TransPaws

TransPaws

@transpaws.bsky.social

We're back! TransPaws is a VRChat and Discord community focused around providing safe spaces for marginalized groups, such as transgender people. Owner: @aussiedeerdog.bsky.social

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Happy Anita Bryant Pie Day to all who celebrate!

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

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Screams and wails echo through the halls. Be careful, the ghosts of the symphony have taken to the stage! The Neon Symphony is proud to present: Spirits of the Symphony! The link to our Halloween avatar contest is linked below! Show us your holiday fits!

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Hello everyone ! Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States. As a transgender focused community, it feels appropriate for us to focus on a particular aspect of indigenous cultures within North America; namely, Two-Spirit people.

Hello everyone ! Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States. As a transgender focused community, it feels appropriate for us to focus on a particular aspect of indigenous cultures within North America; namely, Two-Spirit people.

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@sahoni.bsky.social Sahoni is a queer, indigenous writer and game designer. Find out more about him here bsky.app/profile/saho...

Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf@sahoni.bsky.social

Osiyo! My name is Sahoni and I am a Queer and Indigenous (ᏣᎳᎩᏱ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᎸᎩ) writer, game designer, and comics/content editor. You can find some of my work and other important links below! Shop: bramblewolfgames.itch.io Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/bramblewol... DMs open for work and personal inquiries

Hello everyone ! Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States. As a transgender focused community, it feels appropriate for us to focus on a particular aspect of indigenous cultures within North America; namely, Two-Spirit people.

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As a furry-aligned trans organization, we'd like to take a moment to uplift and promote indigenous people within the furry fandom, especially those who are trans, Two-Spirit, or LGBTQ+. Please feel free to suggest additional people throughout the day and we'll add them to the list below!

Hello everyone ! Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States. As a transgender focused community, it feels appropriate for us to focus on a particular aspect of indigenous cultures within North America; namely, Two-Spirit people.

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Hello everyone ! Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States. As a transgender focused community, it feels appropriate for us to focus on a particular aspect of indigenous cultures within North America; namely, Two-Spirit people.

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Generally speaking, it was considered a special gift or blessing to be Two-Spirit, and often it is not a self-selected role. It often was a role that must be given or assigned by tribal elders.

As I am not an indigenous person, I do not want to speak over the voices of actual indigenous people and organizations. Instead, I would strongly encourage you all to look up more about Two-Spirit people directly from indigenous sources (links in the next posts)

Hello everyone ! Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States. As a transgender focused community, it feels appropriate for us to focus on a particular aspect of indigenous cultures within North America; namely, Two-Spirit people.

Two-Spirit is an umbrella term that covers a huge variety of terms, roles, and identities within hundreds of First Nations, all collectively referring to indigenous people who have certain characteristics, roles, or spirits that embody elements of both men and women; in other words, third gender/GNC

It's important to recognize that this is more than just an identity, and that different First Nations had different terms for these sorts of people, and that the significance and cultural meaning also varied.

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Here at TransPaws, our official stance is "fuck AI" and AI generated content is banned in our Discord and instances 🧡

big@b1g.monster

I will not be creating for a platform that both uses and promotes AI generated content. #VRChat please join me in placing this poster in your worlds. share it and edit it freely, spread it as far as you can. nothing is going to change if we don't put our foot down now. vrc.group/NOAI.3843

Please take the time to upvote the posts regarding AI content in VRC. We need to be loud about this.

Aurum 👽💫@astralaurum.bsky.social

Something else I can recommend to players is to go to VRC's feedback forums and upvote the posts asking for VRC to address these concerns. As of the time I write this, a system requiring users to disclose if something is AI generated is the number one request feedback.vrchat.com/feature-requ...

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Something else I can recommend to players is to go to VRC's feedback forums and upvote the posts asking for VRC to address these concerns. As of the time I write this, a system requiring users to disclose if something is AI generated is the number one request feedback.vrchat.com/feature-requ...

feedback.vrchat.comFeature Requests | VRChatPlease check out the following guidelines before suggesting a feature! Off-topic posts will be deleted. http://bit.ly/vrchat-feature-requests

Here at TransPaws, our official stance is "fuck AI" and AI generated content is banned in our Discord and instances 🧡

big@b1g.monster

I will not be creating for a platform that both uses and promotes AI generated content. #VRChat please join me in placing this poster in your worlds. share it and edit it freely, spread it as far as you can. nothing is going to change if we don't put our foot down now. vrc.group/NOAI.3843

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I will not be creating for a platform that both uses and promotes AI generated content. #VRChat please join me in placing this poster in your worlds. share it and edit it freely, spread it as far as you can. nothing is going to change if we don't put our foot down now. vrc.group/NOAI.3843

Please take the time to read through this thread. It's important that we listen to each other, especially those who are often talked over, and take the time to understand their experiences. We are all capable of perpetuating bigoted ideas, so we all must be aware of our own words and thoughts.

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It's also important to remember that these are systemic issues and to not take personal offense when we make mistakes. Instead, we must listen and put forth the effort to understand how our thoughts, words, or actions were harmful, and then we must make those changes internally.

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ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/4veRIqA

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Governor Gavin Newsom@governor.ca.gov

The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.

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Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

1. This morning, California Governor said he was in "complete alignment" with anti-LGBTQ+ hate-influencer Charlie Kirk of TPUSA on transgender sports. He also conceded on trans inmates and gender affirming care for youth. It's so much worse than being reported. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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Veronica Green-Party Eco-Socialist@smartirestgeenyas.bsky.social

California? CA Gov Newsom takes bribes from PG&E, a repeated corporate serial killer. The Erin Brockovich villain PG&E whose CRIMINAL negligence burned >23,000 CA homes to the ground & killed 84 people. Corrupt Newsom protected PG&E from lawsuits by victims. www.abc10.com/article/news...