Being Trans In Space

 Let’s get a few things out of the way: I am a trans woman, I am panromantic, I lie somewhere on the asexuality spectrum, and my partner is nonbinary. A lot of people take issue with one or more of these things. My favorite hobby, Eve Online, is no exception. I once simply expressed interest in pride-adjacent ship skins on r/eve (Eve’s subreddit) and got downvoted to oblivion alongside seeing the replies fill up with hate, even from other LGBTQ+ capsuleers. Just recently, I casually mention how my being transgender leads to elevated hate online and was met with a simple reply: “I shall keep my opinions to myself.” Sadly this was a corpmate, someone I fly with regularly. Now, my corp (Karmafleet University) doesn’t really tolerate those kinds of comments, but I am also pretty conflict-averse; I never brought it up with leadership. This is the first time I’ve brought it up outside of conversation with my partner. I once got into it with some random in the haulers channel. I think they ended up getting laughed out of the channel though. Either way, it feels like 90% of this game wants me and people like me gone, and I have yet to find the 10% that’s at least okay with my existence and desire to mine and do pew-pew. In a universe where anyone can fit in, I… don’t.