Do I have to be a woman to participate in this community?
No. Any user who can follow the rules is welcome here. Women, men, nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, cis folks and trans folks, everybody. If you’re not on board with that, you can fuck right off.
But what about the subreddit name?
Read this post from when (The Reddit) 2XC was only a month old. We (They and now us) haven’t changed our stance since then, and never will.
What about trans women?
Trans women are women. TERFS can fuck right off.
What are the rules, anyway?
We’re currently using the Reddit twox rules you can find them below.
TL;DR: Keep it civil, keep it relevant. Don’t start shit, won’t be shit.
If you don’t wish to go to Reddit, here is the post linked above:
Almost as soon as this subreddit was born, we’ve had some concern over its name, and we would like to address that concern here.
Genetics, you see, is a messy, complicated thing. Some women have three, four, or even five X chromosomes per cell. Some women have only one. Some men can also have two or more X chromosomes, in addition to their Y. It’s even possible to be biologically female and have the karyotype XY, or be biologically male with an XX karyotype. And, of course, there are also those that are biologically female or male, but who identify as the opposite gender, and there are those who are male in body and in mind but who like to wear skirts and makeup.
The name “XX” is not meant to be specifically inclusive or exclusive of anyone. Look around our submissions and you’ll see that we already have some guys in our midst, and we welcome them openly, as well as anyone else who wishes to be here, no matter their genes. This subreddit is not “girls only”, but rather, a place for discussion on “girly things”. Here, we embrace fashion, makeup, things that smell nice, and honest discussion on matters that largely–but certainly not ONLY–concern women.
If you are a man with a secret love of chick flicks and shoes, you’re welcome here.
If your body is male but your mind is female, you’re welcome here.
If you tell us to make you a sandwich, you’re welcome here, but will be downvoted into oblivion.
If you offer to make us a sandwich, you’re more than welcome here.
And if you’re a woman who hates chick flicks and shoes, you’re welcome here, though if you also abhor everything else girly I doubt we’ll have much for you here.
Of course, there are people who are not welcome. Abusive, trolling, misogynist and misandrist comments will NOT be tolerated here. Same goes for spam.
The name XX was chosen just because it illustrates the essence of this subreddit and its target Redditors–girly and geeky, and subtly awesome. (You can look here and here to see how the name came about.)
In short, go ahead and enjoy XX regardless of what’s in your cells. We’re doing amazingly in the short time we’ve been around, and I for one would love to see that amazingness grow. We certainly can’t reach maximum awesome if we exclude people.