harry potter fandom experiencing such a revival in the last 5 or so years to the point where 5 out of the top 10 ships on ao3 this year are hp AFTER that woman started fully funding hate campaigns with her royalties is so bleak. fandom isn’t an indicator of morality but what are we doing here man.
btw this is laerte. She is 73 now! Making art and being happy! It's never too late to transition
Love wins 😌
And a version for my aro/ace/not interested in kissing for whatever reason siblings:
Thx for the last one <3
become comfortable with sex not being binary.
become comfortable with sex being fluid and changeable.
become comfortable with things like HRT and surgeries literally changing aspects of sex.
become comfortable with sex traits existing as a spectrum rather than in rigid boxes.
become comfortable with the fact that the words and guidelines weve made for "the two sexes" are just generalizations in human development and anyone can have any collection of those traits.
become comfortable with the line of intersexuality being blurry and unclear.
become comfortable with most intersex people having variations that are unknown or not studied due to the variations in human sex.
push for more study in areas of sex that would help people to be their healthiest selves, but not to stigmatize them.
push for people to be able to describe their gender and sex however they wish.
push for the abolishment of sex assigned at birth.
push for the rights and visibility of trans and intersex people.
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A cis gay guy dating a trans man does not mean he is secretly bisexual.
A cis lesbian dating a trans woman does not mean she is secretly bisexual.
Trans people don't make you bisexual.
You don't have to be bisexual to date trans people.
And I say this as a bi person! Being bi is lovely, and so is dating trans people, but the two are not inherently linked.
Moral of the story: don't let other people label you. Pick your own labels. You know yourself better than anyone else!
You shouldn’t have to be trans to get any sex characteristic-related surgery. It’s not a limited resource. Plenty of cis men get implants and cis women get breast reductions. From Colby Gordon today and Leslie Feinberg in Transgender Warriors (1996).
Photos taken from Jess T Dugan’s series To Survive On This Shore.
Wait a second, is this the same Mike and Sky from Catherine Opie’s photo of the young trans couple together in the 90s? Nice to see that they’re still together these days (?) and (hopefully) doing well.
If the pic didn’t load on your phone, this is them 28 years ago :)
Here's your end of year reminder: you don't have to pass. Your end goal with transitioning doesn't have to be to look like everyone else. You're allowed to be and look different.
