#trans comparison

[punkeropercyjackson]

@refrigeratedboombursts

[kooldewd123]

At the start of each Animorphs book, before the first chapter begins, there is a page. On it is a simple acknowledgement. Two names. The first name is Michael - Katherine Applegate's husband and co-writer on the series. The second name is that of a boy. This name belongs to their son. Or, should I say, belonged to their son. Because they don't have a son anymore. They have a daughter. Every time I pick up an Animorphs book, I can't help but linger on this page as I quite literally hold her deadname in my hands. It's a peculiarly beautiful feeling. Peculiar because the context behind that name makes it seem all the more personal. I feel like I've violated her privacy simply by knowing it, even though it's openly out there for anyone to read. But beautiful because dammit, doesn't this represent this series's relationship with the queer community so well? Animorphs is often regarded as a queer (and especially trans) narrative, despite the fact that such subtext was completely unintentional. Applegate did not write Animorphs to be queer media, but she's embraced the fact that it has became so in the hands of the fans. How perfectly fitting is it, then, that she unknowingly dedicated the entire series to a trans woman?

[so-i-did-this-thing]

I really wish this article existed when I was in my 20s. It might have saved me from the 13 year slow crawl from coming out to starting HRT that plunged me into a deep depression, destroying my mental health and most of my finances. I wish I had the awareness and confidence then to stand up for myself and transition so much sooner.

[haridraws]

My first few months on T, I wrote down little moments that felt significant so I could remember them.

I found them in a notes document recently. This is one of them.

(for @quindriepress ‘When I was me’ comics on gender euphoria book)

[hjartasalt]

9 days vs 9 months on testosterone 🫶

[bigfootsmom]

He’s having Tommy’s baby 👀

“Mhmm. You look very up.” Evan laughs, the sound of it delightful and making Tommy feel like he drank down the sun. Evan shifts, squirming slightly. “Hey— that tickles.” But he makes no move to stop the movement of Tommy’s hand.  Tommy huffs a breath of laughter through his nose. “Some of us aren’t spring chickens anymore. Gimme a minute to wake up.” Tommy pauses, then unburies his face from the pillows and Evan’s hip. “Why are you up? Everything okay?”  Evan looks down at Tommy, the morning sun streaming through his hair and framing his face with a halo of curls. His soft lips stretch into an even softer smile and not for the first time Tommy is struck breathless with how beautiful Evan is.  “I’m okay, babe,” Evan reassures, loosening the thread of anxiety that had begun to wind itself around Tommy’s lungs. “Pretty sure peanut was throwing a rager in there last night,” Evan prods at the swell of his belly with an oil shiny finger, “Woke up to her break dancing on my bladder.”  Tommy barks out a laugh, finally pushing himself up onto one elbow. “Well, of course. She’s gotta practice for being the cool kid— can’t come out with no moves.”  “I’ve seen you dance, I don’t think any amount of practice will save her from your genetics.”  “Your two left feet aren’t going to do her any favors either,” Tommy fires back, grinning as Evan rolls his eyes.

<3 <3 <3 <3

[fernisfat]

just finished chugging 2 liters of dr.pepper and i’m sooooo bloated 🥵

[bisexualamy]

[he/him] This week was my EIGHT years on T!! The older I get, the more taking hormones is pure maintenance, and the changes to my body are the typical T-dominant effects of aging. I rarely see transition timelines of what that looks like, so I wanted to do one!

Left to right is age 19, 21, 23, and 27 respectively. I look a bit older, I have a bit less hair, but I am 1000% happier and more comfortable with each photo. Every year I learn how to be even more comfortable with myself <3

[omgcatboi]

My progression from Twink to hog 🐽 ( Jan 2021 > March 2021 > December 2021 > sep 2023 )

[uncanny-tranny]

People who compare transition to self harm or use real people they know who've self-harmed as a metaphorical comparison to transitioning aren't making the gotcha they think they're making - they're just showing that they don't have the compassion or maturity to engage with either topic at even a conversational level.

And, frankly, it's infuriating as a person who does see those who self-harm as my equal who doesn't need to be used as a cudgel against another group of often vulnerable people.

[kuromi-hoemie]

“if she doesn't want to be called dude i won't call her that” - you are assuming you and your friends read as people trans women feel safe enough to speak up to, while already demonstrating you don't take other people seriously enough.

Your habit and lack of self restraint/awareness matter more than common sense i guess. Like i would never call a transmasc “girl” because that would seem like obvious misgendering, but it's different for trans women apparently.

[lost-technology]

Trigun Maximum - What the Gender???!!! Okay, so I'm sitting here doing a re-read of Trigun Maximum Vol. 5 and I get to the last chapter. I am reading the print edition from Dark Horse - Japanese publication in 2001, English language translation publication in 2005 according to the back of the book. Anyway, I got a little confused by something I hadn't remembered that is apparently there: The page where Elendira is dumped out onto the ground from the Ark (and wants to gut the helmsman) Meryl says: "A transvestite?! (He has a nicer figure than I do...)" I had forgotten that because I believe that most people tend to refer to the Trigun Manga Overhaul fan-translation for that, which is here for that chapter: https://www.trigunoverhaul.com/TVol5Ch06.html and has Meryl saying: "A trans-woman?! (But she has a better figure than I do...)" One is official (comic-licensed), one is fan-translated (but is said to be very accurate, done as dedicated fans rather than people just paid for a task). I am wondering which is more accurate? Specifically, I am wondering if the latter one "cleaned things up" for the sake of modern sensitivities or if it really does carry more of the gist of the original. I mean, I found myself with a bit of confusion at that chapter when skimming Overhall and seeing Legato say "She saved me," when my Dark Horse book has "He saved me" which had led me to believe that Legato had been referring to Knives (Knives chose to spare him, by order) - while "She saved me" (referring to Elendira) completely changes the meaning. Legato *does* have one of his "fanatical" facial expressions there, thus leaving me confused as to whether he is surprised that Elendira the ("he" in DH or "she" in Overhaul) saved him or if it might have been "he" referring to Knives ordering him spared? I am not asking for people to cancel Nightow... (ugh, please don't). I don't even know if pronouns work the same in Japanese as they do in English (I heard that they do not). Having been alive in 2005 and having read the volume back around then (either that or I got it in 2006 or so, anyway, I was alive back then AND old enough to read a very bloody, adult-oriented manga), well, I seem to remember "transvestite" being a more common term then / the basic common before "transgender" "transwoman" and "transman" came into common usage. Not being a part of the trans community, I do not know if it was more "the accepted common term" then or if it was always a slur and I thought it used to be the common term before new terms were created? If my recall is accurate, "transgender" / trans - man/woman was coming into play then and "transvestite" was fading out as it was more often used in a derogatory fashion than as a descriptor. (I honestly do not know very much about the culture of the words, so forgive me if I am getting things wrong).* *There was a similar process that I saw in real time regarding what is now known as the R-word for certain disabilities. I was alive (a child) back in the 1980s when the word was actually a medical descriptor but was ALSO a slur and by about the 1990s other medical terms were used and "R" had become exclusively insulting. - It is one of those things that one must be mindful of when encountering old media. (I watched a Twilight Zone 1985 episode I hunted up having vaguely remembered it from my childhood on Youtube some time ago that treated the condition and a character that had it with sensitivity, but had his parents and medical staff using the term and it felt like a shock / I had to remind myself "that was the term back then"). I'm just left wondering about the bias DH translators might have had back in the day having been jumpscared by that when most of today's manga-readers are obviously reading Overhaul.

[dkettchen]

how to appeal to voters of any party in this country: ask for funding for the NHS, they love that shit here 🌈🩺💊

(no but for real, fund the NHS holy heck, the waiting lists have breached containment of the trans & mental health servicese by now! as someone who's a patient at like 5 different specialist departments, it's rough out here)

[danothan]

WHY IS THIS MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABT THIS

[radfem-polls]

Question for radfems of color. Do you believe it's ok for white radfems to make comparisons between misogyny and racism to make a point?

1. Yes, they can be inaccurate sometimes, but overall they're alright/helpful

2. Yes, while they are often problematic, we can just ignore/correct the inaccurate ones and boost the good ones

3. Only on very specific topics (say in tags maybe?)

4. No, I think only radfems of color should be making them

5. No, I don't think anyone should be making them

6. White radfem

7. Not rad/lean

Anon is white so feel free to change these answers in any way that you think might give a more accurate result ^^

Hii thank you for your ask 🫶🏾 The options look pretty good to me!

[seventeendeer]

hrrr I Saw the TV Glow is still rolling around in the back of my mind. it's hitting me somewhat belatedly that what seemingly starts as mainly an identity story turns out - toward the final act - to also be a love story. two queer kids finding each other (again). the bond they forge (have always had). the feelings that start to grow (were always there) despite the lie they're living. one trying to save the other, and failing. the frail hope at the end that maybe what they had mattered after all, even if they never see each other again. maybe because they knew each other, someday things will be better.

idk. so much of the story feels so lonely. they're awkward with each other at first and they don't really "get" each other and they're absent from each other's lives for long periods and they don't have anyone else. but it's all a lie - they were best friends, they knew each other better than anyone, they are who they are because they knew each other, they were not alone. no matter how bleak the setting is, this fake world can't obscure the truth. they'll never forget each other. it will always have happened, it will always have mattered.

it's so hard to put into words but Owen/Isabel and Maddy/Tara make me so crazy, the way everything in the world works to drive them apart and yet not even losing their memories can destroy the connection between them. and it's not enough to prevent the world from tearing them apart but maybe it's enough to save their lives

queer love portrayed not as supernaturally resilient or invincible (god knows it isn't), but as a precious fragile thing that can and will grow back over and over in some form no matter what ...