#the 19th

[thoughtportal]

The State Department is no longer issuing U.S. passports with “X” gender markers and has suspended processing all applications from Americans seeking to update their passports with a new gender marker. This suspension, made in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order signaling his administration’s opposition to gender diversity, affects all transgender and nonbinary Americans, including those currently traveling or overseas. 

The agency says that it will issue guidance on previously issued passports with an “X” marker and that more information will be available on its travel website. However, no formal policy has been released, which is fueling confusion among trans and nonbinary people trying to update their documents. 

The American Civil Liberties Union has warned trans and nonbinary Americans that if they submit a new application to change the gender marker on their passport, they risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents while their application is being processed. An ACLU spokesperson attributed this information to reports of discrimination received through the organization’s online intake form, as well as direct conversations with people who have described this happening to them. 

[birb-boyo]

Chat I literally cannot consume information right now😭

I guess I have no choice but to go to sleep now

[fitzfunnymoments]

*Pretty Rave Girl plays loudly*

[postcard-from-the-past]

16th-century Château de Sugarde in Altillac, Limousin region of France

French vintage postcard

[betweenthetimeandsound]

"Temecia said that in her case, she noticed a huge difference in the care she received during her pregnancy and delivery with Mila using a midwife, versus her pregnancy and childbirth with her two sons in hospitals.

“I had a team of doulas who were texting my phone making sure I’m eating properly, checking in on my mental health, checking in on how I’m doing physically, all through my prenatal,” Temecia said. “Then during the birth, I was at home and comfortable. … It was a beautiful experience.”"

I find this article interesting, because of how different women decide to give birth and how perceptions impact if midwives are truly capable of healing a child. In the United States, maternal mortality is higher than in most developed countries, and Black women are more impacted by that. So, why not make things easier for them?

[goldensunset]

idk who needs to hear this but if you have been putting something off bc it doesn't need to be done until the end of the month. we are almost done with the teens we are approaching the big numbers (the twenties). that date shall dawn upon you swiftly and without mercy before you know it. psa for everyone except me i got plany off time

[nemfrog]

Dancing bugs. The population of an old pear-tree. 1870. Book cover.

Internet Archive

[fitzgeraldsflapper]

Costume Concept Art for Nosferatu (2024) by Linda Muir

[steampunktendencies]

Old Pencil Sharpener in Action

[constanzarte]

The Death of Icarus, by Alexandre Cabanel

[paintingispoetry]

Albert Aublet, "Selene", 1880

[soundsofmyuniverse]

Witold Pruszkowski - Falling Star, 1884.

[fitzfunnymoments]

It's everyone's favorite girl <3

[postcard-from-the-past]

17th-century Château de Chazeuil in Varennes-sur-Allier, Bourbonnais region of central France

French vintage postcard