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there is a judge in Seattle who does the weekly name change hearings, and who says it's her favorite part of the week. she says she doesn't read out previous names, or ask about the reasons why people want to change them. she says it's a beautiful moment, and a celebration; a claiming of a new identity, or a reclamation of an old identity. she encourages the room to clap for folks. then she welcomes everyone up, one by one, by last name and with warmth; she shows them the court order where nobody else can see, asks them to double check the spelling, and then they're done! do they want a picture? do they want their friends and loved ones who came with them to be in it too? do they want the court order in the photo? she helps everyone pose, shakes hands and stands with them for as long as they need to take it, recruits the clerk for help taking photos of the folks who came alone. then she tells them where to go next, congratulates them, and claps along with the rest of the room.

probably three quarters of the people there were trans, and she centered their experience quietly, with love and joy.

I think I'll be thinking about her a lot this January, and for a long time after. it's good to know she's there.

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Any tips for someone with type one hair using a satin bonnet for the first time?

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I don't think anything undermines the poignancy of the final scene of The Sopranos quite like the fact that they play Don't Stop Believing

And i can't be the only person who thinks of Glee

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@bobble-hat-and-mittens happens to the best of us

Watching Taskmaster series 13 ep 1 and Ardal described his duel as "hundereds of years of tradition were clearly there, with a contemporary fruity twist" which is, in fact, how i describe my sexuality

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okay discourse over we’ve settled it now

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first day as a second century warlord i have my men tie branches to their horses’ tails to stir up dust and make it look like there’s a lot of us but i forget it just rained so there isn’t any dust and the enemy can clearly see there’s like twenty of us all spread out in a line

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An offering from my cursed brain

Bouncing on it in a way that Angela Merkle would struggle to understand

Bouncing on it in a way that Rachel Reeves would approve of

Bouncing on it in a way that makes him think of pumpkin pie

Bouncing on it in a way that reminds him to de-grout the bathroom

Bouncing on it in a way that helps him understand long division

Bouncing on it in a way that sorts out the upcoming Dali Lama election

Bouncing on it in a way that makes him want to get his blood tested to check for a zinc deficiency

Bouncing on it in a way that makes her want to become a witch

Bouncing on it in a way that requires academic dispensatuon

Bouncing on it so I remember where I left my keys

Bouncing on it in a way that makes her want to move to Macclesfield

Bouncing on it in a way that makes her celebrate the death of trump

Bouncing on it in a way that honours the death of Thatcher

Bouncing on it in a way that makes her reconsider Lady Gaga's Artpop

Bouncing on it in a way that disrupts the migration of starlings

Bouncing on it in a way that makes her reconsider the ending of The Sopranos

Bouncing on it in a way that reminds her to buy cayenne pepper

Bouncing on it in a way that would impress their maths teacher

Bouncing on it in a way that requires peer review

Bouncing on it to cure cancer

Bouncing on it in a way that reminds them to check if the bus prices are going to change

Bouncing on it in a way that makes them want to learn the samba

Bouncing on it in a way that cures their lactose intolerance

Bouncing on it in a way that makes them want to use the chest press at the gym

Bouncing on it for UN regulations

Bouncing on it in a way that helps them understand the impact of space travel on bone density

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Reblogging because 1. This is important and 2. I like the idea that Tony Soprano just stands at the edge of New Jersey, welcoming trans people and protecting them

An ally

hello again (bill clinton limewire voice) my fellow americans

There are a few states that actually have Shield/Refuge laws designed to help trans people fleeing from trans-unsafe states, which also guarantee trans folks access to healthcare. These states are:

California

Colorado

Illinois

Oregon

Vermont

Washington

Minnesota

New Mexico

Maine

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Washington D.C.

Additionally, some states have "trans sanctuary" executive orders signifying safety for trans folks seeking healthcare. These states are:

Maryland

New Jersey

New York

Living as a resident in these states means you are protected by state's rights and state government to continue or begin receiving trans healthcare. These laws have been codified in their states so everything has been a-ok'd by their state governments.

Stay alive. You got this. I love you.

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Someone i went to uni with just posted about how cringy it is to be a grown up and enjoy bonfire night as if they're not a fucking Disney adult

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I've never managed to finish The Great Gatsby, partially because I have almost no context for it. I'm not familiar with things which the intended, contemporary audience would automatically know.

For example, in the scene where Nick first goes for dinner with Tom, Daisy and Josephine, everyone talks in an absolutely ridiculous way. I can't tell if it's because they're not characters but representations of ideas (Daisy as the American dream, Tom as government, Nick as a satirist) or because they're all absolutely wankered/high as balls.

If anyone has thoughts/answers, lmk!

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In season 3 of The Sopranos, Carmella meets Tony's mistress, Gloria. Carmella doesn't know that Gloria is sleeping with Tony, they have a nice chat and Carmella moves on.

It got me thinking, though. While I wouldn't ever date a married man, if I did, I'd be soooo curious so meet his wife. We know Tony's had mistresses before, so is Carmella just used to beautiful young women coming up to her, knowing slightly more than then should about her family, and then leaving? A kind of 🙈🙉🙊 situation?

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Oh this? This is fascinating

There's two wolves inside my head.

One says that gay sex with Ned would have fixed Robert.

The other one says that if Robert had found out he liked men, he would cheat with double the people than before.

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Pretty Little Liars really fucked up when they tried to redeem Ali. They had a chilling, psychotic bitch and made her soooo boring. Let her be a villan. Teenage girls are terrifying, can we just cherish that?

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Andy Zaltzman is grown-up James Acaster

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A few weeks ago Tumblr lost its mind because Charles Dickens nicknamed his son Plorn. Which is reasonable. However, I am simply not a chill person, so I looked into it, and Charles nicknamed his daughter Catherine "Lucifer Box".

To be fair to her, Charles left her mother (also called Catherine) and attempted to have her institutionalised. He then had an affair with a woman named Ellen Ternan, and got Catherine fired from her job so that Ellen could have it instead.

So yeah. I get why Catherine was really fucking angry.

Anyway, she lived to the age of 89 and had two husbands, both named Charles.