#trans programmers

[green5quirrel]

Pronoun Practice Website Idea

TL;DR: Anyone want to make a website like Duo Lingo for learning and becoming proficient at someone else's pronouns?

Dear Trans Programming Community (of which I know is vast) or Allies,

I had this idea the other day of a website where you can plug in someone's pronouns and their name and practice using their name and pronouns in various sentences sort of like Duo Lingo but to learn and become more comfortable with someone's pronouns. (I am not a program savvy person, though I know I could learn. This website idea is quite complex though so I thought if I could outsource it someone might feel inspired.)

Practicing things by saying them out loud has always been helpful in creating new patterns in the brain. And especially pronouns like "they/them" (which are mine) or neo pronouns (which I can definitely use some practice with) it can take a while for the brain to go through the process of replacing the assumed/past pronoun with the correct pronoun every time before it's able to bypass that pattern and be able to connect the person directly with the correct pronoun. (Same way you learn someone's new name.)

I feel like this would be helpful because allies/accomplices and friends often go through that awkward stage of stuttering/guilt (their own) when learning to adjust their language. This website might be able to mitigate that uneasy phase of learning so that the person whose pronoun is being corrected might not have to go through as much public discomfort. (I recently had a coworker who I adore get very angry at being reminded of my pronoun because it triggered the negative way her language was corrected as child by her parents. She wanted to learn my pronouns without being prompted. This website would be an option.)

I suppose one way it could work is to have a page that is basic grammar having to do with the specific pronoun, then a quiz on the grammar. Then have sentences to practice verbally using pronouns and then, last, have fill in the blank sentences where you're expected to choose/fill in the appropriate pronoun and form of that pronoun included with the person's name. (Things could get tricky with people who don't have pronouns and go by their name alone. But I think there could be an option for that as well with some adjustments.)

I feel like the sooner we can teach those willing to learn how to be more comfortable learning pronouns without having to be put on the spot and feeling shame (that is then projected to us, who are the pronoun havers) the sooner it can become a more intrinsic part of our culture and society. And it takes us out of the equation for being in the firing range of those emotions. And it gives power to allies and accomplices to practice that allyship on their own time. So I hope there's an accomplice or trans person who feels led to take this project on. And I'd eventually like to see it in other languages as well!

Thank you for your time!

[prettiestplatypus]

True story, heard it from my aunt who works at nintendo

This is the uncensored version of a page from my comic "The Prettiest Platypus" on Webtoon That you can read it here! <-

[foone]

So I'm writing a program, right? and it translates between two codesets, and it needs to have a global variable to store the translation table.

so naturally I call it TRANS.

but the fun part is that I actually need another variable, a inverted form of the translation table, which turns into TRANS at a startup.

So obviously I named it CIS.

[autogynecologist]

White Boy Orders In FLUENT C++, SHOCKS Trans Woman Barista

[cr1zz0]

Programming for Transfemmes

[yourdailyqueer]

Naomi Wu (Sexy Cyborg)

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 30 August 1994

Ethnicity: Chinese

Occupation: Youtuber, programmer, activist

[your-queer-dad]

If a queer programmer made a website, would it be queer-coded?

[strixton]

yknow being a comp sci major who is also nonbinary makes half of the content on the exams really difficuly

at least sometimes the questions will ask about hexadecimal

[eggyolkguzzler-archive]

Do you ever feel like… no matter what, you’re not gonna fit in?

I mean like, probably for different reasons but,,, as a trans guy, seeing you and the boys just fills me with envy. Like I want to experience that too.

I hope I’m not being too vulnerable here :’) hope you can relate man, it’d give me some peace atleast

-Ethan

Oh, dude, all the time.

Fitting in sucks, 'cus sometimes it feels like a skill you have to learn. And learning new things is hard. Makes my head hurt.

But, I figured something out recently. After a lot of headaches. It's that sometimes, people who are super different from you are the coolest people to hang out with. Look at me and @sebastians-asks . We're almost complete opposites. And we're tight. No matter what he says.

Anyways. My point is; Just 'cus you or somebody else is a little different, doesn't mean we can't be bros.

Don't sweat it, Ethan. I'm sure you'll find your boys eventually. Until then, you can be one of my fellas. How's that sound?

[stvlti]

Also on that train of thought

The fics that have Feyd Rautha simp for Paul not because of a competency kink (which is arguably canon to the film - isn't that the reason why y'all say he looks turned on in the film?) but because of a misplaced adherence to the Bene Gesserit prophecy/plans (that Paul was meant to be Feyd's match in marital affairs) is not as inspired as you might think it is. It's not brave to say oh this boy was promised a gf and now he's pussywhipped for the boy he got in her stead. You've just reinvented a trans chaser with extra steps.

Also, the idea that Feyd Rautha would put that much faith in a prophecy feels reductive for a character that is already not a major-major player in the plot. I still need to read the book to get a better gauge on his character, but I've heard that he appears for a grand total of 4 scenes, which is kind of more or less the extent of his appearance in the films too. I would hope expanding on his characterisation meant giving him more agency (or at least a drive towards emancipation and agency) and more ambition amidst all the plans that have been made for him long before he was born. If he's truly as power hungry as Part Two seems to suggest - he has the will to assassinate his uncle Baron Harkonnen until he was appeased by the appointment of stewardship on Arrakis and the prospect of marrying Irulan for the throne - then what makes you think he would settle for doing as the Bene Gesserit expects of him? If he pursues Paul as a partner it would be through his own means and for reasons that defy the BG's chokehold on the imperium.

[sweet-shota]

Life is only worth living when I have someone to live for. Someone who treats me like they hate me, hit me, cut me, mark me, bite me, and make me remember I’m theirs.

If only I can a emo cruel sadistic Bf(cis or trans) to feed into their god complex and sadism…..

[warlockedfox]

Sexting but I’m giving her commands in full Java syntax and format

[skelleton-bullfrog]

Why are so many trans girls into computer science? Because they're trans-sisters

[technicoloryuri]

How many cores does your gender processing unit (gpu) have?

Well as a goth witch robot puppy girl thing I have 24 cores, which averages at around 4 cores per gender but at certain times puppy and robot use more cores

[consumeroflemoans]

T4T VILIDIA :D

[angelofsmalldeath-codeine]

The elections are over in the UK.

Shabbaz has a really good summary of the current situation. It’s worth taking a look.

And if my peeps over here live in the UK, please go out and vote in every election. Demand accountability from your local representatives. You can hold them accountable when they aren’t living up to their manifesto.

I no longer live in the UK. I was one of the many European migrant workers that left because of Brexit. The environment was hostile, the whole settlement scheme was giving dejavú of the Windrush scandal. Residency was now dependent on work visas, citizenship no longer attainable.

If you still live in the UK do your utmost to keep the tories out. Jacob Rees Mogg does not have your best interest at heart, his businesses are not even located in the UK. Boris Johnson got his French passport while he was pushing for Brexit. They’ve trashed the country to let you living in rubbles while they have a escape route.