For many trans people, being able to transition can be absolutely life changing and life saving.
One person told us "Before transitioning, I could not see myself in the future. That person didn't exist, there wasn't a space in the world that I could fill. Now there is."
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Alok says, about people accidentally using he/him instead of they/them:
"It's not you speaking when you misgender me, it's everyone that has spoken to you before."
I really like this. It's true, and acknowledges our interconnected minds. And also, it's like, every time you use the right pronouns for someone, you're making a better world for everyone, going forward for a very long time, because you're a part of someone else's language.
Andrea Jenkins is a politician, poet, activist and community historian. She was the first Black trans woman to be elected to public office in the United States and continues to work for the whole community.
“Transgender people have been here forever…I look forward to more trans people joining me in elected office and all other kinds of leadership roles in our society." Andrea Jenkins
URGENT, DUE TODAY! please help Evel! xen is #Indigenous, #trans, #disabled, exhausted, and has a family to support. xen is fundraising for their monthly bills and housing.
Eri is a #Black, #Nonbinary, Physically #disabled#Trans person who needs assistance with #rent and #food necessities as well as #funds for rising #bill costs. Eri has been denied food stamps and govt aid multiple times and they are applying for jobs, as well as #assistance.
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Mutualaid request for a non-binary, disabled individual (ME/CFS) who is unable to work and is currently working through the US disability system. Funds raised will cover household and pet needs and other necessary items not covered by EBT. Help appreciated! Please boost!
Mutualaid request for a non-binary, disabled individual (ME/CFS) who is unable to work and is currently working through the US disability system. Funds raised will cover household and pet needs and other necessary items not covered by EBT. Help appreciated! Please boost!
Mutualaid request for a non-binary, disabled individual (ME/CFS) who is unable to work and is currently working through the US disability system. Funds raised will cover household and pet needs and other necessary items not covered by EBT. Help appreciated! Please boost!
Mutualaid request for a non-binary, disabled individual (ME/CFS) who is unable to work and is currently working through the US disability system. Funds raised will cover household and pet needs and other necessary items not covered by EBT. Help appreciated! Please boost!
please help Evel! xen is #Indigenous, #trans, #disabled, exhausted, and has a family to support. xen is fundraising for their monthly bills and housing. anything helps!
Mutualaid request for a non-binary, disabled individual (ME/CFS) who is unable to work and is currently working through the US disability system. Funds raised will cover household and pet needs and other necessary items not covered by EBT. Help appreciated! Please boost!
A #GeneralElection has been called, make sure you're registered to vote by the 18th June and ensure your voice is heard. Also remember to bring a form of voter ID.
Feminism and the mythopoetic men's movement: Some shared concepts of gender
Helen Gremillion, 2011 Women's Studies J.
"certain strands of feminist thought, which have gained wide popularity in various forms, share constructs of gender with the MMM: namely, a tendency to represent gender as binary and to imagine gender as a stand alone variable of social life."
please help octo! she needs to pay her monthly bills including rent, debt payments, and college expenses. she's struggling with parental abuse. anything helps!
#nonbinary
Confusing the young cashier at the buffet yesterday got me thinking about my journey so far.
When I was a kid, I was forced into the girl box, because my mom definitely was of the opinion that girls are girls and boys are boys and should dress and wear their hair accordingly. Eventually getting to dictate how I express myself was a struggle, but once I was able to, I embraced the weird that I was. I got attention on my own terms instead of feeling embarrassed. (1/?)