The recent spate of 'bashing' topics.

[Cindy]

Everyone who has joined has agreed to the Terms of Service which includes ToS 10.

10. Bashing or flaming of an individual or group is not acceptable behavior on this website and will not be tolerated in the slightest for any reason.  This includes but is not limited to:

• Advocating the separation or exclusion of one or more group from under the Transgender umbrella term. The same restriction applies to advocating the removal of the T from GLBT.
• Suggesting or claiming that one segment or sub-segment of our community is more or less legitimate, deserving, or real than any others.
• Suggesting that Trans people are not really men (FTM) or women (MTF).
  
• Posting any messages that engages in personal attacks and/or is actively or passively aggressive no matter the provocation.

This also applies to political topics and to political parties and identities.

I fully understand that many USA members have concerns at the moment but I will not tolerate people attacking others in any area over their political beliefs.

If you wish to post political post I suggest you use other social media.

Staff will be monitoring posts carefully and people who break ToS 10 will receive penalties.

Cindy
Forum Admin.

[Susan]

This website is apolitical!

In reference to U.S. Politics, it is neither Republican or Democrat, a fact that does not make either side happy.

Here are the conditions of engaging in political discussions on this web site.

You are free to discuss issues, policies, and actions of the political parties and politicians; the repercussion of those issues, polices, and actions; you are even free to say if you personally feel those said issues or actions are, or are not transgender or LGBTI friendly.

What you are not free to do is to paint all members of a political party with a broad brush, especially when you are using derogatory terms of any kind. You also may not criticize how someone chooses to vote, or which political party someone decides to support. Lastly no one is allowed to engage in bashing or flaming against another even if that person is Donald Trump.

We are glad to allow members to engage in civil discussions, but if you let it get out of hand we will shut it down. Not out of a bias towards one side or another but to ensure that this website remains a supportive environment for everyone.

We also prefer that the political discussion here is limited to those issues that directly affect the Transgender and LGBTI communities, as there are better web sites that allow for the discussion of more broad based political topics.

Are we clear?