only i don’t insist on naked pix of you.
no, you gotta take naked pix of me before we can fuck.
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» transchat: Transhat: Sunday, June 3 2-4 pm EST (7-9 pm UK) Topic: Structural Violence
#transchat is Sunday June 3, 2-4 pm EST (11-1 PST, 7-9 pm UK).
The topic is structural violence.
Violence against trans people is nothing new, but a spate of recent reports are disturbing in light of the gains we have made in law and policy. Why aren’t things changing when it comes to…
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» In Regard to the State of My Gender: Sometimes I Wish
That I was the subject for one of those professionally produced transition documentaries.
So that when they got to the inevitable scene of the poor chick going through her morning rituals, putting on makeup and “becoming a woman for the day” or whatever cissexist bullshit is implied while subtlety ominous music plays, you’d have my morning ritual instead:
Which would consist of me stumbling in, still half-drunk, throwing on the same tanktop from yesterday and waving a brush sort of in the general vicinity of my hair while I have a farting contest with my reflection.
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Alternative Moonrise Kingdom Posters…
I really wanna go see this. Someone go with me?
sorry, i totally would but my ex has dibs!
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Dysphoria monster
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brb shooting up (Taken with instagram)
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if the “dear cis people” letter really pissed you off to the point that you cannot think straight, i think it’s very likely that you aren’t as “open-minded and tolerant” as you seem to think you are.
as cis people, you and i live with an immense amount of privilege that trans people simply do not have. you are free to make comments like “gender is not important to me in any way. i honestly could care less.” - the reason why you don’t care about gender, and why it isn’t important to you, is because you identify by the gender you were assigned at birth. you have a gender identity, just like any other person, it’s just that your gender identity matches with the genitalia that society believes you should have. that is why gender is a non-issue to you.
in order for you to be an ally, it is important that you educate yourself and listen to the criticism coming from trans people toward you. privilege is a tricky thing and it is something that must be understood and remembered.
you have to be coming from a position of immense privilege to take something like the “dear cis people” letter and make it about your own feelings regarding the matter. you aren’t being oppressed here. read the letter and understand it, and if you don’t understand it, then educate yourself.
privilege is not something to be ashamed of, it’s something to be aware of.
i’m going to provide you with a bunch of resources.
here is a list of basic ways to be decent to trans people.
here is an article explaining basic things about being trans and various terms to understand.
i also compiled a zine about being an ally recently and i’m working on getting that scanned and uploaded. i’ll tag you when i post it.
so, like, read those things and educate yourself. your anger is unproductive and frankly makes you look like an asshole.
