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A blog intended to bring positive and affirming messages to the genderqueer community everyday. | "We're here, we're queer, get used to it." | genderqueer.positivity on Instagram.
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Apparently, when you start making pin designs, it's really hard to stop 😳
Today is a perfect day to share this secret collection! 🏳️🌈
There will be a tiny experimental first run, preorder starts on April 3rd in my Kofi shop ❤️
And then we'll see, may be this lighthouses collection will grow ✨
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! 🏳️⚧️
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I did a thing with some transphobic comments that I had the misfortune of seeing with my own two eyes on TDoV.
There are screenshots below, the usernames and profile pictures have been covered up with colorful scribbles, as well as most of the text of the comment, leaving behind only a few words with a very different meaning than the original intent of the comments.
(you are not your DNA You can be transgender)
(Respect and love means affirming someone's truth)
(Biological sex is a mistake.)
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(Two images with striped backgrounds in the colors of the transgender and genderqueer pride flags, both images have identical text that says "Happy Transgender Day of Visibility" with the date "March 31st" below).
Happy TDOV! 💜
In these times visibility is more powerful and more dangerous than ever. Today is a day for showing up in the ways that feel most empowering to us, and for being visible for those who can't yet be. Trans lives are precious. There has never been a world without trans people and there never will be. Every day we survive is a win.
As we all know, this year the date of Easter falls on TDOV, so I'm sending an extra shout out to the trans Ex-Christian community today. Take care of yourselves today. Whether you still take part in the secular traditions of Easter or today will simply be another Sunday, know that you are a whole, complete, and beautiful person.
#happy tdov#trans day of visibility#transgender#queer#genderqueer#Christianity tw#religion tw#op#genderqueerpositivity
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QUEERS READ THIS | A leaflet distributed at pride march in NY | Published anonymously by Queers | June, 1990
"Everyday you wake up alive, relatively happy, and a functioning human being, you are committing a rebellious act. You as an alive and functioning queer are a revolutionary."
"Being queer is not about a right to privacy; it is about the freedom to be public, to just be who we are. It means everyday fighting oppression; homophobia, racism, misogyny, the bigotry of religious hypocrites and our own self-hatred."
"Being queer means leading a different sort of life. It's not about the mainstream, profit-margins, patriotism, patriarchy or being assimilated. It's not about executive directors, privilege and elitism. It's about being on the margins, defining ourselves; it's about gender-fuck and secrets, what's beneath the belt and deep inside the heart; it's about the night."
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nothing has been more important to my being queer than when i went to my first pride parade, got seperated from my group, had a panic attack about it and was sitting on the side of the road holding a tiny genderfluid flag and freaking out. then this six foot five drag queen in four inch heels appeared from literally nowhere and sat down next to me. i, this scared-shitless trans bi kid at pride for the first time, very nervously told her she looked pretty and i told her my name and that i got lost and didn't feel like i should be at pride and she held my hand and said "oh, honey, everybody deserves to be here, especially you. pride is for everybody who's ever gotten lost, who's been scared of who they are or where they are. you think we never been scared before? pride's for you, honey, because you're scared. you don't have to be proud right now, but you're gonna be one day, honey, i'm sure of it."
i found my group soon after that and i never saw that queen again but to this day i am convinced i met an angel.
so yeah. pride is for you. pride is for all of us.
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I’m gnashing my teeth like a child of Cain
If this is a prison I’m willing to bite my own chain
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I’m actually serious about this, if at all possible, right now is a very good time to request queer books from your local library. Whether they get them or not is not in your control, but it is so important to show that there is a desire for queer books. I will also say getting more queer books in libraries and supporting queer authors are pretty fantastic byproducts of any action.
This isn’t something everyone can do, but please do see if you are one of the people who has the privilege to engage in this form of activism, and if you are, leverage that privilege for all you’re worth.
For anyone who can’t think of a queer book to request, here is a little list of some queer books that I think are underrated and might not be in circulation even at larger libraries:
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
Harvard’s Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals by William Wright
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley
God Themselves by Jae Nichelle
IRL by Tommy Pico
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser
Queer Magic: Lgbt+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World by Tomás Prower
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon
Hi Honey, I’m Homo! by Matt Baume
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Homie: Poems by Danez Smith
The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
The Companion by E.E. Ottoman
Kapaemahu by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun
Witching Moon by Poppy Woods
Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi
Peaches and Honey by Imogen Markwell-Tweed
Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto
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Protect Queer and Trans Kids ⚡️
Digital art of a queer nonbinary teen with glasses and a beanie wearing a rainbow shirt with their back to us. They have a striped long sleeve on and red pants with a star patch. Text reads, ‘schools should be a safe place for queer and trans kids.’
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Today is the Republican primary in South Carolina. Here's your reminder that South Carolina is an open primary state and any registered voter can choose to vote in either primary (but never both!)
If you did not vote in the Democratic primary earlier this month, you are eligible to vote in the Republican primary today. I encourage you to get out and go vote for someone other than Donald fucking Trump.
I voted for Nikki Haley this morning (this being the first time I have voted for a Republican for anything in my life) and yes it felt gross (especially in light of her ridiculous embryo/IVF comments and then her weak immediate attempt at flip-flopping). But we live in a society or something like that so go out and vote I guess. We are living in the season finale of American democracy yippeeee.
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On February 7, 2024, an indigenous nonbinary teenager named Nex Benedict was beaten to death in a US high school bathroom.
The news has been spreading across social media over the past few days, with several news outlets misgendering and deadnaming the victim. I have seen a small handful of posts about the entire thing, but only a couple with any sources about what happened.
I spent the morning combing through articles. This is a list of publications reporting on the story that don't deadname Nex:
Pgh Lesbian Correspondents: "Grieving Nex Benedict: the Brutal Killing of 16 Year Old Nonbinary Student in an Oklahoma High School"
The Pride: "Non-Binary Student Dies After Violent Bathroom Fight at Owasso High School in Oklahoma"
The Washington Blade: "Nonbinary Okla. High School Student Dies After Fight"
The Los Angeles Blade: "Oklahoma Non-Binary High Schooler Dies After Physical Alteraction"
LGBTQ Nation: "Teen Beaten to Death in a School Bathroom Bullying Attack. The School Didn't Call an Ambulance."
Freedom Oklahoma: "Rest in Power Nex Benedict"
Indy 100: "Thousands Raised for Non-Binary Teenager Beaten to Death at School"
The Independent: "Oklahoma Banned Trans Students From Bathrooms. Now a Bullied Student is Dead After a Fight."
Daily Dot: "Oklahoma's Top Education Official Called Out Over Libs of TikTok Ties After Non-Binary Student Beaten at School, Dies Later"
Daily Kos: "Libs of TikTok Targeted a District, Then a Non-Binary Student Was Killed on Campus"
Malang Post: "Owasso High School Mourns Pupil's Death After Altercation"
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(Image description: six images with blue, black, and pink gradient backgrounds and white text; the text in the images reads 1) "Supporting trans youth is suicide prevention not child abuse", 2) "Supporting your trans child is good and respectful parenting", 3) "Access to gender affirming health care saves lives", 4) "Trans youth need supportive communities in order to survive", 5) "Support parents and caregivers who support their trans children", 6) "Support teachers who support their trans students".)
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TW: transphobia, hate crimes.
Being trans in the USA in 2024 is learning from an Instagram post that the gender clinic I'm a patient at for my HRT was deliberately burned down and the FBI is investigating the arson as a hate crime.
I have no words, only anger.
Fuck transphobia and christian-fascism.
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do you have any resources for questioning people (esp gender?)
It's hard to answer this without more detail tbh because I'm not sure exactly what form of resources you're looking for. The biggest pieces of advice I can give you are 1) read everything, 2) follow trans people, and 3) actively experiment and play with your gender.
Read queer history, read old zines, read memoirs by trans people. Read trans fiction and queer theory. Follow trans people whose content resonates with you.
Get out there and do gender in person if it is safe for you to do so: try out different names and pronouns, meet other queer and trans and gender non-conforming people, try out expressing your gender through your appearance in different ways.
If you're looking for specific recommendations:
The Gender Quest Workbook - Starts out very basic Gender 101 style, with questioning gender roles and then moves towards exploring gender expression and transition.
My Queer Year - I'm still working on this, have been for more than a year. Not gender specific, it's more of a planner + guided journal with a queer theme. A lot of the topics can be personally related to gender; I've written in mine on topics including dysphoria, euphoria, gender expression in public, and medical transition.
Accepting Gender - Gender workbook based in ACT (acceptance and commitment) therapy. This is on my list to read, and I'm not yet familiar with the actual content of the book. It's an option that exists.
I'm going to recommend transreads.org. There are a bunch of books on there available in pdf format that you can just download and read.
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It's that time of year again!
#girl scouts#trans#transgender#support trans youth#support trans kids#protect trans kids#girl scout cookies#trans inclusion#lgbtqia#queer#food tw
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A slew of anti-trans bills were just filed in SC. Some target an issue that isn't happening.
Transgender issues could prove to be a major topic in the South Carolina State House in 2024, judging by a slew of Republican-led bills filed ahead of the upcoming legislative session.
Nine bills pre-filed in the S.C. House pertaining to gender transition procedures, gender affirming care, gender-assigned bathrooms and other LGBTQ-related issues signal that the topic of LGBTQ+ care and access could be one of the major talking points among the state’s lawmakers this year. More than one bill has been filed pertaining to surgeries specifically, and one of them is championed by two of the most powerful Republican figures in the state.
As expected, starting the year and legislative session off by targeting trans people.
Hiott, who represents the Upstate’s Pickens County, said he believes it’s wrong to think there are more than two genders and that no doctor in South Carolina should be performing gender reassignment surgery on someone under the age of 18.
“I just think that you were born a male or you were born a female, and that’s the only two genders there are,” Hiott said. “What you were born as, that’s what God intended you to be, and I don’t believe it should be anybody’s right to change that.”
Fuck Christian fascism.
#south carolina#gender affirming care#trans healthcare#trans healthcare bans#gender affirming care bans#transphobia#christofascism#christian fascism#news
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