Probably meaning backwards, highly conservative, people from there are seen as "hicks" or "red knecks," have an abnormally high rate of incest and child marriage compared to the rest of the country, and any person part of a marginalized group would probably want to avoid.
And people will still insist on remaining there. I'm convinced Musk could shut down the site tomorrow, and people would continuously refresh until it somehow reappears.
Lemmy has an extremism problem. Partly because of the lack of moderation tools (which is why a lot of mods supposedly left reddit in the first place) and partly because of the lack of moderation, or straight up complacency of some mods.
Trans day of remembrance is November which is a day of mourning those lost to suicide and hate crimes, and for reaching out to those who may not be in a safe place themselves.
I agree with OP in the sense that November probably would've been more appropriate, yet at the same time, considering it coincides with Thanksgiving, it would probably put some trans people in a more uncomfortable space around the holidays.
A lot of the post come from lemmygrad and hexbears posters, which are blocked by many instances, thus not visible to everyone. As a kbin user, I see them frequently.
Username checks out.