[Manue]

Hello everyone,

I've been directly affected by institutional transphobia in-real life. This has hurt me immensely. I make an effort to limit my intake of online transphobia for the sake of my mental health. 

With that said, I feel like my experience on BN has been overwhelmingly positive since the first day I joined over 13 years ago. I even made some deep friendships through this forum. My point is, I don't feel bothered or on-edge with BN like I do with the much larger, mainstream social media sites. Unlike elsewhere on the Internet, on BN we're all united with a common interest of pursing breast development/growth, whether we be trans, cis or other genders. As a trans woman, I don't feel like there's an "us vs. them" mentality here. I have no issues with sharing my experiences of being on PM (on/off for about 9 years) or HRT (4 years) with the cis guys here.

The most problematic of posts I've seen are the spam posters that quickly get deleted/removed by the moderators.

Alice, I relate to this a lot. I’ve dealt with transphobia offline too, and I’m careful about the online content I expose myself to.

My experience on BN has also been overwhelmingly positive. As a trans woman, I don’t feel threatened or on-edge here, and people have generally been supportive of my transition and results. What I appreciate is that the forum stays anchored in a shared goal, breast development, and the discussions tend to stay practical rather than devolving into “us vs them.”

Also agreed on the worst content being spam, which mods handle quickly.

Thanks to all, and long live BN.