February 2012
29 posts
The Self Made Men on Tumblr: Things I'm Expected... →
radtransfem:
After seeing bidyke’s remix of sanctimonioussilentagony’s list, I thought I’d sketch out the beginnings of one for transsexual folk. Improvements welcome:
Answer any and all questions about my body and my medical treatment no matter how invasive
Answer questions about…
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Binder giveaway 1 of 2
Just wanted to put out there that, due to a swell buddy of mine having just had top surgery, I have 4 binders to give away! My friend will pay the shipping to send these out to anyone who doesn’t have access to a binder otherwise. So if you can’t afford one, or have family who is barring you from accessing one, or whatever, send me a message. Just describe your situation and I’ll...
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kate e macneill: tidal →
kateemacneill:
tonight, like most nights, i brushed crumbs and dust off the sheet before climbing into bed.
my last long term partner called this ‘nesting,’ and would poke fun at me, (princess & the pea) for doing it every night. he would know to wait until i’d swept off the bed first before tackling me, or…
That Blog About That Queer Kid: Post-Op Recovery... →
iragray:
It’s no secret that the resources for trans* people that exist are hard to find and often inadequate. Fortunately, a lot of folks are out there and are trying to change that, especially in cyberspace. The specifics of medical transitioning is something a lot of resources leave out. One of the…
Going to be doing lots of thinking about this over the next three weeks.
“Queer doesn’t mean “don’t label me,” it means “I am naming myself.” It means...”
– What Queerness Means to Me | Tranarchism (via doxian)
garconniere:
tinyspiritz:
hoodedphantom:
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“Isn’t love
always like this? — A spider’s thread, spindrift
with the tensile...”
– Jan Zwicky, Late Schubert, Forge (via kateemacneill)
Notnownotme: bludhavenbird: OWN YOUR SHIT: Kael T.... →
bludhavenbird:
OWN YOUR SHIT: Kael T. Block and how “positive” stereotyping of trans men helps to enable rape denial
clownyprincess:
saltmarshhag:
TRIGGERS: sexual assault and some serious rape apologism
I have an announcement to make. Actually, we should all be in the habit of…
an online collection of queer love poems just... →
deliciously subversive: Trans Activism and Allies:... →
mnome:
lucypaw:
Earlier today on twitter, a (now former) follower of mine started complaining about a feminist forum I moderate and which she doesn’t belong to but which apparently she reads or something. Her complaint was that every discussion in there is derailed by trans people…
January 2012
41 posts
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signal boost, if you want to fly in canada,...
fuckyeahftms:
I hate being so political, but only 70 people have signed and thats a disgrace, if something like this can happen in canada, then it can happen anywhere http://www.petitiononlinecanada.com/petition/tell-harper-to-allow-trans-people-to-fly-on-airplanes/758
Harper bans pre-op and non-op trans* people from... →
xiwannabeabear:
boobsanderson:
Sec 5.2(1)(c) of the ID screening regs of Aeronautics Act: “An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents.”
What in the actual fuck. That doesn’t make any sense. Mega-discrimination. “Appear” is completely subjective!
What the fuck. Panic attack. Does this...
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To bear it down, to be in flight.
To bear it down, to be in flight.
Odd as in Queer: male privilege denial and... →
ryan-on-bass:
This is long but WELL worth the read.
tyresias:
The following is a list of some of the things that no longer matter in asexual public settings (and most other settings as well, with select, few and far between exceptions): - violations by cis straight men and cis queer women so I’d know…
Watchohbradley:
over-analysing
decolonize your mind: demisexual apologism in... →
mikroblogolas:
No wonder the term “demisexual” caught on — in a culture where your radicalness is measured by your sexual availability, your openness to sex with every gender and body type possible, your embrace of poly relationships and kink; a culture in which each dimension by which you’re oppressed awards…
