#support shows that aren't transphobic

[hollowstarchaser]

Sorry but this idea that the marauders fandom is "responsible for keeping Harry Potter relevant" is so out of reality for me

the majority of the people that go to give more money to JKR have never read a fanfiction in their lives, and they probably don't even know about what she does on twitter or don't care about what the authors of the books they read do or are just indifferent or hate us trans people so they don't give a fuck and continue to engage with the official world of hp.

I understand wanting to personally step away from the fandom because she's such a piece of shit that you just don't want to engage with anything she started, but to try to guilt trip fanfic authors seems a bit much and also out of anything based in reality as I said... the cultural influence of Harry Potter is not based on the gay fanfictions online, that franchise has whole themes parks for it and a whole TV show that is gonna be promoted heavily, be serious! the problem is not the fanfictions online, she's extremely rich she's gonna keep promoting her works and lots of people aren't going to care about what she does or they may even start supporting the books only because she's transphobic

I feel like instead of trying to shame queer and trans people that write fanfictions and made up their own version of that world and made it the most queer version they could create, we should focus on shaming the politicians and judges that let themselves be bought by transphobic pieces of shit and also those politicians that are not speaking out about it??? while I do think we should absolutely also keep boycotting jkr by not giving her more money and I've been doing this for years since I learned what she really thought, at the end of the day the politicians that make the rules hold the real power and I feel like we get distracted by shaming each other instead of focusing on the main problem which is the governments in power... we should think more about going to protests and pestering THEM with our disappointment

Idk I find it ridiculous to be harassing other queer people because of this, it's just more pointless hate and infighting that doesn't bring anything positive! from what I've seen most of the marauders fans have been actively against her, have not interacted with stuff that gives her actual money and are trying to boycott her by not buying official merch etc etc they are way more aware of what she does than random normie fans that keep buying harry potter themed shit around the world... Exactly because the marauders fans are mostly queer people that honestly made up a whole other universe from what I consider just a smidge of her input at this point. I really don't think it's a fair assessment to say they're responsible or even "the main reason why Harry Potter is still alive"... That's just a lie

[rorygilmoresbisexuallighting]

The Daddy's Little Toy author situation just goes to show how anti ideology has hurt people. Like an author is in jail for fiction fucking fiction! From what I know the author is placed in prison or is being held in jail awaiting sentencing currently. For from what I'm gathering a completely fictional story. You don't have to like what she's writing to think that people shouldn't go to jail over fiction. That the thing. Also who the hell gets to decide what is and isn't simply vent or awareness spreading and what is and isn't titillating. Also many trauma survivors create vent art that may sexualize their trauma but it's still vent art. I understand Australia's free speech laws are different than America's but this is the same country that's forcing people to upload their ID to access any social media site essentially. You don't have to like the story to essentially say "you shouldn't go to jail for that". Fiction is not and never will be equivalent to actual CSAM. And supporting obscenity laws will never be for the benefit of the public. And it's harmful to equate real CSAM with fucking fiction. You cannot be anti-censorship for fiction and then draw the line at things you don't like . Like imagine if your horny Sebaciel fanart put you in JAIL under CSAM charges. With the same cell as real people who actually exploited real children or wanted to look for and use real exploited children. "Stop imposing your American views on everything!". How is it imposing my American views to say that free speech should be a right for everyone not just people on America and that thought crime isn't real and shouldn't be normalized. Studies don't show a causal link between consuming dark romance media and actually committing abusive acts or consuming fictional depictions of CSA and actually harming people if anything artistic expression can get out some pent up frustration. People with intrusive thoughts may have intrusive sexual thoughts about inappropriate things and write them down what if those are found and it's considered CSAM even if it's fiction? Like thought crime as a concept should not be normalized. Fiction is fiction. I've only seen the snipbits going around social media. But like I hated it thought it was gross so I refused to listen to it anymore and went about my day. No one should go to jail over fiction yes even if that fiction has problematic themes. For example I am. Trans person I don't think anyone should go to jail for writing a transphobic book. I might hate the author but I won't advocate for their arrest and imprisonment. Like I've seen and stumbled upon much horny Sebaciel fanart and I don't think any of those artists should go to jail or be on a register with people who've actually exploited or aides in the exploitation of REAL CHILDREN. Obscenity laws are bad things and we shouldn't normalize them. From what I've heard the book doesn't even talk about sexual contact between an adult and minor it mentions the audit man listing I've the character when they were a minor but many non-banned dark romance books have that and the writers aren't jailed. Obscenity laws are bad. No one should be in jail over fiction.

[dykewithbenefits]

Are you a cis girl with a transfem friend? Here are a few small ways you can show her your support:

Some trans girls might feel uncomfortable and/or experience gender envy if you dress overly feminine around them. Counter this by wearing nothing at all when the both of you are hanging out. If done in public, this can also cause a sense of confidence in your own body that will hopefully spread to your friend, alleviating her dysphoria.

If your trans friend has a hard time coming up with a new name for herself, lend her yours! Should confusion arises by the both of you sharing a name, consider changing yours to something that'll further support your friend, such as asking people to simply refer to you as her slave or slut.

Let her grope and take sexual advantage of you whenever, wherever. It's important for a trans girl to get acquainted with the female anatomy, especially if she's on or thinking about starting estrogen. What better way for her to learn than a literal hands-on approach? Let her squeeze your tits and ass to get a feeling for what they're like. Let her put her girlcock up your pussy, and describe how it feels to have her pound you full of girl cum!

If your friend wants to get implants, get them together! Allow her to experiment with her ideal body and the notions of conventional attraction by turning you into a total barbie! If you aren't a total transphobe, you could give her free reign to mold your body into the epiphany of femininity! And, in case you really want to give your friend a sense of shared experience, why not use modern medicine to graft a cock onto your own body so the two of you can match? Remember—the bigger the dick, the more supportive!

Many a trans girl can get worked up when getting random boners, as their feminine clothing tends to make these leave visible bulges. An ally knows that, in this case, the easiest solution is the most effective: simply help her blow her load by way of dumping it in your womb. A supportive ally knows to do this regularly, so that our trans cuties don't need to get those pesky random boners in the first place!

[soup-mother]

it really is hard not to block people doing the "those people aren't really Christian" thing over like homophobic or transphobic Christians.

yes i get that you're trying to be supportive and show that Christians can be supportive, but you're literally just changing what counts as Christian so you don't have to be associated with the bigoted ones. that's not actually helping anyone, it just speaks to your own insecurity

[heyftinally]

Y'all are going to like this one.

SWIFTIES DON'T TOUCH THIS POST WITH A TEN FOOT POLE, I SWEAR TO FUCKING HELL-

So my friend sent me this article, and I'm going to tell you why I think it's complete bullshit.

1) wishing us a happy Pride month is the BARE MINIMUM. As someone with her presence in the media and social influence, she could - and should - be doing SO much more than just wishing us a happy pride four days in.

2) "the singer has been an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community" not a good one. She seems to only remember us when it's convenient or benefits her in some way. Case in point:

2018 - "When it comes to feelings and when it comes to love and searching for someone to spend your whole life with. It's all just really really delicate. You know?" Taylor then performed her song "Delicate."

2023 - It’s painful for everyone, every ally, every loved one, every person in these communities.

In the first example, the intentional song reference comes off as extremely tacky. This is people's LIVES you're talking about. People are MURDERED for who they are and who they love (or don't love). This isn't an appropriate time to pull out the "oh-so-quirky" act and be cutesy.

In the second, the fact that she can't even center queer people in their own experience is so, SO telling. I promise, however painful it is for allies, it's 1000x worse for us to LIVE it. Allies don't have to wonder "am I going to get hate crimed wearing this?" before they leave the house - we frequently do. To not acknowledge that shows me that everything she says is performative at best.

3) I wouldn't call what she does "advocacy". She mentions us every now and then when it's convenient for her, profits off of us when we fit her marketing plan, and I've yet to find where she actually apologized for the homophobia in the original version of Picture to Burn. Also, she's real good friends with Travis Kelce's dad, who is a raging transphobe (and I bet his kids are, too). You don't get to call yourself an ally if you willingly allow the people around you to be violent bigots.

4) "always" is a strong word for someone who seems to show her support situationally at best. The full quote was "The way for that to happen is for us to continue to keep pushing governments to put protections in place for members of the LGBTQ community. And I promise to always advocate for that." Yet she doesn't do that.

5) what she speaks out, I've noticed that it's nearly always in the states that primarily agree with her. We don't see a whole lot of her "inspiring ally" speeches in places like Texas or Florida. But I've seen plenty of them come out of already notoriously queer-friendly places. If you aren't willing to face the heat of the difficult places along with the comfort of the easy ones, you don't get to call yourself an ally. Allyship is not easy. Anyone remember when Lady Gaga advocated for us in Russia, under threat of arrest, and her response was "arrest me, Russia! I don't give a fuck!"? Yeah, I've never seen even half that level of true commitment from Taylor.

6) STOP. MAKING. STRAIGHT GIRL SONGS. "GAY ANTHEMS"!!!! FFS it's such a slap in the fucking face of REAL, ACTUALLY QUEER ARTISTS that y'all keep calling these piss pathetic straight girl over produced crap songs "anthems". Fucking stop it. If they aren't queer, they don't qualify to be a queer anthem or icon. Start supporting ACTUAL queer artists with ⅛ this energy, for the love of FUCK. This bullshit pisses me off. Do you need a list of queer artists? I'll make you one by hand if you promise to stop trying to label Raylor Swift's straight girl shit songs as "gay anthems".

7) rainbows and gender subversion are not exclusively nor inherently queer. If that's our bar for "gay anthems", the bar is so low Lucifer himself needs a damn Webb Telescope to just barely see it from hell.

[blitzwhore]

I just saw Blitzø get called Stolas stockholm victim I can't with this fandom anymore😭

😂 As outrageously incorrect and stupid as that take is, I'm going to go on a tangent here. I hope you don't mind.

I think every fandom has annoying people with awfully terrible takes in it. People with zero media literacy. People who hatewatch. People who think they're entitled to the exact show they would've wanted, which has nothing to do with the actual, existing show.

This is especially true for queer media, and especially true for queer cartoons. (Hi, yes. I was active in the Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Voltron, and She-Ra fandoms when those shows were airing, respectively. I've seen some stuff). Some people just can't handle queer cartoons, period. If the queer characters/ships are soft and wholesome, they're infantilising and boring, and if they're complex and nuanced and actually have conflict, they're abusive and problematic. You'll hear the same recycled arguments over and over again. Like, the shit some people are saying about Blitz and Stolas after The Full Moon? Is literally almost word-for-word what they said about Catra and Adora post-season 3 of She-Ra (and even at the end of the show).

Here's the thing, though! Those people and their bad takes are not what I want to think about what I think about a fandom. Those aren't the people I want to call the fans. They don't deserve that title. Not when so many other people are out there dedicating their time to making gifs and art and meta posts, and writing fic, and commenting/reblogging to show support, and sliding into people's DMs to scream and squee together about a thing they love.

At the end of the day, "fandom" is just a lot of people each doing their own thing. Which people you engage with and allow to stay within your line of sight will determine your fandom experience. Fandom can be a huge, convoluted, online space full of people who are constantly arguing with one another and whose takes make you unfathomably angry... Or it can be you and your 5 friends and mutuals who scream gleefully at one another in 2-note posts. You can't control what others post online, but you can control your engagement with it.

How? Well, here's what I personally do to avoid getting upset by people's stupid opinions online:

Filter 'critical' and 'anti' tags (eg. #anti stolitz #anti vivziepop #Helluva Boss critical #HB critical #vivziepop critical). Many people actually do tag their critical posts because they know it's the respectful thing to do!

If I come across a post that has one or more of those tags, obviously, I don't click through to see it under any circumstances.

If I stumble across a stranger's untagged post with hate/criticism that upsets me: I stop reading and BLOCK. Immediately. I don't look back. I don't finish reading. I don't engage. I just block block block. I <3 the block button, seriously.

If I feel my mind reeling from a bad take I just came across: I take a step back, close my phone, breathe, remember life is beautiful sometimes. Go back and watch an episode I really like. Clean my living space a little. Vent about it to a friend (but only if I really need to, because if not, I'd rather not dwell on it).

If I'm starting to feel the need to reply to someone's bad take (directly or via my own post), I instead make the decision to channel that energy into making fandom posts out of love. (I don't do this just with fandom. If I see something transphobic online, I usually react by reblogging a bunch of trans art or trans positivity posts on my main, for example). I like to think of it as putting some positivity out into the world to compensate for the negativity I just saw. So, for example, if I see someone shitting on my blorbo, I may make a silly post just saying how much I love blorbo. Or I'll make (or draft) a post about how interesting I find some of blorbo's actions. Or reblog another person's positive/interesting post about blorbo.

And finally, I stay the hell away from Twitter. Or at least, if I go on Twitter, I try my best to avoid any tweet that has text in it instead of just art. Even the people who have good opinions spend too much time arguing with the people who have bad opinions on there. I don't want to see people's bad takes! No, not even while reading founded and perfectly articulated criticism of those bad takes! So I just limit my time on Twitter. And again, if someone is putting bad takes on my TL (even if it is to counter them), I unfollow and block as needed.

All this to say, yes, it really fucking sucks to read the opinions of people who don't understand and who hate the characters and ships and worlds you love. Gosh it's the worst. But you can curate your fandom experience. You can focus on the things you can control. You have the power to decide if your fandom experience is draining or fun!

And because I don't know how to finish this, here, have a Stolitz kiss to heal you:

We will keep winning and there's nothing the haters can do about it. 😌

[lastoneout]

I have to say, I know that the science shows that trans athletes on HTR are usually in-line with the physical capabilities of their fellow cis atheletes...but saying "estrogen degrades a trans woman's athletic abilities" just feels like we're capitulating to the idea that women are weaker than men and offering legitimacy to the idea that sex/gender segregation in sports is correct and based on biological reality, and not the real truth, which is that people with estrogen-dominant endocrine systems can absolutely go toe-to-toe against athletes with testosterone dominant endocrine systems and win and society doesn't like the idea of a "woman" beating a "man" which is why women are shoved into women's leagues where they can be paid less, treated like shit, and ignored.

Like...I know it's small steps with some people, but desegregating sports has been a major feminist talking point since I was a little kid and we should never, EVER lose sight of the fact that women not being able to play against men has absolutely NOTHING to do with athletic ability and everything to do with people hating women, especially ones that can, and do, beat men. The entire anti-trans athlete argument is based on the idea that cis women are biologically weak and cannot, under any circumstances, beat a man at any test of physical or mental ability, so if we let trans women(who are seen as men by these people) play against cis women then the cis women will always lose.

And that is not fucking true, and it's not untrue because "estrogen makes you weaker", it's not fucking true because women are just as strong and capable as men and can beat them in a fair fight and they always fucking have been. Using this argument is akin to critiquing the draft by saying the way to fix it is to make it so women have to sign up too. You're missing the point, the draft existing at all is the problem and you should not legitimize it's existence by trying to force women to deal with it too. No one should be drafted.

And, again, trans and cis and intersex women can play against and beat trans and cis and intersex men at sports. And trans men can also beat cis men. The problem is not who is strong and who is weak, it's that segregating sports by gender is fucking stupid sexist bullshit, it always has been and it always will be and we should stop doing it.

Also the existence of sex/gender segregated sports will always be exorsexist and intersexist and harm anyone who doesn't fit into the bullshit false sex/gender binary. We shouldn't separate sports by gender or sex because HUMANS cannot be truly separated by those things. There's too much variance and diversity. Intersex kids and nonbinary kids and any kid who falls outside the binary ALSO deserves to be allowed to play sports. And in a system where we still have "men's" sports and "women's" sports athletes that aren't men or women are left in the fucking dust. WE SHOULD NEVER SUPPORT A SYSTEM THAT DOES THAT.

So please, stop using the argument that estrogen makes trans women weak like "real women" and that's why they should be allowed into women's sports. On top of just being a really fucking sexist thing to say in general, it's ceding ground to deeply misogynistic and racist beliefs about women and their abilities, on top of legitimizing a system that fucks women over constantly and was built specifically to hold women back, and we can absolutely defend trans athletes(as well as intersex and nonbinary athletes) without falling back on the idea that there's only two sexes/genders and being a woman makes you weaker than a man always no matter what and testosterone is a magic ticket to being strong and makes you good at sports.

When a transphobe asks if you think it's okay for men to play against women you do not answer by explaining that estrogen HRT makes trans women as weak as real women or that trans women are actually women or that trans men are as strong as men due to HTR or are men, you respond by saying yes, I do fucking think it's okay because segregating sports by gender is horseshit that started with a bunch of misogynistic racists throwing a fit about a black teenage girl striking out two of the greatest baseball players of all time in the same game. Women's sports were born out of wanting an excuse to stop women from achieving as much as men, to pay them less, ignore them, and treat them like shit and we should move past that as a society. Idc what the reasoning is, supporting this binary ass view of sex and gender as if it's based at all in reality is not helping trans people, it's hurting them. If you can learn that the old guy in charge of FIFA used to say if female players want to be paid attention to they should just dress sexier despite the US women's team outperforming the men's team all the time and somehow still think any of this is about ability or skill or some biological reality then you aren't serious about trans and intersex liberation and do have a lot of internal misogyny you need to work on.

Stop defending trans people by legitimizing sexism and sex/bioessentialism. Women are strong, trans and cis and intersex, and they can do absolutely anything a man can do, as can nonbinary(intersex or not) people and trans men. The idea that any woman is biologically weaker than any given man is wrong. There is no biological reality supporting this idea. Stop telling little girls that they're weak, especially trans girls and trans men(since people see them as broken women who are weaker than men and shouldn't be allowed in men's sports) holy fuck, and stop telling them that the existence of women's sports is some just and correct thing when they're literally based on the idea that women are frail, weak little flowers who could get blown over by a stiff breeze and never beat a man at anything and were created as a response to women beating men at sports.

For now I do 100% believe trans kids should be allowed to play sports on whichever side feels right for them for any number of reasons, most of which have nothing to do with biological ability or winning, but aside from that, I don't actually think that trans women should be playing women's sports because I do not think women's sports should exist at all. All people, trans, cis, intersex, ect. should be able to play against each other because that is the world that actually protects and cares for trans and intersex people and women. Discard the binary, stop pretending women are weaker than men, stop erasing the bigoted reason women's sports even exist in the first place, and NEVER say that estrogen degrades athletic ability. You sound like the guy who tried to keep women out of the Boston Marathon on the basis that "no women could actually run 26 miles" that's who you fucking sound like when you say that. So stop fucking saying it.

[mcytshipsandmore]

Majormoon, except Scott's the trans masc one and Pearl's a cis man...

Pearl finds out Scott's trans before Scott even knows he's trans. Pearl's limerent, and with Scott being his limerent object and farfriend, it ain't hard to put the pieces together that Scott's a 'liiiil trans of the gender! Given Pearl stalks his browsing history ('is it possible for women develop facial hair?' 'is it normal to feel like you want to be a boy?' 'diets to reduce breast size?'), and monitors his activities (he watches on the clothes stores videofeed at Scott discreetly checking out the men's section on stores, only buying sports bras, looks for one-piece swim suits instead of two-pieces), and he figures out his 'girlfriend' might not be so girl after all, before Scott's even figured out his discomfort with his femininity issssssn't really normal for a cis person.

You could say he gives Scott a few nudges in the right direction. Pearl buys extra clothes for 'himself' that, woops, he ordered 'em wrong, they actually came in Scott's size, and, well, it'd be a waste to return them, wouldn't it, so why doesn't Scott just keep 'em, instead? He makes a big show of coming out as bisexual to his 'girlfriend', bemoans about how pretty men are, and wouldn't Scott just make the cutest guy? Pretends to 'slip up' and accidentally refer to Scott as a he instead of a she, even though it's far from a mistake whenever he gets to watch Scott light up at being referred to with masc pronouns like a lightbulb.

With Pearl's help, really, it's only a matter of time until Scott's egg cracks, and he admits he might want to be a boy. Pearl, of course, is unrelenting supportive... in fact, Pearl had already bordered dozens of custom-fit at-home binders for when he inevitably came out, already created him a pinterest moodboard full of potential new haircuts or fits, already created him a list of hundreds of personally-picked masculine names he thought that Scott might want to consider for his new one. Pearl makes sure it's well and known that he loves Scott no matter what and that he supports his new boyfriend unconditionally.

Pearl also makes it well known that everyone else will not.

Now, their community isn't necessarily transphobic, but Pearl makes sure Scott thinks it is. Pulls up news articles about trans-based hatecrimes in the area (who cares if they're a little dated? Scott doesn't need to know that), brings it upon himself to sneak out at night and write transphobic graffiti near Scott's local hangouts where he knows Scott'll see it, even deepfakes old Twitter posts or texts about Scott's friends being transphobic. Pearl subtly manipulates him into thinking the the truth is: only Pearl is safe. He can only be his true self around Pearl. Everybody else will hurt and hate him if they knew. His friends aren't really his friends; they won't be if they find out. Pearl's the only one who will ever accept him.

Pearl even slips estrogen into his food, occasionally, watching as he only grows more dysphoric (he can't dress masculinely in public, they'll know; he can't ask to be referred to with proper pronouns, they'll know; he can't have top surgery or take supplments, they'll know), and so more reliant on Pearl for comfort. Pearl is the only one he can trust, the only one who would accept his truest self, the only one who would call him a man.

It's only a matter of time before Scott shuts everyone else out under the impression they'd hate him if they knew who he was, convinced his entire support system is ragingly transphobic and Pearl is the only one who would ever accept him...

It's only a matter of time until Pearl has Scott isolated, conditioned, and wrapped around his finger.

Just as planned.

aw thats sweet!

What a loving boyfriend!

Well thats a strange thing to say…

What is.

Oh-

Oh….

-🍫

[velvetvexations]

Was going through the Playdoughs tag just to see what was up with the Homestuck vs Dykes To Watch Out For stuff and unfortunately saw that she apparently was also trying to paint Leslie Feinberg as a TERF and ngl might be a bit conspiracy brained but between that and the Bechdel stuff I'm wondering if she's just trying to shit on every single notable butch person out of a hatred for transmascs and "TMEs". Like no queer person has ever been perfect, but it's getting sus that transradfems never bring up any of the problems with Whipping Girl and decry anyone who does a transmisognist but they're allowed to shit all over Stone Butch Blues and Dykes To Watch Out For because the authors both have had some questionable takes.

It also especially pisses me the fuck off because Feinburg literally stopped medically transitioning to avoid the separation from the lesbian community(and expirience a bunch of butches say they shared on a post I found from r/ButchLesbians. Legit saw PD claiming the women in the book only exist to prop up tmascs and take care of their emotions which...idk in the context of that passage I legit can't help but feel like she genuinely thinks the isolation that came with transition was just and deserved. PD also compares Feinburg to a cis man writing misogynistic crap about cis women and truly, shut the fuck up. It's possible for anyone to be misogynistic, but Stone Butch Blues very clearly shows not only how much Feinburg valued the women around hir even as they abandoned hir for trying to become who ze wanted to be, but also how much violence and hatred butches and tmascs face, and honestly I think the latter might be her real problem with it. Can't let queer books about tmascs and butches exist, people might realize queer masculinity is actually NOT celebrated by cishet society! And ofc course asking any queer woman to stand in solidary with her butch community members is placing men's emotions over women's and implying women only exist to support and care for men. It would almost be funny if it wasn't so goddamn transphobic and cruel.

Anyway yeah, sorry to vent, that just bothered me so fucking much. I think it's perfectly fine to point out issues with well-known queer authors and activists but when you are specifically attacking masc queer people I start to get suspicious that combating transmisogny might not really be what's driving this. And again, it's awful that anyone could read that book(or just like Feinburg's wiki page) and come away with the belief that society and certain queer spaces never punish queer masculinity. It breaks my butch heart to see all of my fellow butches never making their body a home because they'd rather live a dysphoric life than end up alone with no community. I'd love for any transradfem to read those testimonies and tell me tmascs and butches aren't targeted for their masculinity, I dare them.

some trans women desperately need trans men to be cis men because cis men violently oppressing us isn't enough and they need a direct 1:1 equivalent to the relationship cis women have with cis men to feel validated

[charliewinter60]

Elle's interview - Heartstopper Season 3

I think the reason Elle's interview in Episode 6 hits so much more, is because throughout two seasons and a half, everyone's aware of Elle's transness, but no one close to her ever makes her feel uncomfortable.

Tara and Darcy never dehumanized her. When Elle got to Higgs, they treated her like any regular girl (Even Imogen when she first met her.) and became friends because of who she is as a whole, not because she is trans.

Tao never once doubted his love towards Elle. He fell in love with her and gave her the chance to have a teenage romance without ever making it weird. (Which is something not a lot of queer, but especially trans kids get to experience.)

Even those who wouldn't conventionally know much about transitioning, like Nick or even her parents, ever made questions or comments that would cross her personal boundaries. Nick made a comment about her seeming familiar, but the minute Charlie explained it to him, he caught on. And her parents were always right behind her, being some of the best support system in the Heartstopper canon. They all moved forward, loved and supported Elle.

Elle Argent was treated like a typical, regular girl throughout the show and was never dehumanized or reduced to just being trans. Which is the magic of Elle's arc throughout the seasons.

So having a character that reduces Elle to just "being trans" hits all of us, but especially her, like a truck. Especially since she didn't have her support system with her (Even if her parents and Tao were there, she was still separated from them.). What's worse is that the topic of conversation for the interview was set already long ago. With so many art questions and loads of art Elle had made in her social media they could've possibly talk about, the interviewer decided to do their research and prepared an interview that, not only pushed a transphobic agenda, reduced her to just a trans kid, which is something Elle had already mentioned she feared. Her worst fear had come true.

It burst the bubble of the trans dream: being treated like any other person.

Being trans is a big deal. It's not something you should just dismiss or ignore, but it's also not the only thing that defines that person. Just like Elle, trans people are full of personalities, hobbies, interests, and character.

"Trans people aren't a debate. We're human beings." - Elle Argent

[conclaveyaoi]

to the atheists out there, the never religious and the ex-religious, the ones who are shooting down people (naturally, mostly catholics) who are showing concerns over the next pope and how this is bad for global politics. the ones out there commenting on said posts like "but he was a transphobe and god isn't real so who cares" and patting yourselves in the back and you're wrong. hear it from a fellow atheist, you're wrong. you're being immature chasing that pat on the back making it about you when it's not. it is, like many catholics are pointing out, about global politics. it's as easy to become a selfish, egotistical atheist as it is to become a selfish, egotistical religious person. if you care at all about the global wreck the US is causing, this isn't the time to channel your right-wing youtuber gotcha moment (spoiler alert: the less gotcha, the better atheist you become). atheism 101 is looking back at the type of atheist you were at 14 and being embarrassed. it should be common sense you can agree with someone on something even if you disagree with them on a major part of personality.

I'm not saying you should start praying if you don't want to, I don't want to either and won't. but disrespecting random religious people over a legitimate concern they're showing and you clearly aren't because you're busy climbing the high horse? yeah, in atheism 101 that's the description under "how not to be a prick". always the loud gotcha activists, never the ones focused on societal change. see? you become precisely what you rightfully criticize. multiple governments are having meetings about current events as I write this. it is not about you and that's okay. leave the pats in the back for when we don't have a powerful city state potentially supporting nazism all over the world. it is not about you.

[dappercritter]

Alright gonna get political, watch out.

Just for the record, I think Canadians really DO need to vote this April 28th to avoid a very bad situation (i.e. the local transphobic demagogue) and I will bang my drum about it again.

But I'm not interested in joining in on the "Elbows Up" thing anytime soon.

Yes, we need to stand up for ourselves and fend off our own brand of right-wing idiots. No argument there!

But acting as if we aren't also a society suffering under late-stage capitalism built on colonization and gentrification isn't going to help things.

And the fact that our government's primary response is still counter-tariffs isn't helping.

Acting like we're this perfect country when there are still people who can't afford their groceries, prescriptions, or a new home, can't find a job, or are in danger of having their own rights undermined isn't going to go away just by waving a stupid red leaf around.

No, what I think needs to happen isn't a renewed wave of Canadian patriotism. I think what needs to happen next is Canadians getting out and voting on April 28th (or sooner!) to prevent a future fascist takeover here, then to start organizing to push for real change.

Not just with each other but with American citizens however possible. We're all struggling to get by right now, and the US is about to get it the worst.

Sure, there's a lot of a greasy types in ivory towers and white houses who have this wave of defiance rightly coming. But never forget that the only thing making the average Canadian different from the average American, is a flag and a border.

We can't count on our governments to set things right anymore.

We need to be there to show compassion and support for each other, no matter our nationality, if we ever want this pointless "war" to end.

[sophieinwonderland]

If you haven’t seen them, they’re making MAGA hats in black now. Thought you’d want to know so you can add them to your collection. I know you’re a big MAGA supporter. Probably one of Trump and Elon’s biggest non billionaire supporters. I’m actually not just realizing you’ve probably already ordered like 40 but hey, if you haven’t, now you know.

This is such a silly narrative people try to spin!

I was a supporter of Harris through the whole election. You can find my posts by searching the tag "#plurals for Harris." I am pretty sure I was the only one who used it.

I have been a fierce advocate for LGBTQ people on this blog, and have been highly critical of the Trump regime's immigrant concentration camps.

Economically, I have clearly laid out why I believe that social programs to help the poorest in the country and putting taxes on the richest is best for not just those most in need, but also for small businesses and the shrinking middle class.

And socially, I think my positions are more liberal than most liberals. Because in addition to wanting to protect LGBTQ rights, I would like to see that same recognition for plural systems, Otherkin and other alterhumans. I have fought to make plurality as visible and omnipresent as possible with the ultimate goal of achieving acceptance for plurals so that It might someday be possible for plurals around the world to walk freely in the light of day and go by whatever name or gender the current fronter feels like.

Have I been critical of Democrats? Absolutely!

But I have been critical of them for the same reason that I am critical of the syscoursers who want to play both sides and show respect towards the people who hate us for existing.

If your goal is truly just, then you should be willing to go as far as it takes to achieve that.

You do not play nice with evil. You do not apologize to it. You do not back down. You do not show weakness.

I have criticized Chuck Schumer for backing down when we needed him to stand up for The American People. I have also criticized him for immediately correcting himself when he accurately called Republicans bastards. I have criticized Kamala Harris for gearing her campaign towards appealing to Republicans who would never have supported her in the first place at the expense of her base. It was a terrible strategy that predictably backfired. And I have criticized Tim Walz for his recent backtracking on his comments about the Tesla stock. Because even something as mild as saying that you enjoy seeing the stock of a company ran by a Nazi crash is something that Democrats are too spineless to stand by.

But that is the extent of my criticism to Democrats. It's that they aren't far left enough. It's that they aren't willing to stand by their principles. It's that we are in a war with evil soulless creatures who are bent on the destruction of our democracy, and Democrats care more about decorum and respect towards these monsters than they do about actually fighting them. Than they do about standing up for the American people and our marginalized communities.

I support Democrat values. But I don't support our representatives who are weak and cowards, and have proven time and time again that when things get serious, they will capitulate and bow down to transphobes, racists and Nazis.

[koolades-world]

mc coming out as trans? I need the emotional support from my boys 😭

hello! yes, of course :)

enjoy <3

Mc coming out as trans

Lucifer

he's very respectful and of course supports you <3

he ensures that he's using the right pronouns and your preferred name

he actually has everyone in student council get pronoun pins so you don't feel excluded

and of course, he makes sure everyone else is equally as accepting and that you're comfortable

Mammon

the king of using your pronouns

he will correct anyone anytime they use the wrong name or pronouns

making you happy makes him happy, so he'll take any steps necessary to make that happen

he loves you no matter what, you earned your spot in the family and his heart

Levi

will be giving you a trans flag to hang up in your room!

makes sure you're still ok with his nicknames for you, and changes will be made if you aren't

he'll listen to any and all of your plights, and if he can help, of course he will

he'll even offer you unlimited hugs, which shows he really does care

Satan

he makes it his job to go back through student council documents and changes your name and pronouns

he introduces you to his favorite trans authors if you didn't already know about them

nobody wants to make him mad, so he makes sure to enforce the rules lucifer laid out about respecting you

that's how much he cares, he'll be on lucifer's side if it means making you happy

Asmo

would be such an amazing supporter of yours

of course you're going shopping together to get gender affirming clothing

he always makes sure he's using the correct pronouns for you, and that others are too

if anyone misgenders you on purpose, he'll make sure they're a social outcast and that they never do it again

Beel

he cares about you so deeply, so of course he accepts you

but, he hopes you won't mind answering a few questions of his of genuine curiosity and wanting to understand

he will make sure he's using your preferred name and pronouns

he does not tolerate transphobes! he'll beat up anybody who's being mean towards you

Belphie

you're part of the family now and unconditionally supports you

if he ever accidently misgenders you or uses the wrong name, please tell him!

the last thing he wants is to make you uncomfortable around someone you're supposed to trust

always has a surprise ready for you for trans visibility day to support you

[eccentricphilosoph]

How can anyone see this and say it’s ok to let people get transition surgery without thorough assessment, mental health care, and therapy over at least a year?

We are told over and over people who don’t transition will kill themselves. yet, what about the people who can’t reverse their surgeries who sincerely thought they were trans when they weren’t who now want to kill themselves? Im now beginning to see one reason why self-ID and self-diagnosis is dangerous. This is why this is an understandably debatable situation.

Unless we make the trans space a cosmetic space instead of a mental health/medical space, there has to be better safekeeping.

Otherwise, if you want no safekeeping then you have to admit it as a cosmetic procedure and not a medical one and take it out of the medical space.

There are many trans people concerned with the lack of safekeeping into transition because then it'll mean less available healthcare necessities for people who actually need the care. Imo, if you don't think gatekeeping is necessary, then I get the feeling you clearly don't need it yourself! Hypocrite.

The system used to be different so this kind of situation wouldn’t happen, but now there’s little to no gatekeeping and severely mentally unstable people who need help are being harmed unnecessarily.

****NO I'm not saying "get rid of trans healthcare" I'm saying, make it safer and help people get through their other mental blocks instead of affirming them only. It's clearly not working for the 1000s of people now regretting or suing because they feel like these men do. ****

I've known 3 DETRANSITIONERS personally who did so not because they have internal transphobia, not because of lack of support, not because of bigotry, but because they're not trans. Guess what? They're not statistics because they didn't tell any surveys or their clinic that they're detransitioning. There are many like them that never go back nor report it. I'm sure there will be many more who will come to the realization their lives permanently changed for the worse (this isn't just a mere "knee surgery" this is literal castration of straight men at worse). Knowing 3 detransitioners in 5 years is a lot... That's at the rate of one per 1.5 years. There are about 20+ people I knew personally at one point or another who transitioned. That's 15% of all the people I knew who detransitioned and I'd be willing to venture at least one more will detransition, leaving us at ~20% of people I've known detransitioning. If detransition is only less than 1%, then what are the odds I'd know 3 people who did since, at most, I should only personally know 1 detransitioner. It's wrong to turn a blind eye and write this post off as "transphobic". Perhaps it's you who are the bigoted one to not listening to reasonable rhetoric. Noting that some people are suffering due to the lack of gatekeeping doesn't somehow negate some people having the opposite thing happen to them.

Citing that there are "statistics" does no good unless you can find me a new study that shows me, for at least a decade, with a substantial amount of people because this is a relatively new phenomenon to make this healthcare known in the mainstream consciousness. Also, as I said, my 3 friends aren't in surveys or the system as "detrans". If anything, they're probably still written down as a transitioner happy with their transition... because how do you know someone isn't happy unless they tell you? Instead of looking at common sense of what I'm saying, I get berated and belittled. You do nothing to help the cause of trans people when you do this. Do you really want people to slip through the cracks as collateral? Do you really, in the name of "inclusivity" want to limit the resources for those who really NEED it? How extremely heartless can you be?

Again, "no safekeeping= cosmetic procedure". "Safekeeping=medical" space. You can't have "no safekeeping=medical space" as there are mentally ill people getting improper treatment, suffering, and then taking away the resources for those who actually medically need it.

[moonlighteclipse17]

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