So today, I will have a teeny, tiny needle jabbed into my face a couple hundred times. With each stab it will have an electric current turned on to kill a hair follicle.
Yes... A single hair follicle. One hair follicle at a time, for an hour.
I am not looking forward to this at all. Not all trans women/transfemme people get electrolysis on their face but I am.
<sarcasm font>Let me tell ya folks... being #trans isn't all rainbows and unicorns 24/7 like you might think. </sarcasm font>
Andrea Jenkins is a politician, poet, activist and community historian. She was the first Black trans woman to be elected to public office in the United States and continues to work for the whole community.
“Transgender people have been here forever…I look forward to more trans people joining me in elected office and all other kinds of leadership roles in our society." Andrea Jenkins
A year ago, tonight, a girl who’d never seen her own reflection was sitting with her Eldest child for bedtime. And after Eldest fell asleep, she came across a post suggesting that wishing that she was the other gender was not a very cis thing to do.
It only took a few days to conclude that she wanted to transition so she could show her children what it meant to live authentically. She didn’t want her example to them to be living in the closet.
"Google has removed two websites providing “DIY” hormone replacement therapy used in gender-affirming care from search results at the request of the UK government, according to legal letters viewed by 404 Media."
"Both sites were temporarily offline after their domain registrar received letters [...] asking them to suspend their domain names". The registrars are Namecheap and NiceNIC.
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Hey guys, im reposting this since it's a new account, but essentially i live in a neglectful home, and im currently unemployed and im disabled (i have confirmed adhd, i also currently suspect i have ocd), and im therefore very poor and unable to afford basic necessities. I am very poor and unable to afford medical treatment or food or other things.
My mom doesnt take care of me at all (she has always been very neglectful of me), my family has mostly abandoned me and none of them help me. I live with them in the same house but they dont want to help me beyond that. They dont pay for my food or any other basic necessities. I cannot afford basic necessities like food or cookware on my own as i do not have an income without donations. Please help me. I need donations desperately. Please.
“Maintain yourself, find your community who loves you for you and who wants to celebrate you. Being yourself as you navigate the world in a way that’s safe and authentic and good to you is going to help in the long run. Know that you’re loved and supported, that time goes on and more people will see us for who we are as we continue to advocate for ourselves.” Aaron Philip
Google has removed two websites providing “DIY” hormone replacement therapy used in gender-affirming care from search results at the request of the UK government, according to legal letters viewed by 404 Media (@404mediaco).
Given how many trans folks rely on information acquisition via search engines, espeically early on in transition, because they allow natural language queries, increased restriction to information sets a concerning precedent.
Dr Manabi Bandopahyay became India’s first transgender college principal when she took up her post at Krishnagar Women’s College in 2015. She has often had to struggle for acceptance in her career but has succeeded nonetheless.
If you're a transmasculine person with experience in any type of sex work and would like to write about it, keep reading this post. Jack is a transmasculine person and sex worker activist and he's creating an anthology of writing by trans masculine sex workers (or former sex workers).
He'd like to hear from you. Contributors will be paid. Contact jackvioletparker@hotmail.com for more info.
🚨 Pessoal brasileiro do #fediverse, me ajuda, o AmbuTrans do centro de #PortoAlegre está debaixo d'água, e pode demorar meses para o centro voltar a normalidade, eu recebo minha testosterona via SUS! Por favor me diga um lugar alternativo que eu possa ser transferido para continuar meu tratamento :neocat_floof_sad: a vida já está sofrida demais.
Morning my pet. Today's breakfast is a deliciously out of season pumpkin cinnamon parfait. Remember that rules like these do not define you and you can enjoy an out of season treat if you want to. The only rules that define you are the rules that I give you, my pet. Now make sure you have something delicious for breakfast, dear. ❤️
This week we look back and see the signs of our transness were always with us, and talk about one of the most important lines in the entire movie.
We also overcompensate in trying to prove how not-trans we are, and that causes all kinds of problems for ourselves (and there's an entire bucket full of Matrix references)! @mystical_alexis returns to discuss superfluous men!
Benrayngate continues into it's second day on Assigned Media.
(I let Alyssa write about Ben Ryan again after he demanded 16 corrections, such as a correction to the headline because he denies he was "raging" at trans women.) #trans#news#journalism
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