Say what you like about celebrity culture (and I really do), but right now as a queer (and disabled) trans person in the UK, there being some cis celebrities being loud in their support for us is really fucking valuable and gives me a lot of hope.

Above all they keep reminding me that the transphobia movement, however politically powerful and well-funded and however much they seem to be winning at the moment and fucking up legislation left it too late to get all or even most of the cis people on their side. That's a mistake that I hope eventually they will pay for. And celebrities being loudly allied has a real and powerful impact.

I'm thinking above all of David and Georgia Tennant, Neil Gaiman, Russell T Davies, Ncuti Gatwa, Rhianna Pratchett, Jameela Jamil, most of the cast of the HP films, etc., but very definitely not only them. <3 Less well-known people like the glorious archaeologist/historian/anatomist/author Dr Alice Roberts and the wonderful art historian/goth/author Dr Janina Ramirez are also beautifully loud about things when they can be, among so many others.

(And when Georgia Tennant sends love to us all on her Instagram account, damn it helps my brain. <3)

Back in 2015, some people started the #IllGoWithYou hashtag. A way for allies to show trans people support by wearing a pin to let them know they're available to go with them to the public gendered bathroom that they identify as.

I haven't seen the founders of this post in over two years and with how much vitriol there's been against trans people lately, I felt the need to revive this, so I designed some new pins for all people to wear to show support of trans people in public spaces.

These will be pay what you want, all proceeds going to the Trevor project. Pick the pin that aligns with what gendered bathroom you're comfy with accompanying someone into.

More info writen up by the founders here!

#IllGoWithYou

im a trans ally

Phoebe Bridgers: “f**k TERFs"

Commenter: "“I love you so much but you should question yourself and know more about what you post"

Phoebe Bridgers: "shut the fuck up."

Direct and to the point!

Phoebe Bridgers Has Two Words for TERFs

Original tweet: https://twitter.com/phoebe_bridgers/status/1545069553389936640

Thread: https://twitter.com/phoebe_bridgers/status/1545090487337357312

Thought we needed a more Scottish version of David's now legendary shirt.

Specifically a Weegie* version.

So I made one!

In case you're not familiar with Scots/Weegie:

Wains = children/kids

Alaine = alone

Wee = small/little

Gobshite = untranslatable insult

*For Americans and other aliens: 'weegie' is a word denoting a person from Glasgow. Shortened from Glaswegian. The Glaswegian accent and slang is renowned for its humour and warmth. The type of warmth you get from the single candle attempting valiantly to light your entire flat at 5pm on a dreich Winter's day.

I am perhaps extreme on this, but I don’t think there’s a good excuse to stay in HP fandom, unless one does agree with Rowling's infamous tweets of recent years. Separating art from artist is debatably all right when the artist is dead and no longer collecting royalties, but when the artist is still on Twitter bragging about her royalties, and there’s so much queer-friendly fantasy that could be talked up instead…yep, nope, trans/genderqueer/NB allies should jump ship.

I admit I look askance now at HP cosplayers and anyone still putting their Hogwarts house in their social media bio. I know, I know, a fandom that meant so much to a person for a phase of their life is going to claim a special place in their memories. But you wouldn’t (I hope) continue celebrating the birthday of a toxic ex-friend because you liked them two decades ago, so why stay with the fandom, when by so doing you’re keeping Rowling culturally relevant? We can support the innocent actors from the HP movies by supporting the work they’ve done since the series—I’m sure they’d rather have more focus on those newer projects anyway.

I practice what I preach: I could be continuing to lure in potential readers with my HP parodies, but instead I have taken them all down, all the places I can still reach, because I don’t want to give her any airtime, even obliquely like that.

I think if y'all knew how very, very little the vast majority of us writers make, and how hard we try to reach readers, and how much we'd appreciate a smidgen of success, and how hard some of us are trying to help and protect our fellow queer folks...you would better understand why this is a big deal, to someone who is also a writer of urban fantasy. I’ll stop there. Apparently I could go on and on about this.

I immediately lost multiple followers when I reblogged a post supporting a trans person.

Let me make this very clear:

Transphobes are not allowed on my blog.

TERFs are not allowed on my blog.

Trans-exclusionary sports participation supporters are not allowed on my blog.

Unfollow me now if those apply to you, because I am trans and i have no respect for you as a person. Go. Away.

never forget that the LoV are trans allies <3

If you want to fight me on trans rights, you're going to lose. I may be a cripple, but when it comes to protecting my friends and people I care deeply about? I will fucking rip your transphobic self to pieces with my bare hands and teeth. Fucking try me, twat waffle.

Trans joy is my cis parents asking me how my nonbinary friends want to be gendered in our native language (which does not have gender neutral ways of referring to people)

🤍!

If y’all haven’t heard about this, Aivi and Surasshu are going to perform “Love Like You” as part of a trans charity event in Tennessee. And they need a crowdsourced choir to sing the song with them!

You can submit YOUR RECORDING with the easy steps listed in Aivi’s tweet. And then your voice can be one of the many in the choir! It’s going to be beautiful!

(I already sent mine in. ❤) 

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When it comes to people who aren't trans, the typical motivation for immersion in trans activism is a desire to be kind to trans people, because that is a coherent and politically desirable thing to aim for.

"In Parkhill, Ontario, just a few miles east of the Michigan border, the Wind Sisters motorcycle club has been riding the roads in this southernmost Canadian province since 2011.

“Our role in the community has always been one of the great protector,” said Patricia Ginn, a self-described “butch” and longtime member.

Ginn and her fellow Wind Sisters, clad in denim and leather, formed a human chain and kept the two groups apart."

Read the full piece here: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/womens-biker-club-protects-kids-from-conservative-protestors-at-drag-queen-story-hour/

Cis people who are buying tumblr staff’s little bullshit apology post pls, pls, pls just stop and do what us trans fems have been asking you to do since day one:

SPEAK UP!!!

Listen to us when we talk about transmisogyny! Spread the word so people understand what it looks like! Support that doesn’t go beyond

‘✨trans fems are welcome on my blog! <3 <3 <3✨’

Is just token support. A post where staff claim to be upset about matt’s actions too is irrelevant when transmisogyny continues to run rampant and unchallenged on this hellsite and they don’t do a. God. Damn. Thing!

The personal fweeings of staff don’t change the fact a trans woman was

Harassed. Smeared. Unfairly Suspended and Outed! By the CEO!!!

If you’re really an ally and not just someone who wants to appear as one

SPEAK. THE. FUCK. UP!!!

Hi hi hello hi there this is your daily reminder that if you think transgender identities are only valid and real if they're good honest people and misgender trans folks because you don't respect them, you AREN'T actually a trans ally, you're just an asshole!!

Sincerly, a trans person.

I don't know where to put this but one of my wonderful children came out to me and I am SO proud of them I cannot find the words.

I will fight anyone who misgenders my baby

I feel like a mama bear, a fucking lioness. The world had better not fuck with them because I will Not. Care. For. It.

All of yous beautiful non-binary and trans babies I AM HERE FOR YOU.

I love all of you

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