Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5007477-20161017033529/@comment-27126152-20161017045418

Just dropping my honest opinion here, as well as some thoughts.

The bashing and insults you're apparently recieving are likely because people are angry at you for lying about your gender. Now, I can understand your reasons for doing such a thing, and considering the action wasn't done with the intent to decieve people and trick others I think there's scope for forgiveness. But consider this:  the last user who lied about their gender on here has come under a lot of fire for that action, and their already sour reputation only heightened the distaste of the action. As such, lying about gender, no matter what the reason, has become an incredibly scorned upon action across this wiki. Add in the fact that you really don't come across as knowing why people are angry about it, and... well, it makes sense why people are mad.

Heck, I'm still a little mad myself. That's a big thing to lie about, and when I heard from other users that it was all a big illusion really left me gobsmacked with a feeling of betrayal and being lied to. But that's whatever.

tl;dr I believe the 'bashing' you get is warranted on some level, but if it's bad enough to the point where you're considering leaving then that's not okay. As for the decision, that's up to you and I will respect whatever you decide is best.