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I don’t “want to become a man”

I AM A MAN

T or no T, I know who I am and I don’t have to look cisgender to prove my manhood to people

I’m not a girl wishing to become a man in the future. I am simply a transgender man and this is what some of us look like

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TikTok gays could never handle me calling myself a queer faggot

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MetalHeads should run this country

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very frustrating when you make a post going "[x] is ableist please stop doing it" and a bunch of people respond by going "actually I do [x] for non ableist reasons! for example, I do it due to [insert ableist reason here]!"

like not only have you missed the point of "this thing is ableist", you've decided to double down on it in a way that helps nobody and is instead just making you look more like an asshole

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[ID: A tweet from Emily Gwen @/theemilygwen.

Did you know Disney sells lesbian flag pins? Bob Iger profits off the flag I designed for our community!

On another note, I can't afford to pay for my medication this month! Any help would be appreciated.

Donations: ko-fi.com/emilygwen

Store: emilygwen.threadless.com

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Jesus Christ I hate TERFs

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Or when they say shit like “She crossdressed to stay safe! She had to hide her womanhood from the world.”

gay trans man before the year 1980: "i am a faggot. i am male. i am just like other homosexual men. i am not a woman even though i pretend to be one during the day so i can move through society while living as a man at night."

historians: "well, you see, we can't prescribe modern labels onto people who lived before these labels came into existence. she never said she was trans, did she? she's basically just a woman! we will never know if she would have identified differently."

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Has this ever happened where an ablebodied person thought it was a good idea to ask about your sex life and “how does it work” because you’re disabled?

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Not to vaguepost but I think it's weird as fuck to go on a transmasc's post venting about how we're treated and go "well, I'M not transmasc, but i have the same problem, and you're actually problematic for not including my hyperspecific microlabel in your post"

Like chill out. Some posts aren't about you. Sometimes a transmasc wants to talk about transmascs. Go make your own post.

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I understand that some people don’t like the word queer and especially don’t like being called queer, and that’s okay. The same goes for the word ‘Faggot’

(For the record, I call myself a queer tranny faggot so if you come at me with those words. It won’t really affect me, sorry)

People saying “I don’t want to be called queer” is 100% okay and it shouldn’t be followed up with “okay do you want me to call you faggot instead?”

Do you hear yourself?!

I’ll dumb it down for people who insist on calling every gay person queer…

I’ve had someone tell me they aren’t comfortable calling me queer and would rather call me LGBT. But that’s not the label I’m comfortable with. They refuse to use that word for me because it doesn’t fit THEM. You can see why that would piss someone off.

Call yourself queer if you want

Call yourself something else if you want

Just don’t dictate people’s labels and call them things they aren’t comfortable with to fit YOUR identity

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I thought my grandfather understood transhood because I came out to him about 3 years ago and he was okay with it.

Turns out he has no idea about the struggles we go through but claims he knows everything because he doesn’t like being wrong.

I mentioned that I’ve never seen a trans person with grey hair because we are usually killed. He was like “that’s not true! I know a transgender couple from across the street.” They were cis lesbians

I then said I was scared of being killed because I’m trans and he says this…

“Your feeling of superiority is showing up, No one cares enough to kill you.”

I kind of stopped talking to him as much after that.

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October 15th is white cane awareness day! White canes are an important mobility tool for the blind and low vision, but did you know they're so much more than just one type of cane?

Blind people have been using canes and staffs to navigate independently for centuries, but it was only in the 1930s that the concept of a white cane was widely introduced as a symbol for blindness. A man named James Briggs who lost his sight after an accident claimed to have invented it in 1921 after painting his cane white so drivers could better see it while he was crossing the street, and from there the idea spread across Europe and North America while being promoted by blind organizations .

There are different types of canes for different uses. Long canes, also called mobility or probing canes, are what you typically think of when you imagine a white cane user. They go up to at least your chest height or taller and are used for probing in front of you. They are helpful for people with a lot of trouble navigating.

Guide canes are shorter, more lightweight canes that can be used to poke at obstacles or judge curbs, but they don't provide the same tactile feedback as long canes. They are helpful for people with a bit of trouble navigating.

Identification or symbol canes are even smaller sticks that are normally held off the ground. Their only purpose is for signaling to others that you have low vision, and can't be used for obstacle detection. They are helpful for people who don't struggle that much with navigating but still need recognition or assistance in public .

Some people with mobility disabilities and low vision will also use a support cane/walking stick that is painted white for identification!

Here are pictures of a long cane, guide cane, identification cane, and white support cane respectively:

The colour of your cane can have meaning too, but they are not hard and fast rules and vary by region. In North America, fully white canes signal total blindness. Canes with a red segment signal partial sight. Canes with multiple red stripes signal DeafBlindness.

Regionally, the fully white cane is more common in Europe, and the red and white cane is more common in North America no matter your vision level. Fully blind people in cold areas like Canada may use the red and white cane so it's easier to spot in the snow. They also come in fun colours that mean nothing but encourage people to use their canes more ! I have one in a marigold yellow colour because yellow is my favourite.

The white cane is a wonderful tool, but it's also a powerful symbol of blind independence and adaption. Now you know more about the white cane and what they represent!

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I’m so glad that punk is a trend that you can find on pintrest instead of being a movement against trends.

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Futuristic movies where the disabled characters aren’t “cured” by high tech and just exist as they are >>>>>

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I hate the weird conversation or icebreaker of “would you rather be born with one leg or one arm?”

Or “would you rather be blind or deaf?” Like those experiences are death sentences or something

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Trans man: *acts vulnerable*

Queerspaces: “Stop acting so meek and fragile! You are taking advantage of being afab!”

Trans man: *acts tough*

Queerspaces: “Just another toxic misogynistic man. You may be trans but you still have all the same privileges as a cisgender man!”