I wrote about the devastating impact fatphobia and the outdated BMI metric have on trans people's lives: From being denied gender-affirming surgery, to being pressured into disordered eating. Thank you to all who shared their stories with me.
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PAID OPPORTUNITY || #CastingCall! Shooting our #TransAwarenessWeek video on Wednesday 3rd November. This will be in London. Looking for Trans + Nonbinary talent - please reshare & send all applications to [email protected]! #LGBTCasting
a ~personal~ response to @shonfaye's book:
"There isn’t always space for talking about the intricacies of trans men and non-binary people’s relationship to, and need for, feminism. But there should be."
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"She’s skeptical of the idea that Gen Z is dismantling fatphobia and oppressive body image standards. In fact, she says, 'I feel like my generation is probably making it worse.'" @Rainesford@HoneyBooBooWEtv@TeenVogue https://t.co/nuQpIMMiBj #longreads
4/ This is NOT the ‘massive win’ the papers and anti-trans campaigners will suggest over the next few days. Please don’t be afraid by suggestions that the rights of GCs override yours. They don’t. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 5/5
Deep breath everyone: what *SHOULD* be the headline today: We as trans people are protected by equality law and this decision in the Maya Forstater case does NOT give anyone the right to unlawfully harass, intimidate, abuse or discriminate against us because we are trans. 1/
There's a hunger strike at Logan Correctional Center, the largest women’s prison in Illinois, for livable living conditions. So far 3 strikers have missed 7 meals.
They say that they've experienced:
🔻Walking through raw sewage in their housing unit; being locked in sewage