#2024 21/366

[parksnark]

my idea thus far is two summer camp counselors who are gay cunts and they make that everyone else’s problem. also werewolves.

[krskrash]

Day 21, 22, 23, 24, 25...of 366.

I'd say Im surprised, but I think we know the drill by now lol

[lostlibrariangirl]

September 21, 2024

265/366 Days of Growth

A recollection of the past days.

I am so happy I got the 3 certifications that I set as a goal in the beginning of the year. For the next 3 months, I will focus on personal projects for Cybersecurity, ISO 27001 and learning Python.

Also have to organize my readings (academic and leisure readings), as I set a goal for 2024 too.

[bright-eyes-strawberry-lies]

Top 100 PJO Ships

These are only for romantic pairings, not platonic, and only counts numbers from AO3. The Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase ships/characters aren’t included (sorry guys).

As of 02/18/2024.

2022 (the first year I did this. numbers are almost definitely wrong.)

2023 (the second year I did this. numbers are probably right.)

After doing this for three years, I think I've finally got it down.

Annabeth/Percy (13,750)

2. Nico/Will (11,764)

3. Jason/Piper (3,554)

4. Nico/Percy (3,411)

5. Hazel/Frank (3,091)

6. Jason/Percy (1,722)

7. Calypso/Leo (1,511)

8. Nico/Jason (1,425)

9. Apollo/Percy (1,148)

10. Jason/Leo (982)

11. Annabeth/Piper (930)

12. Luke/Percy (770)

13. Nico/Leo (768)

14. Paul/Sally (756)

15. Thalia/Reyna (658)

16. Clarisse/Chris (431)

17. Silena/Charles (416)

18. Sally/Poseidon (396)

19. Jason/Reyna (391)

20. Katie/Travis (366)

21. Juniper/Grover (343)

22. Hades/Persephone (315)

23. Luke/Thalia (302)

24. Annabeth/Reyna (283)

25. Rachel/Percy (276)

26. Hazel/Leo/Frank (261)

27. Piper/Reyna (256)

28. Piper/Shel (243)

29. Nico/Jason/Percy (235)

30. Silena/Clarisse (217)

31. Artemis/Percy (212)

32. Amphitrite/Poseidon (201)

33. Luke/Annabeth (192)

34. Piper/Leo (175)

35. Leo/Frank (167)

36. Thalia/Percy (153)

37. Percy/Will (142)

38. Annabeth/Nico/Percy (141)

39. Percy/Poseidon (137)

40. Percy/Piper (136)

41. Hermes/Percy (120)

42. Mitchell/Connor (119)

43. Percy/Leo (118)

44. Percy/Reyna (115)

45. Percy/Zeus (111)

46. Percy/Zoë (104)

47. Calypso/Percy (101)

48. Ares/Percy (100)

49. Apollo/Hyacinthus (96)

50. Maria/Hades (95)

51. Annabeth/Jason (94)

52. Artemis/Zoë (90)

53. Luke/Ethan (87)

54. Rachel/Reyna (84)

55. Jason/Piper/Leo (78)

56. Bianca/Thalia (76)

57. Percy/Octavian (75)

58. Hazel/Leo (73)

59. Dionysus/Percy (72)

60. Lou Ellen/Cecil (71)

61. Annabeth/Rachel (69)

62. Hades/Percy (69)

63. Jake/Will (64)

64. Percy/Triton (64)

65. Athena/Percy (63)

66. Reyna/Leo (62)

67. Ella/Tyson (60)

68. Percy/Clarisse (60)

69. Annabeth/Thalia (59)

70. Aphrodite/Percy (59)

71. Jason/Will (56)

72. Percy/Kronos (55)

73. Sally/Gabe (55)

74. Annabeth/Piper/Reyna (54)

75. Percy/Grover (54)

76. Luke/Octavian (51)

77. Nico/Percy/Will (51)

78. Annabeth/Connor (50)

79. Bianca/Percy (50)

80. Percy/Ethan (50)

81. Hazel/Piper (49)

82. Hestia/Percy (49)

83. Percy/Frank (45)

84. Annabeth/Clarisse (44)

85. May/Hermes (44)

86. Calypso/Piper (43)

87. Nico/Thalia (43)

88. Rachel/Octavian (43)

89. Will/Leo (40)

90. Annabeth/Jason/Percy (39)

91. Malcolm/Connor (39)

92. Annabeth/Rachel/Percy (38)

93. Jason/Octavian (38)

94. Reyna/Drew (38)

95. Luke/Nico (37)

96. Charles/Percy (36)

97. Thalia/Zoë (36)

98. Apollo/Lucius (35)

99. Apollo/Naomi (35)

100. Connor/Travis (35)

There are more stats in the reblogs.

[boysbeloving]

2024 with Mile Phakphum (21/366)

[kayrosebee]

January 21, 2024

21/366

"And if you don't love me now

You will never love me again

I can still hear you saying

You would never break the chain" 🏴‍☠️

💙

[andi-studies]

21/5/2024 • 142/366

went to the library and finally got organised for my exams in a few weeks, finished off some lectures notes id never gotten around to

[jkjmbtsarmy]

⟭⟬💜 ⟭⟬💛⟭⟬💜 ⟭June 07, 2024⟬💛⟭⟬💜 ⟭⟬💛 ⟭⟬

3 days and Jin will finally be home! 130 for our Sunshine Hobi!

⟭⟬💜 ⟭⟬💛⟭⟬💜 ⟭Discharge⟬💛⟭⟬💜 ⟭⟬💛 ⟭⟬

🐹 12/13/22 - 6/12/24 : 3 Days until Discharge (99%)

🐿️ 4/18/23 - 10/17/24 : 130 Days until Discharge (76%)

🐨/🐯 12/11/23 - 6/10/25 : 366 Days until Discharge (33%)

🐥/🐰 12/12/23 - 6/11/25 : 367 Days until Discharge (32%)

🐱 9/22/23 - 6/21/25 : 377 Days until Discharge (40%)

⟭⟬💜 ⟭⟬💛⟭⟬💜 ⟭Birthday⟬💛⟭⟬💜 ⟭⟬💛 ⟭⟬

🐰☀️ 85 🐨🚲 96 🐥🌙 127

[lancedoncrimsonwings]

Augusnippets 2024 Masterlist- Completed

(Ao3 Link)

Character Masterlists; (1: Whumpees/Caretakers/Allies) (2: Whumpers/Enemies)

Fandom; Cursed (Netflix)

Pairing; Lancewain - Lancelot x Gawain - The Weeping Monk x The Green Knight

These snippets may contain major spoilers for Horizons to Battlegrounds!!!

Progress:

Total Completion: 31/31 - COMPLETE!

Path of Hurt; COMPLETE

Path of Comfort; COMPLETE

Path of Whumperless Whump; COMPLETE

Total Wordcount: 16,665

Average Daily Wordcount: 537

Links to all completed days of @augusnippets whump writing event 2024 below!

Day 1: Hypnosis/Brainwashing (337)

Day 2: Platonic Bathing (499)

Day 3: Thunderstorm (232)

Day 4: Alt. Forced To Watch (736)

Day 5: Feverish Caretaking - Part 1 (551)

Day 6: Alt. Medical Complications (624)

Day 7: Choking (527)

Day 8: Found Family/Friends (570)

Day 9: Overheating + Feverish Caretaking - Part 2 (228)

Day 10: Execution + Whipping (492)

Day 11: Escape + Poison - Part 1 (554)

Day 12: Trapped (500)

Day 13: Escape + Poison - Part 2 (591)

Day 14: Gifts/Celebration (737)

Day 15: Throwing Up - Part 1 (500)

Day 16: Humiliation + Sadistic/Intimate Whumper - Part 1 (831)

Day 17: Alt. Snuggling + Throwing Up - Part 2 (699)

Day 18: Infection + Feverish Caretaking Part 3 (752)

Day 19: Branded + Flashbacks (531)

Day 20: Gentle Touch (607)

Day 21: Alt. Drugging + Delirium (815)

Day 22: Captivity/Recapture (498)

Day 23: Massage (283)

Day 24: Animal Attack (499)

Day 25: Sadistic/Intimate Whumper - Part 2 (498)

Day 26: Snuggling + Flashbacks (599)

Day 27: Chronic Pain (366)

Day 28: Mind Control/Betrayal Part 1 (434)

Day 29: Singing (453)

Day 30: Self-Harm (676)

Day 31: Mind Control/Betrayal Part 2; Breaking the Conditioning + Forgiveness (449)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Signe Wilkinson

* * * *

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 20, 2024

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

APR 21, 2024

Cheering broke out in the gallery and among Democrats on the floor of the House of Representatives this afternoon when the House passed the $60.8 billion aid bill for Ukraine. The vote was 311–112, with all Democrats and 101 Republicans voting in favor and 112 Republicans voting against. One Republican voted present. 

The House also voted on the three other bills that will be packaged with the Ukraine bill as a single measure to go in front of the Senate. The House voted in favor of providing $8.1 billion in support for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific by a vote of 385–34. It approved more than $26 billion for Israel, including $9.2 billion in humanitarian aid not specifically for Gaza but for populations in crisis, by a vote of 366–58. And it voted 360–58 to place additional sanctions on Iran, seize Russian assets, and require the Chinese owners of TikTok to sell the company within nine months if they want it to continue to be available on U.S. app stores.  

The total price tag of the measures is about $95.3 billion. About $50 billion of it will be used here in the U.S. to replenish the supplies that will go abroad. 

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says the Senate will take up the measure on Tuesday. Senators had gone home for recess but will come back to vote. The Department of Defense says it is ready to rush crucial supplies as soon as it gets the go-ahead. "We have a very robust logistics network that enables us to move material very quickly; as we've done in the past, we can move within days," Pentagon press secretary Air Force Major General Pat Ryder said Thursday.  

Aid to Ukraine has been stalled since Biden first asked for it in October 2023. First, MAGA Republicans said they would never pass such a national security supplemental bill until the U.S. addressed the need for better security at the country’s southern border. Senators, including Republican James Lankford (R-OK) took them at their word and hammered out a strong border security measure, only to have Republicans reject it when Trump demanded they preserve border security as a campaign issue. The Senate then passed the national security supplemental bill without a border measure, but that was back in February. Although it was clear the measure would pass the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has steadfastly refused to take it up. 

Meanwhile, countries around the globe have been stepping into the breach, providing funds and weapons for Ukraine as Ukraine’s war effort has faltered without U.S. war matériel.

Suddenly, the dam has broken. 

The MAGA extremists who oppose aid to Ukraine expressed anger over the measure’s passage, but outside of that group, there was bipartisan relief and mutual congratulations. The chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), who has been vocal in his belief that Republicans have fallen prey to Russian propaganda, compared today’s vote to the period before World War II, when British prime minister Neville Chamberlain tried to appease dictator Adolf Hitler in 1938 by agreeing to Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland. To Chamberlain’s successor, Winston Churchill, fell the task of fighting World War II. 

“Our adversaries are watching us here today, and history will judge us on our actions here today,” McCaul said. “So as we deliberate on this vote, you have to ask yourself: Am I Chamberlain or am I Churchill?”

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said: “For months, the national security priorities of the American people have been obstructed by pro-Putin extremists determined to let Russia win. A bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republicans has risen up to work together and ensure that we are getting the national security legislation important to the American people over the finish line.”

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also released a statement welcoming the passage of the measure. “This bipartisan legislation will allow the Department to surge lifesaving security assistance to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s aggression, support Israel’s defense from Iran and its proxies, and increase the flow of urgently needed humanitarian aid to suffering Palestinians in Gaza.” It is also, he wrote, “an important investment in America's future.”  

President Joe Biden said that “members of both parties in the House voted to advance our national security interests and send a clear message about the power of American leadership on the world stage. At this critical inflection point, they came together to answer history’s call, passing urgently-needed national security legislation that I have fought for months to secure.” 

The reiteration of the bipartisan nature of the vote suggests support for the idea that the breaking dam refers not just to the national security supplemental bill but also to the power of MAGA Republicans more generally. Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) suggested this interpretation in an interview today with Ryan Lizza of Politico. 

MAGAs are Trump loyalists, counting on his return to power, and Trump is visibly diminished. For the last week, he has been sitting in a courtroom with no choice but to do as he is told by the judge while potential jurors have expressed their dislike of him to his face. This is novel for him, and it is clearly taking a toll. 

Trump’s financial troubles have not gone away, either. Yesterday, New York attorney general Letitia James asked a judge to void the $175 million appeals bond Trump posted to secure the $454 million judgment against him in the business fraud case. She says that the defendants have failed to show that there is enough collateral behind the bond to secure it. She has asked for a replacement bond within a week. Without a bond, James can begin to seize Trump’s property. 

Since Republicans took control of the House, Republican leaders have had to turn to Democrats to find the votes to pass crucial legislation like the national security supplemental bill, preventing a U.S. default, and funding the government. Republicans interested in governing and eager to protect the institutions of democracy appear to be getting fed up with the attention-seeking and bomb-throwing MAGA faction that refuses to do the work of governing. 

That frustration might have been on display when the House also voted on a fifth measure: a border bill the extremist Republicans demanded. Because it was considered under a suspension of the rules, it needed a two-thirds majority to pass. The measure failed with a vote of 215–211. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a lawyer with the American Immigration Council advocacy group, noted that the last time the House voted on a similar measure, it got 219 votes. This time it got fewer votes, even with an added $9.5 billion for Texas, Florida, and other states that are restricting immigrants’ rights. 

In The Atlantic today, David Frum noted the changing U.S. political dynamic and, referring  to the Ukraine vote, wrote: “On something that mattered intensely to [Trump]—that had become a badge of pro-Trump identity—Trump’s own party worked with Democrats in the House and Senate to hand him a stinging defeat. This example could become contagious.” In other words, he said: “Ukraine won. Trump lost.”

For his part, leading Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev had his own reaction to the House’s passage of the national security supplemental bill with aid for Ukraine. He vowed that Russia would win the war anyway and added: “[C]onsidering the russophobic decision that took place I can't help but wish the USA with all sincerity to dive into a new civil war themselves as quickly as possible. Which, I hope, will be very different from the war between North and South in the 19th century and will be waged using aircraft, tanks, artillery, MLRS, all types of missiles and other weapons. And which will finally lead to the inglorious collapse of the vile evil empire of the 21st century—the United States of America.”

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[kittykittyhunter]

The Archive

Introduction On 14 June 2020, I accidentally deleted my tumblr, wiping out a blog that I had been maintaining since January 2011.  I was distraught due to losing a lot of fond memories – and crushed at the thought of so much of my writing disappearing.  I hadn’t been very disciplined about keeping offline back-ups of my work, so when my blog disappeared, so did a large collection of poems, short stories, vignettes and fanfics.

Over the last few years, I’ve steadily recovered a decent chunk of my writing (about 300 pieces) thanks to my friends reblogging my posts and being diligent with their tagging systems.  I’ve now been able to archive and remaster my poems and prose pieces – though my fanfiction remains in the ether (which, to be honest, I’m okay with). On that note, I would like to express immense gratitude to the people whose blogs I recovered my works from:

alistersangelsong

@brattyhalfpint

caitsylph

@houkou-nrl

jirohoushi

kara-kitsu-x

kasukasumoe

@kidasbrainspace

@kunimitsuchin

lassinajumper

@lenandbonten

@mono-frog

@mon-qi

seethebattlefield

@s-ephiroth

@tacotits

@ten-thousands-hobbits

thunderdownongreenside-archive

I know a lot of these bloggers either are no longer on tumblr or use these accounts (and tumblr wouldn't allow me to tag everyone?); even so, I want to share my thanks. And thank you to everyone else who read, shared or otherwise enjoyed my writing over the years.  I hope that it inspired deep feelings and I hope that it bought you comfort.  I want you to know that I wouldn’t still be pursuing writing if it wasn’t for all the support you sent my way.  I read and savoured your comments and tags and, I promise you, I am grateful for all the love I received. Methodology While it would have been simpler to reblog the old posts, save for those that were trapped under a Read More (and a fair few pieces fell into this category), for this archiving project, I opted to take the opportunity to edit my works (also, I didn’t particularly want to bombard my friends’ notes by reblogging ancient posts).  This gave me a chance to appropriately re-format some works which had, unfortunately, originally looked quite ugly! The editing process was incredibly interesting – I ended up making changes to almost all my posts, so it’s good to know that I’ve definitely grown as a reader and writer over the last decade.  A very small number of the posts were brand new for the blog, but at this stage, I’m happy to count them as part of my archive.  For me, it’s important to compartmentalise and draw a divide between the writing I shared then and the writing that I will, hopefully, go on to pen in the future. I’m still in the process of proofreading: some of my tags have typos and there are certainly some errant dashes, among other issues, here and there.  Nevertheless, I’m satisfied with the state of things for now. Some posts are titled [‘Circa …’].  If I had been savvier about using tumblr mobile in conjunction with the web version, I could have recovered all of the exact dates of my original posts.  However, what’s done is done and I am satisfied with what I was able to accomplish. Statistics I love numbers – here are some interesting graphs regarding my posts:

Posts by Form - Prose – 37 - Poems – 271 Total – 308

No. of Posts by Year - 2012 – 1 - 2013 – 4 - 2014 – 21 - 2015 – 61 - 2016 – 114 - 2017 – 44 - 2018 – 22 - 2019 – 16 - 2020 – 20 - 2022 – 4 - 2024 – 1 Total – 308 There’s definitely a lot of writing that I wasn’t able to track down: in 2016, for example, I believe that I posted 366 poems.  Still, I’m pleased with the works that I did find – it was great to rediscover works that I’d completely forgotten about. I think that draws this post to a close.  Thanks for reading!

[sillycyan]

✏ My Daydreamtober 2024

prompt list by @caffeinated-eccentric-polymorph

✶ 1 : Home ( Word Count : 352 )

✷ 2 : New Meeting ( Word Count : 125 )

✹ 3 : Secret ( Word Count : 14 + ART )

✶ 4 : Feast ( Word Count : 575 )

✷ 5 : Smoke ( Word Count : 277 )

✹ 6 : Travel ( Word Count : 135 )

✶ 7 : Dreams ( Word Count : 240 )

✷ 8 : Letter ( Word Count : 911 )

✹ 9 : Chase ( Word Count : 956 )

✶ 10 : Confession ( Word Count : 153 )

✷ 11 : Fear ( Word Count : 427 )

✹ 12 : Monster ( Word Count : 120 + ART x4 )

✶ 13 : Trap ( Word Count : 266 )

✷ 14 : Injury ( Word Count : 755 )

✹ 15 : Family ( Word Count : 233 )

✶ 16 : Old Friend ( Word Count : 311 )

✷ 17 : Justice ( Word Count : 2,119 )

✹ 18 : Hobbies ( Word Count : 90 )

✶ 19 : Comfort ( Word Count : 494 )

✷ 20 : Fight ( Word Count : 744 )

✹ 21 : Rest ( Word Count : 875 )

✶ 22 : Self-care ( Word Count 10 + ART )

✷ 23 : Dating ( Word Count : 165 )

✹ 24 : Distrust ( Word Count : 347 )

✶ 25 : Flowers ( Word Count : 366 )

✷ 26 : Cycle ( Word Count : 424 )

✹ 27 : Yearning ( Word Count : 814 )

✶ 28 : Doubt ( Word Count : 531 )

✷ 29 : Love ( Word Count : 526 )

✹ 30 : Haunted ( Word Count : 180 )

✶ 31 : Celebration ( Word Count : 485 )

[lostlibrariangirl]

May 21, 2024

142/366 Days of Growth

Tired, but still giving my best. Finished PCI-DSS on Qualys, and now starting ISO27001 course from SkillFront.

Also, I am preparing myself for my first Hackathon for women. The theme is women in the game universe: challenges, and other struggles. I will participate with my sisters, one of then is also a developer (Golang), and the other is a psychopedagogue 😀 we are excited to work together and have fun.

We will give our best!

How's your week going? 😗

[ao3feed-sladedick]

Coping Through You (Inside Me)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/KPNmf7w by TaxiCabToOwTown The mercenary growled and turned toward the omega, pressing him up against the wall and putting his face right against his. “Stop trying to fight me and remember your place, Richard,” he hissed, squeezing his hand on Dick’s hip. The omega looked into his eyes with big, blue watery ones. He was on the verge of shaking out of his skin. “Slade you have to go back and get Wally. He’s… he’s still alive, but if he stays there his healing factor will… and he won’t– and I– I–” Big tears flooded down Dick’s face and he slid to his knees on the ground as Slade let go of him. The alpha growled, nose crinkling, mad. “You what?” Dick covered his face. “I love him.” For whumptober day 6 and Taxi's 366 Day 280: "NOT REALISING THEY'RE INJURED: Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms | Healed Wrong | "It's not my blood." Words: 2388, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 3 of Ow's Whumptober 2024, Part 4 of BirdflashSlade Fics 🗡️⚡️🕊️, Part 80 of Smutty DC A/B/O Fics, Part 75 of Smutty Birdflash, Part 21 of DCU Multi-Chaptered Fics Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types, The Flash - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: M/M, Multi Characters: Dick Grayson, Slade Wilson, Wally West, Joseph Wilson (DCU) Relationships: Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson/Wally West, Dick Grayson/Wally West/Slade Wilson, Slade Wilson/Wally West Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Slade Wilson, Omega Dick Grayson, Omega Wally West, Beta Joseph Wilson, Mpreg, Enemies to Lovers, Good Alpha Slade Wilson, Good Slade Wilson, Protective Slade Wilson, Possessive Slade Wilson, Life-Debt, Slade Wilson Saves Wally West's Life, Slade Wilson Loves Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson Loves Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson Loves Wally West, Wally West Loves Dick Grayson, Broken Bones, Rebreaking Bones, healing factor, Wally West is Flash, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Mating Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson, Secret Relationship, Relationship Reveal, Pregnant Dick Grayson, Hurt Wally West, Hurt Dick Grayson, dualsex omegas, Dualsex Dick Grayson, Dualsex Wally West, degradation kink, Praise Kink, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Breeding Kink, Cunnilingus, Omega/Omega, alpha/omega/omega, Pregnant Wally West, Threesome - M/M/M, Mating Bites, Mating Bonds, Rough Sex, No beta we die like wally west read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/KPNmf7w

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

A Mother's Fear is Often Right

by Llisona Red Hood all but drops off the map for no apparent reason. Talia's worry gets the best of her. Unfortunately, her fear is warranted. BW 366 Day 269 ~ Shelter Words: 2151, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 1 of Fear, Part 21 of Birdwatchers 366 Challenge ~ 2024 Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Talia al Ghul, Jason Todd, League of Assassins Members (DCU), Bruce Wayne (Mentioned) Relationships: Talia al Ghul & Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Talia al Ghul & Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Batman Comics Story Arc: The Gotham War (2023), I think idk I don't read the comics, Scarecrow's Fear Toxin (DCU), Good Parent Talia al Ghul, Past Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne, Talia al Ghul is Jason Todd's Parent, Good Person Talia al Ghul, Bad Person Ra's al Ghul, Bad Parent Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne Has Issues, Bad Person Bruce Wayne, At least to jason, Fear, Panic Attacks, BAMF Talia al Ghul, Protective Talia al Ghul, Planning a Coup, that's less important but I enjoy it via https://ift.tt/BKpvh8Y

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Published: May 22, 2024

Key Points

Question  Are gender identity trajectories and changes in youth-reported gender identity associated with depressive symptoms over time?

Findings  In this cohort study involving 366 sexual and/or gender minority youths (aged 15-21 years), 1 in 5 (18.2%) reported a different gender identity over time. Youths transitioning to a transgender or gender diverse identity reported higher levels of depressive symptoms at baseline; depressive symptoms disparities were explained by exposure to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender violence, but frequency of gender identity variability was not associated with the level or changes in depressive symptoms.

Meaning  In this study, changes in gender identity were not associated with depressive symptoms, suggesting that gender identity exploration is a normal part of adolescent development for some youths.

Abstract

Importance  Concerns about the mental health of youths going through gender identity transitions have received increased attention. There is a need for empirical evidence to understand how transitions in self-reported gender identity are associated with mental health.

Objective  To examine whether and how often youths changed self-reported gender identities in a longitudinal sample of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youths, and whether trajectories of gender identity were associated with depressive symptoms.

Design, Setting, and Participants  This cohort study used data from 4 waves (every 9 months) of a longitudinal community-based study collected in 2 large cities in the US (1 in the Northeast and 1 in the Southwest) between November 2011 and June 2015. Eligible participants included youths who self-identified as SGM from community-based agencies and college groups for SGM youths. Data analysis occurred from September 2022 to June 2023.

Exposure  Gender identity trajectories and gender identity variability.

Main Outcomes and Measures  The Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y) assessed depressive symptoms. Gender identity variability was measured as the number of times participants’ gender identity changed. Hierarchical linear models investigated gender identity trajectories and whether gender identity variability was associated with depressive symptoms over time.

Results  Among the 366 SGM youths included in the study (mean [SD] age, 18.61 [1.71] years; 181 [49.4%] assigned male at birth and 185 [50.6%] assigned female at birth), 4 gender identity trajectory groups were identified: (1) cisgender across all waves (274 participants ), (2) transgender or gender diverse (TGD) across all waves (32 participants), (3) initially cisgender but TGD by wave 4 (ie, cisgender to TGD [28 participants]), and (4) initially TGD but cisgender by wave 4 (ie, TGD to cisgender [32 participants]). One in 5 youths (18.3%) reported a different gender identity over a period of approximately 3.5 years; 28 youths varied gender identity more than twice. The cisgender to TGD group reported higher levels of depression compared with the cisgender group at baseline (Β = 4.66; SE = 2.10; P = .03), but there was no statistical difference once exposure to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender violence was taken into account (Β = 3.31; SE = 2.36; P = .16). Gender identity variability was not associated with within-person change in depressive symptoms (Β = 0.23; SE = 0.74; P = .75) or the level of depressive symptoms (Β = 2.43; SE = 2.51; P = .33).

Conclusions  These findings suggest that gender identity can evolve among SGM youths across time and that changes in gender identity are not associated with changes in depressive symptoms. Further longitudinal work should explore gender identity variability and adolescent and adult health.

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If it evolves, not only are we right to regard any particular "gender identity" as temporary and acquired rather than innate, but we're also right to prevent people from being mutilated for what amounts to a phase.