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PHOTOS: Transgender Elders Show Us The Meaning of Survival

In the many years that Jess T. Dugan, a Boston-based trans photographer, has spent capturing images of gender-variant people, she says she’s consistently noticed a striking absence in both art and social sciences: imagery of older trans folks.

“And,” Dugan explains further on her website, “those [representations] that do exist are often one-dimensional.” So Dugan set out to fill this gap, teaming up with social work researcher Vanessa Fabbre since fall 2013 to develop the evocative photo project, “To Survive on This Shore.” In the recently released collection, diverse trans elders ages 50 to 86 are pictured at home or in meaningful spaces, gazing unapologetically into the camera, as if asking the viewer to look deeper into their unique context and life story.

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new vid (:

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please pray for these children protesting with kaepernick. my little sisters high school volleyball team decided to take a knee during their last game, the school district got involved and now they have to forfeit the next one. A lot of the girls are receiving death threats via Twitter as well. these are children trying to use their platform to exercise their rights, please protect them

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Revolutionary period underwear makers Thinx heard your feedback about being more inclusive and are acting accordingly. In addition to raising awareness about trans men and others who get their periods besides women, they’re updating their product line to be more accommodating.

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why ask a trans person their birth name when you could:

not do that

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something too many people seem to forget

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“QUEER SPACES – PLACES OF STRUGGLE, PLACES OF STRENGTH: Marsha P. Johnson, 1945 - 1992 – Stonewall Veteran, performer, panhandler, prostitute, Warhol Model – On July 6, 1992, the body of this legendary drag queen was found floating in the river near this site. The police quickly ruled her death a suicide although witnesses reported seeing Johnson harassed by youths on July 4. In response to a vigorous campaign by the New York Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, the death has been reclassified as ‘drowning of an unknown nature.’ We may never know the true circumstances of her death,” REPOhistory marker, New York City, c. 1994. Photo c/o REPOhistory. In 2012, the New York City Police Department reopened the investigation into Marsha P. Johnson’s death. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory #marshapjohnson #translivesmatters #blacklivesmatter (at Christopher Street Pier)

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Latest update from today!

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HALFWAY TO THE £1000 GOAL! Wow, I am so, so grateful. With the seven day count down to my appointments beginning, I am both nervous and excited, having built up to this for years now. I can finally be my authentic self.

I wouldn't be doing this if it weren't for the generous donations I've had from you, so I'd like to say a huge thank you to every one who has donated, shared and supported me to this point. This is just the beginning, I still need you all!

If you'd like to donate, head to www.youcaring.com/theodoreinprogress

So far, I have Appointments - booked £420 (on the day) Travel to London - booked £32 Accommodation - booked £59 TOTAL - £511

If I receive more money, I would be buying some new chest binders. Mine are considerably losing binding power and dysphoria is kicking me in the teeth!

Again, thank you SO much, you're amazing.

Teddy x

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Absolutely resonates with me! Though I am uncomfortable, I just want to be at home in my body.

Within three months of coming out as non-binary, I began wearing binders daily, I got informed consent HRT, and as of this writing, I’m six months T.

There is no big jackpot evidence for my transness. I’ve never felt disconnected from my body or my feminine ornamentation. To me, it’s like spending the first half of your life living in hotel rooms; it’s comfy, and you’ve got no qualms against living there. But when you finally go to your own, actual room, and sleep in your own bed, and know that you’ve left your own scent and aura upon this place, it finally hits you what ‘home’ is supposed to feel like. 

It’s got nothing to do with comfort or joy - it’s not a war between the comfortable, safe hotel room and your own shitty, cramped apartment. It was about accepting what feels like ‘home’ for me, and what instead is a stranger. In my eyes, referring to myself as a ‘woman’ is a stranger, and me being non-binary is home. Regardless of what I look like, what I sound like, or what I’m wearing. I am who I am, always.

During the first few months of identifying as trans, I was overwhelmed by the negativity and other people’s presumptions of what it means to be trans. I lacked much of the ‘canonical’ trans experience as popularized by mainstream visibility, so I struggled with the fear that my identity wasn’t legitimate, amongst other worries that bogged up my mind and dragged me down.

Me finally just up and getting HRT and living with the effects helped erase my worries immensely; it was proof that my life wasn’t going to go down in flames because I’m trans. Nowadays, my transness is almost a non-issue for me. It serves mostly as a source of pride.

Pursing medical transition (and beyond) wasn’t a choice made for the sake of alleviating discomfort, or even an attempt to enrich my life. It was more like, ‘yup, I knew I was going to do something like this eventually, might as well start now.’ And through that, transness became pride and love.

Share the Love is an event being run here at Ways2Raise. Until  February 14th everyone whoreblogs the opening post featuring our current ongoing campaigns, and all nonbinary and trans individuals who submit a selfie or story about how they’ve learned to find love either for themselves or for the special person or people in their lives, will be entered into a random drawing to win a free Out of This Binary tee shirt, an End Transmisogyny Sticker Pack, and one of our recently announced Queer Sticker Sheets. You can submit your selfies and stories here.

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a closer look at the New Nintendo 3DS cover plates being released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon on February 27th. It’s currently unclear if they’ll be released outside of Japan, but if they are they may be slightly different as these use the sprites from Pokémon Red & Green rather than our Red & Blue.

Source: Serebii