I used to be a regular on Yahoo Answers and would post well-thought out replies to any transgender questions I came across.

However, once I noticed that the majority of the people I'd tried to help either continued posting the same question over and over with just a few variations in details and/or would pick some bigoted, transphobic answer as best with a reply along the lines of "lol i kno rite? f--ing ->-bleeped-<-s". There are few trolls that can actually make me feel sad. 

Quote from: Katelyn on January 29, 2012, 01:54:03 AM
^ I don't think its bigotry to state that certain religious leaders from certain religions are perpetuating bigotry.

Ah, but that's not what you said the first time. You said religion encourages bigotry, not how some people interpret religion. Not to mince words, but there's a difference. I agree with the latter, not the former.

Anyway, about yahoo: I agree that the transpeople who look to yahoo answers need a better source of information and support, and cispeople who ask trans-related questions also need a more reliable source of info, but how could that situation be improved? Presumably they could be referred to forums such as this one, but would that just encourage the yahoo trolls to permeate these "safe zones" as well?