#it’s terrifying for me being trans

[unbidden-yidden-deactivated20240]

Hey major shout-out to my fellow trans Jews. This year has been hell and it's hard not to feel like we've been completely abandoned, betrayed, shut out, and made unsafe across the full political spectrum.

I'm so sorry; we deserved better. I hope you're okay and standing strong - we will get through this together 🕎 🏳️‍⚧️ ✡️

[doomed-jester]

If I've taken away anything from the Quinton Reviews situation, it's to never reach out to people I admire because they'll publicly shame me for being weird and awkward

[potatobugz]

yeah we turned your boyfriend into shadow the hedgehog. sorry

[t0ast-ghost]

I don’t know how many times I gotta say this. They all listen to Mitski.

Shout out what you think their favourite songs are

[leafyyygreensss]

People with he/they pronouns are metal

[witches-come]

I don't like genital preference discourse because 99 percent of the time it's a cis person who made up a hypothetical pro trans argument and got mad at it.

[ardentinwoe]

Goth girl on vacation, Mr. mansplain manipulate manwhore, and Florida woman.

[uncanny-tranny]

Sometimes, when people try to invoke "trans-inclusive" bioessentialism in their arguments, I want to ask exactly what about our assigned sex says about our place in society, and ask how they've worked that into their worldview in a way that somehow simultaneously doesn't deny who we are and includes the fact that a trans experience will mean that we navigate the world in often very different ways than our cis peers, and often bucks the trends of what is commonly experienced by cis people

[dam1e]

I feel like every time someone points out that Biden is supporting genocide, someone else comes out of the woodwork to say “ummm so you think Trump wouldn’t??” like, true, but that’s not the point being brought up?? No one here is saying “Biden is supporting genocide so vote Trump instead!”

We should be able to criticize the corrupt actions of our president without the topic immediately being changed to “well the OTHER guy wouldn’t do much better”

[softmeetscreatureplz]

Me when 2 of my mutuals are both talking about how their mothers r being shitty rn (my mother is also generally Like That (/neg)): silent sparkle eyes of bonding bcs I don't want to be insensitive but also Yeah I Know That One™️

[zombiefishmonster]

gerard p. donelan comics based around queer women <333333

[lockhartandlych]

told my mom i'm developing a widow's peak and she laughed, saying "yeah, it runs in the family among the men."

jesus christ with that and the neckbeard i really am intersex arent i

[vulpixelates]

i've been listening to a lot of podcasts recently (oh boy, terrible sign for my mental health lmao). most of them have been run by lesbians (largely cis), with sapphic/lesbian guests (also unfortunately largely cis pls help), and about sex and relationships, and in almost every single one i've been listening to they have, at one or multiple points, had someone boil down lesbianism as "liking pussy" and idk it just really rubs me the wrong way

maybe i'm overthinking it but like afeoijfai it gives me such ick to just describe sexual orientation based on What Type of Genitals your partners typically have, it feels SOOOOOOO cishet and cis gay man

like i know the l word got rebooted but it is not the 00's, can we please move past this?? people are more than their genitals and trans fem sapphics deserve better than having to hear annoying cis lesbians talk about how gross they think penises are in one sentence and then try to pretend they're entirely supportive of trans people in the next sentence like afwoiejaoi do better!!!

[finnlongman]

Me the day after Gollancz offered on my books:

"i can't wait to tell tumblr"

Anyway I am still terrified, and I still don't know if I can write this book. But I am also extremely excited to try.

(The Wolf and His King: multiple drafts, on sub for 18 months, we thought it would never sell, usual lengthy journey. The Animals We Became: accidentally wrote the first draft instead of just the sample chapters and then sold it which felt deeply surreal given that I was working on The Butterfly Assassin for a solid 6 years before I sold it. To Run With The Hound: sold on proposal.)

[mcskullmun]

We’re okay 95% of the time but sometimes we remember that we likely won’t be able to transition until we’re like 20-fucking-5 and get the insatiable urge to Throw Things

(Cw for some trans-related rage/desperation in the tags)

[sulfurzee]

> You are encased in the cement that is those you love who love you.

> It protects you. Makes you beautiful. It will immortalize you.

> Your legs are restless.

> You're going to have to move, sooner or later.

> The sun will blind you, at first. The wind will feel like razors against your skin for a time.

> Do you think it'll be worth it?

> Who would choose to become human, over art?

> There will be times where your once graceful shoulders will hunch in pain. Your formerly serene face crumpled in ugly anger.

> You will be so scared to turn around and see the wreckage. Chunks of cement and dust are all that will be left of the statue you used to be.

> Aren't you scared?