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In light of recent controversy and its handling, the twice-a-year FediForum unconference for April 1st and 2nd has been canceled by its organizer.

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[โ€“] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Stop trying to tell me my own experience. You don't experience gender. Stop trying to speak for people who do.

[โ€“] Ferk@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Sorry, I was just agreeing with what you said in your second paragraph. Because it makes complete logical sense what you said there. So the "of course you would" was just a reaffirmation of what you described yourself, not a mandate over what you should feel.

Also, I do experience gender, just the same way as I experience color, taste, pain, happiness and all other experiences. I tried to explain it when I gave the example with "green" before. I experience green.. what I don't know is if "what it feels like" to experience green for me could really be identified with "green" beyond the social understanding I have from my interactions with other people when we see green.