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Fact #986: Your dysphoria will not be the end of you.

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i hope every single trans guy and or trans masc of color is having a wonderful day

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Fact #954: Women and nonbinary people can have beards. Even if they don’t want to. No matter what reason you have for keeping it, or what reason is preventing you from shaving it, your gender is 100% valid.

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Here’s a little information about Testosterone! ✨ Testosterone is the cornerstone of testosterone-based gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), which uses synthetic testosterone. No singular gender identity is required for testosterone-based GAHT. But generally speaking, it is commonly prescribed to trans men, and trans masculine, non-binary, and intersex folks.

To learn more visit getplume.co And another huge shoutout to the amazing @megemikoart for creating these graphics for us!

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Not so gentle reminder that:

Trans wlw can use any pronouns.

Trans wlw can be Gender Non Conforming.

Trans wlw can use terms like femme, butch, stud or chapstick to describe themselves.

Trans wlw don't have to "pass" to be wlw.

Trans wlw can be poc, fat, neurodivergent or have disabilities.

Trans wlw are worthy of love, respect and belong in the wlw community.

None of these matters are up for debate.

PS: This post is inclusive of trans feminine people.

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One argument ive seen by big names online about Boys In Skirts that pisses me off is "you cant tell who's safe for queer folks anymore" and like. I hate to be the bearer of bad fucking news but THAT WASNT ALWAYS CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY

How many times have supposedly safe spaces turned out to be toxic, full of pick mes, and DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS to some of us?

Let the cishet men wear skirts, you dont need to be able to visibly sort people into boxes. Requesting we stop allowing gender expression to blossom because you want to let your assumptions guide who you interact with instead of investigating.

"but ash, investigating can get us killed" yes im FIRMLY aware of that. Im not trauma dumping on this post but damn if i havent been in some situations where ive been put in danger trying to see if someones safe (they werent)

But anyway YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW WHOS QUEER BY LOOKING THATS HOW WE GET KILLED WITHOUT TRYING TO INVESTIGATE

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viewing queer identities as “this is the label that makes me happy and feels most accurate now” rather than “this is who I am, was, and always will be” will definitely take the pressure off, friends. changing your mind is proof that you have one.

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If you care about our gay male community please read.

You probably have seen this flag around if you're active in online queer spaces.

I've seen many people, especially gen z on Tik Tok/Instagram call it a "furry pride flag" or even worse, a "beastiality/zoophilia flag"

Please, STOP.

This is the BEAR BROTHERHOOD FLAG.

This flag was created in 1992. It's older than me, and older than most of you on this app. It represents bears, an identity that belongs to gay men and their community, just like butch and femme belong to lesbians. However gay men identifiers usually describe a body type more than a way of presenting.

Bear describes a gay male who is usually chubby with a strong build and very hairy.

It has nothing to do with being attracted to animals.

Those are the two otter flags.

Otter is also a gay male term that describes a body type.

It has also nothing to do with being attracted to animals.

Please learn your history.

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where is the support group for trans victims of medical abuse and discrimination because our numbers are unacceptably large and the shit that happens to us is genuinely so inumane and terrifying

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My dear lgbt+ kids,

A quick reminder: Your vote is your voice. Don’t throw it away.

I know that it can feel like “politics” is this abstract, far away thing. But the decisions politicans make affect your everyday life in a profound way - especially when you’re lgbt+ (and/or part of other marginalized groups, like people of color or people with disabilities). Think about marriage rights, access to health care for trans people etc. - all those things are poltical issues that affect your safety and well-being.

- Learn about the voting process (Are you allowed to vote? When and how do you need to register to vote?)

- Keep up with upcoming elections (What are they about? Who are the parties/people you can vote for?)

- Read about the stances of the parties/people you can vote for, and think about your own stances (Don’t blindly believe that whoever your parents or friends vote for is a good choice. They may have very different priorities than you do, especially if they’re all straight/cis!)

With all my love,

Your Tumblr Dad 

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(Image description: Valentino Vecchietti's design of an intersex inclusive Progress pride flag, overlaid with white and black text that reads "The future of pride is radically inclusive".)

"Intersex columnist and media personality Valentino Vecchietti designed the new rendition of the rainbow Pride flag. The flag was officially unviled by the advocacy group Intersex Equality Rights UK in late May, but has since spread virally on social media.

The proposed design builds on Daniel Quasar’s instantly iconic 2018 Progress Pride flag, which added a five-striped chevron to the left side of the flag representing LGBTQ+ people of color and the trans community. (Quasar’s design, in turn, was an update to the city of Philadelphia’s 2017 Pride flag, which added black and brown stripes above the six rainbow stripes.)

In Vecchietti’s rendition, a purple circle superimposed over a yellow triangle has been added to the chevron on the left half of Quasar’s design — an homage to the popular 2013 intersex flag designed by Australian bioethecist and researcher Morgan Carpenter.

The intersex community uses the colors of purple and yellow as an intentional counterpoint to blue and pink, which have traditionally been seen as binary, gendered colors.

There’s a deeper meaning behind the circle, too. In a 2020 video for Intersex Peer Support Australia, Carpenter explains that the symbol of the circle is “about being unbroken, about being whole,” adding that “it symbolizes the right to make our own decisions about our own bodies.”

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Remember that trans WHITE people can still opress cis black people. Trans WHITE people can opress trans black people. Calling them out for doing so doesn't make you a terf.

Getting real sick and tired of white people of the lgbtq community using their sexuality & gender oppression as a shield for when poc go to call them out. Also??? Them mugs will do any and everything to distance themselves from their whiteness, and thats annoying too.

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Really getting tired of people's push that trans men don't face violence... When we have one of the highest rape statistics.

It's really starting to feel like the whole 'rape isn't that bad' shit because people want to prove trans woman are more oppressed. Rape and murder statistics shouldn't be compared on which is worse, they should both be worked on equally :/ idk

Yeah, I get the sense it’s less that folks don’t view rape as being “as bad” as other forms of violence, and more that they don’t know it happens at all.

Invisibility is genuinely one of the biggest problems we face as a group, and it ties into everything; including acknowledgement of the violence we face, and even the studies that do exist around us specifically.

Folks who don’t talk about those statistics, or don’t factor them into their arguments, are definitely guilty of not listening to us or educating themselves on our experiences- but they aren’t guilty of actual rape apologism unless that’s what they’re doing.

That said, I went through the 2015 U.S. Transgender Study and pulled some of the statistics for sexual assault:

[The graph is measuring lifetime sexual assault by gender identity. 51% of trans men have experiences sexual assault in their lifetime, compared to 37% of trans women, with AFAB nonbinary folks experiencing the most at 58%.]

[The graph is measuring lifetime sexual assault among trans men by race/ethnicity. 71% American Indians have experienced sexual assault, which is the highest number; compared to 47% overall, and 52% of white people.]

There’s some other categories trans men & AFAB nonbinary people have higher rates of discrimination or violence in:

AFAB trans people in general are most likely to be denied HRT (32% of trans men, 36% of AFAB nonbinary folks).

Trans men (57%) are most likely to be denied surgery coverage, with the next highest being trans women (54%).

Trans men (42%) are also most likely to have negative experiences with healthcare providers, with trans women as the next highest (36%).

Trans men (31%) are most likely to avoid care out of fear, versus the next highest- trans women (22%).

Trans men (54%) have the highest rate of suicide attempts with the next highest being trans women (40%).

Nb folks (71%) and trans men (62%) were more likely to report having never or only sometimes been treated with respect by law enforcement than trans women (51%).

Trans men (52%) are more likely to experience problems with airport security than trans women (31%).

Trans men (75%) are more likely to avoid public restrooms than trans women (53%) and nonbinary folks (53%).

Obviously this doesn’t mean trans women don’t face “as much” oppression, or that we shouldn’t care about their oppression as much as- and in fact more than- we currently do.

It just means that there are areas where trans men, and transmascs in general, do struggle more than we acknowledge. It means we need to stop allowing this idea of “transmasc privilege” to go unchallenged, and it means we need to be doing more for AFAB trans people than we currently are- as a community, and as a movement for trans people.

#trans #transgender #nonbinary #genderqueer #afab #lgbt #lgbtq #cw: sexual assault #tw: sexual assault #tw #trigger warning #triggering topics

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This week we are talking about Queerplatonic Relationships, aka QPRs!

[ID: Two images with light yellow backgrounds, black text, and the TAAAP logo in the upper right corner. Both images show graphics of people engaging in various activities, such as dancing and talking. The first reads “Queerplatonic Relationships. Queerplatonic relationships purposefully blur the lines of commonly accepted relationship dynamics. They don’t fit into the categories of what is traditionally considered to be a friendship or a romantic relationship. Every queerplatonic relationship is defined by those participating in it, and therefore may look different, but they often include some level of commitment.” 

The second reads “Queerplatonic Relationships. Things not to say about QPRs: That’s just a friendship. That reduces a friendship to something basic and places it in a hierarchy below other kinds of relationships. Don’t do that. While it may overlap with friendship, it may feel different to participants, and you shouldn’t dismiss or demean that experience. That’s immature/lacking/incomplete. People in QPRs might have other relationships that fill other needs, but QPRs can still be valid and important. On the other hand, if someone’s only significant relationship is a QPR, that does not mean they are lacking any kind of human connection.” End description.]

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the idea that being closeted is being a liar is a heterosexual propaganda that hates queer people protecting themselves. you don't have to come out if you're not safe.

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this isn't a big deal but stop letting these gays on social media guide you. nothing is gay culture. everything is gay culture. no need to buy fugly clothes and pins just because. if you don't wear rainbow top to bottom you're still a part of the community. clothes can be used to be a means of expression of your identity, but they're not a tool with which to focus on one part of you in a way which is easy to consume for others. it's a beautiful sentiment to find togetherness in this community, of course, but you can do that by being friends and being there for each other and by being a good person. help others. that's the meaning of community. not cold coffee.

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ICYMI - Huge news!