What people don’t get is that my manhood and my transness are inherently intertwined. If someone is harassing me for being trans, they’re harassing me for being a trans man. If I’m demonized and excluded for being a man, I’m demonized and excluded for being a trans man. If I wasn’t trans then I wouldn’t be a man, and if I wasn’t a man then I wouldn’t be trans. You cannot ever fully separate them.

If they can "play any hand dealt", then I'm sure they can handle paying taxes, paying their employees a thriving wage, their employees unionizing, and other policies that benefit the working class.

the man who owns and runs the thai restaurant in my town knows me by name. he is one of the kindest and most thoughtful men i know. i started ordering from his place back in january, which was when i got my fibromyalgia diagnosis. back then i was using a walker, had limited mobility in my entire body but especially my hands, and was very visibly in pain. i always ordered the same thing: yellow curry with no meat, potatoes and carrots only (i have texture and other dietary issues). he always made it a point to make sure i could get out the door and carry the food safely. he had his workers package the food so that it was easier for me to open. as i kept coming back and i told him a little bit about my health status, he would always encourage me to keep going. he told me about how the spices he used were good for inflammation and began to edit the recipe just for me so that spices that were even better for fighting inflammation were used. he’d give me extra portions and despite the fact that i would tip every time, i realized later that he never charged my card for them. as time went on and my condition began to get better, especially with the help of a physical therapist, he would make encouraging remarks and tell me how happy he was for me. the day i came in without my walker, he practically jumped for joy, and despite my insistence, he gave me my meal for free that day. i continue to make progress with my conditions and i continue to go to the thai place. this man who does not know me personally and who i hardly know anything about is one of my favorite people. it’s interactions with humans like these that make loving life easier. and his curry really does help my chronic condition. it’s comfort food taken to the next level.

I’ve recently gotten back into crocheting as part of the new outpatient therapy program I’m in right now. I’ve been working on a giant blanket all week, but today I was feeling a little burnt out on it so I decided to work on something a little less intricate, and I made this trans scarf.

are trans men "degendering themselves to take advantage of their agab" or are they not acting like emotionally shutdown distant cis men. are they acting like women or are they acting like themselves. are they distancing themselves from manhood to be perceived as "one of the good ones" or are they nonbinary. are they "maintaining male dominance in queer spaces" or are they asking to say something. you are ascribing a lot of malicious intent and conspiracy to a group of people connected by one singular thing.

He is exactly right, children should not be humiliated by school lunch debt.

It’s cold today, and my chronic pain is acting up so I decided to take a hot bath. 👀 yup, that’s definitely all that’s going on here.

Imagine that he died because he couldn't get to the hospital because protesters were blocking traffic and the ambulance couldn't get through.

There'd be massive bloodthirsty rage. There'd be massive demands for the government to make sure this never happens again.

There should be just as much rage and demands for change here.

This was me all day. I slept all day instead of going to the store.

being an adult is always like i have to go to the store i have to go to the store i have to go to the store

People who say this are literally saying that they prefer for the workers to all be inexperienced and desperately looking for other jobs. But they somehow also expect good service.

I love being a man, and I love being with women who love men, and I love being with men who love men.

i just saw a trans dude like My Age say some shit like "im a trans man and im bisexual so theoretically i could date women but then i would be subjecting them to having to date a man and i dong want anyone to suffer that much" and ive seen so many similar videos on my fyp from trans boys so if ur a trans boy reading this i love u its okay to be a man. ur not a monster ur great transitioning wont make you abusive or anything i promise its okay to be a man

It’s time.

Something people don’t often talk about with chronic illness is the grieving. Having to grieve your old life or, -especially if you were diagnosed as a teenager like I was- the life you could have had. And having to come to terms with the fact that you can’t have that life, or even that you might never have that life, is so hard.

So anyone who is going through this, I see you, and I understand. I might not understand your specific circumstance but I can understand parts of it. You are doing amazing and I am so proud of you.