To the other #trans people here in the Fediverse, if you're out at work, how did you come out to your employer?
Please boost for visibility!
To the other #trans people here in the Fediverse, if you're out at work, how did you come out to your employer?
Please boost for visibility!
Hi #LGBTQIA Masto - I need a favor. I have a friend, a very private friend who is looking for #trans resources in the general STL area. I believe STL is "St. Louis" so anything in that area? Specifically events, clubs, locals I can suggest and guide this friend to so that she can investigate her surroundings a bit as she creeps out of her egg?
I'm literally acting as an... escrow of sorts? She is aware of this thread and will see your responses.
To that point, if you're someone who feels this is a golden opportunity to be a bad person - be aware no one appreciates you.
I'm feeling cheated over here, I’ve been a week on HRT and my boobs are nowhere to be seen... 😁
In all seriousness, I am curious: what was the first effect you girls felt from HRT, physical or mental, and how long did it take for you to feel it? And what was something that happened early on that surprised you, some effect that you weren't expecting or prepared for?
Actress Georgia Tennant revealed a tattoo reading “trans rights are human rights” on her wrist as part of her outfit for the BAFTA Awards, presented by her husband David Tennant
I joined mastodon today because the CEO of #tumblr had a complete meltdown recently when people called him out for deleting a trans woman's blog because she posted a transition timeline. The vibes were definitely off, just doesn't feel like a safe place right now. I'd love to follow more #trans and #queer folks on here! This is my second social media account (third if you count myspace. omg should I go back to myspace??) so I need all the help I can get with navigating this place.
Dear #trans people, #LGBT #Queer #LGBTQIA and allies from the Fediverse, if you have a #Wikipedia account (note: with at least 50 edits in French articles before January 29, sorry), you may help the French Wikipedia to become a better place to read quality articles involving trans people.
Under the pressure of trans and allied contributors (Edit: and NOT at the initiative of T&A contributors), the French Wikipedia moderators opened a survey on "how to handle #deadname mentions in our articles".
The survey proposes 6 questions and multiple possibilities, including harmful and insensitive ones.
At the moment, the answer ratio is not in favour of trans people. Most of the time, people insist on mentioning the deadnames like it's a data like any other, including when unnecessary.
This must change, and here's why I'm making a call to you.
(Edited) The rules to vote are restricted to editors of French contents who were already active before February, so it's actually not possible to vote on behalf of French trans people with no account, BUT you still may vote: they won't be taken into account but they will remain visible on the page.
Action and reskeets may save young trans people from shitty behaviours from careless cis people.
Thank you by advance 🙏🏼
And sorry for the multiple editions
FINAL EDIT I'm probably going to be suspended soon for my outrageous behaviour consisting of : having posted this very toot, and being pissed by the passive-agressive tone and the general stubbornness of a bunch of wiseguys who consider that it's not okay to call for collaboration to the rules of a collaborative online encyclopedia, because, woo, BIAS. So long and thanks for all the fish.
Next episode : My indefinite suspension (in French starting from there)
gift link, in case you need an "authoritative" source to show people who believe Chaya Raichik's revolting lies. She admits to being a terrorist, and the consequences of her speech are somewhat clearly listed. The comments section is surprisingly good as of right this moment.
#trans #transphobia #StochasticTerrorism #GiftLink #GiftArticle
This is a serious danger warning, to me.
"Public officials in Tennessee can now refuse to grant a marriage license to anyone at their own discretion, for any reason."
Tennessee Republicans just quietly overturned gay marriage
https://www.advocate.com/politics/tennessee-marriage-licenses-officials-lgbtq#toggle-gdpr
I find it particularly sickening when conservatives co-opt the language of empathy for incarcerated women because such women are among the most at-risk and marginalized people in the country, and they need real activism on their behalf.
Anyway. Here's my takedown of the IWF's effort to brand themselves as speaking for the voiceless in America's prisons, which ofc means attacking trans women, not anything actually helpful to incarcerated women of any sort. #trans #news
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/iwf-prison-women-abolition-sports
hi I’m Ginny! #introduction
I spent my first decades as a generic white boy in tech, then a year ago I signed up for my first mastodon account and discovered I am a girl!
I post about tech, trans life, post selfies, and openly talk about mental illness and pain (cw'ed)
I’m a single parent w/ a 9 yo daughter, working as a software engineer in Seattle. I also write fiction (ya and speculative) and am generally very dorky.
btw you can be a girl if you want to be, inquire within!
Artist: Laura Jane Grace (she/her)
Album: Hole In My Head
https://laurajanegrace.bandcamp.com/album/hole-in-my-head
Why? Because Laura Jane Grace's music has been a companion to so many of us over the last decade, and she just released a new album!
Where to start?
"Dysphoria Hoodie" has quickly become a favorite of a lot of trans people, speaking to those days when shit is hard and we reach for our most comforting wardrobe item.
https://youtu.be/miGIgIqcsXA?si=lF7OM95fzC49W7ZE
I'm also really loving "I'm Not A Cop." Really speaks to the way we start policing each other in leftist and queer communities, and reinstitute the same crap.
https://youtu.be/nk5UnxIqgRQ?si=wPKtgzjXe7LdSJ6r
Y'all they have openly said they plan to do this nationwide if #Trump is reelected. Look up Project 2025.
A #Missouri Republican has introduced a bill that would make it a felony for teachers to support #trans and #gender-nonconforming students’ transitioning socially and force those found guilty to register as sex offenders.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/gop-bill-would-require-teachers-to-register-as-sex-offenders-if-they-support-trans-students/
My wife and I went to a candlelight vigil last night that was held in Houston for the #enby #Oklahoma 16yr old, #NexBenedict .
I had mixed emotions about going. Wasn't sure if I should or shouldn't go. I mean... Would it make a difference? "It" being the vigil itself but also my presence there as well I guess. What could a candlelight vigil from a blue dot in a deeply red state possibly do to affect change for #trans citizens in deeply red Oklahoma?
But on the other hand, there needs to be awareness and it starts with people being present, showing up and making their voices heard. Change is desperately needed to end the stream of political and physical attacks on trans people by individuals, society and governments.
And so my wife and I went.
But I came away from it feeling somewhat....
icky.
I don't like that it was more of a political rally and not a method for honoring and lifting up the the short-lived life of Nex. I think the message of trans rights could have been woven in more subtly while putting to the forefront the fact that a child lost their life entirely and solely because they were trans.
I don't know. Maybe that's the way candlelight vigils for trans deaths are.
Hi everyone!! Here’s an extra-special song collaboration between @WrenArcher and myself for #FAWM!
Wren sent me the guitar part and a couple lines of a song idea, and I built those out to a full song. Even across the country, we got to sing together, working so well with the message of the song. We are not alone!
#Fascist #Texas #AttorneyGeneral #KenPaxton #Demands #PFLAG Provide #Names, #Addresses Of #Trans #Members.
On Thursday, a legal filing by #PFLAG National alleges #retaliation.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/retaliation-texas-ag-paxton-demands
In reality, transgender youth healthcare is a carefully considered process where the individual needs of a child are weighed against the risks of treatment.
In the rhetoric of the gender-affirming care "debate" this reality is subsumed by fears about what "might" be happening. #trans #news
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/mcardle-wapo-gender-affirming-care-debate
To the other #trans people across the Fediverse:
What piece of fashion advice would you recommend to someone who recently started their transition?
Please boost for visibility!
When a trans person comes out, one of the most common, and challenging, parts of doing so is responding to family members who say they need to grieve us. A lot of pain, on every side, tends to swirl around the members of a relationship when that happens.
But it's not necessarily--even commonly--a bad thing.
This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we're talking about Letting Them Let Go--when family members grieve us in transition.
https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/letting-them-let-go
Trans people in the US: Whatever you think about staying and fighting versus living to fight another day, please get an up to date passport with your correct information on it before November if you’re able to. https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/passports #USPol #trans
Welcome to #TransTuesday!
This week we’re discussing something every trans person has to deal with, all these little things that add up in ways cis people likely don’t even realize.
It’s death by a thousand cuts with TRANS MICROAGGRESSIONS.
Let's talk about what they are and why they're awful, including examples of the most common ones!
#trans #transgender #transrightsarehumanrights #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
Today on Assigned we've got something/someone new, an essay from the front lines of the Florida public school system by substitute teacher Sarah Khan, who is closeted trans woman.
She describes a changing world where once innocent things like having nicknames or doing make-up for a school musical run afoul of draconian state laws.
This essay is urgent and necessary and makes me so sad. Our students and teachers deserve better. #trans #LGBTQ #news
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trans-sub-florida-schools-legislation
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address told transgender Americans, “I have your back.” He also spoke against book-banning and “erasing history,” and told Congress to pass the Equality Act, legislation that would enshrine LGBTQ+ civil rights into federal law.
Hi Fedi Family,
In 2008 Californians voted for Prop8 that defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the California constitution. While this was defeated in courts this draconian Prop8 language is still in the California constitution. Justice tHomas and the right wing SCOTUS is openly hinting at destroying precedent and trampling rights. If they overturned Obergefell - the Prop8 language in the California Constitution will act as a “trigger law”, raining havoc on queer families like mine across California.
Please spread the word to vote “YES” to repeal Prop8 (2008) from the California constitution in Nov 2024. Talk to your friends, family and colleagues about it.
Boosts appreciated.
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Right_to_Marry_and_Repeal_Proposition_8_Amendment_(2024)
#lgbt #lgbtq #California #marriageequality #Prop8 #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #queer #nonbinary #enby #HumanRights #Politics #USpol #scotus #lgbtqia #indivisible #equality #trans #love #sfba