#When the fucking book just calls her by the corresponding pronouns when she's presenting as a woman?

[adhdo5]

Guh. Listen ik there's various takes on SQX's gender situation but can we agree that if you put "she" in quotes when talking about her you should go fuck yourself and never post again.

[marchioness-caprina]

Know Your Tumblrist

> What Do you Prefer To be Called?

- I prefer to Be Called Caprina or Brie.

> How Old Are You?

- My age range is 16 - 18

> When is Your Birthday?

- Dec, 25.

> Your Pronouns?

- She, Her, Miss

> Do You Have a Pet?

- Well We Have tons of Domestic Pets, 4 Dogs, 3 Puppies, 4 Cats.

> What Is/are your Favorite Color?

- Sky Blue

- Red

- Violet

- White

- Gray

- Orange

- Blue

- Black

> What Is/are Your Favorite Food?

- Anything Spicy

- Chocolate but I Don't Like Chocolate Cakes for some reason. Especial Cupcakes.

- Sour Food

> What is Your Favorite Subject?

- English, The Only subject that I could easily go with the flow without having any headaches.

> What is Your Favorite Sport?

- Badminton, I'm not a Very Athletic person and Going outside is already a chore for me. But I do enjoy playing Badminton.

> What are Your Hobbies?

- Drawing

- Writing

- Journaling

- Reading Books

> Which Subject is Your Least Favorite?

- Math, The Main Reason why students want to go back time and destroy Calculus along with the evolution of Mathematics.

> What Is Your Favorite Animal?

- Dogs, Always have and always will be fond of Dogs No matter how They violently Bark and Growl at Me.

> Favorite Ice Cream?

- Bubblegum, Vanilla and Cookies and Cream.

> Favorite Super Hero?

- Iron Man, I Like his Sass and He is my Ideal Father Figure.

> Favorite Fruit?

- Grapes, Apple.

> Favorite Dessert?

- I'm not Picky with Desserts but I Have a special spot for Pudding.

> Favorite Holiday?

- Christmas, My B-day

> Favorite Season?

- Winter, It gives me ankyuer solid Reason to stay home and do nothing.

> Zodiac Sign?

- A Proud Capricorn.

> 3 Fears I Have :

- The Ocean

- Lizards

- The Death of My Favorite Anime Character.

> 5 Turn On's :

- Neck Kisses

- Submissiveness

- Timidity

- Soft Bois

- Possessiveness

> Gender?

- Female

> Sexual Orientation? :

- Straight

> How Tall am I?

- I'm not Proud of It but I'm 5'0 , I still have hope in my height....

> Do I Have a Crush?

- it's Tiring and Unnecessary. but If Fictional Characters Count then Yes.

> Eye Color?

- Black

> Hair Color?

- Black

> My Current Relationship Status :

- Single, My Whole Life I've been Single.

> Addiction?

- Collecting Stationaries

> Coffee or Tea?

- Tea is Life

> Fruit Tea or Milk Tea?

- Fruit Tea is also Life

BNHA Corner

> Favorite Male Character?

- Tamaki Amajiki

> Why I Like Him?

- I don't Know, Maybe because he Fits some of my preference in a Boy? Also because he has this unusual Pull over me that attracts me in a manner that is borderline obsessive. But Fortunately I haven't crossed that dark path just yet.

> Favorite Female Character?

- Rumi

> Why I Like Her?

- She Remind me of that One Neighbor everyone Likes.

> My Top 10 Character Preference?

- Tamaki Amajiki

- Keigo Takami

- Todoroki Shouto

- Bakugou Katsuki

- Shinso Hitoshi

- Izuku Midoriya

- Neito Monoma

- Tomura Shigaraki

- Dabi/ Touya Todoroki

- Taishiro Toyomitsu

> The First Character I First Fell In Love with?

- Bakugou Katsuki ( Boomie here is my First Choice then Poof Tamaki decided to be a Sweetheart and Fucking Made me do a back flip towards him)

> Would I want to Be a Hero or A Villain?

- I think a Hero would be a More stable Job than a Villain. Stability is My goal.

> Favorite Teacher In BNHA?

- Aizawa Shota ( Don't deny it you Love Dadzawa too )

> Favorite Pro Hero In BNHA?

- Hawks ( Kentucky Chicken Mc Birdman is my main boi when it comes to Pro Heroes )

> Favorite Villain?

- Daddy---- I mean Dabi ( Tho Handfuck ain't bad either)

> Why I Like Them?

- dO I EvEn NeeD a ReAsON WhY I Like Him? umm Cause I Like Burnt Food???

> What Quirk Would I Like?

- Actually it's not decided yet since I have a whole Journal about Quirks that I researched and Designed.

> Favorite Class B Character?

- Neito Monoma

> Why I Like them?

- He's Kind of a Sore Loser ( For a Copycat) but His Character really spikes up the dullness like he's funny; Being all serious with his mockery while everyone else just gives off a look that's says : ' Oh look it's captain Bullshit trying to be cool again but he's failing shit '

> Which Class 1 A Character would I like to Spar With?

- Honestly I'd Like to Spar with Hagakure; Truthfully speaking she's by far one of the most Harmless Characters. ( I ain't betting by life to fight Boom Boom Kid cause I have no Physical Talents whatsoever )

> Which Class 1 A Character I Never want to Spar with?

- It's either Boom Boom kid or Icy Hotty, But mostly Boom Boom Kid. He's an absolute brute at the field and he could fly with sheer anger alone. He's aggressive and I don't want to have his firework quirk blowing up my Face.

> Which Character I would Like to Befriend First?

- The Most Tame one of all ; Midoriya the Broccoli and being friends with him has a lot of benefits. I get to be part of the Protect Deku Squad and I can ask him to copy my notes since the kid is a literal copy machine. Heck he puts a copy machine to shame. You know I think that may be his quirk----

> If I Base it on my Personality would I be A Villain or a Hero?

- No Doubt I'd be a Corrupted Hero; I'm not a noble or a righteous person and Things that aren't my problem has nothing to do with me at all. I don't like it when people bark at me cause I know I tend to Bite Back I don't bark I bite.

> Would I Join an Agency Or Make My Own?

- I'd make my Own if I was given a Chance to.

> Which Characters Would I Like to Work with?

- Hawks ; He may not be the safest but he knows how to carry on one sided conversations and with precise movements and speed he could take out any villain on his own without me having to worry about hiding to the nearest pole.

> If I were To Build a Team of 7 Characters who would Be in my List Explain. ?

- Midoriya : His Quick wit and Adaptable Analysis Skills could come in Handy in Making On the spot Strategies since he always seems to look at things in a logical and rationally beneficial way.

- Bakugou : The Kid is a menace and he is made to be an aggressor so when it comes to face to face combat Having a spontaneous yet calculative Bakugou to sweep the floor clean and be the Main front liner wouldn't be a Bad Idea. He knows how a fight works and he is very resourceful with his moved and paired with his sharp mind he'd definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

- Todoroki - He is excellent at being an object of distraction and destruction. Having the enemies frozen in place is helpful in most situations and by using his fire quirk he could easily wipe out and distance the villains or enemies that's surrounding the area.

- Tamaki Amajiki : The perfect 2 in 1 combo. With his quirk he could serve as an attacker and a defender. Though picking the right food he consumes would be the key to success and his entire performance on the field will mostly reflect to the food he eats so it's wise to prepare a handful of food at a time .

- Hawks : He was built for this, Though he may not be the strongest it terms of strength but he makes up a lot when it comes to speed and agility; his fighting abilities is beyond average and it wouldn't take a genius to know that he has gained mastery over his quirk. Plus his feathers can serve as sensors to know more about the surroundings including the enemies that are present and probably their location. And he'd definitely be my main man during a chase or escape type of scenario.

- Aizawa : With Aizawa's erasure quirk and keen eyes it would be a powerful addition for the team. Plus he possesses incredible combat prowess and ingenuity with or without the use of his canceling quirk and his ability to restrain his opponents is another advantage.

- Taishiro Toyomitsu - My ultimate Defense Character. I don't think I have to explain any further with how his quirk works and the advantages of him being in the team.

> Do I Have an Oc?

- As for the Moment the OC that I have released in public is Rui. But yes I do have ongoing Oc's.

> How Many Oc's do I Have?

- The number is still undecided.

> A Character That Is The Most Similar to me Based on Personality?

- Well I asked a family of mine to answer this for me and she replied that My Personality Corresponds With Shoto's with a Mixture of Keigo. ( Even tho I don't act like it here )

> What Hair color would I Like?

- As Long as It has Sky Blue in it.

> What Eye color would I like?

- Lavender or Silver

> Which Skin tone would I Like?

- I don't know skin tone doesn't really matter for me but if I had to pick then I'd choose maybe tan or olive?

> My Top 10 Student Characters?

- Tamaki Amajiki

- Midoriya Izuku

- Katsuki Bakugou

- Todoroki Shouto

- Eijiro Kirishima

- Mina Ashido

- Tenya Iida

- Shinso Hitoshi

- Neito Monoma

- Fumikage Tokoyami

[diveronarpg]

Congratulations, JULIE! You’ve been accepted for the role of AJAX. Admin Minnie: Armand came to me out of nowhere, born out of a few concepts I thought could be interesting. But Julie, you brought him to life. I didn't think I could love him more but you added dimension and depth; you brought all his darkness to the table and paired it with all of the light he still carries. I genuinely think you may understand him better than I do, and I trust you with him completely. I can't wait for you to bless us and ruin us in the same breath. I can't wait to fall in love with him just a little bit more, with every word you write. Please read over the checklist and send in your blog within 24 hours.

WELCOME TO THE MOB.

Alias | Julie

Age | 20 (!!!)

Preferred Pronouns | She/her/hers

Activity Level | Like a 5/10? Things have genuinely settled in life and I have a sort-of routine, since I’m working regularly, so while I’m not always here, the chances of me being active on a daily-ish basis are much higher. I’m also always lurking on Discord.

Timezone | MST

How did you find the RP? | I made a blood sacrifice asking for a good group and lo and behold, there you were. Thanks, roleplay deities!

Current/Past RP Accounts | Santino, Loretta

IN CHARACTER

Character | Ajax / Armand Giordano

What drew you to this character? | “He rises from his own ashes and abandons his humanity — as Ajax, and Ajax alone.” This line right here is really what did it for me. The concept of Armand shedding an old identity, a personal one, and taking on a new one is fascinating to me. I think a lot of characters within the mob don’t necessarily identify themselves by their nicknames, personally. Santino doesn’t think of himself as Sebastian, he thinks of himself as Santino, is what I mean. Armand, on the other hand, identifies closely with the name the Montagues have given him, because in his head that’s all that he has. The lines are very much blurred between Armand and Ajax. Armand is a direct result of catastrophe, pain, betrayal on two sides of a war he hadn’t even known existed up until it was forced upon him. Ajax, on the other hand, is the outline of his own actions, even if those actions were taken out of a need for survival. I don’t think it was intentional on his part, exactly, that cleaving of the past and the present in two, but I think he relies on it now heavily enough that he might feel lost without it.

What is a future plot idea you have in mind for the character? |

I WILL BEAT THEE INTO HANDSOMENESS. I’d like to explore just how Armand got the reputation of being the person not to fuck with in the Montagues. When you have a slate of powerhouses like Marcelo, Matthias, Grace, or even Valentina, when she’s not traipsing around on the other side, garnering that sort of reputation has to be difficult. He focuses intensely on physical prowess and I’m sure that it shows. How he uses it and the way he occupies a room is equally as important. I’m not saying it was achieved through blatant bloodshed, but delving into how it is that he’s established that sort of fear in saying the name Ajax sounds like a lot of fun. This also sort of opens the door to relationships with the Capulets. I’m sure he’s beaten the fuck out of a Capulet at some point, right? Who would that be? Was it because they were threatening Roman, or was it a hairstring reaction?

BUT BE AS AJAX. Armand takes his role of protector to Roman very seriously, as he should. I don’t think Armand’s necessarily the most book-smart but he can see the paths laid out for Roman in front of him, and Armand’s ready to clear the way if necessary. His silence around Damiano doesn’t indicate a fear of the man, only distrust, which I feel like is only growing after Damiano endangers not only himself but his own son after the death of the Witches. He’s focused so incredibly intently on Roman that most other priorities just fall away, because Armand believes Roman is the key to peace in the city. I don’t think he sees it as key to a mutual relationship between Capulets and Montagues in some sort of new age, because look at what that made out of a boy as young as sixteen. But he wants to lift Roman as high as possible to ascend upwards within the Montagues and claim his rightful seat on the throne. Armand discovering that Roman and Juliana are corresponding could either make or break that belief. I don’t think he’s emotionally capable enough to handle that sort of betrayal, because in that, he would only see his parents. I’d love to see how that route plays out in whatever direction it goes, whether he feels betrayed by Roman’s correspondence (whenever it comes to light) or more at peace with himself knowing that his parents weren’t the only ones in the city doing what they had done.

SHALL PRIDE CARRY IT? Armand protects others; it’s the key element of his personhood. That’s just what he does. It’s a natural role that comes to him with equal pride and ease, and how he feels about himself is largely reliant on how well he can keep those he cares about safe. But I’d love to see a situation where it’s less about the wellbeing of others, and more of his own, especially in the capacity of his parentage and emotions regarding that matter. Sure, Armand can hold his ground in a fight, but the use of his own parentage against him more or less broke him. And sure, he was young, but that sort of trauma changes a person vastly. He’s never looked love in the eye again, only violence and destruction of those who threaten what he cannot directly comprehend (read: love). I don’t know that it’s necessarily a secret, his birth, but I’m sure someone knows, and I feel like that could be used against him. How he reacts to that being used would be interesting to explore, and could be a potentially catalyst for greater overarching plots as well as his pride in his job and his role within the Montagues.

Are you comfortable with killing off your character? | Sure!

IN DEPTH

In-Character Para Sample:

The ride back from the whole fucking affair is silent. The little prince is practically fuming in his seat across from Armand, and Armand is touching gingerly at the tenderness at his brow. He’s shocked that the drunkard got in any sort of a hit at all, but he had to respect the force of the swing. There’d been a blistering moment of pain-pleasure-pain before he’d swung the whole weight of his body forward to crack his skull against that of his opponent. The Capulet had crumpled to the ground with a groan, and his friends were quick to collect him and go running. Armand had laughed as they’d been dragged away, crowed in victory, called out after them: it won’t happen like that next time!

And then he’d turned, eyes searching for Roman in the gathering crowd, and Roman had looked at him so strangely, like he’d done something wrong, when this was all Armand knew how to do right—

Roman alternates between looking at Armand, huffing, and looking out the window, huffing still. The fight with Damiano earlier had been bad enough. A brawl in the streets between Capulets and Montagues sat as the cherry on top of the cake. He wants to say it was you who wanted to go so badly. Even so, Armand’s not a complete idiot. He knows how that would go. Rebellious or not, he’s not sure that this is how the heir saw their evening going. He’s sure the lashing words from Damiano tomorrow will be harsh, if not outright cruel. He’s only seen the man lecture his son once or twice, but it more or less follows the same pattern: you have a legacy, you’re important to Verona, and to me, blah, blah, blah. Armand usually just tunes him out.

The divider between the passengers and the driver is up. They could get it all out now, if they wanted to. Armand’s not sure he knows where to begin. They’re both new to this whole thing, though, that’s clear enough. If he looks out the window, he can see the Castelvecchio glittering in the distance, a jewel of architecture and stone. That’s what his fathers had called it, at least. He clears his throat. “Roman, it’s-”

“Don’t.”

Armand’s mouth snaps shut. Fine, then. If Roman doesn’t want to talk, then they won’t. He’s not sure how long he can endure this bubbling of emotions in such a small space. He knows Roman is passionate — almost passionate to a fault. But that could very well kill him, if he’s not careful. He could say I worry for you, it’s my job to keep you safe. He could say a thousand things. He’s just not sure it matters. He’s never been any good at this sort of thing, doesn’t think he ever will be. He opens and closes his hands, clenches and unclenches them into fists. Anything to be anywhere else but here.

Roman won’t look at him for the rest of the drive, and Armand’s almost grateful for it. He says nothing to him once they reach the grounds of the Montague family home. It’s late in the night. Damiano is surely asleep. No one greets them at the doors, and Armand makes sure that Roman makes it into his bedroom before moving into his own small space at the end of the hall. He has his own place, although less time is spent there, and more here. His days revolve around Roman, now, and he’s almost thankful for the distraction from everything else. The world gets a little too loud, sometimes, and it only ever quiets when he’s slamming his fists against the weight of a bag, or something hurts, or running hard enough that all the thoughts drain out of his head. Or, as he’s now found, when he’s with Roman. He knows it isn’t the same for the little prince, but Armand worries that if he gets caught up in his own thoughts, he’ll lose it. Do something stupid. Go mad, maybe. Wouldn’t that be a laugh: Ajax didn’t die doing his job. He died from insanity.

He slips his running shoes on and steps into the cold night air, stares up at the window of Roman’s room. The lamp-light is on, and besides, he won’t be gone long. One foot after the other, then the next, until all he can think about is the weight of his steps against the ground, until it starts to ache. When he can’t go any longer he forces his body to pick itself up and keep moving, until he collapses on the ground, gasping for breath. (It’s been a while since he’s done that, he realizes).

The sky is full of stars. He pants, tries to connect the lines between every one, synchronize his breath with the dull thrumming coming from the side of his head. There might be a cut there. He’s not sure. He hadn’t felt any blood.

The drumming of his own blood soon calms. When he stops gasping, Armand pulls himself up and stretches. Focuses on the lamplight in the distance. Starts running again. All his thoughts empty out of his head, and for once, the world is blissfully quiet.

Extras: N/A

[silver-and-ivory]

explain pls

Okay!

For context: I posted pictures and quotes from a Washington Times article about transgender people and (hyperbolically) claimed that it was all wrong. I suggested that anyone who wanted me to explains should send me an anon, and someone has taken me up on that offer! (hi!)

This is a long post, containing information a lot of my mutuals probably already know. It’s more like an Introduction to Transgender Issues than a more in-depth exploration of anything — which is good! I like doing Introduction to Transgender Issues —but it might not be very valuable if you already know this kind of thing. I also elide over some things.

So: let’s take it from the top. First of all, the lead-in sucks:

Is Caitlyn Jenner a woman? A growing body of research from scientists, philosophers and feminists says no.

I understand that they want a catchy hook but this an asshole move. They shouldn’t specifically call someone out as Not Really a Woman, nor should they use an unflattering picture of her to head their article. If they’re really so concerned about transgender children and the harm done by transgender activists, why are they misgendering Caitlyn Jenner? What did she ever do to harm transgender children? Is harming transgender children an offense that means people get to misgender you?

Would they treat a cisgender pro-trans activist the same way?

Anyway, let’s continue.

The latest contribution to the debate is “When Harry Became Sally,” a just-released book by Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Ryan T. Anderson, who critiques the transgender movement on the grounds of metaphysics, medicine and public policy.

Contrary to the transgender movement’s central claim — that “gender identity” determines whether someone is a man, a woman or something else — Mr. Anderson said the only rationale for determining an organism’s sex is “by that organism’s organization with respect to sexual reproduction.”

“Apart from that, all you have are sex stereotypes,” Mr. Anderson said Wednesday at a Heritage Foundation gathering. “There’s no other objective standard for identifying the sex of an individual.”

Human beings are a “sexually dimorphic species,” with complementary reproductive systems that are either male or female, Mr. Anderson said. One’s sex is evident in DNA, can be tracked in the womb and manifests itself “in many of our bodily systems and organs all the way down to the molecular level.”

Apart from the fact that I’m not entirely sure what “metaphysics” is supposed to mean (the transgender movement has metaphysics?!), this is really disingenuous.

The characterization of the central claim of the trans movement leaves off a lot of important information and serves as something of a strawman. It’s given less than one sentence of explanation in an article that devotes paragraphs and paragraphs to explaining the anti-trans-movement perspective.

I would characterize the “central claim of the trans movement” as the idea that gender and sex are separate. It believes that sex is composed of the physical attributes commonly linked to gender, such as the x and y chromosomes and the sex organs; and that gender is the social construct that has grown up around these sexually dimorphic traits.

Even as stated, his opposition to the central claim of the trans movement is poor. “Humans are sexually dimorphic” is a bad counter to the claim “people sometimes identify as a gender that doesn’t correspond to the sex of their bodies”. It’s just not very applicable. It elides the entire point and instead assumes that of course sex determines gender.

The statement that humans have “complementary reproductive systems that are either female or male” is not entirely true. Things that our society thinks of as “a male sex”, such as having a penis, xy chromosomes, facial hair growth, a testosterone-dominant hormone system, and so on, don’t all come in one package. Some people who were born with vulvas and vaginas have xy chromosomes; other people who were born with vulvas and vaginas also have penises.

It makes sense and is useful to have a concept of “male sex” and “female sex”, because a lot of people fit fairly well into these categories. But as you increase the amount of female sex traits a male person has, or the amount of male traits a female person has, you end up being very arbitrary about how you define sex. Is a person with a vulva and a vagina but with xy chromosomes a female? What if they’re infertile? What if they weren’t born with a vulva and vagina but these were surgically constructed? (These questions are rhetorical. Instead of trying to answer them, the astute reader should ponder what they imply about the arbitrariness and subjectiveness of constructions of sex.)

In my understanding, sex is best understand as aggregates of traits, rather than a simple “everyone is either female or male; better pick one!”. And even this understanding isn’t objective; it’s made up by people for particular purposes, not Determined By True Categories of Sex.

As a counter to the trans movement, I think the statement that sex determines gender is also lacking. It misses that many trans people change their sex, including their genitals. The article somehow misses that, according to this definition of sex and gender, lots of trans people are in fact their identified gender/sex, because these trans people have changed their sexed attributes.

(Attempts to redefine what qualifies one as a particular sex are goalpost-moving, and the astute reader should again notice the arbitrariness and subjectiveness of sex.)

However, even if the article believed that trans people who had changed their sexes were truly their identified sexes, this wouldn’t be fully trans-positive or in line with what much of the trans movement believes. A lot of trans people don’t change their sexes, and they’re not less legitimate than the trans people who do. But this error is... striking.

We now come to Anderson’s claim that, after we ignore sex characteristics, all we have is gender stereotypes. This is a shocking claim! I’m sure that everyone at the Heritage Foundation will be happy to know that there are exactly zero differences between men and women’s brains and behavior and- oh, no? You’re telling me that it would be kind of weird if, given all the sex dimorphism, there were exactly zero differences between men’s brains and women’s brains? That, even if there are no biological differences between men and women, given all of the socialization our society does around gender, it would be weird if this resulted in no differences between men and women’s brains, other than stereotypes?

I’m not entirely sure what gender is. There’s a lot of room for good and valuable debate, though so far I think the consensus among trans-positive people is “?? who the fuck knows”. But Anderson isn’t doing the work to make a persuasive argument, and the author of this article isn’t thinking carefully enough about the implications of his argument.

He took pains to direct his critiques not at transgender people themselves, but at the activists who promote the ideology.

Too bad the author of this article didn’t appear to get the memo.

People with gender dysphoria are suffering, Mr. Anderson said, and as many as 41 percent of those who identify as transgender will try to commit suicide at some point in their lives.

“It’s important that our response to them be one of compassion and respect for their struggle,” he said. “But we also need to beware of the harm that activists are doing by promoting their ideology.”

Yeah, you know, those nasty activists! The high functioning Vocal Minority Bad Trans Activists who don’t have the best interests of Our low functioning Children in mind. We shouldn’t bother wasting any of our compassion on these bomb-throwing diehard radicals. Diehard radicals, you know, like Caitlyn Jenner?

The greatest harm perpetrated by the transgender movement is on children, Mr. Anderson said.

He identified a four-part standard of care that transgender activists recommend to bring both body and society into alignment with a child’s identity after gender dysphoria is diagnosed.

First, children should be encouraged to transition socially if they express a “consistent, insistent and persistent” identification with the opposite sex. Among other things, the social transition consists of a new name, a new gender pronoun, a new wardrobe and access to the bathrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex.

Second, as the children approach puberty, they should be placed on drugs that prevent them from “going through puberty in the wrong body.”

Third, as the children enter adolescence, they should be given the “opposite sex’s sex hormones — estrogen for the boy and testosterone for the girl — to mimic puberty in the right body.”

The final stage of transition comes at or around age 18, when they become eligible for surgical procedures that replace external genitalia and secondary sex characteristics with those mimicking the opposite sex.

wow what an expose, look at this Sinister Plan made up by transgender activists to force children into transitioning—

But actually the trans activists I’ve met are in favor of carefully considering one’s options, making one’s own decisions, and not doing things that you don’t want to do. I can’t speak for all trans activists, and I definitely can’t speak for the medical establishment, but the things listed here are options, not requirements. I would be really sad if a trans kid who didn’t want a new wardrobe ended up having to get a new wardrobe! I don’t think people should have to get surgery done on them! No one should be forced to get HRT, just as no one should be forced to go through the puberty of their birth sex!

I think the way this list of possible options is presented is highly disingenuous. It implies that trans activists in general want every trans child to do every one of these, without consulting people they trust, without thinking about what they themselves want, without taking a break and at a breakneck speed. That’s a severe mischaracterization of what trans activists want, and it’s disappointing to see it presented in this way.

Another way this is inaccurate is that it characterizes these options as things trans activists have come up with, on their own, in their capacity as cultish manipulators. This is not true. These options are recognized as part of mainstream standards of care for transgender children.

It is true that transgender children and trans people in general are often pushed into doing surgeries they don’t want, or dressing in ways they didn’t want, due to gender stereotypes or standards for what a true woman/man/nb is. But the causes of this aren’t, generally, transgender activists as a whole. Rather, it’s more often the medical establishment and society in general which cause trans people to feel pressured to have particular surgeries or to dress in a certain way. While I don’t have immediate evidence concerning pressure from doctors to get particular surgeries, the general atmosphere of the way doctors treat trans people makes it highly likely.

I do have more immediate information about pressure from doctors and society in general on trans people, trans women in particular, to fit gender stereotypes. For example, Lisa Millbank writes-

Another notorious component of gatekeeping is the RLE, or Real Life Experience. In the UK, transsexual women are often expected to complete two years of RLE before they will be considered for treatment. This sometimes refers to surgical treatment, but the RLE requirement can be enforced before even hormones are offered. RLE consists of living ‘full time as a woman’ for typically two years. This means using a ‘female’ name, female pronouns and wearing ‘female’ clothes.

There are some women who immediately are ‘read’ as women by mainstream society the moment they adopt feminine gender markers in their dress and behaviour. They are in the relative minority. For most transsexual women, going straight into RLE is not an experience of womanhood but an experience of public freakhood, composed of constant stares, transphobic harassment and potentially violence, without access to much of the (intensely double-edged) training given to cissexual women on how to survive this.

(I don’t agree with Millbank about many things and she is wrong about a lot of things. The rest of her blog is not endorsed by me and read it at your own risk.)

Furthermore, gender nonconforming (that is, butch or not-very-femme) trans women are punished for not meeting stereotypes of women/trans women:

Media depictions of trans women, whether they take the form of fictional characters or actual people, usually fall under one of two main archetypes: the “deceptive” transsexual or the “pathetic” transsexual. While characters of both models have an interest in achieving an ultrafeminine appearance, they differ in their abilities to pull it off. Because the “deceivers” successfully pass as women, they generally act as unexpected plot twists, or play the role of sexual predators who fool innocent straight guys into falling for “men.”…

In contrast to the “deceivers”, who wield their feminine wiles with success, the “pathetic” transsexual characters aren’t deluding anyone. Despite her masculine mannerisms and five o’clock shadow, the “pathetic” transsexual will inevitably insist that she is a woman trapped inside a man’s body. The intense contradiction between the “pathetic” character’s gender identity and her physical appearance is often played for laughs—as in the transition of musician Mark Shubb (played as a bearded baritone by Harry Shearer) at the conclusion of 2003’s A Mighty Wind.Unlike the “deceivers”, whose ability to pass is a serious threat to our ideas about gender and sexuality, “pathetic” transsexuals—who barely resemble women at all��are generally considered harmless…

While a character like Henrietta, who exhibits a combination of extreme masculinity and femininity, has the potential to confront our assumptions about gender, it is fairly obvious that the filmmakers were not trying to do so. On the contrary, Henrietta’s masculine voice and mannerisms are meant to demonstrate that, despite her desire to be female, she cannot change the fact that she is really and truly a man. 

While we are supposed to admire their courage—which presumably comes from the difficulty of living as women who do not appear very female—we are not meant to identify with them or to be sexually attracted to them, as we are to “deceivers” like Dil.Interestingly, while the obvious outward masculinity of “pathetic” transsexual characters is always played up, so too is their lack of male genitalia (or their desire to part with them). In fact, some of the most memorable lines in these movies occur when the “pathetic” transsexual character makes light of her own castration. 

Ultimately, both “deceptive” and “pathetic” transsexual characters are designed to validate the popular assumption that trans women are “truly” men. “Pathetic” transsexuals may want to be female, but their masculine appearance and mannerisms always gives them away. And while the “deceiver” is initially perceived to be a “real” female, she is eventually revealed to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing—an illusion that is the product of lies and modern medical technology—and she is usually is punished accordingly.

There is a lot more information on this sort of thing than I am going to go into. If you want to read more about the way gender/sex stereotypes have harmed transgender people through the gatekeeping of medical care, I highly recommend reading Julia Serano’s discussion of theories concerning transness here and Andrea James’s here.

(Important note of nuance: there are trans people who advocate for these harmful conceptions of womanhood and trans-womanhood, such as the HBS separatists. However, I don’t think they represent the state of trans activism as a whole. (Also, don’t ask me about the truscum. I don’t want to get into truscum discourse.))

Concerned parents are convinced that this is “the only way to prevent their child from committing suicide,” Mr. Anderson said, although “somewhere between 80 to 95 percent of children who express a discordant gender identity will naturally grow out of it and come to identify with their bodily sex if development is allowed to proceed.”

This is kind of true and kind of not.

If your child says they feel suicidal about not transitioning, you should definitely be worried that letting them transition is the only way to prevent their suicide.

If your child doesn’t say they feel suicidal about not transitioning, then you should not worry about that (unless you have reason to suspect that your children is not telling you important things like this).

The statistic about 80 to 90% of trans children who grow out of it is, if I remember correctly, about children before puberty, not after. I can’t find where I got this information, so this shouldn’t be taken as a strong argument against it.

Most importantly, this information doesn’t tell us what we should do about gender dysphoric children. The article assumes that if this is the case, then you should not allow your child to transition. That’s not necessarily the best decision, and the article should have addressed this in a more nuanced manner. Ozy discusses this issue in more detail here.

Mr. Anderson said the transgender movement’s emphasis on surgical and cosmetic procedures is inconsistent with the notion that “gender exists primarily between our ears.” If gender is a mental phenomenon, “why do we then have to radically transform people’s bodies?”

Surgical and cosmetic procedures should be conducted if someone wants them to be conducted. “Sometimes people’s minds don’t match up with their bodies” is a common, if simplified, explanation of this, and I’m surprised that Anderson, masterful sleuth that he is, hasn’t encountered it.

He also said the concept of social transition, “in which girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks,” relies on “rigid sex stereotypes” that progressives would normally reject as relics of a misogynistic era.

This is not an accurate characterization of social transition according to trans activists. It is an accurate characterization of how trans people were and are pressured by doctors into conforming to gender stereotypes in order to access medical transition, as explained above.

(I’m also surprised that the Times suddenly objects to rigid sex stereotypes. It’s terribly progressive of them.)

Oh look, it’s the section about terfs.

Miss McGowan had said being a transgender woman is not “growing [up] as a woman, that’s not living as a woman, and a lot of the stuff I hear trans [women] complaining about — yeah, welcome to the world.” She also said Caitlyn Jenner has “male privilege” and “doesn’t understand” what it’s like to be a woman.

(The Times has started taking its cues from feminists, I see. I’m sure McGowan would be pleased to know she was addressed as “Miss”.)

McGowan doesn’t get to arbitrarily define what a woman is.

Also, many transgender women live as women and are treated as women. (The trans women who don’t live as women or who are not treated as women are, however, still real women. This is because gender is a complicated thing that, for a lot of people, doesn’t solely derive from how other people treat you.)

Most fatally for McGowan’s theory, there is no universal woman experience that all cis woman have and that no trans women have. (Not all cis women can have children. Not all cis women have periods. Not all cis women have encountered sexism. And so on.)

One of the authorities frequently cited in Mr. Anderson’s book is Dr. Paul R. McHugh, university distinguished professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

In his capacity as psychiatrist in chief at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a position he held for 26 years, Dr. McHugh pioneered sex change surgery as a way to treat gender dysphoria. After studying the results, however, he concluded that the procedures brought no benefit to his patients and stopped offering the treatment in the 1970s.

Paul McHugh- not him again? Surely they can dig up at least one other psychiatrist like him.

Well, if they’re reusing old material, so will I:

“It is important to remember that the opinions of Dr McHugh fly in the face of currently accepted medical practice and the positions of many major medical associations. The American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American Psychiatric Society, the American Public Health Association, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health have all adopted positions supporting the medical necessity of transition-related care, including hormonal and surgical interventions, as well as expressing support for insurance coverage of these interventions. Despite his authoritative sounding title at a respected medical institution, Dr McHugh’s opinions do not represent the views of the mainstream medical establishment, rather they are the erroneous, bigoted beliefs of a scientist who appears far too invested in his own antiquated, disproven theories and his anti-LGBT political position than the current state of medical affairs”.

Psychiatrist and WPATH Board Member, Dr. Dan Karasic, responded quickly to the WSJ, and his letter was one of a few selected for publication. We are including the full text of Dr. Karasic’s response below, though it is important to note that the WSJ editors chose to omit his clarification of Dr. Dhejne’s research. WPATH members should be aware of the facts concerning these debates.

Dr. Paul McHugh (“Transgender surgery isn’t the solution”) writes about the study at Johns Hopkins in the 1970’s showing poor outcomes from transgender surgeries, leading to McHugh shutting down Johns Hopkins’ transgender program in 1979, and the US Department of Health and Human Services declaring transgender surgery experimental, and therefore not covered. Two weeks ago, HHS reversed its 1981 decision, and removed transgender health exclusions from Medicare. McHugh seems unaware of the work in transgender health in these last 30 years that led to this reversal by HHS.

McHugh does cite one study from 2011, by Cecilia Dhejne, MD and colleagues at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. However, he misunderstands Dr. Dhejne’s work. In the paper, Dr. Dhejne states that the study was not designed to draw conclusions on the efficacy of transgender surgeries, yet McHugh does exactly that. A closer reading of the paper shows that the increased mortality is in those who had surgery before 1989, and that mortality in trans people after 1989 is not statistically different from the general population. A recently published paper by Dr. Dhejne and colleagues shows that the regret rate for those having surgery from 2001-2010 is only 0.3%. Dr. Dhejne’s work shows that outcomes for transgender surgery have improved tremendously in the past 30 years, which supports the HHS decision to remove trans exclusions.

McHugh also mischaracterizes the treatment of gender nonconforming children. As McHugh states, most gender nonconforming children do not identify as transgender in adulthood. However, those who receive puberty blocking drugs do not do so until puberty, when trans identity is likely to persist. These drugs allow adolescents and their parents to work with doctors to achieve the best outcome. This approach was demonstrated to be successful in research in the Netherlands before being adopted widely in the U.S.

The American Psychiatric Association and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health no longer view transgender identity as inherently pathological. Dr. McHugh’s views are stuck in the past.

Back to the article:

Despite its modest political gains, the transgender movement has rapidly institutionalized its ideology at major medical institutions and research universities, Mr. Anderson said. He pointed to Boston Children’s Hospital, which became, according to its website, the “first major program in the United States to focus on transgender children and adolescents” in 2007.

“Today, a decade later, more than 45 pediatric gender clinics have opened their doors to our nation’s children,” Mr. Anderson said.

Even the Johns Hopkins Hospital resumed gender reassignment surgeries last year.

Wow, the transgenders have “rapidly” “institutionalized” their “ideology” at major medical institutions. It’s almost like Paul McHugh and Anderson are a bunch of hacks who are out of step with mainstream medical opinion! Imagine that.

“At this critical time,” Ms. Kao said, “the freedom to debate the best treatments for gender dysphoria must be protected.”

I support the freedom to debate, on your own time, the best treatments for gender dysphoria. I also support the freedom to debate whether or not the Earth is flat.

[roidespd-blog]

Chapter Twenty-Four : T as in TRANSGENDER

Let’s run down our Queer alphabet. I did the G for sure because patriarchy. I did the L. The L was an interesting journey. Obviously, I did the B, I may have overdid it at times. Okay, are we done ? What do you mean, no ? T ? Uh ?

WHAT’S THE T ?

Transgender : denoting or relating to a person whose of sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex.

We previously talked about gender identity and how sometimes, it may differ from the sex you were assigned at birth. Well, still true but that’s just the basic info everyone is supposed to know about. The word transgender, coined by Psychiatrist John F. Oliven in his 1965 book Sexual Hygiene and Pathology, is actually as much an proper identity as it is an umbrella term to many variables in the Trans community. We’ll get to that in a minute.

4500 YEARS IN THE PAST (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ambitious Storytelling in a Amateurish Article)

In broad terms, the History of transgender people begins in ancient Sumerian and Akkadian civilizations, as texts from over 4500 years ago mention transgender priests and prostitutes (remember, oldest job in the world). Some reports suggest that the idea of a third gender came from prehistoric times. They were known Trans priests in Ancient Greece, Phrygia and Rome while an Roman Emperor called Elagabalus preferred the use of “lady” instead of “lord” when addressed to. Variables from the trans community umbrella comes from the fact that there is shared History between transgender people, intersex people and even Second Spirit individuals from the Navajo community. Hijras (India), Kathoeys (Thailand) and Khanith (Arabia) have importance and recognized identities when it comes to the question of gender around the world. They are reports of transitions from male to female and female to male as early as the 1800s, with musicians (Billy Tipton), soldiers (Albert Cashier) and painters (Lili Elbe) coming to terms with their identity reassignment.

Lili, in fact, is famous for becoming one of the first woman to go through vaginoplasty in 1931. She went to Germany to undergo four different operations over a period of two years. Her immune system rejected the final operation (construction of a vagina and implementation of a uterus), and her body developed an infection. She died on September 13, 1931. Her life was immortalized in 2000’s The Danish Girl written by David Ebershoff, followed by a movie adaption from Tom Hooper (2015).

To be honest, the History of Transgender people in the world is so vast and varied, I’m getting overwhelmed. The Tale of Two Brothers from Ancient Egypt. Tribes from West Africa who did not assigned gender to their children until the age of five (In Central Africa, one can be genderless until puberty). The great tradition of dan roles in China since at least the Mind and Qing dynasties. The story of Esther Brandeau/Jacques La Fargue from 18th century Canada. Frances Thompson, a formerly enslaved black trans woman, one of five to testify in front of a U.S. congressional committee in 1866. Zuni Ihamana We’wha who became a cultural ambassador of her/his people in 1896. Danica Roem… Oh Danica Roem. Remind me to talk about Danica Roem later.

And now, it sounds like we’re not defining Trans identity properly as I’ve just mentioned Intersex and Cross-Dressing performers. Well, History is messy. Although they officially differ from one another now, they were more obscure concepts back then (and before “then” was a “then”).

DO NOT CONFUSE (PRESENT EDITION)

The first notion that a ignorant could have, based on lack of informations and overbearing sense of historic confusion, is that Transsexual and Transgender are synonyms. In fact, yes, Transsexual is a term that was used for a long ass time to define transgender people. It has since been rejected by a big part of the trans community. For now, transsexual is a subset of the umbrella that is Transgender. For a transgender person, the notion that “sexual” is used at to refer to their gender identity is extremely reductive. If you are still confused and one day you meet a openly out trans man or woman, don’t put your fist in your mouth flipping a coin to figure out what term suits them best. Just ask. Politely. A Transgender individual is also not to be confused with Transvestites. Transvestite : Someone who derives pleasure from dressing in clothes primarily associated with the opposite sex. First of all, transvestite is kind of an outdated term that was used in such a negative way I almost find it insulting (although it shouldn’t). Know that transvestism has nothing to do with gender identity. It’s the pleasure to put on clothes that do not belong to your gender category. A transvestite gay man stays a gay man. In some cases (but not all), the act of transvestism is developed as a fetish and provokes sexual arousal.

One synonym of the term would be cross-dressing, which was coined after some members of the post-Stonewall Riots group Street Transvestite ActionRevolutionaries, founded by Sylvia Rivera (1971) complained about the use of the term Transvestite. One newly-named long-lost cousin derivative of this is the term Genderfuck (or GenderBender), in which an individual will dress regardless of the binary concepts of fashion and clothing.

Do not confuse Transgender with the Art of Drag. Yes, you’re straight but hyped, you kiki in front of RuPaul’s Drag Race from time to time because they’re so funny and flamboyant. Yes. Yes. Being a Drag Queen is basically being a Cross-Dresser, except that this is a vocation, a paid job if you are lucky. Drag Queens are performers, pretty damn good ones at that, and their gender and sexual identities have nothing to do with how they pay the rent. If you read the June 11th article on RuPaul, you’ll see the details on the scandal Ru created about transgender people. Know that some Drag Queens are transgender and they can keep on being fabulous Drag Queens. Oh, and Drag Kings are a thing too. They just don’t have an Emmy Award-winning show to popularize them.

I will talk about Intersex people and their ancestry and connections to the Trans community, but not today.

PROCCESS

As a Transgender person, you usually feel a disconnection at a very young age between who you are in your head and what body was given to you by a non-existent God Almighty. When a person starts to go into transition (Process of changing one’s gender presentation and/or sex characteristics to accord with one’s internal sense of gender identity — the “and/or” is crucially important) he/she/they makes a conscious personal decision. Careful, you cannot confuse Transitioning with Sex Reassignment Surgery (or SRS), which is only an option. Transitioning is a holistic process and includes many physical, psychological, social and emotional changes.

On the social side, the first step would be to come out. A gay man or woman does not simply go from one gender to another, he/she/they has to redo the entire terrible dance of announcing your gender identity. Through that process, a new name might be chosen by the individual, with the proper set of pronouns. Since it’s a process that can be years in the making, the person transitioning might start to wear different clothing and accessories, style their hair differently, ease themselves into his/her/their real self.

Whether of not he/she/they go through with SRS is totally up to the individual. In the times of Lili Elbe, you could not consider yourself a transgender person unless SRS was performed. You would have been a transvestite. Today, as the laws progressed (very slowly and very recently), only the decision and the social and psychological changes are factors into transitioning legally.

Also, if you ever wonder in a transperson went through surgery, just dont. IT’S NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS, YOU DOUCHEFUCK.

On the medical side, the use of hormone therapy to create feminine or masculine characteristics is a major step into the transition (again, not an obligation). For trans women, surgeries can include breast implants, orchiectomy, laser hair removal, tracheal shave, facial feminization and penile inversion vaginoplasty. For trans men, male chest reconstruction, hysterectomy, phalloplasty and metoidioplasty are options to explore.

You also need a trustworthy doctor by your side to help you through your transition. Using hormones without medical guidance is dangerous and you may risk serious complications.

The point is, not all transgender people transition “completely” or even at all. The ways of some are not those of others. It may be a personal choice or a financial one, as those surgeries are very expansive and not always part of your insurance package (in the States, for example). Nevertheless, a person’s gender identity should always be respected no matter how they decide to transition socially or medically.

TRANS UNDER THE LAW

They are still a lot of places in the world where Transgender people are not protected under the law, where they cannot access the public bathroom of their gender based of bigotry ideas and religious fanaticism. There’s also discrimination in work places, many other public services, in health care.

In the United States, where you can be recognized as Trans, an Employment Non-Discrimination Act was stalled and failed several times over the last two decades. Each state now have choices of legislation in the matter. Mr. Orange is quickly taking back what was giving over the years to Trans people, such as the right to serve in the United States Armed Forces. Furthermore, Trans black women are still the most in danger population on record. As recently at early, the body of 26 year-old Chynal Lindsey was found. It’s the second unsolved murder of a trans black woman in the spam of a few weeks, fourth in three years in Dallas alone.

Did you know that until January of 2018, France was asking their transgender citizens to go through obligatory sterilization, a direct violation of human rights (decision made the European Court of Human Rights in April 2017) ? 20 countries in Europe were implementing that rule, while 36 still require mental health diagnosis in order to get legal gender recognition. Back to France. Laws to protect trans people started to be talked about as early as the late 70s. Twice, in 1981 and 1982, a law failed to pass. Meanwhile, transpeople were still considered psychiatric cases when in need of hospital care, and that until 2010. Since the 2016 case of a young trans woman who didn’t want to go through any surgery and still change her legal name, shit have moved around in the right direction. With the non-obligation to be sterilized came the possibility to change one’s name more easily, not based on any invasive medical procedures. You need to prove that that name represents your real identity, that’s it’s been used that others for quite some time and the change would harm your psychological well-being. New rules about minors who want to transition have also been add up to the law. They can change their names at age 12. The birth certificate can be modified at age 16. Transphobia is punishable through many updated laws when it comes to slurs, defamation, sexual harassment and discrimination.

And yet, trans people don’t feel safe. I wonder why.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY NOTHING

2017 and 2018 were the deadliest years for Transgender Americans, with over 50 deaths in 24 months. Cases of Transgender people being arrested for crimes that were not crimes are basically limitless at this point. The Transgender community is still the most rejected of them all. Have you ever wondered how you would react if Pierre was suddenly in the process of becoming Vanessa, her real self ? The answer is not relevant. Vanessa would not have the support of her family, her uneducated friends would try to ditch her faster than you can say vaginoplasty and her boss would find a way to make her feel unwelcome. People have not been properly educated. They get easily confused with pronouns, so to understand the difficult process of gender dysphoria ?

Gender Dysphoria : the distress a person feels due to their birth-assigned sex and gender not matching their gender identity. My mama once told me that the fact that I was gay took time for her to process but she never stopped loving me. When I asked her “what if I was transgender ?” she replied “Oh no Alex. Not that. I don’t think I would accept that”. My mama’s no bigot. She is just so uninformed that she automatically rejects any foreign ideas. That’s why representation is so fucking important, so.

WE CAN BE HEROES

Long gone are the days where the only trans people on television were played by cisgender actors and were called “transvestite hooker #2”. It started with a bang with Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry (1999), it slowly went to more recognition with Felicity Huffman in Transamerica (2005) to continue through Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club (2013). All fine performances by three cisgender folks. I’m not even gonna mention prior appearances of trans characters, they are just so offensive.

The real revolution started in July of 2013, when the character of Sofia, played by Laverne Cox, was introduced to the world by Netflix. A transgender character played by a transgender actress. She went on to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Guest Actress. Twice. The consecration came a year later when Cox made the cover of Time magazine. It was called a “transgender tipping point”. 

In 2014, Transparent debuted its first season on Amazon. Let’s not forget the Tambor scandal, yes, but it would be a shame to not celebrate the work of non-binary individual Jill Soloway, who gave trans people a platform — as except for Tambor and Whitford characters, all the trans characters were played by transgender people. in 2015, Caitlyn Jenner made the cover of Vanity Fair, officially announcing her transition. She’s a terrible person. I won’t say otherwise because she’s a trans women. A terrible person is a terrible person. In 2017, A Fantastic Woman won Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards. First, it’s an incredible movie. Second, it served as a response from the government trying to erase the trans community from existence in the military. An incredibly realistic portrayal of a trans character in Shameless (played by the gorgeous Elliot Fletcher) in also to be noted. 

In 2018, Pose premiered its first episode. I’ve already talked about Pose so much. I’m not getting into too much detail again. It’s major.

I’ll just say this : I went back to work on Friday. I work at an english bookstore, you see. In the press department. And There she was. Indya Moore. On the cover of Elle US. My jaw dropped on the floor. A trans woman on the cover of one of the most popular fashion magazine in the world. I’m sorry but MILESTONE. 

Scarlett Johansson having to quit a movie where she was gonna play a transgender person because of the outpour of rage that followed ? PRICELESS MILESTONE. Janet Mock becoming the first transgender person to direct an episode of television ? MILESTONE TO INFINITY. Supergirl just introduced the TV’s first transgender superhero, played by Nicole Maines. I’ve said it before. Get the kids on board and then, jackpot. In France, activist-turned-actor Adrian de La Vega and actor Océan (who documentary feature is available for streaming right now!) are making incredible waves for the french trans community.

My god… DANICA ROEM ! This american journalist was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, becoming the first transgender person to both be elected and serve in any U.S. state legislature. She famously answered to a chance to attack her republican counterpart in the race (Bob Marshall, nicknamed the commonwealth’s “chief homophobe”) by these simple words : “I don’t attack my constituents. Bob is my constituent now.”

GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT… WELL, TRANSGHT

Queer people, here’s my daily message on repeat : GIVE MORE TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY. Stop looking at yourselves in the gym mirrors and focus : Trans people be should OUR top priority. We are letting our siblings in the mud while we parade with pride. Enough. Each new Pride should be first of foremost about trans rights and how we can protect them. AS FAST AS WE CAN. Here we have brave men and women having the courage to live as their true selves, we are one of the same. No dancing on Robyn’s music until the entire crowd starts screaming “TRANS RIGHTS NOW ! TRANS RIGHTS NOW !” I’m not hearing you. LOUDER.