Cronus wants a gay guy he can sext with. Kankri wants a comrade he can discuss the glorious science of Marxism with. They find in each other a third thing.
here’s to the people who HAVEN’T “always” known they’re trans. here’s to the people who didn’t realize it as a kid or a teen, but later in life. here’s to the people who didn’t know what being trans was until someone else introduced it to them.
i didn’t realize i was trans until i was exposed to the term ‘transgender’ in my college’s pride group. i didn’t have a word for the feelings i was going through, so it took me a lot longer than others to realize what was going on. it’s alright if that’s you, too. you can realize it at any point in your life, doesn’t matter when you realize it, you’re still trans.
also im growing to hate the phrase “hold accountable” in discourse because its always so…. empty? like you see people saying “sure this person apologized, but we need to hold them accountable!” like cool. what does that mean. how can you get any more accountable than a public apology. do you want them to apologize… again? more? get a tattoo explaining their crimes so everyone they meet is informed? do you want accountability or are you repeating buzzwords because you cant find a nice way to say you just want them to disappear.
idk if anyone else has talked about this but a trans man wheelchair user, andrew blake-newton was shot with a pellet gun in a drive-by hate crime & called a “tranny faggot.” the injuries worsened his disability. i don’t know if there’s any ways to donate to him to help but i wanna make sure people hear about this. the link has a video of him & his husband talking about the hate crime.
Having some thoughts about like, how “women” playing with masculinity is only acceptable insofar as straight (cis) men find it sexually appealing and how the idea that transmascs (and butches) reaffirm patriarchy (by being “women” who emulate masculinity) is borne like, entirely out of people not talking to any genuinely masc women or non-passing trans men.
like legit, if you think masculine women aren’t seen as a threat to the patriarchy, then you’ve got your head so far up your own ass that you’ve come back up the throat again.
every time ppl insist that masculine women are taken more seriously, i tell them about when i stopped wearing makeup, cut my hair short, and started wearing more masculine clothing and how that change caused an abrupt shift in the way people at my old office treated me. the women went from being open and friendly with me to being very standoffish. the men went from treating me like a silly woman to treating me like a freak. people no longer wanted to stop by my office and talk to me. they didn’t want to eat lunch with me. they stopped giving me the benefit of the doubt if i made a mistake. they stopped smiling at me. and then the office found out i was trans while i was off work recovering from top surgery, they passed around social media posts and when i got back and people saw my flat chest they looked at me with such utter disgust. they treated me so poorly that i was forced to quit within a week of getting back.
so when ppl insist that anyone performing masculinity is automatically treated with more respect, it just feels. weird.
Having some thoughts about like, how “women” playing with masculinity is only acceptable insofar as straight (cis) men find it sexually appealing and how the idea that transmascs (and butches) reaffirm patriarchy (by being “women” who emulate masculinity) is borne like, entirely out of people not talking to any genuinely masc women or non-passing trans men.
like legit, if you think masculine women aren’t seen as a threat to the patriarchy, then you’ve got your head so far up your own ass that you’ve come back up the throat again.
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