#Trans awareness

[jasondamien93]

Rest in power 🏳️‍⚧️✊

[toadknight133]

History is full of lgbtq+ people.

Trans people have and will always be!!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Transmasculinity Throughout Time: Transgender Vikings

This is the burial of a very high ranking viking warrior from the 10th century. It contains high quality weaponry, two horses, and even a gaming set! The clothing found on the site suggests that this viking was a cavalry commander, and he was buried in a location that would be visible from the sea. Unlike burials for viking women (which existed!), there is no evidence that this warrior identified as a woman or had any of the grave items associated with women. There is nothing to suggest he was anyone rather than a high ranking male warrior. He was assumed unquestioningly to be male since his discovery, until his remains were tested in 2017 to reveal that he was “genetically female.” Quite possibly, he was a transgender man or transmasculine viking.

There was a great amount of confusions among archeologists after this finding, with many doubting the results of the study because they did not understand how he could have been given such a burial. In a 2019 follow up paper, it was argued that he could have been transgender, but we have no way of knowing now. He is referred to with she/her pronouns in many articles despite having been simply categorized as a male viking before being tested genetically. When using any modern pronouns for historical people who wouldn’t be able to advocate for themselves today, we tend to make assumptions: I use he/him pronouns for this viking and that has the same legitimacy as anyone who choses to use she/her, neither of us know surely how he would be referred to then - if it makes you uncomfortable for me to call him he, then maybe ask the same question of articles calling him she! Both archeology and written sources actually indicate that viking gender existed in complex ways that are not fully known to us now.

[lgbtqtext]

[acexualien]

Today marks the annual Transgender Day Of Remembrance, so I wanted to share its history with you.

Take care of yourself, stay safe and cautious. Let me remind you that you're all valid & loved, no matter what!

In loving memory to everyone who's senselessly lost their life over just being themselves. You will not be forgotten. 🏳️‍⚧️

[aliceundrground]

Semi related to my posts earlier but kind of a tangent. This is messy but its something that's been eating at me and I don't really know how to move forward.

Yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance. There are many names we know and mourn, but there are many more that are never seen. Many names are missing because they could not be acknowledged as their true selves after, or before, their deaths.

The thing that's been bothering me is that the lists most groups will consult, these missing names include those lost to suicide. Known cases of trans people, often young people, are being left out of these lists. Their deaths are not considered part of "the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence".

Every trans suicide is a murder.

Its not a coincidence that minorities have higher rates of suicide. Its the way we are treated, our quality of life, that most influences these statistics. I have seen news of at least one case, a trans man in Alberta, who committed suicide explicitly because of the anti-trans policies his province was set to enact.

Ive seen dozens of articles. I've seen a trans masc's instagram, where the most recent comments are from their friends. On a post where they were celebrating starting hrt, the most recent comment is mourning their loss, that they didn't live to complete their first year on T. I've looked at their posts, I've read their words, I've seen their smile. And they're gone.

Their name was Bekett Noble. They deserve to be remembered.

There's dozens of people each year who share thier experiences and go unnamed. The young man in Alberta, for example, was not named publicly in the article where his death was mentioned. Due to a family connection, I know of at least one instance of a murder of a trans man in western Canada that I have not seen any news of publicly at all. His body was found with his genitals mutilated.

There's many half formed things I could say about these lists when it comes to trans men and mascs specifically but I don't feel my thoughts are solidified enough and it's not what I want to focus on here.

I believe trans suicides should be part of these Remembrance lists. Its a disservice to our community that they aren't.

If you can, please use the site below. They have a database going back decades with a well implemented filtering system.

These are the known deaths of trans people in Canada since last year's TDoR. Each name links to a page of information about them and links to where the information was sourced.

As for many things, these lists are a community effort. If you see that a death you know of is missing from the list, please contact them with whatever information you have. The second entry, whose name is still unknown, was added after I contacted them and provided the article in which I'd learned of his death. Since then, the folks running the site have done additional research and added what they could to his info page, including an extensive statement from his aunt, whom he was close to.

This past September, The Trevor Project published a report:

From 2018 to 2022, 48 anti-transgender laws were enacted in the U.S. across 19 different state governments. The study examined the causal relationship between these laws and suicide risk over this five-year time period, using national survey data collected from more than 61,000 transgender and nonbinary youth. Results concluded that, during this time period, anti-transgender laws significantly increased incidents of past-year suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth by as much as 72%.

[...] Across the full sample of transgender and nonbinary young people ages 13-24, an increase in suicide attempt rates of 38% to 44% was observed.

- The Trevor Project

Every trans suicide is a murder.

There will always be missing names on these lists. I don't believe that known instances of trans suicides should be excluded from them. They deserve to be remembered.

[jude-us]

I’m not exaggerating when I say this post changed my life. Seeing this as a terrified self hating 17 year old was like finding a fresh water lake in the middle of the Sahara.

[dioptasesystem]

Luce Says: transgender people are fucking epic.

This is canon, I asked Francis myself.

[chrystalmedeir3]

I can be yours forever, just tell me when to start..💞

[dietranch]

pikachu trans buns (happy late trans awareness day + easter)

[baileyjayy1]

If I unveil this present 🎁 will you suck it?🍆

[femininom3non]

this scene really struck something in me i cant stop crying while watching this film. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS

[janiebladeblog]

Wanna have a quickie before brunch?

[carrieemberlyns-blog]

Can you poke my hole? 🍆😋

[aubryjoi]

We will always be here 🏳️‍⚧️✨

[acexualien]

Today, I wanted to share some alternative transgender pride flags and their origin with you!

[plume-clinic]

The second week of November marks the start of Transgender Awareness Week!

The second week of November marks the start of Transgender Awareness Week! Officially recognized between November 13th and 19th and concluding on Transgender Day of Remembrance, it gives our community an opportunity to increase awareness around the issues and harmful rhetoric we face so often as trans people. With access to gender-affirming healthcare under repeated attack, it's so important to keep our voices loud and clear. Gender-affirming care is life saving! And we are unapologetically trans: yesterday, today, and tomorrow.