A historical trans man could say “I am a man, my only wish is that after I die my body is not revealed and I am remembered for the man I was” and some “feminist” would still be like “This is deadname lastname a super cool girlboss who tricked all the men to become a doctor!!!!”
My friends straight friend joined for pride yesterday and he said “I never felt such an accepting place before, everyone is SO happy, the drag queens looks awesome. Pride is amazing” and thats exactly WHY this shouldn’t even be a discussion in the first place
some people just don’t understand the cultural significance of a photo taken of your hand holding your theatre programme or playbill with the stage out of focus in the background.
@hitchups It’s possible to get married, but a lot of us who get married have done years and years of specialized autism therapy. People getting diagnosed usually never had autism specific therapy before to help with social relationships.
Cis people genuinely think that the way being transgender works is you decide you wanna be a girl one day, march into a hospital and go "one girl surgery please, sir!" And you wake up 12 hours later looking like a woman
Trans men have BEEN banned from sports entirely unchallenged and undiscussed BEFORE the topic of banning trans people even fucking started because T is considered a sport enhancing drug.
at the end of the day, this is the direct result of some queer people thinking their queerness inherently makes them progressive and good people. the direct consequence of this weird heirarchal mindset is thinking its okay to be horrible to anyone under you in said hierarchy.
this is why i was VERY PICKY with who i got my evaluation from when i got diagnosed bc i needed someone who understood how masking works and would actually listen to me and care about my internal experiences instead of just asking if other people thought i was dumb and annoying
no cause let’s talk about why bottoms in media are often infantilized by fans just because they take the receptive role in the relationship. people equate bottom to being innocent and needing babysitting. subspace ≠ babying. aftercare is aftercare. they aren’t toddlers.
As an autistic person, something that can be so stressful for me is when additional people are added to existing plans with little to no prior notice.
How many people and which people will be present can have a huge impact on the energy of a social situation, …