This new update is obviously too risky for me to stick around. I've got some things to say, but I'll start with my other sites in case you don't have time. Unfortunately, none of them are as well kept up as this one, but I'm working on fixing that.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChoshiGaiden
Sofurry: https://choshigaiden.sofurry.com/ (Probably my most up to date)
Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~choshigaiden (I might be able to vouch for you if you need to make an account. I don't really know how this works lol)
inkbunny: https://inkbunny.net/ChoshiGaiden (no stories yet)
FurryNetwork: https://furrynetwork.com/choshigaiden/ (haven't posted stories here)
Furbooru: https://furbooru.org/profiles/ChoshiGaiden

Okay, now I doubt I need to explain to anyone that this is a shitty change. If you follow me, that's a pretty high chance you like the kind of content they're banning. You know what you consider to be okay and what you don't.

What I want to focus on is the quiet part. They're calling us all pedophiles. It's blatant. If you like any of my pokémon drawings, then they're calling you a pedophile. That's what they're saying. If these posts are being removed because they're children, then anyone who likes them likes children. My guess is that you know you're not a fucking pedophile.

There's a very clear historical and contemporary precedent for calling people with harmless queer interests pedophiles. It's been used since queerness existed. After the Allies freed everyone in the concentration camps, each country brought the pink triangles to their own prison camps because homosexuality was classified as pedophilia. I doubt I need to tell you, but just in case, there is an ongoing anti-trans panic that's calling everything to do with us 'grooming' kids. It's gotten to the point that groomer is considered an anti-trans slur.

How damn effective that is rhetorically, huh? That they can call trans people groomers so much that it is considered a slur for us. Anyone can point to that information and make some pretty fucking shitty faith interpretations. I saw this all happen first hand as it happened. "Well, if you're not a groomer, then we're not talking about you!" and now, my state is trying to make it illegal to transition. They pointed to anyone defending trans people from being called groomers and shouted that they were defending grooming kids. It was an incredibly fucking powerful silencing tool because it blackens the reputation of anyone they come for and anyone who tries to defend us.

It makes you untouchable.

I'm not going to pretend this is anywhere near that level of influence. Obviously this fucking website has no institutional power. They're not rounding anyone up in camps, and no moderators have any special ability to enact political change. But this rhetoric is the same.

Pride month is coming up. Every year, there's a 'controversy' about having Kink at Pride, and every year is the same. It's always assimilationist bullshit. It's the log cabin gays trying to distance themselves from the depraved degenerates like me, someone assigned male at birth who also likes taking estrogen and growing tits. This is how they delude themselves into thinking that the people in power won't come for them, and it's a fantasy. Once they manage to kill off all the trans people, they're coming for all the bi people, then the lesbians, then the gays.

Never fall for it.

I wanted to share this here because, all things considered, this is small beans. Getting banned from a website won't get anyone killed—but this rhetoric has. Pedophilia is something that everyone (rightfully) detests. You can pretty easily convince most people that killing is okay if you frame it right. Hell, we live in a world where chucklefucks will say rape is no big deal. No one in their right mind will touch pedophilia with anything but a fast moving lead pipe.

Remember this. In all I've learned in the many controversies I've watched and taken part in through the years, I've learned one thing above all: dig. Look at what they tell you, then look at the facts. Learn to politely grill people on the details. Ask someone what exactly they mean. If something sounds off to you, dig. When someone says that drawing eevee, pichu, or fucking riolu makes you a pedophile, fucking dig. In the words of That1Guy, "You can't just keep on/ Hanging around/ Put your eyes to the ground and/ you've gotta dig dig dig dig it out." (it's a really fun song look it up)

If you're reading this, I love you. This past year has been the worst of my life, so understand how fucking much I mean it when I say that all of your support has meant the world to me. It's saved me in ways I can't ever quantify. Every favorite, watch, comment has consistently brightened my day. My numbers aren't anything noteworthy, but I'm still amazed by them. I can't believe I've gotten as many favorites on my most recent story as I have, even. Figuring myself out has always been through art, and having people show any kind of love, any kind of support made me feel safe to be who I am. That's not something I can repay, and I thank you all.

But it's not all gone. This site fucking sucks. It won't be easy, but it'll be worth it.

Always, above anything and everything else, remember: You're the only one who knows the true You. Never be anyone else but You, because You are beautiful in a way no one else is. Be You. Just be You.

I'll see ya. After all, for every meeting, a parting is sure to follow—but that parting need not last forever.