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Pride 2025

These Colors Don't Run!

this Pride remember your roots, fight the fuck back, remember your allies and friends and don't get distracted.

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Trans masc femboys are valid and awesome 🩵🩷🤍

If that offends you, maybe start questioning why you feel that way, and whether their existence affects you all.

Let people be themselves 🫶🏻

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Asexuals (including greysexuals, demisexual etc.) and aromantic folks 100% belong under the queer umbrella, and we will fight for your rights 🫶🏻

When one member of the party is attacked, we ALL roll for initiative.

The rest of the queers aren't allowed to exclude asexuals anymore; we've got the JK Rowling Seal of Disapproval! It's official, we belong!

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PSA for trans+ people under 18 (plus supportive family and friends) over access to gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) being restricted, banned, at risk, or otherwise unavailable

Hey folks 🩵🩷🤍

As you're almost-certainly already aware, access to GAHT is increasingly being restricted, being outright banned, or otherwise unavailableb to many trans+ people under 18 in many places across the world 😔

For example, the UK had already banned new prescriptions of GnRH agonists (a type of puberty blocker) for any trans+ person under 18, and is now genuinely considering banning all private GAHT prescriptions too 🤬

GAHT is literally lifesaving medication for many trans+ people!!!

Without it, many trans+ people under 18 will struggle even more with mental health, and many will not make it to adulthood 😭

If you are a trans+ person under 18, or are a supportive family member or friend of someone who is, please start to make contingency plans now for the worst-case scenarios 🥺

We highly recommend bookmarking the below website and making copies of all relevant info and links in case it gets taken down:

https://hrt4all.com/

If you're 18+ or soon will be, please also do the same for these:

https://diyhrt.info/

https://hrtcafe.net/

We all need to prepare now, before it's too late 🥺😞

Enough lives have already been lost. We can't save everyone, but we need to try to save as many as we can ✊

Reblogs very much appreciated ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🫶

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PSA for trans+ people under 18 (plus supportive family and friends) over access to gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) being restricted, banned, at risk, or otherwise unavailable

Hey folks 🩵🩷🤍

As you're almost-certainly already aware, access to GAHT is increasingly being restricted, being outright banned, or otherwise unavailableb to many trans+ people under 18 in many places across the world 😔

For example, the UK had already banned new prescriptions of GnRH agonists (a type of puberty blocker) for any trans+ person under 18, and is now genuinely considering banning all private GAHT prescriptions too 🤬

GAHT is literally lifesaving medication for many trans+ people!!!

Without it, many trans+ people under 18 will struggle even more with mental health, and many will not make it to adulthood 😭

If you are a trans+ person under 18, or are a supportive family member or friend of someone who is, please start to make contingency plans now for the worst-case scenarios 🥺

We highly recommend bookmarking the below website and making copies of all relevant info and links in case it gets taken down:

https://hrt4all.com/

If you're 18+ or soon will be, please also do the same for these:

https://diyhrt.info/

https://hrtcafe.net/

We all need to prepare now, before it's too late 🥺😞

Enough lives have already been lost. We can't save everyone, but we need to try to save as many as we can ✊

Reblogs very much appreciated ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🫶

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Previously on: Is Goldie Otherkin

I had made a denial comic here:

I updated the other post, but its a super long reblog chain and you might not know there's a comic attached to it. So I'll post it again cause screw you its my blog ill post as many times as I want.

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reminder that if you’re questioning your gender, “what do I want?” and “what will make me happy?” tend to be much more useful questions than “what am I, really?”

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I bring you… my silly little comics. Saw a tik tok this morning about British Museum recognizing emperor Elagabalus as a trans woman 🏳️‍⚧️, and I just had to draw this.

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Alienby Comics

A list of all my comics on Tumblr to date!

Meeting My Past Selves

In Full Swing – Spider Gwen comic

Can’t Go Back – Spider-Gwen comic

Ready to Stand – Little Mermaid comic

Awakening – Legend of Zelda comic

Breaking the Set

Gendered Interests

Futures

Inner Demons

Close to Home - Collab with LM Perttula

Progress Report

Alien Enby

Trans Jesus

Jesus and Gender Non-Conformity in Christian Art (supplementary post)

Dream Prom Dress

Riri & Ruby

Pink Kryptonite – Superman Comic

Bionicle Fan-to-Trans Pipeline: Explained

Reforged

No Signs

Inanna & Trans People in Ancient Mesopotamia

The Difference a Little Kindness Can Make

Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles #1

Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles #2

Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles #3

Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles #4

Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles #5

Check out my Linktree where you can see my other socials and support me on Patreon! 🤗

Thanks for checking out my art! ✨

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A comic I made to remind you that interests aren’t gendered! Like what you want to like! 🏳️‍⚧️

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So very much this 💖

We frequently tell people to focus on what they would like to do (e.g., HRT, clothes, voice etc.) and how they'd like to be seen (e.g., as a man, woman, neither etc.) and work out the label(s) later.

Language is descriptive: not prescriptive 💟

reminder that if you’re questioning your gender, “what do I want?” and “what will make me happy?” tend to be much more useful questions than “what am I, really?”

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To any trans person in the UK and beyond right now:

I give you the light of Eärendil, our most beloved star. May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

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Helpful tips for supportive parents of trans kids in the UK, in light of the ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers

(Please note that we've defaulted to the British English spellings of oestrogen [estrogen] and oestradiol [estradiol], as this currently affects those in the UK.)

As many of you may already be aware, as one of their last acts in power, the government has placed restrictions on new prescriptions (NHS or private) of puberty blockers for trans people under 18.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-restrictions-on-puberty-blockers

The affected medications are ones that contain:

buserelin

gonadorelin

goserelin

leuprorelin acetate

nafarelin

triptorelin

It should be noted that that this is not a complete list of such medications, commonly referred to as gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists.

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists

Available forms

Additionally, there are similar drugs referred to as gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists. These have the same outcomes and low risk profiles as the banned medications, but have notably not been included in the ban.

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists

Available forms

Alternatives to puberty blockers

Whilst puberty blockers are considered the gold standard:

They were mainly offered in place of gender-affirming hormone therapy in order to delay the medical transition of trans kids, in the hopes that they could be "persuaded" that they're not actually trans (i.e., conversion therapy).

Other alternatives to these do exist and are commonly available.

Anti-androgens

One notable alternative for trans fem kids is bicalutamide. It's not a perfect drug, as it has a rare chance of causing liver issues, so needs regular monitoring, but it can stop masculinisation by blocking androgen receptors in the body. It also has comparatively few common side effects vs other medications like spironolactone or cyproterone acetate, which are less ideal anti-androgens.

Anti-oestrogens

There are alternative anti-oestrogens, particularly SERMs, but they typically have a lot of side effects and risks. As a rule, most don't come highly recommended.

Monotherapy

It's very notable that the ban does not ban any oestradiol (oestrogen) or testosterone prescriptions.

This means that there is nothing to stop supportive parents from helping their trans kids to get a private prescription for oestradiol or testosterone.

Furthermore, due to the way human bodies work, if you maintain a high-enough trough (lowest) level of either oestradiol or testosterone, the body will basically tell the gonads to stop producing that hormone.

For trans fems, monotherapy typically requires maintaining an oestradiol trough of around 750 pmol/L. It varies from person to person, so some folks might need as little as 350 pmol/L.

You'll know if their oestradiol trough is sufficient if their testosterone level is 2.4 nmol/L or lower, though up to 3 nmol/L is still considered within the high-end of female range.

For trans mascs, a testosterone trough of around 10-12 nmol/L is generally considered the aim when using prescription testosterone medications like Nebido or Sustanon, with a peak around 25-30 nmol/L.

You'll typically know if their testosterone trough is sufficient if their oestradiol level is under 150 pmol/L, though some folks may be up to around 180 pmol/L.

Monotherapy completely avoids the need for a puberty blocker, an anti-androgen, or an anti-oestrogen.

It also has the delightful side-effect of making your trans kid happy to be starting the puberty that they want to go through sooner, thus alleviating their feelings of gender dysphoria and allowing them to enjoy their lives, rather than continuing to wait on non-existent NHS healthcare.

For trans fems, monotherapy is most easily achieved by a daily high-dose of oestradiol in the form of oestrogel (oestrogen gel) applied to a high-absorption area, but could in theory be achieved by sufficient patches applied twice weekly. Injections and implants are sadly not available on prescription.

For trans mascs, monotherapy can be achieved by daily application of testosterone gel or cream, but is more easily achieved by testosterone injections (Nebido or Sustanon).

Blood tests

These can be done privately, completely avoiding the need for the NHS.

You can find more information here:

https://genderkit.org.uk/resources/blood-testing/

https://transactual.org.uk/medical-transition/hormone-therapy/

Where can we find more information about gender-affirming care by experts who actually want to help trans kids?

Although far from perfect, arguably the best sources currently are:

WPATH Standards Of Care 8

UCSF guidelines for gender-affirming care

What if I'm still confused about all this?

Ask for help. We're all in this together. Some of us know a lot about how broken trans healthcare is on the NHS right now, not just for trans kids but for trans adults too.

The key thing to remember is that you are never alone. All you have to do is reach out and ask for help 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

(Original post made on my Mastodon account - https://cultofshiv.wtf/@SleepyCatten/112537465644976935)

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As a lesbian i will always relate more to trans women than cishet women. Made to feel disgusting and predatory in women’s spaces? Check. Berated and mocked for our relation to sexuality and womanhood? Check. Hated for our “deviancy from the norm”? Check. Every single essay about womanhood by a trans woman–and especially, especially by trans wlw–has spoken more to me than anything written by a cis straight woman ever could. T*rfs can take that to the bank.

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WATCH THIS VIDEO

a very, VERY important post. spread everywhere and screen record the video to your phone. or message me and ill happily send you the video. give to every woman and girl you know.

bc as they both said / demonstrated, its not only super easy to do, but super easy to miss.

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CONTENT WARNING: STALKING

A lot of brewskis have noticed my slow down these last few months and this is the major reason for it. Yes, a person at my work has been following me at the beginnings of my shifts and has not gotten any repercussion. I don't feel safe anymore. My partner and I are moving, but even still we don't feel comfortable with me working at that place, however it's difficult as I don't have a college degree and this place pays more than most jobs around here.

We have some plans in place, but I'm financially struggling. I hate to do this, but I created a ko-fi to help with relocation and to help stifle some of the burden of quitting this job. All the money would go towards things like rent, groceries, and car payments. I do have a Patreon, but it isn't bringing in enough to help with this issue and I'm debating about deleting it due to me not being able to keep up with things over there.

Anything helps, but don't donate if you can't---reading this and sharing it will be a massive help still <3

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A silly :3