I wondered how long it would take… With that being said, welcome home new comrades! Let’s discuss food sometime!

Your feelings mirror mine exactly. It’s something that has bothered me too. But don’t let them get to you, they never had your best interests at heart and it shows that they say this instead of genuinely trying to understand how you came to your conclusions. They never say it as a sincere attempt at communication. What troubles me the most is that I even hear other queer people say it. But these people believe that the liberals will help them in the end and that they just have to keep pushing, hoping, and voting hard enough. This is their greatest mistake and it’s quite clear just by how many times our rights have been dropped by these people across the globe as soon as it is no longer convenient.

But even if it were true that Stalin would personally murder us with his giant spoon, they talk as if capitalist nations would have treated us much better during that same time period. When it comes to their own personal figures they require nuance and careful examination, to judge them as a product of their time, but this same gesture is not allowed to communists.

During my time on Rednote I’ve only really found people to be very kind and supportive but I have little real life experience because I’ve unfortunately never been to China.

I can’t speak too much about the other experiences lived by LGB people because I just don’t know enough to accurately say, I’ve heard mixed things, but for trans people I’ve heard interesting things. Generally there seems to be a larger concentration of trans people in Beijing and Guangdong. General acceptance can vary but living a happy life is certainly possible from what I have seen. I once had a conversation with a person on the topic who had been to China for the purpose of learning about and helping trans people in China. I think the most interesting thing they said about the subject is they had never in their entire time encountered a single trans person who was homeless.

Transitioning is legal but requires surgery (That is to say, you have to have surgery before your ID legal documents can be updated to reflect your accurate credentials) and gender affirming care is restricted. I am not sure how restricted but I do know that recieving care is possible as there are gender clinics in the country. As far as I was aware I did not think there were any other protections in place for LGBTQ+ people in the country but your friend says the opposite so for that I don’t know what to think but I’d probably take their word on that over mine. I really can’t speak to how the general populace views the average trans person but it largely seems to be mixed and depends on which region you are in and who you speak to.

Generally I think for a trans person it isn’t the worst place to live, I’d certainly rather live there than terf island but there is room for improvement. I do hope China will take inspiration from Vietnam and Cuba’s example in the future and I’m optimistic about that.

I wish I could paint a more accurate picture for you but that’s all I know from my brief investigation and limited information. I hope it helps you.

Ohh I didn’t see that button on my phone. I was very confused.I managed to get around it now though thanks :) I’ll send you a DM now.

It’s hard to believe I used to really like her back in the day. Now whenever I see her post I take psychic damage.

Sure sounds great! I’m not so sure how to DM you though… how do I go about doing that?

Thank you that’s very useful!

Thank you I’ll give it a read!

Happy birthday :)

Feels like a news story from Cyberpunk 2077.

Nice! Hope you liked it :)

Yay happy birthday!

Eat lots of cake (but not too much) ^^

Cute!

Checking the news before bed was a terrible mistake. Hoping everyone here is safe and stays thay way.

I have not posted anything in awhile so I just thought I’d say hello! Very busy these days. Recently the app I was using for books died a tragic death and I have to rebuild my entire library up again. It’s taken awhile but I think it is almost there. I still lurk and read posts but commenting is scary :D Hope you all have a good week

Such horrible people. Makes me feel physically sick.

That sounds so nice! You must be so happy. :)

Wow those are beautiful!

Welcome!

I love Korean food. We will have to discuss cooking sometime!

It was definitely an interesting read and I didn’t actually know about this one. I thought I had all of Lenin’s works but somehow this one slipped unnoticed.

I’m looking forward to this reading group going forward especially since I can find books I may not have read yet or heard of. I don’t have too much to say about it that hasn’t already been said but I’m certainly looking forward to the group and reading more in the future. :)