Fiona :transbian: :autism:@Fiona@blahaj.zone
I guess with my new server an #introduction that I never explicitly wrote on tech.lgbt might be in order.
I’m a cryptographer currently working at TU Eindhoven on cryptographic protocol design and decided during my PhD that what I had experienced for most of my life was gender dysphoria after all and transitioned. I’m out and proud and finally even officially on HRT!
Politically I’m pretty far to the left, but very much reserve (and make use of!) my right to hold opinions that diverge from the general consensus if I deem the consensus bad.
I believe in firm moral principles and that a person’s way of arriving at a conclusion is often much more interesting than the conclusion itself. People who reasoned themselves into a wrong position are often much more interesting than people who arrived at a correct position without reasoning.
I believe that the value of understanding people who are different is commonly overestimated. You shouldn’t need to understand someone to be supportive of them. It is seeing you support someone whom you don’t understand, that will earn you my trust!
I believe that most people are acting in good faith and that most interpersonal conflicts are the result of miscommunication and non-malicious fuck-ups. I therefore believe that it should be possible to talk through most issues that arise between honest actors and really value communication in case of disagreements.
I consider the state of transgender-healthcare in most countries a direct violation of various human-rights and therefore consider DIY-HRT (better term: OpenHRT) and similar DIY treatments a moral imperative and any laws counteracting it unjustifiable in the situation and thus void.
I have some degree of hobbyist interest in law and justice systems (primarily German) and will occasionally post about this. Some of these posts will be in German only. Sorry, but not sorry for that.
I remark that this is a clear-name account and that I am fully aware that I am unambiguously identifiable and fine with that, it is a conscious decision after all.