about several posts in the LGBTQIA+ Thread

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Moderation decisions about several posts in the LGBTQIA+ Thread Forum Feedback	68	4890	June 10, 2023
Why is iNat male-dominated? General	84	7940	September 23, 2019
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What can iNaturalist do to better support people of color? General	123	12141	November 6, 2020
Results from recent brief survey of iNat users General	66	4292	November 2, 2019

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