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Hello! I've been following your project for a while, and its been super meaninful to me. I found trans-rite through the Lux Occult podcast, your episode on there really resonated with me. Just wanted to say thank you :)

hey thank you for this message!! Rocket has been busy but I didn't want to leave you hanging - glad you caught their interview and found your way to us! 💖

would be happy to hear about your experience with the ritual if you should ever wish to share. thanks for being here.

– Mod Alder

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soooo my bf made this for me cuz he is cute and ridiculous

happy World AIDS day

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Cecilia Gentili /  Gogo Graham

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a long line of trans women cupping the next one down's face and telling her itll be okay over and over stretching forever for generations until they dont have to anymore

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The original pride flag and the sewing machine it was sewn on

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Marsha P. Johnson marching in the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in 1977

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A couple days ago I did the ancestor ritual for TDOR. Had a lovely little chat with the spirit of a trans man named Dillon. The main message that I took away from it, having asked for help to 'bring the storm to them,' was "Be strong—you're gonna need it—but you'll get your sunshine."

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{{Yes, the sticker is there as a censor. I ain't flashin' packer on main.}}

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Trans Ancestor Rite 2024

Hail and welcome. We offer you honor and remembrance. We offer you love and devotion. We offer you praise and proclamation among the living to bring your legacy to your descendants. We offer you cool water for your journey.

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Sylvia Rivera leads an ACT-UP march through New York City | 1994 | ph: Justin Sutcliffe

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“Oh yeah, we mixed with lesbians. We always got along back then. All that division between the lesbian women and queens came after 1974 when Jane O'Leary and the radical lesbians came up. The radicals did not accept us or masculine-looking women who looked like men. And those lesbian women might not even have been trans. But we did get along famously in the early 60’s. I’ve been to many a dyke party… The lesbian community today has a lot to learn from the old ways of the lesbian community.”

— Sylvia Rivera (via millesbianfalcon)

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Altar set up at home for the 2024 Trans Ancestor Rite, a few days before TDOR.

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Leslie Feinberg + Minnie Bruce Pratt at hir hearing at the Hennepin County Courthouse in MN. Zhe was convicted for vandalizing government property in support of the Free Cece movement, 2013 | Sophia Hantzes

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Offering sustenance, water and smoke to our trans brothers and sisters beyond.

I hope we make a world you'll be proud of. I hope we make a world that gives you peace.

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Marsha P. Johnson

One of the leaders of the LGBT+ movement in America, she was known not only for her strength and bravery as an activist, but also for her boundless generosity. If you complimented an accessory of hers, she’d give it to you.

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This is part one in a series of animated portraits I’ve been working on this summer of women I admire!

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I did the trans ancestor rite ( @trans-rite )

Due to not having a candle (they're not allowed in the dorms) the candle and flame are made out of paper

In addition to reading the prayer for it I also prayed to Thanatos, Hermes, and Charon to aid the dead in their transition

The prayer:

Thanatos, god of death, son of nyx, I ask that you help guide the newly dead souls of the year to find peace

May they find rest and comfort

May they have what they need

And get where they're going

Hermes, shepherd god, who guides souls to Hades

I ask you to do the same

To guide the wandering souls

To comfort them and allow them to find peace

That their transition to the afterlife may be easy and they may get where they must go

Charon, ferryman, who takes souls across the river

I ask you to take any of these souls that may come to you

In exchange I have these coins

That their fairs may be paid

If it is not enough I ask you for your generosity

So that the dead may find their rest

After the prayers I sat next to the alter for a few minutes listening to music, I felt a presence that felt like a child (I have done no divination to confirm this) so I put an additional peice of candy on the alter

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Is it ok to participate in the rite a day or two late?

Yes, that's fine. The mods brought the rite to a public TDOR event last night and then moved the altar to a coffeeshop where there will be a trans resilience open mic on Sunday - things will be happening for a few more days. Better late than not at all. 🤍

-- Mod Alder

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“Like racism and all forms of prejudice, bigotry against transgendered people is a deadly carcinogen. We are pitted against each other in order to keep us from seeing each other as allies. Genuine bonds of solidarity can be forged between people who respect each other’s differences and are willing to fight their enemy together. We are the class that does the work of the world, and can revolutionize it. We can win true liberation.”

— Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Warrior, Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary