CHARTER: alt.support.crossliving

[Donna Lynn Matthews]

Last-Modified : November 29, 2001
Posting-Frequency: weekly
Maintainer : Donna Lynn Matthews <ms_d...@donnas-hideout.org>

CHARTER: alt.support.crossliving

Welcome new readers!

This document represents a mutual agreement between active participants
on alt.support.crossliving. It contains guidelines and information we
hope you will find helpful.

PURPOSE

alt.support.crossliving exists to provide a supportive and informative
environment for transgenderists (males who live as women and females who
live as men without pursuing sex-change operations). You do not need to
be a transgenderist to post here. Anyone can post to this newsgroup so
long as they follow the guidelines in this charter.

ON-TOPIC

Articles posted to this newsgroup should be about crossliving, about
transgender-wide issues relevant to crossliving or about the newsgroup
itself.

OFF-TOPIC

This newsgroup is not designed to meet any of the needs of people who
either crossdress occasonally or are seeking sex-reassignment surgery.

DISALLOWED

Do not use this newsgroup for any of the following:

Condemnations of transgendered people or their lifestyles.

Personal attack, defamation, insult or innuendo. (Flaming)

Sexual cum-ons or erotic descriptions of sexual acts.

Commercial or personal advertising.

Transmitting fiction or pornography.

Transmitting "binaries" (pictures, music, zip files, etc.).

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND POINTERS

The general "no advertising" rule notwithstanding, the following are
allowed:

In each on-topic article you may include a two line (150 char.)
pointer to a website. The contents of that website are not relevant,
so long as the pointer itself does not violate the Charter. (This
does not allow you to disguise advertising as message content.)

Monthly invitations to supportive resources such as websites, mailing
lists, other newsgroups, BBSs, Chats etc. are allowed.

Announcements of supportive conferences, conventions or rallies of
interest to transgendered people can be posted as needed.

ENFORCEMENT

You are expected to use common sense. Should you receive a letter from
someone complaining that you are breaking the rules, please try to
resolve the matter with them in a civil manner.

Consistently ignoring the rules of this newsgroup can result in
complaints filed with your internet service provider.

COMMON SENSE

Since this is an unmoderated discussion forum, many posters may exhibit
bizarre or abusive behaviour. The simplest way to deal with them is by
completely ignoring their presence. Most news readers can be set to
automate this process via kill files and message filters. (See your
newsreader's help files for instructions.)

Since there is no central controlling authority, it is difficult to
assure that a message actually comes from the person who is listed as the
sender. Please exercise common sense in judging the person behind the
words. In general, if a message seems wildly out of character, it should
be deemed suspect and should be ignored.

Crossposting of articles sometimes leads to angry retorts (flames). In
general it is best to respond only to the newsgroup where the article is
most pertinent. Please check each message to see where you are sending
your words before posting.

If someone does get under your skin and you feel the urge to attack
(flame) them please exercise good judgement and don't send the message
you write. Flaming only heightens the anger on a newsgroup and results in
hard feelings between people who might otherwise become friends. In
extreme cases people have lost access to the internet because of flaming.

RELATED NEWSGROUPS

alt.fashion.crossdressing
alt.personals.transgendered
alt.support.crossdressing
alt.support.crossliving
alt.support.intergendered
alt.support.srs
soc.support.transgendered

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