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People take the word ambulatory wheelchair user, and say it means exclusively part time wheelchair users and run with it.

I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user. But I’m not a part time wheelchair user. I use my wheelchair EVERY SINGLE day. That means that I’m not a part time wheelchair user, because I use it more than part time. A lot more than part time.

There seems to be this new rhetoric, that ambulatory = part time. And for most, this isn’t the case. Ambulatory does not mean part time, it simply means that you can walk.

I can walk around my room unassisted by any mobility aids. I cannot walk to the lunch room which is literally up the hall without a mobility aid. I’m almost a full time crutch user, and I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user.

I am not a part time mobility aid user, and I hate that people have come to the “agreement” that ambulatory means part time, when that is quite literally, not true.

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Just saw a shitty transmisogynistic take about trans women not being beautiful and. First of all someone's worth does not rely on them being "beautiful" and finding someone unattractive does not give you the right to disrespect them. Second of all you are wrong and stupid!!!!!! Trans women are absolutely gorgeous wtf

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the way that ableist anti-intellectuals will flatten any brain disorder or syndrome or phenomena to just “brain damage” is so harmful and so annoying but literally none of them will listen to you and will scream cry that you’re being ableist for daring to imply that brain areas, scar tissue, ventricles, blood vessels, and other measurable brain biology exist at all. we should really be teaching at least basic neuroscience in high school.

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dramatically and violently turns into a werewolf and then continues doing the same thing I was doing before

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you people realize that "not gay as in happy but queer as in fuck you" is a phrase directed towards people in power trying to kill us and erase any acknowledgements of our existence and not something you say to fellow members of the lgbt community you have disagreements with online right.

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The movie is soulless and bland its an adaptation of an adaptation the latter of which at least did something original with the premise. I hate it, it takes way everything fun and beautiful about the series, it's an example of how animation isnt treated as a serious story telling medium and I'm gonna be pissed if they try to do sequels however.

I will hunt anyone making racist comments about Nico Parker for SPORT.

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Begging on my hands and knees for ambulatory wheelchair users to change the narrative from "not all wheelchair users are paralyzed" to "disability is a spectrum and not everyone uses a wheelchair for the same reasons"

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Guys, fellas, other wheelchair users,

How on earth does one travel solo with a wheelchair and a fuck ton of luggage? Trying to get to MCM May from where I live on my own with my wheelchair and luggage was genuinely horrific.

I am an ambulatory wheelchair user so I am able to get up and walk a short way, however it's not ideal! A wheelchair does not provide much support whilst walking it and our other hand was taken up by pulling a rather heavy suitcase that threatened to pull either our should, wrist or elbow out of place. The suitcase was a little too heavy for me to lift into the chair also.

My wheelchair isn't anything fancy, it's a generic one rather than a custom high active manual chair (those are HECKIN expensive), specifically the I-go Airrex LT. It was the lightest wheelchair I could find within my budget as I do not see the point in saving for a custom one when I only really use a wheelchair for big events or long days out, and those are rare for me to do.

I don't have a power assist add on (but if anyone has recommendations that will work with my chair feel free to drop them!!), does anyone have any ideas about a solution? I'm stumped

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I think a third (but less agreed upon unfortunately) is that ANYONE can celebrate pride. Like, why would you keep people from supporting you and people like you? They want to support and celebrate you. Why not let them?

There are two basic arguments for shutting the fuck up about cishets at Pride.

First: What if a trans kid asks their parents to show their support by attending Pride with them? What if a lesbian can only attend pride if she gets a ride from someone and the only person willing and able to drive her is her straight brother? What if a bi disabled person can't attend a large outdoor event without hands-on assistance from their straight partner? What if someone just wants to bring their fucking friends? What if, contrary to popular tumblr discourse, most queers don't inhabit perfectly pure social bubbles populated only by other queers? What if it's none of your business?

Second and perhaps more important: If you think you can tell that someone is CIS, let alone HET, by LOOKING at them, you are a cop and an idiot.

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"if you dont ask the answer is always no" yeah but what if the answer is no plus they think im weird for asking. did you ever consider that in ur stupid fucking philosophy

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thinking about the people who vanished without a trace. The mutual who reblogged something as usual and never came back online. The friend on discord who just disappeared, and when you go to check on them their account is deleted and theres no other way to contact them

I look out of my window and hope you are okay, I wish you well and Im sorry I didn't get to say goodbye.

I hope we meet again someday but until then. Stay safe. Stay alive. Be well.

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I started a new remote job last week, and I'm the only genderqueer person at the company (and the first person who uses neo pronouns that anyone on my team has ever met, apparently).

So far:

Manager carefully wrote down spelling and pronunciation of my pronouns and told everyone on the team to respect them.

Coworker apologized privately for misgendering me (I hadn't told her yet) and said she will practice.

Guy on another team valiantly tried to use my pronouns and ended up saying something like zirzs-zhizz (I DM'd him and thanked him for trying and linked him to a practice site).

Teammate told me he has written out my pronouns and how to use them in a sentence and literally taped it to his monitor so he can practice.

Teammate also referred to me as compañere after I linked to a comic about gender-neutral endings in Spanish (whole team except me + 1 other person speaks Spanish as first language and they held all meetings in Spanish before the two of us started).

I am so stoked that people are actually trying. 💜🤍💚

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PSA: tomatoes are not spicy. Tomatoes and tomato products should not be spicy. Pizza sauce isn’t inherently spicy. Tomato-based pasta sauce is not spicy. Ketchup is NOT spicy.

If tomatoes are spicy, you have an allergy to tomatoes.

This announcement brought to you by my almost 29-year-old husband learning for the first time in his 2.8 decades of putting food products into his mouth that spaghetti and saucy pizza aren’t spicy foods

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imagine being forced to do all of the courting in your relationships. now imagine having gendered expectations around doing that courting. now imagine having dysphoria that is triggered by those gendered expectations but still being put in a position where if you do not do the courting you will not have a dating life. text that trans gal first.

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its unreal how all of my favorite characters have exactly the same traits and hobbies and diagnoses as me

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Anyway, people with brain damage I love you. People who have had strokes I love you, especially if you're told you were "too young" to have one. People who acquired your brain damage by less common means such as infection, lack of oxygen at birth or degenerative disease, I love you. People with moderate and severe brain damage, I love you. People who lost their sight or hearing or ability to speak because of their brain damage, I love you. People who have paralysis from their brain damage, I love you. People with amnesia and severe cognitive issues from their brain damage, I love you. People with rare and unusual symptoms from their brain damage, I love you.

You are not a punchline, you haven't lost your humanity, your thoughts and opinions are as valuable as anyone else's. We deserve respect.

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I can't tell you if I like it, I like it

What happens if I don't like it? I like you

- It's Only Sex, Car Seat Headrest