it's a very scary time to be trans in this country, but you also should be aware of what is actually a problem, what is actually something you have to worry about, and what is yet another nothingburger. you can't fight the actual fight if you're too busy swinging at ghosts.
you don't do anything for yourself as a trans person by being aware of every single bill ever considered in a state legislature and every single petition filed with the government. all that will do is drive you mad. i'm not saying to bury your head in the sand, very much not,
thirdly, look at the rest of The Needle's site. look at the kinds of articles it publishes. this is very clearly a site that is engaged in the business of spreading fear about the state of trans rights in america. it is their Only Content. it's another Erin Reed.
secondly, petitions filed with the FDA are denied in almost 90% of cases that received a response. a study performed in 2016 noted that on average, "these petitions required 2.85 years for a final agency decision, and many decisions remain pending 10–13 years after their initial submission."
first off, this is a citizen petition filed with the FDA, not anything resembling or approaching a federal law. the needle article claims that this would be able to be implemented by "regulatory fiat" without an act of Congress, and like. source ??? thats a wild fucking claim to make
hey, so, this is wildly irresponsible "reporting" that seems to be for the express purpose of garnering fear clicks from trans women, and idk why nobody's calling this out. This Is Not Happening, Nor Will It Ever Happen. thread.
A statistics screen from Resident Evil Requiem
Just finished #ResidentEvilRequiem
Absolute Cinema
"this would fix me" but its literally just a society that isnt constantly out to get me and the ones I love
worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
the above when you walk through a door and suddenly there's spider webs everywhere and you have arachnophobia
Farbtoner
found out that this is a legitimate company and I'm losing my goddamn mind
I live in the state of California, he's my governor, I voted for him in 2018, and he's the worst piece of trash imaginable.
He hates the trans community, he's criminalized being homeless in a state where hardworking people are one missed paycheck from the street. He had Bannon on his podcast
I hate how abstract they make it sound (not Sophie, the article) to be taking away life saving treatment from vulnerable children.
These people are monsters.
Everywhere needs to pick a time switch and stay in it
There's also the fact that Rowling has been fairly explicit that the money she earns through Harry Potter she's putting into anti-trans lobbying efforts.
There's a difference, IMHO, between an artist with a shitty private life, and an artist using their money to fund regressive social change.
Drawing of Supergirl and Streaky taking a break from super heroics to enjoy a little solitude in a serene forest hideaway. Nothing like a little time outdoors to recharge those solar cells!
❤️ time off ❤️
#Supergirl
supergirl
Finding out that ive inspired someone to take steps to be themself
we recovered an artifact of some kind at the dig site today. it says only "we're going to win". none of the team can make heads or tails of these glyphs
like it costs nothing to do nothing to a trans person. it's so fucking free and easy to let trans people go about our lives.
we are being positioned as an incredible evil but WHAT are we doing, materially? nothing
the issue is that by existing we refute the entire cisheteropatriarchal framework.
there is literally nothing wrong with being trans and anyone who says otherwise is a fascist who would kill and/or enslave your entire family at a moment's notice
cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch
www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...
Well yeah he's a coward so he only admits to the socially acceptable bigotry.
The reviews used to justify this excluded nearly 97% of all studies from inclusion in their analysis. This is an absolutely obscene hatchet job by the NHS specifically created to eliminate access to hormones for trans youth.
"god, why am I so tired today", I continue to think on National Everyone Is Tired Day
Oh hell yeah
Woof
Emma omg 🔥💕
Oh a 100%
