Tag: lgbt+

profeminist:

UPDATE TO TRANSGENDER STYLE GUIDE: AVOIDING INVALIDATING LANGUAGE TRAPS

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Title: The Radical Copyeditor’s Style Guide for Writing About Transgender People: 2.8-2.11: Avoiding Invalidating Language Traps

Speech bubbles contrast the following phrases under the headings “Invalidating language” versus “Validating language”: “Women and trans women” versus “Cis and trans women”; “Students who consider themselves ‘non-binary’” versus “Non-binary students”; “Zed, who identifies as agender” versus “Zed is agender”; “her secret was exposed” versus “her history was publicized”; “closeted,” “stealth,” and “passes” versus “private” and “nondisclosure”; and “an out trans man” versus “openly trans” and “public.”

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mexicantransguy:

Ok but as a dysphoric trans man the whole ‘you need dysphoria to be trans’ actually baffles me because even tho I’ve always has crippling dysphoria, it didn’t actually help me figure out my gender at all. I usually dismissed my dysphoria as ‘internalized misogyny’ or just not being feminine enough, which actually just caused me worse dysphoria.

You know what made me figure out that I’m trans though? Gender euphoria. The minute I got called a ‘sir’ is the moment that I realized, “shit this feels right.” And at that point I realized that I could no longer deny the fact that I’m not a woman and that I couldn’t keep living as one.

Here’s a hot take: maybe being trans isn’t so much about how uncomfortable you can be in your AGAB, but rather how much more comfortable you can be.

Not to mention how fucked up it is to making transness synonymous with “feeling shitty about yourself.” It’s so much more.

youmattered:

trezbelivt:

youmattered:

Having separate flags is good bcos it’s good to have a symbol for your particular identity to embrace but it also important to remember the rainbow flag unites us all. All LGBT+ people can use it. I feel like it’s somehow become assumed by a lot of younger lgbt+ people that it’s only fr gay men, which it isn’t and never has been

The rainbow flag when originally created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 actually contained 8 stripes that were assigned values and specific meanings that were meant to show what unites us and what we value as a community, 

It took 30 people to hand dye AND hand stitch the first 2 pride flags- 30 people of various identities came together to create the first symbol of pride. Hot pink was removed due to fabric shortages and turquoise was mixed with indigo to have the darker blue we have today.

Having individual flags is great to show your identity but I think we shouldn’t forget that the rainbow flag isn’t reserved for gay men, it was created to show what we all have in common regardless of identity. 

Thank you for the ONLY good addition to my post

A Brief History of LGBT+ Characters and Why the Death of Adam in Voltron is Worth Being Upset About

irrevocably-voltron:

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So uh…. Good morning.

So I think it’s pretty obvious by now that the reception to season 7 has been less than… good. The fan base has been shattered. People are upset, angry, and abandoning this series in droves (I’ve lost over 50 followers as I write this, just from people no longer wanting anything to do with this show) and have been incredibly vocal as to the reason why.

They killed Adam. 

After two weeks of receiving praise for the relationship that was revealed at San Diego Comic Con, fans discovered on Friday night that Adam’s existence would be short lived, further contributing to this popular “Bury Your Gays” trope. 

And I’ve seen people confused at this outcry. They don’t understand why people are so upset at this tiny side character’s death. What’s the big deal, right? It’s war! There’s supposed to be casualties!

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And to that kind of response I have to narrow my eyes and go:

“Oh…. maybe you understand the history of this.”

Because it is a history. A rich one. “Bury your gays” isn’t a trope in the same why that “Fake dating” is a trope. It’s not popular out of coincidence and I feel like many people are ignorant of that, which is FAIR! Because most voltron fans are young, most tumblr users are young, so I don’t expect you to be watching documentaries on LGBT+ cinema in between studying for your chemistry exams. 

So that’s where I come in. Buckle in children as I take you on a journey on why the “Bury your gays” trope exists, and the harmful ramifications that it has had on the LGBT+ community since its inception.

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transyiddishpanda:

starlightomatic:

linguist-breakaribecca:

Trans-inclusive language in religious texts is SO IMPORTANT. There is nothing in some young people’s lives that can either validate or dehumanize them so quickly as how they see themselves represented in the words of their religion.

May all who need to see these words find them.

Some more trans Jewish resources!

More blessings for gender transition

Mikvah ritual for gender transition

Blessing for chest binding

Prayer for closeting/misgendering yourself

Name change ceremony

Baby naming ceremony with a single gestational father

This was such a blessing for me to see today! Thank you Adonai for having this come across my timeline.

billnihilism:

We really have harmed a whole generation of trans and gnc children by failing to communicate how serious a decision binding actually is, how there’s no ACTUALLY safe way to bind, how it permeneantly damages the body, how it can make top surgery more difficult in the future. I don’t think we should be keeping trans kids from binding (we let kids do all sorts of things they’re really not old enough to understand the potential consequences of) but we owe them the ability to make informed decisions at LEAST

oddly-okay-with-being-alone:

My little brother’s friend group is all gay or trans except one kid, and I’m their gay AND trans chaufer to dnd and guys let me tell you

My brother’s friend James came out as trans and changed his name bc my brother so aggressively defends my pronouns in front of them all. One of the other boys was there for James coming out and wanted James to know that this other boy definitely still had a crush on him, so he just blurts out GUYS I’M BI. There’s a beat. Then this guy Phoenix chimes in saying he prefers pansexuality as a label bc it’s more inclusive. Other boy jokes about how the whole friend group is gay, and get this THE STRAIGHT KID HAD TO COME OUT!!! My little brother and I are both kind of autistic in different ways and he has a harder time than me, but holy shit. He’s thirteen and DIDN’T have to come out to any of his friends but has been telling them about the boy he has a crush and girls he thinks are cute and it’s just so nice. I can’t imagine being thirteen and finding that. And it’s all because he’s so insistent on sticking up for me. I’m crying hold on.

I know things are bleak and visibility is dangerous to so many people, but for all I’ve faced, maybe these five thirteen year olds will have it a little better. Maybe the world will get a little better. Idk