Hello /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates,

My name is Robert, and I’ve just been added as a moderator after volunteering to be one to /u/serpentineeyelash! I’m 19 years old from the Bay Area in California, and I’m non-binary and bisexual. You can read a more in-depth bio here if you’d like and feel free to peruse my profile. I’m very open about who I am and what I stand for.

I have experience moderating spaces such as /r/Runaway, which is a harm reduction resource for at-risk youth, as well as /r/JobCorps and a variety of Discord servers. I am very active as a youth advocate and I am also active in homeless spaces (I am homeless myself, and a vagabond at heart).

I have always felt that I did not have a home anywhere on Reddit in the ‘gender politics’ side of things. I hate feminism and what it’s done to contribute to the current state of things... but I am also a progressive and an egalitarian. I hate that society has put up walls between the two sexes, as we are not nearly as different as most think we are. We are all human more than anything else and not the sum of our physical being. Sexism may not affect women as systematically as it does men in many significant ways, but I am so happy to be able to participate in and help moderate a space where both misogyny and misandry are not tolerated.

Politically, I choose no formal affiliation. The two-party system and politics in general are extremely broken and polarizing. Words that could be used to describe me are: Anarcho-pacifist, Egalitarian, Progressive, Libertarian, and an Activist. Most of all, I am a Freedom lover, and that includes freedom from misandry and systematic oppression.

I have been a victim of sexual assault multiple times, from men and women, and I am also a victim of Male Genital Mutilation. Both affect me significantly, and I work to raise awareness of their harms and evils. I’m a part of an organization on Discord called Forefront, which is working to end MGM in the world.

I hope to get to know you all better, and I’m happy to be able to help out for this subreddit and have found a place where I can participate at my best!