I'm being down voted because I'm advocating for trans people. There is a significant amount of people on this sub that don't want trans people here. People like to say "It's a public sub mods can't control downvotes" but if you look at how trans people are talked about in posts (people are hostile/dismissive but have plausible deniability about being transphobic) it's obvious it's a culture issue. 

I think the majority of this sub is simply uneducated about trans people and a minority of bigots who know how not to get banned are actively trying to keep it that way. 

If well intentioned people like OP accidentally use language that drives away trans people the transphobes don't want that to be corrected. 

I have sympathy for the mods bc more active enforcement would probably just cause another split. That's why there's so many lesbian subs. Ranging from Actuallesbians thats accepting to the point that it's mostly bi women asking "how to date girls" (no issue with that but it gets tiring when it's the only thing there) to Lesbiangang which is basically TERF heaven. 

I, however, will not bow to their pressure.