#TRANS/gressive

[mokutone]

hi what do you think abt t4t kakayama (it's canon to me tbh)

:) hi ty for the question. i will do two sweet pictures of them being intimate and then under the cut there's going to be a longer very unsweet and more technical response

so i'm usually not a very shippy person! but that said i am also on the record as an occasional kakayama + kakayamagai enjoyer

i do hc them both as trans and in different ways w/ different experiences of transition and identity! i have no interest in proving my view as canon, but i do regard my reading of the text (text here including the anime) as a valid interpretation of yamato's experience of identity

yamato, for example, imo, doesnt have any real lived experience of being raised as a child of any gender. he was an experimental subject, and then he was Danzō's weapon/vessel for the mokuton, and then he was in anbu.

in a fun little word game which should not be taken seriously: it'd almost be more fitting to describe him as "adgender" rather than "transgender" since the prefix "trans" implies moving across where the prefix "cis" means to stand still, but the prefix "ad" means "to move towards" and i headcanon him as somebody who was degendered as a child, not in a cool nonbinary way, but instead in a dehumanizing, objectifying way, so his experience of creating his identity and his gender along with it is one of moving toward the concept of gender this word doesn't and wont exist, but bc of the way english works it would probably be simplified to be spelled precisely the same as "agender" in the same way that "aggression" came from latin "aggredi" which came from "ad" (meaning to/toward) and and latin "gradus" (meaning step) (essentially the combination means "to step to" [in a threatening manner]) the only diferences is where agender (meaning no gender) is pronounced ay-gender, the agender that comes from adgender would be prounounced more like "uhgender" in the same way that agressive isnt pronounced like "ay-gressive" but instead like "uhgressive"

and then...as for kakashi? i just decided on vibes. i didn't think hard about it.

i guess i should also say that, while i draw kakayama very infrequently, when i do draw it i usually try to be very apparent about the transness in the artwork if i can? especially if i'm drawing anything more intimate than a peck on the cheek. it's no secret that shipping is often times the most energized part of fandom, and i kind of don't want to produce romantic or sexual artwork which will be enjoyed by people who don't think trans people can be attractive? or who find that trans headcanons make a character uninteresting to them? or worse, "ruin" a depiction of a character to them?

often i think about in terms of. IF there are people that follow me that love my work (usually) and think that kakashi or yamato are hot (usually) and love kakayama (usually) but get frustrated or even uncomfortable out when i draw them as explicitly trans? then i'm drawing all intimate artwork of them as explicitly trans.

it's a little like...nobody gets to love my work if transgender characters are a turnoff for them. that's the bar for entry, is the way i think of it, but really its more like putting onions in a dish. if you want to eat the dish you have to eat the onions. if you don't want to eat the onions, don't eat the dish. all the meals i make contain onions. i'll never compromise on my intention to put onions in every dish i make. that's my ninja way, as the kids say.

especially in the climate we're in right now.

i don't know. i have a lot of feelings about how most fandoms tend to view trans men, especially in terms of romantic and sexual relationships. I'm doing a bad job of expressing the depth of how much seeing how fandom treats trans male identity and transmasculine bodies impacts the way that i draw + write kakayama, but genuinely it's something i think about every single time i create content about them.

[a-queer-seminarian]

The queerness of Mary: An Advent reflection

For more on Mary through a trans lens, check out this poem or listen to a podcast episode all about “God’s transition, Mary’s trans-gressive yes, and Joseph’s trans-formation into an ally.”

Transcript below the readmore.

[Avery, a white genderqueer person with short brown hair, necklace, green sweater, and dangly earring speaks in front of a trans flag printed with an angel and the text “to be queer is to be holy.”]

Let's talk about the queerness of Mary!

The third Sunday in Advent centers joy — a joy that goes beyond extreme happiness, into an abiding sense of rightness that does not vanish in the midst of trouble or grief.

This is a queer joy, a binary breaking joy that can coexist with sorrow the way a candle can coexist with shadow.

This is the joy of Mary, the joy of her defiant yes to accepting God’s request for shelter in her womb — a yes that put Mary at risk of being misunderstood, ostracized, and shamed by her own community. The teenage girl whom the angel Gabriel hailed as “full of Grace” entered, in the eyes of her society, into disgrace.

Queer and trans folk also know what it is to say “yes” to becoming all God calls us to be, which is a simultaneous “yes” to disgrace in the eyes of the world.

For Mary, any judgment she faced by human beings could not quell her joy at being a vital part of God’s upturning — the lifting up of the lowly and the casting down of the mighty.

May it be the same for us queer and trans folk — may the joy that grows within us as we live into our full selves transcend the troubles that the world heaps upon us.

[tinkerbitch69]

I put this in the tags of a previous post but I think it needs to be its own post too. If you genuinely care about trans women beyond just posturing, the very least you can do is read transfeminist theory.

Your understanding of feminism, misogyny and patriarchy cannot come from cis theorists alone!!!

Here’s just a small list to help get you started feel free to add more in reblogs/tags/comments

Whipping Girl by Julia Serrano

Black Trans Feminism by Marquis Bey

A Short History of Transmisogyny by Jules Gill Peterson

Trans-gressive by Rachel Anne Williams

The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

And remember this is a STARTING POINT. Please put the work in to support trans women through your actions as well as your thinking <3

[eclipsecrowned]

discord conversations took a turn this morning based on a post that's been going around about nitty gritty details of villains. i thus bring you 'my dee see baddies + politics.'

warning: am*rican politics, obviously. amusingly, only one muse listed here can even vote/have traditional impact on the voting process.

oswald: should be r*publican, but the entire r*publican party of gotham either bullied him or his father before him, so he's backing the d*mocrats despite it going against his own best interests and beliefs, the weird doublethink of 'queer disabled man' and 'unscrupulous nepo baby millionaire.'

jon: a d*mocrat, but neither nice nor progressive. he's a trans gay man from the am*rican south and he knows who's actually backing his interests. like oswald, has a chip on his shoulder about the opposition. still has problematic beliefs like the poor just need to work harder instead of getting 'handouts.'

mina: dyed in the wool pr*gressive l*beral d*mocrat. was raised in the dregs of gotham and grew up and said 'never again.' never wants to be rich and does her best to prevent it by giving back to the community and infrastructure. runs a 0 charge clinic. walks the walk, talks the talk, shame about the serial murders.

bane: you are all like little babies. watch this. dismantles capitalism in his south american homeland and defies the west to stop him coming to collect s*nta pr*sca's expat war criminals other countries welcomed as asylum seekers. burn it all. he is the one man revolution once he's out of his rogue years.

weasel: why does ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other five?

[aqueerassbookshelf]

TRANS/gressive by Riki Wilchins

TRANS/gressive: How Transgender Activists Took on Gay Rights, Feminism, the Media & Congress... and Won! by Riki Anne WilchinsTRANS/gressive: How Transgender Activists Took on Gay Rights, Feminism, the Media & Congress... and Won! by Riki Anne Wilchins - long name, for a wonderful book.

I came across this on netgalley a little while back, and have been all but desperate to read it ever since.

Pretty much what it says on the box, badass trans folks taking on the world and somehow winning. Yet, somehow, it feels like a whole lot more. We have so little LGBTQIAPN+ history - more now than we used to, but still far less than we should, and even within the stories of queer stories, it so often feels like the T is forgotten. Thus, coming across a full book of trans and queer history took me a little aback, and it took far longer to read than what I'd expected. This both caused by sudden business in my own life, but also simply because it's so much.

Wilchins doesn't stick to any single 'side' of history, neither the good nor the bad, and although the book definetly covers amazing activist work and the many ways it changed the world, it also covers many of those lost in the process - so make sure to take some time, take breaks, and pace yourself and your reading.

What makes the book really stand out for me is the fact that, whilst it tells the story of the American trans community as a more or less whole, it's written as a memoir; covering not only the goals achieved, but also Wilchins' own experiences along the way, giving, not quite a face, but rather a personality to the work done - both Wilchins' own, but also the countless friends and others that have somehow helped, or influenced and affected. Wilchins never shyes away from taking credit for all the work they've done, but they also makes sure to name the people they met through the community, and all the work they did.

A bit heavy on the language at times, making it a somewhat slow read, but all in all, a strong 4/5 stars!

[blessedarethebinarybreakers]

Journey with Joseph: Solidarity amid Uncertainty

A church invited me to preach for them on the first Sunday after Christmas -- and because I knew this church is composed mainly of white cishet folks who are pretty centrist in their views but open to learning, I decided to focus my sermon on Joseph as an ally (or co-conspirator)! I imagine Joseph as a powerful role model for those who strive to be in solidarity with marginalized communities to which they do not belong and whose experiences they can never fully understand. Let me know what you think :D

For the sermon transcript, go to this google doc.

And for more on the concept of Joseph as a role model for allies of trans folk in particular, check out my podcast episode 32, "A Queer Nativity: God's transition; Mary's trans-gressive yes; and Joseph's trans-formation into an ally.”

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Sermon Excerpt: 

When I hear of Joseph’s plans to cut things off with Mary after she goes against his expectations, what jumps to my mind is the myriad of stories I have heard from queer friends about reactions to their coming out. I have some such stories myself: loved ones who respond to our hopeful joy, our vulnerable news, with tears, anger, dismay.  “I feel like I don’t even know you anymore!” “If you follow this path, you aren’t welcome in my life.”  There is often the same sense of betrayal that Joseph must have felt. “How could you do this to me?!” parents or partners will demand...as if we have decided to be gay or trans or bi just to spite them, just to hurt them.  But the good news of our queerness is no more about them than the good news of Mary’s pregnancy was about Joseph -- it was news she longed to share with Joseph, to delight in with him…..but he felt he couldn’t be part of it. He did not believe her when she said it was all brought about by God.   He assumed God’s will was for him to cut her out of his life, to leave her by herself. But of course, God’s will isn’t always what we, any of us, assume it is.

As Reverend Tim vividly preached on a few weeks ago, God sends an angel to visit Joseph wrapped in the soft darkness of dreams. This holy messenger tells him not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife, because her baby was conceived -- queerly enough -- not with any man involved but through the Holy Spirit. Mary is the faithful young woman he had known her to be -- this transformation does not change that. Indeed, she is as faithful as any a human could be -- daring to say yes to God even if it meant disgrace in the eyes of the world. 

What makes Mary extraordinary is that she is immediately on board with God’s plan -- after just a couple clarifying questions, she immediately sees and understands what role God is asking her to play in God’s revolution, an unfolding that will lift up those who like her are poor and oppressed and pull down the rich and powerful to the same level as everyone else. 

What makes Joseph extraordinary, meanwhile, is that when he incorrectly assumes the will of God, he is open to changing his mind. 

...I can only imagine how awkward and anxious he felt when he approached Mary to ask her if she would still have him, after what he’d said to her in response to her coming out, her good news. He likely admitted he still didn’t really understand, that he still had a lot of questions, but that he’d like to try, if she could find it in her to forgive him.

And Mary, being truly very full of grace, does welcome him back into her life. And from that day onward, Joseph is as good a partner as anyone could ask for!  

When his little family needs shelter, he knocks on every door in Bethlehem and will not be turned away until a stable is finally offered for them to crash in. When Mary is in the throes of labor pains with no midwife to be found, I imagine that Joseph scrambles to gather water, and clean straw, and he kneels beside her, lets her squeeze his hand till it hurts as she gives birth to the Creator of the Universe. 

And then the shepherds come to worship -- worship! -- the newborn infant that Joseph wiped the blood and gunk away from!  They worship Jesus, and Joseph wonders what on earth he’s gotten himself into -- but whatever it is, he is ride or die now. He is not going anywhere….

...Except, of course, to the temple! We’ve made it back around to today’s reading at last. Joseph is, above all else, a good Jew -- and that matters; that must be emphasized, in our own time that is still rife and rotten with antisemitism, where hate crimes against Jewish communities have risen yet again this month.

Joseph was a good Jew, above just about anything else we could say to describe him; the parents of Jesus Christ obeyed God’s instructions for their people as laid out in the Torah, and for them that meant ritual washing and sacrifices. Note one interesting point, however, about the ritual washing -- here’s the part in the Gospel reading: “When the days of their ritual washing were fulfilled according to the torah of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.”

“The days of their ritual washing,” plural. Mary’s and Joseph’s washing, together. The Torah of Moses, specifically Leviticus 12, requires only the one who gave birth to ritually wash themself. But Joseph joins Mary in this ritual. Why?

Perhaps it’s a show of solidarity with Mary -- a way for Joseph to show that whatever she underwent, he would go through too. When she goes through the pain of childbirth, he is there to ease her along, providing shelter and a hand to squeeze. When she goes through her ritual washing, he joins her, because her needs are his needs, her faith is his faith. ...

[cleohno]

Zagreus came out to his dad as trans(gressive)

[tothedarkdarkseas]

Why does Murdoc tend to call himself/refer to himself as a girl in your fics?

Jokes, japes, goofs! Or is it...?

Actually, this is the sort of thing that is quite difficult to talk through and explain sensitively, as it is an inherently insensitive way of talking. Despite appearances (I hope this isn't the appearance for you, but I can't ignore that is for some) my aim with writing these characters is not to be edgy and offensive and air out regressive bigoted thought patterns because I think it's cool to be this way, but just to write them realistically, taking the era and environment into consideration and not shying away from portraying characters originally designed to be scummy as a bit scummy. Like, couldn't it be said there's something worse in pretending the sexist men with a dodgy canon on the record are without sin just because it's more comfortable?

The simplest answer is that Murdoc referring to himself (or Stuart, in some goading circumstances) as a girl is, in their eyes, a humorously jarring thing to say, and I do think it's often no more than that. If we wanted to read into it, it perhaps shows some level of punkish, anti-societal comfort in Murdoc with the "bruising" of the male ego, or the eschewing of normativity-- a level of comfort Stuart does not share, and that in itself is what makes it fun for Murdoc. I don't want to just toss in the buzzwords "toxic masculinity" every time, but I do want to clarify that this does not mean Murdoc is free of it-- to me it's vital to highlight that I don't think it's an eschewing of masculinity and the way it emotionally stunted him or shaped his pattern of behaviour (this very thing included) but purely an eschewing of normativity, of what his hometown, the classist and dying English mainstream or Stu's scowling ingratitude for fame represents. Murdoc isn't aiming to be progressive, but rather, he is chasing the world-fucking ideal of the rockstar, and he is aiming to be transgressive.

I do think Murdoc says it rather casually sometimes, it's simply the easiest language to indicate a lack of seriousness and it isn't really in any effort to invoke degradation, but because of the innate misogyny of their upbringings there is this... like, subconscious undercurrent of it being a self-depreciating kind of joke. That is much more intentional when Murdoc aims it at Stuart, though I don't tend to really write that into their banter (not because I don't think they say it, the pricks, I'm sure they do; it's just not really the type of joke I feel great about perpetuating in slash fandom, which historically struggles with internalized misogyny not among the characters, but among the writers.) I wouldn't say there isn't any flirting with genderfuckery afoot, but that's not always the case, and I think claiming it's always about that would be giving Murdoc too much of an out.

In short, sometimes I just think he's saying it to be funny or because it will provoke Stu, but why he finds it funny has roots in socially-ingrained misogyny.

[eriegaynews]

Win TRANS/gressive by Riki Wilchins #transgender #prize #contest #giveaway #sweeps #activism https://ift.tt/3v9Rp09 https://ift.tt/3gdXCnF

[vergess]

I love my trans(gressive) GF

[liminalliebox]

RACHEL ANNE WILLIAMS' TRANS-GRESSIVE: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics is an essential read for both the LGBTQ+ community and those cisgender people who have questions or are close to a TRANS GIRL in some way. As TRANSPHOBIA increases in our present political climate it is vitally important to be out there with pertinent info that is well-written, insightful, and expansive. This collection of essays challenges misconceptions, embraces our diversity as TRANS PEOPLE, and accepts our trans identities as fluid from person to person. This just may be my favorite book on what is a very personal subject!

[descaslibrary]

“It is not the story, but rather my story. It is what I experienced, what it was like to be there, and what it means now.” An interesting reading but may be a slow one to read . . DISCLAIMER: an Arc is provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. . . TRIGGER WARNING: This is a non-fiction book which contains the notion and stories of violence, transphobia, hatred, transmisogyny, sexual assault, suicide, child physical abuse, child sexual  and emotional abuse. . . FULL REVIEW: https://literatureisliving.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/trans-gressive-how-transgender-activists-took-on-gay-rights-feminism-the-media-congress-and-won-by-riki-anne-wilchins/ . . #rikiannewilchins #transexual #transgender #nonfiction #lgbtq #booklover #literature #literarian  #literatureteacher #literatureisliving #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #bookish #bibliophile #ilovereading #shelves #bookreview #booknerd #bookofinstagram  #descaslibrary #descalibrary #bookland #bookaholic #bookworm #bookdragon #letsread #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia (at Desca's Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtXVZk_llRo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rhvane69pfwm

[mawr-gorshin]

Another Poem by Jason Morton

Another Poem by Jason Morton

Check out this new poem by my Facebook friend, Jason Morton:

Words they Shatter Like glass Poets Of the tan World bring Brass and Pens and Obscene Dreams I leave You to Inter -pret just what these words mean I write I am I’m there I am just a pen that Writes words Of angst In trans – gressive prose And rhyme Take what you want For when I am Old but A child At heart Words heal When the World falls Apart.

There’s the poem, and…

[neuroguru]

via Twitter https://twitter.com/sirkentnorton

[librarycards]

What's the difference between effeminate and feminine?

i consider effeminacy to be trans/gressive femininity, especially in TMA people (hatred of effeminacy is a driving force in transmisogyny as a system of oppression)

whereas femininity is the, i guess, “mainstream” descriptor from which effeminacy is marked deviant.