#TPoC

[shermangiftbasket]

heres a comp of all the kissing I caught at tboy wrestling 😗

[genderqueerdykes]

From Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America, written by Gregory D. Smithers.

[Image ID: A photograph of a page from the book mentioned above which reads:

PROLOGUE

Two Spirit Natives are sacred

Lesbian Natives are sacred

Gay Natives are sacred

Bisexual Natives are sacred

Trans Natives are sacred

Queer Natives are sacred

Intersex Natives are sacred

Nonbinary Natives are sacred

- NATIVE AMERICANS in Philanthropy

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[our-queer-experience]

“Finally, one day when I was twelve or thirteen, found this National Enquirer wit anatide about Billy Tipton.

(Editor's note: Bily Tipton was an American jazz musician. Although he lived his adult life as a man, it was discovered after his death in 1989 that he was assigned female at birth.]

I hid this National Enquirer in our house like it was a Playboy magazine, so I could come home and look at it. And I stopped praying to God every day, because at least I then had a role model in Billy Tipton.

Billy died in poverty before his time because he didn't want to seek medical intervention to blow his cover. And still, just learning about him gave me a grounding to know that I wasn't crazy. There are people out there like me, that I can relate to, and I can figure out hopefully how to move forward.”

— Kylar Broadus in The Book of Pride

[transbearsofcolor]

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

Wishing all Hispanic queers a wonderful Hispanic Heritage Month! You deserve this month where you get to take extra pride in your heritage, culture, and identity! You are beautiful, amazing, resilient human beings, and I'm so happy you're here and part of this community!

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[abyssal-debonair]

You’re a grown man with the trauma of a little girl. ... I don’t mean that trans men cannot speak about the misogyny they experienced; it’s just now, most people will look at me and not see the layers of patriarchal violence I experienced. The song “Sweet Cis Teen” asks: Am I a boy or am I just my trauma? But all of my experiences did not magically disappear the moment(s) I realized I am a man, nor were they left behind. It was traumatic being a Chinese woman. I was spat at, harassed, fetishized, assaulted, told that my worth depended on others, my experience and abilities invalidated. My bodymind holds these memories and shapes itself with them, and I do not want to trivialize these memories because they continue to inform who I am and my politics.

this entire essay is worth a read, but the quotations I pulled out are the ones that strike me deeply, being the most relatable to my own FtM experience.

[door-insurance]

I don’t like it whenever I try to vent about the stuff I face as a closeted trans man from the Middle East, well-meaning westerners tell me that I should leave everything behind and come over to their side like it’s that easy

The environment we were brought up in conditioned us to be loyal to family/roots/tribe, it’s not easy to let that go

I basically built my whole life here, my job is here, I was educated here- it’s harder to take that with you abroad where they don’t even recognize your college, it’s not easy to let that go

Like okay I get to the west, now what? How am I gonna afford HRT and my ADHD meds? How am I gonna provide for housing? Taxes? Bills? If the college educated non immigrant citizens are already struggling for jobs with their state college degrees, what about me?

I’m supposed to take a couple of fast food gigs where I get yelled at by white people over chicken nugget? Only to not make enough to afford rent????

Idk I’m sorry I’d rather transition during retirement where at least I have a financial safety net, gender dysphoria might be a bitch but I don’t wanna end up homeless in a country where I don’t know anyone

I had a IRL transmasc person who I thought was a friend basically call me a coward for this, he probably looked at me like I was his escape plan- like we’re gonna get outta here Thelma and Louis style

This is real life not a fcking movie, we don’t control the narrative here

Plus I have young nieces and were involved in their lives, idk what effects me disappearing like that would have on their development and I’m not taking any chances

Plus I can’t leave my cat behind

The world doesn’t just revolve around me

[clarabelleisgay]

Trans women can be butch, and trans men can be femme, without compromising their womanhood or manhood. Just as masculine cis women and feminine cis men exist, so do gender non-conforming trans people. If being a butch woman doesn’t negate cis womanhood, it doesn’t negate trans womanhood—and the same goes for femme men. Gender nonconformity isn’t exclusive to cisgender people; trans people deserve that freedom too.

#lesbian#lgbtq#transgender#positivity#lesbians#tpoc#tpoc selfies#trans women#trans pride#gatekeeping myself#black trans people#blacktranslivesmatter

#lesbian#lgbtq#transgender#lesbians#positivity

[brownandtrans]

If you are interested, please email tranzformationnc@gmail.com.

Works can be submitted between June 20th and September 1st of 2024. Twenty works will be selected for the final compilation.

Interested parties who email will be scheduled for group meetings to provide additional information and answer questions.

[shermangiftbasket]

sorry I just want everyone to see how hot I looked flexing

[genderqueerdykes]

if you are a person of color and are struggling to understand or express your own gender because you do not and/or cannot conform to white beauty & gender standards you're not alone and you do not have to warp yourself to suit someone else's narrative- every culture on this planet has their own relationship with biological sex & gender and you do not have to mold yourself to suit gender roles that literally just don't exist in your cultures, or don't make sense to you

you do not have to try to change your face, hair or body to match standards that don't apply to you. you are allowed to approach gender in your own way, in whatever ways make sense to you. it's your life, your gender, your culture, your expression. you don't have to screw yourself over like that. good luck in finding the real you, you'll find them

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

Hi, beans and sprouts! My best friend Sammy, a Latine nonbinary transfem, could really use some help. They've been dealing with a lot of stressful and scary stuff, so I'd be so grateful if y'all could throw some spare cash their way, even if it's just some change or only $1. Here's what they said:

"Hey y’all. I’ve had multiple medical situations arise in the last few weeks, and now I’m short on rent by quite a bit. If you can help me at all, I’d be willing to exchange any help with an appropriate tarot reading."

Contact Sammy for a tarot reading here!

CashApp: $Sammynarian

[transbearsofcolor]

[shermangiftbasket]

Tboy wrestling is taking over the country!!! If you’re tryna get signed up for tboy wrestling follow trans dudes of LA on IG!

https://www.instagram.com/transdudesofla?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

[our-queer-experience]

Sometimes I wonder if I’m transmasc but then I remember that I’m black and think “wow. U sure are stupid.”

But yeah I wish it were easier to explore more masculine sides of myself but I can’t afford another reason to call me dangerous to the roster

🫂