I dunno if this is the right place for this, but I was curious. I joined Beehaw during the Great Reddit API migration, a few years ago at this point. I couldn’t put a finger on why but I wanted to join a queer-friendly space. It just seemed like a good place to be, somewhere that seemed to have goals of inclusivity and being kind to one another that I thought sounded good. I wanted to belong somewhere like this place seems to want to be.
Then, years later, in Nov of 2024 my egg absolutely shattered and I came out to myself as trans. Then I just realized this morning that the timeline is kinda funny to me. Thought I’d ask and see how common that pattern was.
My parents are lesbians, so I’ve been at least somewhat involve in LGBT groups since I was a young child, so not really surprising I felt some unity with the queer community regardless of whatever my own particular gender or sexuality was (which I assumed to be “technically cis” and “technically het” for the longest time). But yeah, I found myself frequently preferring queer online communities, particularly leaning towards those with lots of trans fems.
I already realized my queerness before the reddit exodus though. Twitch was the main website where I found myself in like 95%+ queer spaces for years before realizing.