#trans kids deserve better

[lil-tumbles]

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The department of education tried to steal the trans kids deserve better banner through a window, so Squirrel (one of the kids) fucking SCALED the building to stop them! If you're in London please please please go down to support them, they're doing amazing work, and please write to your MP about the issues facing trans students (outing, bullying, harassment...) and the puberty blocker ban, which has sadly been extended.

Any help will be highly appreciated!!! Watch the race to save the banner here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_K6tnCoqbd/?igsh=MTE0emRocWxnZnIwdg==

They've also got a fundraiser in their insta bio, so please donate if you can!

[commiepinkofag]

Support grows as teenage trans activists enter their third day of protest at NHS England’s Headquarters

NHS London Headquarters, 1 July 2024

Two young trans activists scaled the NHS England’s London headquarters at 133–135 Waterloo Road in London on Friday to stage a protest and have remained there ever since. The group, now made up of seven young protesters, all 18 or under, has one simple message: Trans Kids Deserve Better: we are not pawns for your politics. “We are staging this protest to remind politicians and voters that we’re real kids, not just political talking points. We may not have a vote, but it is our lives that are at stake,” said one of the activists staging the protest. “Gender-affirming healthcare is a matter of life and death for us, and we hope that our actions will bring awareness to this fact and encourage others to fight for the healthcare and dignity that we are so shamefully denied.”

[natsmagi]

honestly the more i hear about engstars and its TLs the more i absolutely dread the inevitable release of poltergeist and what may ensue from it, bc if if the translators themselves are already invalidating arashis identity then i Really Truly do not want to see how theyll translate natsume and tsumugis microaggressions/transphobia towards her. esp since ive noticed a rise in people being comfortably transphobic towards her, and i REALLY do not wish to see natsume and tsumugi being stupid fucking morons be used as evidence to discredit her

and i think this is all the more reason why its VERY IMPORTANT for engstars to DIRECTLY ACKNOWLEDGE arashi and her gender. bc sometimes characters are STUPID and RUDE and APATHETIC. enstars is a story with NUANCED and FLAWED CHARACTERS, and when a character is being a fucking asshole youre meant to PROVE THEM WRONG. but they dont even acknowledge arashi as a girl themselves. so, if you do use engstars, please keep pressuring them bc omfg this is so bad and i can only see it getting worse

[keepmeinmind-01]

please share with anyone you know who might receive one of these letters from the NHS! also, be aware that newspapers are looking for interviews and it’s probably safer not to give out information if possible given the government’s current stances following the cass report. trans rights are humans rights!! 🏳️‍⚧️

[punkeropercyjackson]

Zutara as a 'Katara dosen't know she actually wanted Zuko the whole time and that Aang's not good for her' move is just so out of pocket because Katara is literally a punk girl of color.She knows more about feminism than 70% of the Atla fandom and the 70% is Zutradras and i call them trads for a reason,which is they want Katara to be for Zuko in the paragon of faux feminist tropes:'Misunderstood' bad boy love interest humbles 'empowered' fem mc with no personality or distinctive character design or plots.And Katara was written to defy that!!She's a girl!She's a punk!She's a poc!She's a punk girl of color!Katara was a teenage anarchist and she turned into an adult revolutionary that trained tons of her people in their powers,including THE AVATAR AFTER AANG.And Aang?Thinks her punkness makes her a real hero and finds her personality as attractive as he does her features of color that're darker/stronger than his and that defies the negative/colorist stereotype of darker features being for moc and not woc.My daughter did NOT fight against gender roles yet for her right to be feminine as a brownskin girl and say fuck the system nonstop in actions AND words and mentality for a bunch of raggedy ass abuelitas who more often than aren't even woc or if they are,they're extremely conformist ones so they can't understand Katara like punk woc do,to talk down to her because she dosen't know she needs to conform to be 'a real feminist'.KATARA IS NOT A FUCKING NORMIE!!!!!!And i know for a fact despite all the talk,y'all wouldn't walk the walk and bully her if she was real because she's 'weird'.STEP AWAY FROM THE ADULTIFIED ALT TWEEN GIRL OF COLOR,FIRE NATION KATARA URLS

[tiredofthehumanlife]

Sirius 100% was born in the most dramatic way. He came two weeks early. His mother's water broke at exactly 3am (witching hour) while she was passed out and she thought she pissed herself in her sleep. Then she got more contractions and she was like "oh these aren't Braxton Hicks these are the real deal". It was 13 (unlucky number) hours of labour and when his parents told him about that day he was so proud of himself bc like "dang right I came into the world like that I'm freaking (he can't say curse words) Sirius Black"

And then Regulus was born and he completely upstaged Sirius

It was like a blizzard outside. The power went out. Walburga's water broke at the worst time ever; 2pm. Its fully nap time and Regulus was like "NOW LETS GO RIGHT NOW". It's hardcore storming outside. Walburga has the worst contractions of her life. She was squeezing Orion's hand and screaming so much they both came to the decision in that moment that they were not having kids again. While the black family doesn't believe in like modern medicine ("damn muggles") they did have like a sacred 28 approved midwife that came over for Sirius' birth. Because of the blizzard the midwife couldn't make it so Walburga had a water birth in their marble bath tub. Splashing Orion everytime he pissed her off and Sirius was so stressed because his mom is in pain. He brought her a little rubber ducky (mom's taking a bath she needs a toy to relax) and she was squeezing it so hard so the only sounds in the bathroom was just her screaming crying and the duck going "sqeak sqeak" and Walburga saw little Sirius just standing by the door wringing his hands so stressed out because like "why is mom still in the bath if the water is so hot she's crying? I don't get it." and she calls him over and grips him by his shoulders and goes "Never have children Sirius don't do it" and Orion obviously says "mother's just sick that's why she's talking crazy" while shooting Sirius to the playroom because he needs his eldest son to continue the bloodline. Walburga is in labor for 7 hours (less than 13 but still spooky bc 789) and the first thing Regulus experiences is water. Walburga just sits there for a second with this beautiful baby girl boy just completely chill after being birthed just sitting there with his little toes in the water like "🙂hi." and then the blizzard settles and the black family are stuck indoors for three days straight with this new baby that just stares at people and has already slapped Sirius

But sure if you want regulus to be a summer baby that's fine too ig

[yuridovewing]

i understand the frustration with “i made this gay pairing cis x trans so they can still have biological babies” with no thought to other methods and how ppl assume thats the case when it comes to mothpool aus where mothwing is also the mother of the three, but also…. idk i kinda dont give a shit if someone wants to do that and i dont really think its inherently transphobic as long as its handled with care and respect.

what really concerns me about this debate is how some people are adamant that you cannot portray trans people having biological children in media or youre being disrespectful. and im gonna say as a nonbinary person who doesnt want children for themself- thats kinda fucking weird? like i understand that for some people, theyre trans themselves and theyre speaking from a place of dysphoria, and i absolutely get that, which is why i think the topic should be handled with nuance and diversity in trans characters, but like…. guys. pregnant trans men exist irl. trans women get people pregnant irl. trans ppl’s ability and right to parent and have biological children are being debated irl. we get denied the opportunity to adopt as well.

in a climate like this, are we SURE we want the stance on rewrites and headcanons in the silly cat books to be “if you portray trans characters having children, especially with a gay couple, youre a transphobic freak no matter what!” does it really matter? especially if its being done by a trans person handling the topic with nuance who has a lot of trans characters with varying perspectives?

obviously yes, remember that thats not the only way certain gay couples can have kids, remember that not every trans person is fully comfortable with it and keep that in mind, remember that surrogacy and adoption are also perfectly valid ways to give fan babies- but remember that there are OPTIONS. not that you need to condemn the idea of transgender parents in the first place unless they fit the very specific criteria of “proper transgender representation” and anything that dares deviate from that is proof the op is a transphobic monster (bonus points if theyre a trans creator bc i mostly see trans people getting shit for this and it kinda pisses me off. although idm if cis people do it either as long as theyre handling it with respect)

[burningtheroots]

[uncanny-tranny]

I find it detestable that "trans children deserve to grow up to become adults" as a principle is considered to be controversial, up for debate

[lil-tumbles]

Trans Kids Deserve Better (the people from the NHS ledge) are currently occupying the front of the department of education building in Westminster (London). Please come support them if you can!!! They're protesting the treatment of trans students in the UK 🏳️‍⚧️

[jude-us]

As a community it is vital that we uplift POC trans voices. Not just because we deserve to be heard (and believe me we do) but because trans children of color deserve to know they have this option. They deserve to see themselves represented alive and happy.

[sortanonymous]

Wait, they're making another one? Oh-kaaayyyy... Not holding my breath, but hopefully it's at least better than the $h!tshow that was the second movie. (Even if that "version" of Silver is still there.) If it's any consolation, I don't know how much Sega is involved with the Sonic movies, but if it's a good bit, then maybe they can help out! At the very least, there's this amazing comment under the reveal teaser. (GOLDEN ISLAND MENTIONED)

[templebet]

i dont even know how to hold space for this level of grief when it comes to Nex. i know they weren't the first, i know they won't be the last, i felt similarly after learning about brianna ghey. while it illicits no different level of anger, no different sadness, it feels personal in a way that's rare. its like when i learned about the boys that died from police brutality in my own city. nex looked like my friends. nex looked like me. i heard nex speak and i could see myself at the lunch table across from him. its one of those situations that hits so close to home it might as well have been in my house. i met two kids at a protest last year, two 16 year old trans mascs from south florida, and it was my first time interacting with a trans high schooler since graduating. when i met them i felt so protective and when they spoke at the protest i felt so proud. they were kids, they should've been at home, playing sports, doing homework, not hours away fighting for their lives just to watch their rights taken away right in front of them.

im sorry nex. im sorry brianna. im sorry kayak. im sorry remi. you deserve(d) better. i wish i could make it better. i won't ever forget you. i won't let the world forget you.

[mars-ipan]

this is gonna sound incredibly virtue signal-y i fear but i have been feeling. so fiercely protective of all the transfems i've ever met lately

[punkeropercyjackson]

To those who say 'Hobie just dosen't have the vibes of a teenager',describe the 'vibes of a teenager' without using white traits or norms.Quickly

[scarrletmoon]

idt jkr was evil at the time of writing hp i think she was radicalized at some point after becoming famous and rather than grow out of the flaws and biases we could pick up on and critique when rereading hp, those flaws and biases become more pronounced and were in fact key to her radicalization. i also can’t enjoy hp the same way anymore but i find it fascinating to reread and see where jkr’s prejudices appear in the text bc u can pick up on some core fundamental beliefs that make it pretty apparent why TERF ideology got to her.

i think my point with my tags was less "she's always been evil" but more what you've said here (she had a set of biases she never examined and that made it easier for her to be radicalized). i used to read the books every night to help me get to sleep, but practically every book starts with rampant fatphobia and gets worse from there, and i couldn't rationalize that away anymore. that's why i stopped reading -- i tried to find something in them that i could still hold onto without supporting her, and i couldn't find it anymore. it left such a bad taste in my mouth. everyone knew me as THE harry potter person in the friend group

she's a pretty good example of what it looks like when you decide you're already one of the good guys and never bother to actually to learn new things that might conflict with your existing worldview. you can tell she's pissed that the world changed around her and expected her to do the hard work of being compassionate. i hope i learn from her mistakes.