Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
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"Before TikTok, Tumblr or LiveJournal, before widespread computer ownership or the web itself, trans people were connecting online, allowing them to talk to people like themselves.

For many, this was the first time. The earliest forums offered an invaluable space for people whose innate sense of being trans clashed with the prevailing culture. But there, in cyberspace, they built community and friendships."

assignedmedia.org/breaking-new

For ‘Love and Knowledge’: On the Frontlines of Trans Cyberspace — Assigned

The moderators of trans forums, many of them volunteers, have demonstrated remarkable resilience and resourcefulness over four decades and multiple digital eras. 

www.assignedmedia.org · Assigned

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