July 2011
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Transitioning in UK? Film company wants to hear...
genderfork:
Posted on the LGBT History Month UK page on Facebook today.
http://www.facebook.com/LGBTHistoryMonth
Film company Twenty Twenty want to hear from people in the UK who are anywhere along the transitioning journey MTF/FTM. They posted this:
Transitioning can be tough and sometimes lonely. We’d like our programme to help in a refreshing, celebratory, non-clichéd way.
If you’re...
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I need my soap box for just a moment...
brainpicker:
uncommonsenses:
We’ve all heard someone say something along the lines of “your problems aren’t so bad, there are starving kids in Africa.”
I must say, I have a big problem with this comparison.
To start off, it seems to me that it rarely helps, it just minimizes one’s problems while making one feel guilty. Yes, it’s true, the problems of starving children do outweigh someone,...
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Subversive Enough For You?
gqid:
When speaking to the few people that I’ve told about being genderqueer and, more specifically, identifying as a gay male androgyne, about my identity, or even when not discussing such matters at all, I’ve had more than a few of them express surprise at the way that I dress. I wear skirts, frilly shirts, and make-up. I also wear jeans and t-shirts. I wear jewelry almost every day. I also...
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You're not as nice as you used to be: A piece...
slightly-delusional:
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a doormat. I’m not very good with confrontation. I’m easily derailed and easily guilt tripped. I’m misdirected and end up apologizing. This happened a lot in my last relationship. It happened in the arguments I had with friends. But until I openly became a feminist, I didn’t know what was really happening: I just thought I was always...
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brennando:
Tumblr should notify you when someone answers your question.
“X” answered your question: blahblahblah.
I would like to see that when someone answers one of my questions.
Okay, thanks.
And have an Outbox for your sent replies and questions! Who hasn’t had messages about people answering your reply or question and you just go “Err.. what exactly did I write?”...
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Acting Roles For Trans Performers Track... →
Interesting article about trans* actors and the parts they can and can’t get. Also, links to an article with the trailer for this film, which looks amazing, and stars transgender actress Harmony Santana.
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“Just because I can’t change everything, doesn’t mean I can’t change anything....”
– 1905, Can’t Change Everything. (via untilallarefreenooneisfree)
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You know you're trans* when you feel like you are....
muchfiner:
A PSA to all the folks out there on Tumblr asking “how do I know if I’m trans,” because it’s not something a kid on a computer 2000 miles away can answer for you.
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“hip·pie [ˈhipē]
One who shares their love for the world and opens their souls...”
– Stolen from calllieee
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“The greatest courage in life is to lose yourself — and that’s the primary...”
– Osho (via eternalconsciousness)
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The 25 Rules of Disinformation →
1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — especially if you are a public figure, news anchor, etc. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen, and you never have to deal with the issues.
2. Become incredulous and indignant. Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used show the topic as being critical...
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I Am...
kiibster:
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian. I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman. I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights. We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time. I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they...
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8) I wish I could meet another genderfluid person.... →
This does dismiss genderfluid people I know online, who are wonderful and everything. But I would like to hang out with genderfluid people in real life.
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let me just make a few things clear.
possum-grrrl:
A person’s gender expression does NOT have to reflect their gender identity.
This means that a boy, whether he be trans- or cis-gendered, has the right to put on a dress, have long hair, apply lots of make up, wear high heels, and still be called by his preferred name and pronouns.
This also means that a girl, whether she be trans- or cis-gendered, has the right to wear boxers,...
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Exposing Trannies: Report this Facebook group for... →
ftmark:
alexthefab:
dobbaaa:
progressivelyminded:
strugglingtobeheard:
ladyatheist:
phoenixstar:
This is an Anti-Trans group, directed at Black Trans people
Whoever is making these pages has a serious problem.
Wow. Report, Report, Report.
Reported.
Why do people still think this is okay?
48 people have reblogged this post
938 people have liked the page
fuck life
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Come on, Tumblr [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
nick-andopolis:
Rape jokes are not funny. But that is not the worst thing about them (contrary to what ten thousand comedians who want you to know just how not uptight they are will tell you).
Rape jokes, by nature, frame rape as something to be taken lightly, which has wide-reaching implications: rape victims are making a big deal out of nothing, rape does not need to be investigated or...
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Also
I did get to meet Del LaGrace Volcano last night, and shake his hand, and tell him what a massive inspiration he’s been to me and that I wrote my dissertation about him. I was trying really hard not to come off as a crazy, idolizing fan, but I’m not sure how well it worked. Anyway, the night was amazing, Del showed us a pansexual porno he made with his friends in the 90s and some...
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Gender\Sexuality Survey →
transgenderteensurvivalguide:
autumn-and-gomorrah:
I’m very curious as to the amount of Tumblr users who identify outside of cisgender (as well as how many do), and how many are gay or have a sexual orientation other than straight. So I made this (it’s only six questions). Pass it around?
Be sure to reblog it after you fill it out as to make it more expansive!
Ceaseless bullshit.
delisubthefemmecub:
sevnm:
Occasionally, I go a long while without having any dysphoria at all. And then there are the periods of time where nothing will satisfy me.
Some days, I want to keep my tits and wish that I had a penis. Some days, I absolutely want nothing more than to have top surgery and once again have long hair. Some days, I really miss being on T, and wish I had not stopped...
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thanatesque:
Haa my country is on top! :3
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the...”
– Margaret Mead (via powerpussysays)
Margaret is clearly a name given to great people. Ignore Thatcher.
(via megamagnet)
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pinebark:
innerfatgirl:
“I do not have a prescription for successful relationships, and I don’t think anyone should. The goal of most of my work is to remove coercive mechanisms that force people to comply with heteronormative gender and family norms. People often get confused and think that me and other trans activists are trying to erase gender and make everyone be androgynous. In fact, that...
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night women
pakistani:
the floor above us lives a ‘family’, several women move in and a shifty looking man. they make few appearances in the day, keep to themselves. you will see them leave the building at night, climb into a taxi at some unearthly hour and drive off into a musky darkness that this city is stained with. they return before every one else in the building has awoken and settle back into their...
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Sexuality.
istillfeelyouhere:
The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will become like handwriting: There’s no right way or wrong way to do it. We’re all just wired differently.
It’s all worth noting that, when you meet someone for the first time, you never bother to ask whether they’re right handed or left handed.
After all: Does it really matter to anyone other than the person holding the pen?...
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iamthecrime:
villiljos:
Can anyone recommend some good non-binary/genderqueer/gender fucking erotic literature/blogs/anything? Would be great if it was accessible online as I can’t afford to buy books at the moment, but if you have some really good books you want to recommend, I can put them on my wishlist for later. Thanks! Also, please reblog this so that more people will see it!
There’s...
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“It really worries me that 84% of this audience agrees with that statement,...”
– Stewart Lee (via rebeccam)
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7 Feminist Take-Aways From the Final Harry Potter... →
(SPOILERS for the final film, if that wasn’t already clear!)
This is.. wow. Really well done, I think. Even if not intended by Rowling, the reading makes a lot of sense. This is my favourite bit:
5. There is evil within us all.
As we all participate in patriarchy, whether we like it or not, so too are we all shaped by its pillars of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. We cannot grow up...
