There was a comment to that effect in the twitter comments linked above. Starting to make me wonder if the reason everything went "tits-up" with them is because of a problem with one of the hetero males that is associated with them somehow. Why else would "no cis men" all of a sudden be a talking point? Betting it's either the boyfriend/husband of one of the members got real possessive & wrapped around the axle over his woman being "degenerate" by associating with the rest of them & baring her all for all to see, or he was perving other girls in the group & it caused problems.
Granted this is all speculation. But the old site was very open about their willingness to include "cis men" provided they maintained a respectful decorum; an entirely logical, reasonable position to take. And now, based on the few statements that have been offered thus far, it appears that open-mindedness towards the male half of the species has evaporated.
I'm suddenly taken back to the scene in the movie Higher Learning where Kristy Swanson is handing out flyers for an "anti-sexual discrimination" seminar, and the white guy who she's been flirty with asks for one bc he's genuinely interested in it. She hesitates and says "it's only for women" and he replies with "wait, you're saying gender discrimination is bad, that's why you're promoting this lecture, and now you're discriminating against me saying I can't go because of my gender?"
Go figure...
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