KJ D

rural queer settler; lapsed academic; community organizer; co-parent; believer in the power of stories. (they/them; Dr.) 🌈 🦊

[Colby Gordon @badinfinity2]

As a reminder, the first trans reconstructive genital surgery on record was performed in 1907.

[Colby Gordon @badinfinity2]

Just really, profoundly sad. Saying it because I don’t know what else to do.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

@AddieBundren Sending all my love..❤️❤️❤️ I hope you feel better soon. If there is anything I can do, I am happy to do it.

[Joe Cutrufo @JoeCutrufo]

Ask not what your president can do to bring down the price of gas. Ask what your mayor can do to make it possible to get around without a car.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

Fyi: "They/Thems" is not a noun to describe a group of people who use they/them pronouns. We are people..."people who use they/them pronouns." 😳

[molly conger @socialistdogmom]

today we mourn for george floyd, murdered two years ago by the police, and for 19 children, murdered yesterday while police waited, too scared to protect them.
the solution is not & cannot be more police.

[Colin Lougheed @Colin_Lougheed]

It makes sense for Manitoba to have the lowest minimum wage in the country because we already had the lowest morale.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

@MeganLWalker89 @ms_arpita @chiarapg4 @Charlotte_Sheff @morgancarpenter @ChrisJordens @HegoLab @DrQureshiKamran Thanks @MeganLWalker89. I so appreciate you advocating with me. The whole thing was really gross, and continues to amaze me that their excuse was "well, we saw other pronouns elsewhere on the internet so we changed yours w/o asking."

[KJ D @katelynjane]

@ms_arpita @MeganLWalker89 @chiarapg4 @Charlotte_Sheff @morgancarpenter @ChrisJordens @HegoLab @DrQureshiKamran Thanks! That contributor was me. I did not receive a letter, so I wanted to make sure that happened. Glad it did :)

[KJ D @katelynjane]

@MeganLWalker89 @chiarapg4 @Charlotte_Sheff @morgancarpenter @ChrisJordens @HegoLab @ms_arpita @DrQureshiKamran Hey all! Did you receive a second copy of the book? And if so, was there an explanation for why you recieved a second copy? Thanks!

[Adeline Berry, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇱🇧 @adeline_whitney]

Today is Trans Day of Visibility.

This week a conservative politician called for our deaths by firing squad. Another banned mention of us from schools. Others call for trans children to be removed from supportive parents.
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[KJ D @katelynjane]

@IntersexAF 😍

[KJ D @katelynjane]

So sick right now. Just had to remind myself it is okay to stay on the couch, and no I should not bring my laptop here to check emails.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

Ok...thanks for the effort but these are not gender affirming surgeries, and some trans folks are straight, too.

[Jess Piper @EnglishTeach07]

I know more women than I can can count who’ve had breast implants. When I was a nursing student, I did post-op care for a man who had a penile implant. Remember: straight people get gender affirming surgery and care every day.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

Staying in a hotel room with one's supervisor is still common practice in many fields. The fact that there continues to be a misunderstanding of the power imbalance puts so many students and post-docs at risk.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

Urg. This has totally happened to me and I have to say it is still one of the most uncomfortable and upsetting things that I endured in academia.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

I live in a space internationally known for being homophobic. I am visibly queer. And I am tired. And tomorrow I will get up and be "brave" because that is apparently what drawing breath is when you live in these conditions.

[KJ D @katelynjane]

There are days when people not using my correct pronouns runs off my back. Then there are days like today when I am tired, angry, defeated. I am tired of being an "inspiration" and have everything I do -- getting groceries, going to the effing 7-11 -- be a political act. #they