okay apparently I share a birthday with eugen
THIS MEANS SOMETHING
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[transphobic cis guy]: sex is real-
[me]: pft, shut up and take some estrogen, nerd
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okay, calls for an end to infighting in queer communities are all well and good - and also, some of us have a lot more work to do on that front than others.
there's a reason why I've spent most of the past couple of years beating the drum on transmisogyny in queer spaces. that shit isn't going away just because the need for mutual aid is getting more urgent.
in fact, in many ways, things are probably going to get worse for transfeminine people in queer "safe spaces." we're currently the hypervisible minority-of-a-minority in the queer community. hell, it was right there in the new POTUS' executive order. all of the violence against trans people, the violence that will eventually spill over to the queer community at large, is predicated on "predatory men in dresses invading women's spaces" - the same trope that I and other transfeminists have been calling out left and right as the trans genocide has continuously ramped up.
the pressure to dump transfem people from queer spaces is going to be huge. many people will probably do it subconsciously, predicated on very little - even less than it took to dispose of us before.
that said, the way to queer unity - the way to an end to queer infighting - is to rally around transfeminine people now. do it loudly and boldly. speak out against those trying to dispose of us. speak out against the tone- and language-policing directed at us. speak out against the pervasive idea that we're a liability in greater queer circles.
educate yourselves on the ways in which transmisogyny and transfeminine disposability manifests in our communities, and call it out and shut it down when it happens.
we are, absolutely, stronger together. and also, if you don't help us now, then we won't be around when they come for you next.
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so like, it's my birthday today, and stuff!
I somehow made it to 40. damn. I didn't see that one happening when I was younger.
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imagine sincerely believing you deserve gestures of affection
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just so you all know, my disposability trauma is at "legit surprised and thinks she doesn't deserve it when friends send her birthday gifts" levels
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like it's a roulette every time I see one. I just kind of assume they're trans, and sometimes they are, but other times it's just some random cis dude
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baffling things in life:
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FACT: what westerners call black tea is actually known as "hongcha" (red tea) in China. black tea is therefore both black and red, making it the most anarchist of teas. in this essay I will
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CIS PEOPLE: PLEASE DONATE TO AMERICAN TRANS PEOPLE'S GOFUNDMES IF YOU'RE ABLE! especially if they rely on HRT!
one of the big tasks of the next 2-4 years (at least) is going to be helping trans people leave hostile states and move to sanctuary states. we're gonna need a lot of money going around to do that.
cis allies, here's your chance to step up.
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doomerism is reactionary, hope is revolutionary
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today was meant to break your spirits. please, don't let it.
they played their hand, and it's awful, and it's terrifying.
now, we get to play ours.
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An Open Letter to COVID Minimizers in the Queer Community
there's no easy way to put this: you aren't ready at all for what's to come. I don't mean all of this to scold you, but instead as a call to action.
you're probably shocked, frightened, anxious, about the growing tide of fascism lapping at our doorsteps. believe me, so am I. only, I've been living it for the past three years, as politicians with (D)s after their names rolled back COVID precautions and state aid, labeled the pandemic "over," and declared that now was the time of "you do you." I watched as some of the most marginalized, isolated, and vulnerable members of the queer community got left behind as you all threw off your masks and went back to huffing air at bars and nightclubs.
well, this might be a surprise to you, but over the past few years, those of us who are still taking COVID precautions have been quietly trying our best to build community and mutual aid networks of our own, separate from any of the established networks in greater queer communities. and I use that language - "trying our best" - for a reason. we're all exhausted, traumatized, multiply marginalized, isolated due to a mass-debilitating pandemic, and - on top of that - trying to do all of this, for the most part, without the assistance of the most privileged folks under the queer umbrella. there's been a lot of failures, and a lot of learning, and a lot of pain and bullshit.
but we're trying. while you've been out partying like it's 2019, we've been trying. and we could use your help, now, more than ever, so that our efforts aren't in vain.
you can start, today. you can start masking again, pushing for COVID precautions for in-person meetups, holding hybrid or virtual or outdoors events.
the best time to do all of the above would have been years ago. but the second best time is today.
please, before it's too late and the members of my community - the ramshackle networks that we've been building in your absence - start to get left behind even more than we already have been. you can learn from our efforts - and we want to help you - but only if you're willing to do the right thing and help us.
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(this isn't intended as a subpost for the owner of the SoCal COVID-cautious discord server, a repeated bad actor who's excluded myself and many others from community based on petty grievances, but it might as well be)
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one thing to watch out for as shit gets more dangerous for trans people in America, and as we start to rely more on communities and mutual aid networks for support, is community gatekeepers - people who exclude others on the basis of personal grievance, stepping on eggshells, a misstep that could have been resolved quietly, and so forth.
toxic people in our communities have a tendency to pop up and create their own little exclusive fiefdoms in times of crisis. keep an eye on them and look at the language they use, who they exclude, and how they handle conflict. oftentimes they'll be extremely skilled at using the "correct" social-justice or therapy-speak language to justify their toxicity, and it's important that we stay vigilant and see through that.
none of us is disposable. all of us deserve aid and community.
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please CW Nazi symbology for fucks sake
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we legally transition in order to lessen the level of institutional cruelty directed at ourselves, as well as to reduce the amount of gatekeeping we face when seeking medicalized treatment - not because some body of cis people somewhere are the arbiters of Who We Really Are.
we are who we are because we fucking say so. we are real and immutable, governments are fake and transitory.
the sooner we all get on the same page about this, the sooner we can be on the same page about what we're fighting for.
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apropos of nothing, today I'm thinking about that episode of Frieren where the titular character discusses legal recognition of magic-users over time. eventually, she pulls out a medallion from some long-forgotten civilization and asks, "is this thing still valid?" and the rest of the cast goes "uhh what"
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anyway, hi, all you assimilationist queers out there are about to discover exactly why the first pride was a riot
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seeing a distinct lack of "made up identity politics," "white trans people will be just fine so stop complaining," etc posts going around today
hmmmm I wonder why
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