#he’s officially trans

[oopsallkevins]

Catch!

@thecluelessdoctor @3amclothesmonster

Lil bro trying to get hat so fuck you .

[ghostbsuter]

Magicians way [part 1]

.・゜-: ✧ :-

It's not often that he finds himself in such position, but it does happen.

John Constantine never would have thought he'd scratch the "tied up by a cult to be used as sacrifice to summon a powerful ghost" spot on his bingo card.

He doesn't even feel threatened by the cult, hell, all he will receive from this day is pure embarrassment if the summoning circle is really the one he thinks it is.

Great, it's glowing.

Little bastard knows and is on his way here.

Shit.

"Oh all mighty King of Ghosts! We summon thee! Appear!"

If he has to listen to that badly scripted American movie summoning ritual one more word, he's gonna do some serious damage.

The circle lights up in sickly green, the ectoplasm flooding the insides of the portal as it opens.

And there he stands, the boyprince of the Infinity Realms.

"Hey, dad!" The being greets, swinging a swift fist against one of the cultist.

The rest are frozen and now that they're alone John sees the shit eating grin on the gremlins face.

"Danny." He greets back, watching as his kid swipes some invisible dust from his hat and putting it on back.

"Man, this is so embarrassing for you. Let me just—"

To make matters worse, Danny pulls out his bloody smartphone and takes a picture of him tied up.

"I'm sending this to mom." He's fiddling with the rope, smug smirk on him that John would love to flip off if his hands weren't bound.

"Useless..."

Ah, here comes the blackmail. A kids after his own heart.

The little shit.

Visual picture of Constantine being embarrassed. (Yes, he's tied up with a RED RIBBON for funnsies.)

[donghuamuqing]

tgcf memes because i have them in my Brain

[shittyutmv]

Guess who’s back back again

Does Killer is gay?

jk he has a bunch of pride pins i think . like a whole lot . collects them killer belongs to rahafwabas

[1pcii]

the most transmasc character ever

[lazycranberrydoodles]

oooooh you want to read my huaxuan hookup fic sooooo bad

bonus :P

[lez-bichi-lover]

🏳️‍⚧️ ✨ HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY<3 ✨ 🏳️‍⚧️

Hi *transes your bugs(liketheyweren'talready)* A little late for most countries but I HAD TO DO SOMETHING and well, I was hesitant of giving my Grimm design top surgery scars bcs it didn't make sense but you know what 🥳IDC🥳

some progress why not:

IGNORE THE LITTLE DOODLE DJSLAKJFA

[blooming-periwxnkle]

If there is something I would have loved to see in TGCF, it would have been a female Supreme.

The biggest reason behind this is obviously the fact that ghosts are associated with Yin energy. Which is said to be feminine in nature.

In Chinese philosophy, the feminine or negative principle (characterized by dark, wetness, cold, passivity, disintegration, etc.) of the two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being.

But, aside from this. I think that the whole excitation (?) that the ghosts get before the opening of Mt Tonglu could also be read as a metaphor for periods.

This is how the book describes the excitation of ghosts:

Just then, waves of hellish howls and cries sounded from outside Thousand Lights Temple. Ghosts were doubling over on the street, bawling their eyes out as they clutched their heads and wailed. They sounded like their skulls were splitting open, like they were on the verge of death.

It kinda reminds me of how men tend to see menstruation as well or the way they describe female 'hysteria' to enforce their misogynistic ideas upon women. Like, a satire of sorts..

But, aside from this, the 'ghosts' are more earthly as compared to Gods, just like how females were considered to be more connected to earth.

The gods created heaven to reside in, drawing a clear boundary between themselves and mortals. They watched from above and ruled from beyond reach. The Ghost Realm, on the other hand, was not separated from the Mortal Realm. Monsters, demons, ghosts, and mortals all shared one earth. Some ghosts hid in the darkness, and some pretended to be humans as they walked among the people and roamed the Mortal Realm in disguise.

When humans ascend, they become Gods. When humans fall, they become ghosts.

Historically, since cis men did not experience it, they often labeled menstruation as something wicked and evil. It is also why they viewed menstruating women as impure and often imposed restrictions on them and did not allow them to visit sacred places.

Even though it is emphasized that both ghosts and gods are ultimately human, ghosts are the ones who 'fall'. The ones who are not able to move on and let go of their obsessions.

I am yapping too much now, so forgive me. Moving on, both the Supremes in the story were known with a title that was given to them by others. Hua Cheng got his after destroying Qi Rong's lair, while He Xuan got his after he started to sink the ships that entered his dominion. Their identity was bestowed upon them by others. They were the ones who defined those two.

Additionally, their identities are also made with respect to the two 'gods' . Both Hua Cheng and He Xuan's titles are also references to Xie Lian and Shi Wudu. Their relation with these two is taken as the defining point of their identity as Supremes, not their personalities and how they are as people.

Hua Cheng was not taken seriously by the gods he challenged. They thought he was some random ghost. Even after he defeated them, they did not uphold their end of the bargain until Hua Cheng burned their temples. Same with He Xuan- they knew he was lowkey, so they never paid attention to him until they came to know about his infiltration.

It kind of reminds me of how cis men don't tend to take women or even trans men seriously due to misogyny. They consider them to be inferior until they 'prove' something to them that could command their respect.

More about the Mt Tonglu thing. Menstruation is said to have evolved as a mechanism to protect placental mammals. To protect the mothers from unfavorable pregnancies. Every ghost enters the kiln in order to reach the level of Supreme. Those who manage to come out of the kiln reach the devastation level, and as a result, they are affected the most by its opening. And, in order to conserve their strength, they turn into a younger version of themselves or go into hibernation.

These are..well, the reasons I would have liked if there was a female Supreme, but since there isn't...we'll let our minds do the job.

My apologies for the incoherence. I was talking to a mutual about how the tgcf characters would react to period cramps, and neither of us could think much about Hua Cheng and He Xuan at all, and then my mind wandered off to this.

P.S. If I said smth wrong, please be nice and let me know, I'll correct it.

[saturnniidae]

Remember that time dreamworks was reposting pride art and they reposted trans hiccup art? That was pretty cool.

[squaloropera]

Ykw I usually praise franchises for the fact that a trans character will be trans and nobody will make a big deal about it, but I’m actually quite married to the fact that tgcf doesn’t hesitate to show that being trans actually does suck through Shi Qingxuan (and yes, sqx is trans, eat my ass). It wasn’t some individual scene that tries to hammer down intense and violent trans suffering as hard-hittingly as humanly possible, to the point of triggering trauma, just to never bring it up again like most shows- it’s more subtle than that. Shi Qingxuan is frequently subtly mocked for switching between genders. Their brother scolds them publicly for being in their female form and demands they switch back. People frequently make fun of them for being ‘shameless’ and imply that they’re just a cross dresser. They’re never bothered by it, and never bring it up. They’re perfectly content with their existence, if a little intimidated by their brother. That’s such a nice portrayal of things like this. Sometimes transphobia isn’t violence or slurs, sometimes it’s subtle snideness and the bare minimum of respect. Mxtx doesn’t shy away from these topics, but doesn’t exaggerate them cruelly either (mind you, I’m not sure how deliberate this representation is on their part). They’re portrayed in a realistically subtle way.

[biboomerangboi]

Wanted to practise skin and muscle shading so may I offer you some buff Dianxia on this Sunday Evening.

[prince-liest]

Wooo, the past two days have reminded me that I really enjoy medicine! It's just the emergency department that isn't for me, almost as if I chose family medicine for a reason, haha. (Also apparently our local ED is a shitshow. I wouldn't really know, as it's my only point of reference, and as far as I know most EDs in underserved areas are shitshows. At any rate, I lost a patient for 3 hours the other day because someone moved them without telling me and updated the chart incorrectly, and I hunted for them all around THRICE without finding them, and signed them out as Left During Treatment until someone finally called me like, "Heyyy... so did you send X to the pharmacy...?" and I was like, "They're STILL HERE???"... ANYWAY.......)

No matter what rotation we're currently on, the family medicine residents do 1.5 days of clinic a week, and half a day of didactics. ED shifts can't be interrupted, so mine are all lined up so that I have all of Tuesday in clinic, and Wednesday split between clinic/didactic. I've basically gotten only half a day off so far in the past two weeks due to the night shift schedule, but this litte two-day family medicine interlude has felt like a break in its own way, haha. Now that I'm getting a better hang of the EMR, clinic just feels very nice, and it's exactly what I want to be doing. And as part of our didactic, we spent a couple of hours today doing sports physicals for the nearby college, which was neat! Got free pizza after, too, eyy.

One small thing I really wish was standardized is that anybody on inpatient service and emergency medicine rotations had an official break, at least 30 minutes per shift (which is not a lot considering shifts are 8-10 hours for ED and 12 hours for inpatient service). Most other rotations (including even inpatient pediatrics) have an hour designated for lunch, but two of the most grueling ones don't, and what ends up happening is that even if my seniors have told me not to worry and to take a 30 minute lunch in the ED, I feel guilty doing it because everybody else is scarfing down a 10 minute sandwich at their computers while staring at the patient charts and I feel bad taking even 15 whole minutes because it's noticably 5 minutes longer than the EM resident took! And it's the same thing for my coresident that's currently on inpatient service. It's just a long time to go without a dedicated break and it's part of what makes those services exhausting.

Anyway, today and yesterday were both good and I have some things I'm sooo excited for! I got into contact with the new endocrinologist that works with our program because she does trans health care and we're going to start a trans health clinic together. The only real question, which my program director is going to be talking over with her, is figuring out how I can participate in that longitudinally, because unfortunately it doesn't count for my family medicine continuity clinic, and there are some rotations where the hour requirements apparently don't allow me so much as to take a half-day per month for a different service (lookin' at you, inpatient service - which is 6a-6p, 6 days a week, so they'd also be breaking duty hour restrictions if they put the clinic half day on one of my single weekly days off lol).

Regardless, we'll figure something out! I really, really want to do this and my PD is excited about it, so I think they will try to make something work. I'm kinda crossing my fingers that they do allow me to take one half-day per month for this even on inpatient service.

[uncanny-tranny]

Hi! would you by any chance have tips on how to get a binder when your parents refuse to buy you one? ☹️

That's definitely a sensitive and complex answer, and while I might not know of the best option for your unique situation, there are some ways you can go about this.

If it's a foregone conclusion that you cannot convince them of this, what I used to do is DIY my binder. The ways I primarily did this were:

Option One: Wearing a camisole that was one size smaller than I actually was (so, wearing a small instead of a medium, for instance), then folding it up over my chest. As a disclaimer, this may only work well if you are smaller in the chest

Option Two: Layering two sports bras in my size over each other. Some of the DIY tips I found before I got a traditional binder advised to wear one sports bra in your size, then wear another sports bra backwards in a size smaller. I would advise against this for potential safety reasons, but also because (at least personally), it can be ineffective and a waste of resources.

Some people have also had friends or other family members order their binder for them, but this can be risky, depending on your situation. While I don't know the ins and outs of your specific circumstances, risk management is important to me, so I would recommend this if it is a risk that is acceptable to make.

I understand what it's like to not have access to this resource, so what I will do is advise you against:

Binding with ace bandages (I did this before (multiple times, in fact, because of dysphoria), and believe me, not only did it hurt like hell, but it constricted my body so heavily that I may have done long-term harm)

Wearing a DIY binder (or any kind, for that matter) for longer than your body can handle

Doing DIY in such a way that even mimics binding with ace bandages. This means that your binder shouldn't constrict your ribs, breathing, or range of movement

Here are some general good practices that you should use to guide you for any type of binding, whether traditional or DIY:

When you start binding, only do so in very short sessions to begin with. While binding shouldn't outright hurt, it can be a weird transition while your body is getting used to that new sensation

Minimize heavy lifting or exercise while binding. If it is unavoidable, drink plenty of water and take plenty of breaks

Stretch after binding

Don't bind while sick or have inflammation in your lungs or chest

If you DIY, treat your binder like it is a traditional binder. Don't make the mistake of assuming you don't need to listen to your body because you aren't using a "traditional" binding method

Ultimately, listen to your body. If it is telling you that it needs a break, honour that. Your body isn't punishing you, it is trying to keep you (and it) safe, even if it doesn't feel like it

In the end, this isn't perfect. Sometimes, parents do come around, even in their own ways, even if little by little, they come around. When I first came out officially around 2016, I was convinced that my transition would be completely forbade by my family; I concealed a lot of it in the worst instances of this. However, now, I think most of my family has come through their own journey with the understanding of the reality of what and who I am. I tell you this, anon, because I want you to know that this, too , shall pass. You can make it. I know this might be devastating to you, and believe me, I know what that's like. But it won't be forever. These bridges aren't burnt forever, and I hope you can find your happiness and contentment wherever it may be.

[crimeronan]

i don't even know if AU hunter is cis honestly. i don't think i've established anything either way. the only relevant thing storywise is that he's flat-chested and frequently shirtless around luz and amity, but like. if the kid's been on HRT/puberty blockers forever he wouldn't need top surgery to begin with.

so. like.

schrodinger's masc.

[thelostgirl21]

In case this could be useful to my fellow Canadians right now...

And, to all my American friends and followers, I am deeply sorry that you have more or less been taken hostage by an egomaniac that seems to be playing the game of "let's expose all the flaws in the American and International systems, by testing how many rules I can break, agreements I can shred to pieces, how many institutions I can set fire to, how many allies I can piss off, and how much damage I can cause the world at large before someone finally manages to put a stop to my destructive bullshit!"

Let me be very clear: less than 1% of the Fentanyl coming illegally into the USA make it past Canadian borders.

Just like less than 1% of immigrants coming illegally into the USA make it past Canadian borders.

[Meanwhile, the USA is Canada's largest source of illegal handguns found in our country, just putting things in perspective!]

And, when you remove the crude oil that the USA is buying from Canada for its refineries, the USA has a $58 billion SURPLUS with Canada, not deficit!

CANADIAN CONSUMERS ALREADY BUY MORE AMERICAN GOODS THAN AMERICAN CONSUMERS BUY CANADIAN PRODUCTS!!!

And yet, it's not the Canadian crude oil that he's hitting with 25% tariffs (oil and energy are kept at 10%)!

Of course not!

Because, if the price of gas at the pump suddenly dramatically spikes, American consumers are way more likely to take notice, and perhaps finally realise that tariffs are a driving force behind inflation, and that consumers are the ones ultimately paying for it!

And, despite our decision to invest $1.3 billion to improve our border safety even more than it already is (since Trump started threatening to hit Canada with 25% tariffs, because of the threat that Fentanyl and immigrants coming illegally into the USA from Canada poses to the broad general American population, apparently), he's chosen to go ahead with them regardless!

He's been refusing to either talk or meet with our Prime Minister ever since he took office, showed no interest in negotiating and trying to resolve this through other means (other than suggesting we should become his 51st State, what the actual fuck dude?!?!?! ), and declared a trade war on Canada and Mexico, his two biggest trading partners.

And it's not like any of his demands or expectations are clear, either!

We can't give him what he wants, because he's not even clearly telling us what he wants!

For us to become the 51st State?

Last I checked, we're a democracy. So, it's not like Trudeau can just go "Oh yes! Where can I sign to become part of the USA, and thus prevent you from openly declaring a trade war on Canada?"

Becoming the 51st American state would need to be voted by the entire Canadian population!

Perhaps Trump is totally unaware of foreign politics, but Quebec has been (unsuccessfully) attempting to leave Canada for years to become its own country, because many Quebecers feel like our national identity and French Canadian culture are too different from that of the English Canadians that form the majority of the Canadian population in other Provinces.

And Quebec alone represents almost a quarter (23%) of all of the Canadian population.

If Canada has been struggling with convincing us that there's a place for us and our culture within Canadian society - and we are literally raised from birth to fear and fight against the threat of cultural assimilation within the English majority in Canada - how likely do you think we are to vote for becoming part of the freaking USA?!?!?!

To be clear, the reason why we're still part of Canada is that the majority of Quebecers have ultimately voted against separating on every referendum on Quebec's sovereignty (though it's been an extremely close call at times, with only 50.58% of Quebecers having voted to stay in Canada back in 1995).

And I am amongst the Quebecers that believe that there is a place for cultural diversity in both Quebec and the rest of Canada, and that you can choose to identify with Quebec's, French Canada's, and English Canada's cultures without feeling like you have to betray or sacrifice your French Canadian origins!

I am also deeply ashamed every time I see Quebecers trying to forcefully assimilate immigrants into our own culture, because we should be the first to understand how complex cultural identity is, and that integrating into a dominant culture shouldn't be the same as losing who you are and where you come from. Gaining a new community to belong to, and partaking in that culture, doesn't mean needing to erase all other traces of another culture in order to belong!

So I'm a Quebecer, I'm a French Canadian (there are French Canadian communities all over Canada, not just in Quebec, hence why I feel it important to make the difference), a Canadian, and a North American.

But the fact remains that Canadians are their own people, tend to take great pride in their own identity and culture, and that we can absolutely love and respect our neighbours without wanting to become our neighbours!

We share North America's resources with Greenland, the USA and Mexico, but we aren't a single people, nor do we wish to be assimilated into a single society!

So, attempting to vilify us by pretending that our lack of proper border control is greatly endangering the lives of the American population, and directly taking steps to profoundly harm our economy while spouting half-baked excuses, is the pure work of a bully!

A much bigger, richer, and more powerful bully that seems to delight in trying to make people feel small and at his fucking mercy!

Because nothing we can say or do - short of agreeing to become USA citizens ourselves - will ever seem to be enough for him, apparently!

He's a fucking Nazi fascist bully, and I genuinely have nothing against the American people that I also see as victims in that whole mess, but if we don't fight back and attempt to stand our ground, he'll just keep trying to push other countries around in his attempt to dominate the freaking world!

The one thing I sort of disliked in Trudeau's speech, yesterday, however, is when he said that Canada was the best country in the world (in an effort to rally and reassure us), because we are not.

I don't believe that such talk is relevant in the world today, since the situation isn't about which country is the worst or the best in the world, but striving to do what's right and stopping a bully from continuing to threateningly advance on the world in whichever way we can!

It's not about "putting Canada first", either!

But if Canada capitulates (with what? What are his freaking demands?!), what's going to happen afterwards?

Is he trying to economically cripple us, just so we'll get so desperate that he thinks he'll just be going to be able to buy us like he apparently thought he could buy Greenland at some point?

Scrap that! Still thinks he can buy Greenland?

So yeah, please forgive Canadians for needing to avoid investing any more money into the American economy right now, to hopefully help those of you that haven't been able to see yet that all Trump is doing is generating way more hardships for his people and the rest of the world than he is solving any problems to do so!

He's not making America Great Again, he's Internationally making America be perceived as an unreliable, untrustworthy, selfish, abusive, lying bully!

And we are a population of 40 million vs an American population of 335 million.  

We can't declare war on the USA to liberate you from a problem that your own democracy sadly voted for, although some of us are fully aware of the brainwashing techniques and lies that he used in order to gather those votes!

The only ones that can request more accountability from their own President and revolt against him are the American people themselves.

So, if the prices for building new houses, certain foods, gas, cars, house appliances, electronics, etc. keep on increasing, and people outside of the USA stop buying American products for which they can find alternatives, I'm hoping that the rest of the USA might start catching on to the fact that Trump is a criminal and shitty negotiator that drove his companies to bankruptcy 6 fucking times! Not some white savior that will magically fix every single problem in the world including the USA's economy!

[gouinisme]

i truly do not think alice can possibly stop being a character bc of previously stated reasons so now my working theory is the "i'll die down here" is mostly a distraction from "i was born down here" and alice Is some kind of reborn or construct or undead or something in the way that what she Is, her Current form of life was born from whatever weird alchemist shit is going on in the OIAR and the Magnus institute