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An Idea- LGBT Mumsnetters Board

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gayhistorynerd · 27/02/2025 15:21

I was thinking just before that a board I'd really appreciate on this site would be an LGBT Mumsnetters board; not dissimilar to some of the other "demographic" boards such as the Neurodivergent Mumsnetters board, the Muslim Mumsnetters board, or the Black Mumsnetters board. Currently it seems like most LGBT topics have to be channeled into either LGBT Children or LGBT Parents, and while I imagine many of the LGBT users here are parents it seems that people only use that board to discuss parenting, meaning there's nowhere currently for general LGBT discussion. Much like with the other demographic boards, I find when these subjects come up in Chat that it often devolves into debates the OP clearly hadn't been looking for- so I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to have a similarly-aimed board that stays off of the Active Threads page?

No worries if not, of course! I'm mostly just floating the idea to see if this is something which is being considered, has previously been considered, or even just if it's something other users would appreciate.

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EmpressaurusKitty · 04/12/2025 17:15

First - this lesbian isn’t going to use a board with T on it. IMO the most lesbian-friendly space on MN at the moment is the feminism section.

Second - you won’t be able to get it off Active. We’ve been trying to get the MNers without children board off Active for months & it’s not happening.

Why did you leave Reddit?

PolyCat · 05/12/2025 01:10

So is LGBT Parents not being used by anyone because it has a T in it? I’ve never gone on that board as I’m not a parent.
I do frequent the MNRs without children board and it is rough landing on Active.

I left Reddit because it was too addictive while depressing me with all the politics and news and drama. Genuinely impacted my mental health and I had to leave.

I appreciated all the wholesome posts but it was not enough to pull me out of the spiral.

GovernmentFundedSteak · 05/12/2025 01:22

PolyCat · 04/12/2025 00:36

My dear straight allies, while we do love you - you don’t get to decide what we call ourselves. Telling us that the board “has to be called LGB without the T” is just like a white person saying that the black mumsnetters board is not for people that are white passing, or that mumsnetters without children board is only for the childless and not the childfree.

I think if we are to make one, the admins should pick a name that is consistent with the way we are represented elsewhere on the site - right now it appears to be LGBT parents and LGBT children thus LGBT

As a B member of the community, I can see this board being a place to talk about:

  • LGBT relationships and dating, navigating dating sites, sexual and reproductive wellness
  • incl. challenges in relationships with others in your life like parents
  • coming out to friends and family, work
  • pride and other community events, venues
  • LGBT travel
  • LGBT history, media, art
  • LGBT current events, issues and advocacy for example celebrating news about a country making marriage equality legal
  • a place for people that are questioning to ask questions (no pun intended), self-discovery
  • Heavier topics like homophobia (internalized or not), micro aggressions, outing, living in heteronormative or conservative spaces

I left Reddit and I miss being able to read / talk about these topics

I'm not straight and don't think LGB should be linked with T. Neither do my LGB children.

A general LGB board might be good for discussing issues that aren't to do with parenting.

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