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Welcome & Etiquette

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All you have to do is click the "Join This Group" button on the top of our page, applications are automatically accepted.

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Yes! Anyone of any sexual orientation may join and anyone of any gender identity may join.

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Yes, you must be a member to submit art unless you wish to submit it without your name attached. Please review the guidelines before you submit.




Etiquette

At daPride we try our best to allow oneself to express themselves with as little restrictions as possible. At the same time, in a somewhat conflicting goal, we try to protect the members as a whole from discrimination, prejudice and harassment to make a safe environment.

That said, we take more priority on making a safe environment due to the generally "unsafe" and everyday discriminatory nature that LGBT-etc people face in their lives, and we want to be at least one place where LGBT-etc people can come to be themselves without fear.

Commentary
Your conduct on daPride journals, polls, front page, our gallery's comment section, Note system, and correspondence as well as personal contact (that is about daPride) to the administrators should avoid the following:

  • Homophobic, biphobic, heterophobic, transphobic, or otherwise discriminatory, bigoted or hateful comments directed to any sexual orientation or gender identity, even if it isn't directed to any user in particular.

  • Racist, sexist, and other hateful or discriminatory comments directed to all protected groups (disability, sex, marital status, etc) as well as statuses such as weight, sexual history, mental health, etc, even if it isn't directed to any user in particular.

  • Insults, i.e. "b*tch", keep them to yourself.

  • "Bigot", "homophobe", "queerphobe", "biphobe", "hateful", "ignorant", etc. Keep your judgements and assumptions to yourself as it is too often we jump on the gun for these words. If you feel someone is posting homophobic/etc commentary notify an admin.

  • Stereotypes (presented in a clearly intended offensive manner), as an example, "lesbians just need to find the right man", "all gay men have AIDS", "asexuality is a disease", "bisexuals are sluts", "transgender people are mentally unwell", etc.

  • Excessively aggressive or harassing comments, or continuing to pursue contact after it is clear it is no longer wanted.

Exploits
No exploiting :smoking: Don't do the following:

  • Sockpuppet.

  • Advertise a group that is not an affiliate.

  • Spam or flood the group.

  • Circumvent a block.

Consequences?

There is no specific consequence except for sockpuppeting and block circumventing which will always lead to a permanent block from the group. All other offenses are judged individually on their severity and have no set consequence and we have no set "strike system" -- consequences are either a warning, a temporary block or a permanent block.


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As of now, comment and give them a warm hug and welcome! :)
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:iconnevaya:
Help please?
I'm not really sure where to put this so it'll be seen :/
For my school art class, I'm creating works based around the theme of transgender individuals. I'm trying to show what it's like to be one of these people and go about life. I'm thinking of illustrating a short story about someone going through the process of transitioning which means I need to come up with characters and scenarios for the story. I want to try and make my portrayal as realistic as possible but I've never known anyone transitioning so I don't know what it's really like or how others treat them. I've read information and statistics and stuff but it's not really enough. I want to be detailed here!

I'd love it if anyone could share experiences and opinions (both good and bad) about transitioning. I really wish to understand how it is to go through this process and how a variety of people feel about the topic.
So, if anyone has a story or can tell me how it feels, I'd love to hear it. I don't care if it's negative or seems silly or is insulting, I want to know as many different stories and opinions as possible! :D

Feel free to note me if you're uncomfortable sharing this information on this post :)

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*ScorpiosGraphics May 2, 2012  Hobbyist Interface Designer
Hey! Love the group! Nice artwork!

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Hiiiii :aww:

Just wanted to give you all a very sweet straight hug! :XD:

Love you all :heart:
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*TerryKasper Apr 18, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
...Is this club still active?
It's been weeks since any of my deviations have been reviewed...
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Hey people i am writing an essay on lgbt bullying and how it makes us feel. Anyone want to chip in? Your words might end up in my paper somewhere =D

oh and the final version of this isn't due til monday.

P.S.
sorry for the spam if you are in the same groups that i'm in.

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