Growing.

entreaty by Catherine Pierce

Burt Glinn, San Jose, 1979

Magnum photos

dark green is a nice color. underrated

Patreon

Still a wip of a green dragon in a limited color palette

Useful links for (graphic) design

'sup folks, I've compiled a list of links of websites and tools that are useful for designing stuff! They're divided in different sections.

FONTS - All of them are free and easy to use, unless otherwise stated.

https://www.freefaces.gallery/

https://www.fontshare.com/

https://dirtylinestudio.com/freebies/ (These are the free versions only for personal use, so no selling stuff with it)

https://velvetyne.fr/

https://usemodify.com/ (Make sure to check the license to see if it's free to use)

COLORS - Helps you pick colors in different ways

https://colourcontrast.cc/ (Helps you see if your font and colors provide enough contrast)

https://picular.co/ (Type a prompt and it will give you colors associated with that prompt)

https://pigment.shapefactory.co/ (Gives you a wide selection of dual color palette's that have a lot of contrast)

https://t-o-n-e.com/ (Gives you color palette's that have the 60-30-10 applied to it)

LOGO INSPIRATION- Searching for logo inspiration

https://logosystem.co/ (Gives you a big variety of logo's)

https://dribbble.com/search/logo (Dribbble also shows other stuff than logo's)

GENERAL USEFUL LINKS - As the name says

https://freedesignresources.net/ (Here you can find a lor of free stuff like vectors, images, font's etc.)

I'm going to update as I learn and use more of them later down the line on this website that I made: https://design-links.carrd.co/ .

Made a headshot of my favourite creation on pony town ❤️‍🔥

If you are a person who hates men because they are men not only are you inherently alienating anyone queer person who identifies as a man but you are failing to hold the actual horrible men accountable for their actions.

Being a creep, a predator, a pervert, etc. is not inherent to being a man and thinking/saying that removes any sense of responsibility from the actual disgusting men who exist.

Call out the individuals so they can face the consequences of their actions, don’t just shrug it off as “well that’s how men are because they’re all terrible”. “

All men are evil” is just a round about way of saying “boys will be boys” and although both statements have different intentions they remove all accountability from those who deserve it.

And do not ever expect any trans man to change themself because you associate masculinity and manliness with being a predator. Love your trans brothers and embrace them as men or you don’t have the right to call yourself queer.

I just discovered that there was a person who was afab and ended up joining the russian army by the name of Alexander Durov in 1806.

Born a woman, Nadezhda Durova (birth name) ran away from home and joined a light cavallery regiment dressed as a man.

After his identity was uncovered, the russian tsar summoned him to the palace at St. Petersburg, where he impressed the tsar so much that he awarded Durov the Cross of St. George and promoted him to lieutenant in a hussar unit.

He always referred to himself as a man and was upset when people called him a woman.

He signed letters with his male last name.

He expressed feelings of disgust towards his sex and how that worried him a lot.

He never married willingly and adopted many dogs and cats.

He only danced with women when attending a ball.

He asked to be buried under his male name Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov but the church did not agree to that.

I never saw him in "historical transmasculine people" compilations and only discovered his story coincidentally.

Unfortunately, historians still adress him with female pronouns, although he did not want that.

Let's remember him together. We won't allow him to be forgotten.

I'll probably add onto this post later or make a better one but you can read a lot on this wikipedia article:

The study itself is titled, “Long-Term Regret and Satisfaction With Decision Following Gender-Affirming Mastectomy,” and sought to study the rate of regret and satisfaction after 2 years or more following gender affirming top surgery. The study’s results were stunning - in 139 surgery patients, the median regret score was 0/100 and the median satisfaction score was 5/5 with similar means as well. In other words… regret was virtually nonexistent in the study among post-op transgender people. In fact, the regret was so low that many statistical techniques would not even work due to the uniformity of the numbers: In this cross-sectional survey study of participants who underwent gender-affirming mastectomy 2.0 to 23.6 years ago, respondents had a high level of satisfaction with their decision and low rates of decisional regret. The median Satisfaction With Decision score was 5 on a 5-point scale, and the median decisional regret score was 0 on a 100-point scale. This extremely low level of regret and dissatisfaction and lack of variance in scores impeded the ability to determine meaningful associations among these results, clinical outcomes, and demographic information. The numbers are in line with many other studies on satisfaction among transgender people. Detransition rates, for instance, have been pegged at somewhere between 1-3%, with transgender youth seeing very low detransition rates. Surgery regret is in line with at least 27 other studies that show a pooled regret rate of around 1% - compare this to regret rates from things like knee surgery, which can be as high as 30%. Gender affirming care appears to be extremely well tolerated with very low instances of regret when compared to other medically necessary care.

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The intense conservative backlash, to the point of disputing reputable scientific journals, likely stems from the fact that reduced regret rates weaken a central narrative these figures have championed in legal and legislative spaces. Over the past three years, anti-trans entities have showcased political detransitioners, reminiscent of the ex-gay campaigns from the 1990s and 2000s, to argue that regrets over gender transition and detransition are widespread. Some have even asserted detransition rates of up to 80%, a claim that has been broadly debunked. Yet, research consistently struggles to find substantial evidence supporting this narrative. The rarity of detransition and regret is underscored by Florida's inability to enlist a single resident to bear witness against a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on gender-affirming care.

Hi there!

My name is Robin, I’m a 21 years old queer designer and developer 💜. I love creating stuff on the side, be it digital art, embroidery or elaborate dishes with my partner.

I mostly post stuff that come to my head or my current interests.

Things like ….

Queer subjects

Art movements and paintings

DIY stuff

Crafting progress

Announcement for new front-end development projects

School stuff

Occasional roaming thoughts

Info tidbits about some TTRPG’s

You can always help me out by donating, commissioning or buying stuff from my Ko-Fi!

Thank you so much for reading and please take care of yourself! 💜

-Robin

So this is my voice progress on my T journey! I’m actually happy with where I am, still adjusting when it comes to singing.

Another thing to add to my DIY projects :3

simple tutorial on how to make those bottlecap buttons you see everywhere

you'll need:

bottlecap•soda tab•safety pin•pliers•sandpaper/file•paint/paint markers/smth to decorate with•clear nail polish

remove the print on the buttons using a file or the sandpaper

(if you wanna keep the print skip this step, use a cloth to protect the print from scratches when folding down the sides of the cap)

fold down opposing sides of the cap, to help add in the safety pin

bend the tab at a slight angle, insert it into the cap. make sure the side of the safety pin that can not open is the one stuck under the tab

fold down one side of the cap to lock the tab in place, then try and press the tab as flat as you can, to lock the safety pin in place (prevents the buttons from moving on the safety pin, if you like rattling buttons, skip this step)

fold down all other sides of the cap

cover the button in one or more base layers of paint

add ur design (i use paint or paint markers for good coverage and vibrant colors)

cover that in one or two layers of nail polish, it will protect the button from rain and the paint from cracking

thats it, lemme know if you want tutorials on anything else, i like making em.

I’ve started embroidery as my monetary situation isn’t getting any better, but I want to still look stylish and create my own shit. These are my first works and despite being wonky, I’m surprised how easy it is.

Baby’s first flight ✈️ I think this looks more like a gryphon maybe? It’s something with the torso and paws…