Here’s to the non-binary adults trying to deal with the fact that they can’t be out at work.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who can’t even try to be out with their parents because they’re trying to keep things ok for the grandkids.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who say “Oh it’s ok, I’m used to gender-specific binary pronouns” and die a little inside.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who have learned not to care.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who really don’t care about pronouns.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who have to gender-binary themselves for PTA meetings and talking to business owners and government officials.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who feel lost and without community because so much of the vocal and out enby community is very young.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who don’t feel welcome in the trans community and aren’t part of the cis community.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who feel guilty about calling themselves trans because they don’t “feel trans enough” or that they don’t deserve to call themselves trans.
Here’s to the non-binary adults who don’t identify as trans without any guilt about it at all.
Conditional Acceptance is like living on a high wire every day, and “passing privilege” is a painful myth, one that can leave us feeling miserable and crushed and empty.
Love yourself and honor that living in the closet isn’t a privilege. It hurts, and it’s ok that it hurts. You didn’t do anything wrong, the world did.
Yes, you can be trans without dysphoria. Regardless of if it’s because you’ve transitioned to a point where you don’t feel it anymore, if you never had it to begin with or if you’ve got a neurodivergence that prevents you from feeling it.
I’ve decided to gather up the links I have saved about it in this post. But if someone has more resources and information about it, feel free to add more.
And please don’t start drama on this post.
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Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria
The American Psychiatric Association has openly stated that you do not need to suffer from dysphoria to be transgender
Gender and Pleasure
Not All Transgender People Have Dysphoria – And Here Are 6 Reasons Why That Matters
Gender Euphoria & more
Dysphoria Not Required
Why you shouldn’t force a label on someone
Coping With Gender Dysphoria Book
You Don’t Need Dysphoria To Be Trans Video
“I’m trans and I’m not dysphoric“ - A post by a post-phallo trans person
Advocate: Do You Need Gender Dysphoria to Be Trans?
Thoughts on my Transition - “I’m not dysphoric anymore“
Eli’s You Don’t Need Dysphoria to Be Trans Video
The same discourse talking points get recycled over and over again
Dysphoria Discourse on Tumblr
A Few Hot Takes
Do you need dysphoria to be trans? Video
Gender euphoria without gender dysphoria is definitely a thing that can and does happen
The Gray Areas of Being Trans: Dysphoric or Nondysphoric? Comic
Does dysphoria always mean that a person is transgender?
FAQ: Equal Access To Health Care
Trans people with alexithymia
Can alexithymia cloud feelings of gender dysphoria? (Answer: Yes)
If you guys have ADD/ADHD, autism, OCD, or something else that affects your ability to concentrate, I highly recommend the chrome extension Mercury Reader. You just open whatever link you're using, then click on the MR icon (it should look like a rocket) and it'll simplify the page so that it's in a focus-friendly layout. Instead of having random pictures and word boxes all over the screen, it'll be in a vertical format with nothing to distract you so you can focus on what's important. You can also adjust the text size (small, medium, large), font (serif, sans), and theme (light, dark). And the best part is, it's completely free! It's honestly one of the best things I've ever downloaded.
This is an article without the extension. See that messy format, and how the actual article content only takes up a fraction of the page? It's no wonder it took me 7 hours to write that paper.
The same article, this time with Mercury. The user-friendly settings are at the top, and the rest of the article is formatted vertically down the middle with no free-roaming pictures or words. How nice.
Another woman utterly failed by our society’s devaluation of women’s reproductive health. We can’t wait around for male doctors to decide what we need to know. This is why we need to take control and educate ourselves about our own bodies.
I don't know how second-hand dysphoria got so popular as an argument but I hope all of us know that it isn't the responsibility of other trans people to present in a way that is "acceptable" to other trans people. It isn't a trans man's fault if you're uncomfortable with his not binding. He is existing how he is and that is something nobody should apologize for.
Kissclipart and kissPNG - more vectors and clipart (often transparent!)
Getdrawings - simplistic images and drawing tutorials
Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)
Canva - needs login but has lots of templates
Library of Congress - historical posters and photos
NASA - you guessed it
Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie
Even Adobe has some free images
There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without infringing copyright! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own.
Please add on if you know any more sites for free images <3
Valuable information if some of your prized books were affected by recent flooding. The video even shows you what to do if you can’t dry the book out right away.
As a queer person that mostly has queer ships, I do not appreciate the idea that some gay ships “are for straight people, if you know what I mean”. No, I do not know what you mean and I don’t care either. Stop judging gender and sexuality of people over ships, you gazoos.