Teen Gothic

By a twist of fate, I've ended up the sole mod of r/indiangoth. I have limited mod permissions and the subs creator's accounts have been disabled so I'm gonna have to appeal to reddit for full control of the sub. While I wait, i figured I'd ask around for advice, so I would really appreciate any help/advice with the following:

1) How can I (and future mods) ensure the space is a safe, inclusive, and fun place for goth people in India?

2) How can subreddits be used to foster the goth sub culture and music?

3) When people post their outfits, a lot are just all-black fast fashion stuff and not connected to anything goth – but there are also people who have very limited resources and "beginners" who are exploring themselves. How should I differentiate between them and what should be done about the former?

4) what in god's name should I do about the constant barrage of goth girl sexualization that the sub has become a lightning rod for?

Again, thank you ever so much in advance for your time and advice.

I am so fucking tired of getting barked at by guys in nike tech suits and gucci caps, and getting laughed at by blonde girls with ungodly amount of fake tan. Everyone here dresses the same, I’ve only seen a few goths in my entire life. I get bullied in school, I barely have any friends. It totally sucks, everyone here is an asshole to someone who doesn’t fit in. You might think “Well, don’t dress goth then!” but I think it’s better to not be one of them. Why fit in if it results in hiding yourself? It’s far more painful pretending to be someone you’re not.

Any nordics experience this too?

I'd be curious if other countries face a similar decline in numbers on this front as Germany. Over the past one or two decades, many Goth Clubs have closed and respective events are exceeding rare – at least compared to how it used to be in the early 2000s. I've recently moved to Leipzig, which used to be the "Black Capital of Germany" and even here, there are some events every other week – which is still a lot more than in southern Germany, where I used to live before. And even in Leipzig, the last "pure" Goth Club, the "Darkflower", has closed for good in July, leaving only regular clubs with Goth themed nights.

I'm in my mid 30s now and still, whenever I visit some Goth Night in a Club, it feels like the average age drops when I enter the room. It seems like that these events are visited by the same people as 20 or 30 years ago. And outside of these events, in everyday environments, Goths seem to be as rare as black diamonds. (there never used to be "a lot" but you could encounter at least some every now and then)

So, how does it look on your country? Is there still an active Goth "community" or is it dying out as well?

I am from Suomi. Here you might seem one or two goth-looking people at alternative music concerts occasionally, but otherwise basically never.