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There was also that man with the grey hair shouting about the 'virtues of heterosexuality' around noon who had to be led away from the bandstand with his little plastic wallet.

So many people took the anti Cass Review cards as well, which is encouraging! Cass may have "backtracked" on some of what her report says, however, seems to me that's suspiciously like damage control and reestablishing control over the narrative. It means this pressure is working.

Aber pride happened today

Got to watch my friend kick Labour campaigners out, get to fuck you transphobic bastards

Bought an anti-monarchy poster, got a discount because "he'll be dead soon anyway"

Decided to wear the spike-bra battlejacket combo and got catcalled by some 50-something biker

Watched 2 drag queens absolutely kill a performance

Watched a local band play live at the end, was fun just by virtue of seeing those guys live again. The drummer dresses like a bisexual dad and I love him.

Mostly good but I wish the bad didn't happen.

Oh and those pathetic nazi cunts the Valley Commandos pretended to be tough outside their shitty tattoo shop and couldn't even bring themselves to so much as glare at any of the queer people. Not a spine among them, no clue how they stay on the bikes.

#I also got heckled by some English guy in a car on the way home #he was pathetic though - all he could think to say was some weird comment about how I *must* support greenpeace. Honestly that kind of “dig” #is like 20 years old now. I heard that kind of thing when I was in primary school #Also shoutout to the homophobia yelled at me from a passing car in Somerset which amounted to “you're gay!” - which tbh is just naming my #sexuality #homophobes can be so pathetic honestly

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Well, it's official! According to my surgeon's office, I'll be getting GRS this year! Still waiting for an official word from the scheduling team but I should hear back by the end of the week

To make sure that I have all of the money saved that I need to be ready for San Francisco and to recover, I've set up a go fund me.

Please only donate if you're comfortable financially right now.

Thank you in advance to anyone that's willing to donate !

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Feel free to share any other quirks you're capable of, that I didn't list, in the tags! (Like if you have any double joints, or extra teeth, or whatever)

Don't forget to reblog so more people can vote! :]

#curl tongue #thumb to wrist (though that's the hypermobility) #and whistle while breathing in

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At some point in your life, you were taught that being slightly annoying is an unforgivable sin. Maybe it was by your parents or a teacher or a friend or a bully or an older sibling. But someone taught you that being slightly annoying is a crime punishable by death.

You must unlearn this.

You must accept that all people will be annoying at some point or another in their lives, maybe all of their lives, and that this is okay. It is okay for strangers on the bus, it is okay for children in the grocery store, it is okay for people on social media, and it is okay for you.

If you ever want to truly love your fellow humans, if you ever want to truly love yourself, you must have forgiveness for being annoying.

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Reblogging to come back to this later, but I have a few questions.

I speak Welsh (as a second language) and have been taught a little Irish and Scottish Gaelic at uni, but none of these languages have a 'standard' you can really point to. In the case of Welsh, the closest you get is Cymraeg Fyw - but even then it wasn't widely adopted enough to be *standard* standard. I'm also a Celticist so it'd be useful to see which versions of each language we're considering standard here.

Question 3 is also very interesting! Will reblog with my full thoughts later.

Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic speakers, I need your help! 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

For a piece of academic writing I am working on right now, I was wondering if in the context of those three languages, you have positive or negative examples of:

1) The presence of non-standard dialects digitally or in the media (any content creator you know, any regular speakers on the radio that actively uses a non-standard dialect, or on the contrary, you only encounter standard Irish/Welsh/Gaelic. If you have any example of non-standard writing too, for example in the printed press, I am all ears)

2) Do you speak and/or write a non-standard dialect and have been looked down upon for it by other speakers? If yes what dialect and in what context

3) What do you think about purification practices in which loan-words from English are replaced by new words? Which words do you use? If you study the language formally, which are taught to you?

Thank you, and please reblog!

- A grateful Celtic student

#to be clear I'm not knocking OP's first question - I'm just curious to see what counts as standard in this context. #especially in Scottish Gaelic and Irish - since these two don't have as much funding for teaching as Welsh

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there's a public consultation on sunak's stupid ''no more sick leave work yourselves to death'' idea which closes 8th July 2024.

uk people you know the drill: polite but firm about how this is economically and socially a stupid fucking idea

non uk people please share for visibility

#my previous job before my current(?) one I had to leave due to managers causing so much stress I had a breakdown and had to be signed off #for the duration of my notice period #it was that bad #A customer had tried to assault me and when I went to report what happened I was shouted at instead. It was the final straw in a long line #of managerial bullying - I just couldn't cope after that

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I've been in 50⁰C heat and gotten heatstroke - so ideally don't do that. That being said, I've been in 50 degree heat in other situations and coped fine, only reason I got heatstroke was because I was being forced to sunbathe against my will (I'm serious) and I was forbidden from going into the shade. For context I got heatstroke in Tenerife, while I was able to cope in 50 degree heat in Greece.

I mean, it's still 50 degrees and awful to deal with- but if that kind of temperature occurred in the UK I think I'd straight up melt. Too humid here.

While we're here - if you're in the sun and suddenly get really bad headaches that paracetamol/ibuprofen won't touch and feel yourself getting hotter and hotter until suddenly you feel ice cold? Yeah that's heatstroke. Avoid this, ideally

saw a poll about dry/humid heat and like OBVIOUSLY everyone preferred dry heat but. would love to know what everyone considers to be “too hot”

me personally it’s a hard cutoff at 75°F. don’t need anything more than that thank you 🫶🫶🫶

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Section 28/Cass Review similarities

Mentally taking a break from the Cass letter until Tuesday (got a lot on my plate - see pinned) but it's occurred to me to ask:

Has anyone else seen the similarities between Section 28 and the Cass Review?

I'm fairly well read up on Section 28 (currently reading Outrageous! by Paul Baker on the subject, which I highly reccomend) but for those of you who aren't as familiar, I'll summarise:

- Both are government backed ventures which hinge on anti-queer hysteria (in the case of S28 this was anti-LGB+ hysteria and culture war before culture war was a thing, while CR is anti-trans hysteria and culture war)

- Both have their origins in the UK government but have different ramifications for the devolved governments (e.g. Section 28 was known as Section 2A in Scotland - and it's also Scotland which has preemptively adopted the findings [read: anti trans elements] of the Cass Review despite no requirement for it to do so).

- Both Section 28 and Cass Review advocates draw upon the "think of the children" narrative - it's the same rhetoric from the 80s repackaged today.

- While Section 28 was only school guidance, fear and misinformation meant that many non-queer people and organisations self censored out of fear of falling afoul of S28. Similarly, the Cass Review is only NHS guidance, however, [and I will add, this is only anecdotal, so take with a pinch of salt] I'm aware of some trans people in England being affected by other organisations withdrawing support from trans people following CR.

Now, the good thing is that it looks like Cass herself is already trying to backseat on some things. I personally don't buy the "misinformation" angle, if im being charitable, it seems like a way to deflect from the fact that the report has so many worrying ramifications which perhaps weren't thought through at all.

Additions/thoughts/reblogs welcome

#so many typos #mae'n ddrwg gyda fi #*backtrack not backseat #recommend* (sp.) #I shouldn't type while extremely tired

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[video by tommcgovern27. original caption: this one's going out to anyone living in a studio apartment rn]

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Section 28/Cass Review similarities

Mentally taking a break from the Cass letter until Tuesday (got a lot on my plate - see pinned) but it's occurred to me to ask:

Has anyone else seen the similarities between Section 28 and the Cass Review?

I'm fairly well read up on Section 28 (currently reading Outrageous! by Paul Baker on the subject, which I highly reccomend) but for those of you who aren't as familiar, I'll summarise:

- Both are government backed ventures which hinge on anti-queer hysteria (in the case of S28 this was anti-LGB+ hysteria and culture war before culture war was a thing, while CR is anti-trans hysteria and culture war)

- Both have their origins in the UK government but have different ramifications for the devolved governments (e.g. Section 28 was known as Section 2A in Scotland - and it's also Scotland which has preemptively adopted the findings [read: anti trans elements] of the Cass Review despite no requirement for it to do so).

- Both Section 28 and Cass Review advocates draw upon the "think of the children" narrative - it's the same rhetoric from the 80s repackaged today.

- While Section 28 was only school guidance, fear and misinformation meant that many non-queer people and organisations self censored out of fear of falling afoul of S28. Similarly, the Cass Review is only NHS guidance, however, [and I will add, this is only anecdotal, so take with a pinch of salt] I'm aware of some trans people in England being affected by other organisations withdrawing support from trans people following CR.

Now, the good thing is that it looks like Cass herself is already trying to backseat on some things. I personally don't buy the "misinformation" angle, if im being charitable, it seems like a way to deflect from the fact that the report has so many worrying ramifications which perhaps weren't thought through at all.

Additions/thoughts/reblogs welcome

#section 28 #cass review #uk transphobia #transphobia #homophobia

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UK petition: Sandyford Clinic [Scotland] to immediately continue to prescribe trans kids hormone blockers

[ Sign here ]

Following the Cass Review, trans kids are no longer able to receive puberty blocker prescriptions from Sandyford, Scotland's only gender identity clinic for under 18s. This is devastating news for trans kids who will now see their bodies change in ways that will trigger dysphoria. It will ultimately cost lives as trans kids are driven to suicide. All this will happen because of some despicable, manufactured "trans debate", where trans kids, and adults, are being used as a scapegoat for society's problems. Trans charities and advocate groups are condemning the awful Cass Review all over the country. The only groups celebrating this dreadful document are anti-trans ones. Hormone blockers have been used for decades safely, and the vast majority of trans kids that go on to transition are happy. A common argument against blockers is that trans kids are not old enough to make such decisions. This is exactly what puberty blockers are for; to hit the pause button on any irreversible changes; to give trans kids time to make these decisions. We urge Sandyford clinic to immediately resume providing trans kids with their life-saving puberty blockers.

[ Sign here ]

#cass review

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"against all odds my body and I are friends"

(2024, acrylics, gouache, paper collage, metallic marker, broken glass and embroidery on canvas)

currently on display at the Volcano Theatre & Art Haus, Swansea

#hyfryd! #this is so cool

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Trying to make some promo images for social media because pictures get attention in the way text doesn't, and feeling very "graphic design is my passion" about it

#I feel this #my undergraduate diss cover feels really graphic design is my pasion to me

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Daily reminder that we do not actually live in a dystopian movie put the apocalypse down and back away slowly. You know when your cleaning a room and you pull everything out of it's draws to sort through it and you're like "what the fuck have I done I'm never going to be able to tidy all of this" I think that's the stage we're at in the world. Thanks to social media we've pulled out all the messed up shit from the cupboards of the world, it was always there but now we can see it and we're going to have to sort it all out we made this mess and we can fix it. Falling to the floor sobbing will not clean a crusty room. A group of people working systematically (preferably with music in the background) will.

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#oh! #hope #cw: transphobia #cass review