Stephen Downes

The cancellation of FediForum as a result of two-year old anti-trans statements by one of the organizers is representative of the cultural conflict roiling the western world right now. It's particularly relevant here given the trans-positive origins of the fediverse. For my own part, it's hard for me to understand the hate some people feel for diverse and different people, including trans people, and I wish we could learn to live in an inclusive and equitable society. The whole concept of the fediverse is something like 'live and let live' and  'to each their own' and it's a concept I embrace, especially when compared with what we see in places like Twitter and Facebook.