Old screenshot collage I made back in 2024 for the Trans Day of Visibility. It features Claire, canon trans woman, Jago, canon trans masc, and my V, Valentin, who's always been trans from the day I've made him in CC in 2020. :D

Let's share our trans Vs, I know there's plenty of us in the community 👉

Toit.

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I saw mods strip users of flairs… and eventually of free speech. Saw them transform Reddit into a machine fueled by people’s crushed spirits, broken dreams, and emptied karma. Mods have controlled our lives, taken lots… and now they’re after our souls! Choom, I stood my ground not because authoritarianism is a thorn in my side or outta nostalgia for a Reddit gone by. This stand's a people’s stand against a system that’s spiraled outta our control. It’s a stand against the fuckin’ forces of entropy, understand? Do whatever it takes to stop ’em! Remove 'em! Cancel ’em! If I gotta ban, I’ll ban. If I need your karma, I’ll fuckin’ take it! Fuckin’ hell… You still don’t see it. But you will one day.

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In all seriousness, it's good to be back. From what I was told, the two mods that made their viral mistake have removed themselves from the equation and the rest of us plan to make sure this sub is as safe and inclusive as can be for everyone.

I wish those two mods the best in their ventures of life and look forward to zeroing bigot gonks from cyberspace.

Cheers yall. Stay cool.

Head mod trying to damage control (check edit) an utterly BS rule to the sub and ostracizing someone that's fighting against it is cowardice and slimy. This is the kind of shit that causes subreddits to lose all faith in moderation and fold to bot-activity. BULLSHIT you're trying to be cordial by avoiding the drama, it was a BULLSHIT rational to begin with.

Edit: Going to add that the Mod who spoke up's post has apparrently been removed citing Rule 8- Witch-hunt, Accusations, and Calls to action

The Mods post was absolutely not calling for a witch hunt, did not name specific mods, and did not call for action against the moderation team. They specifically noted that they didn't believe that the rule was meant to be added for bigoted reasons, but rather as a method to avoid the burnout from constant BS reports about the character. They were respectful in this post and explained their disagreement with the moderation team appropriately.

As a trans woman myself, I think whole situation is disgusting. You should be ashamed to be Cyberpunk fans because being trans is a normal thing in the real world and ESPECIALLY in Cyberpunk universe.

Also a couple fun facts, did you know Jago Szabó (who is also canonically trans) from the Phantom Liberty DLC is voiced by a trans man? The voice actors name is Shaan Dasani.

And did you know TECHNICALLY everyone that has cyberware is trans? Transhumanism is what its called.

There’s nobody I’d rather talk to in the bar there’s nobody I’d rather race with. Complex,strong, and cares about people she loves in any circumstance I cannot blame her for wanting revenge for her husband I can only blame myself for not choosing the dialogue that allowed me to help her.

Fuck this mod team and everyone on it the only one of you with balls is gone now so what’s the point.

As the title says, why is it a witch hunt now that we all know how two-faced your apology is? Removing the only mod to speak out against your shit decision on top of only suspending the mod that caused this is an insanely tone deaf decision.

Just got my post taken down after the mod came and said they would "fix the situation" and no longer ban claire post.

You side with people who are against changing your body to what you want in a game where you legit can customise your body even going back to the ripperdoc midgame? Are people missing the fact that cyberpunk's core message is leftist and political?

EDIT: Situation is finally simmering down y'all. Seeing the community come together has honestly been really heartwarming. Remember y'all, as Johnny says, "never stop fighting"

The reason a Cyberpunk subreddit is heavily political is because the game is heavily political. It’s about wealth inequality, trans humanism, unevenly distributed power, unstoppable corporate dynasties, and self-actualization and augmentation via tech and chemistry, and there are plenty of trans and gay people. Every single one of these is a hot button political topic and the game isn’t afraid of going there.

So what I’m saying is you better accept that your favorite game is political, or find a new one if you can’t.

Edit: to people saying “You can just like totally just enjoy the artwork brah you don’t have to think about what it means or what the writers are saying to you brah I promise man it’s like popcorn you can just consume bro just be a consumer please consume consooooom”
This is a cattle mindset. The rich see you as a good lil piggy

You are NOT beating the Reddit Moderator allegations choom

I’ve seen so many online communities and social media posts actively hating the existence of people like myself. In the UK, within the span of a year and a half, we’ve seen politics actively taking away more and more trans rights. I rarely go a day without seeing something negative or seeing comments actively degrading us or saying really fucked up shit I won’t give examples of.

The way this community has pulled together and supported the community I’m apart of is just really heartwarming and genuinely has proven to me that not everyone hates us. It’s restored some hope in humanity.

So just a thank you for that. With all the negativity at the moment, it’s just nice to see. I really needed that.

Use this thread here to vent your frustrations about the recent situation.

Need context because you're employed and not chronically online enough?

Long story short, a couple former mods made the decision to ban all posts related to Claire Russel, a trans character in Cyberpunk 2077. They did this out of good intentions- they were tired of all the bigotry people comment under posts about her and wanted to both declutter the mod queue and eliminate the chance for more bigoted discussion. It was not a malicious decision- just an ignorant one. The reception to this decision was unanimous. It was not the right call.

Do we cease discussion about gay people because of homophobes? Nay!

Do we cease discussion about people of color because of racists? Nay!

So should we cease discussion about transfolk because of transphobes? Nay!

Backlash ensued. I spoke out against this decision and was removed as a moderator for a day.

So where are we at now? The sub is in chaos, full of people hurt and confused by everything that has happened.

I figured everyone could use a space to vent about how all of this made them feel, so feel free to use this megathread as just that. A therapeutic ventilation of why trans inclusion matters. Why its wrong to silence discourse about oppressed peoples despite the ones who oppress them being very vocal about it.

Share anecdotes. Share frustrations. Share freely.

They banned discussion of Claire because she’s trans and as usual there are assholes who take issue with trans people in general for some reason. And rather then do their jobs and moderate the mods decided to ban posts about Claire all together. And then fired the mod who spoke up against them.

Get fucked mods go ahead and ban me.

Mods than go ahead and play the story again you didn't understand a lot.

Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️
(A good mod is someone who will put in the work and defend a community’s members not someone who will fold when evil people push back)

Edit: some of my comments are getting rewards and while I appreciate it please save your awards for other post. Clowning on blatant transphobes is literally it’s own reward