June 2013
Ciscentrism SUCKS!: charthebutcher: naked-brock: charthebutcher: Yesterday I got my letter... →
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Yesterday I got my letter to go ahead with a trans-related medical procedure.
To get my letter I had to sit down with a certified psychologist over multiple sessions & convince that cis professional that
a) I am sane enough to…
WHACK! Magazine: Doing It Ourselves: The Trans Women Porn Project. →
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By Sophie Delancey.
Trans porn is pretty fraught. There’s not much porn out there made by trans folks and, though there is some very respectful queer porn with awesome inclusion of all sorts of trans performers, there’s a lot of more mainstream porn which fails to represent trans folks,…
Great review of Doing It Oursevles: The Trans Woman Porn Project!
“You were always so scared, even when you were being brave. How could I be mad at you for being so scared?! Every time you didn’t show up, I knew it was because you were just too scared and I never held it against you. There’s so much to be scared of in the world. All my friends are all terrified. All the time. My friends are afraid of being around other people. They’re afraid of being alone. My friends are scared to go to the store. My friends are scared that men are going to run them over on purpose. They’re scared to ride the bus. They’re scared everyone’s going to find out how to scare them and then scare them on purpose. I keep thinking about how scared you must have been. You left the house by yourself at night. Anyone who doesn’t understand how scary that is will never understand you or me or us.”
—Red Durkin on the death of Donna Ostrovsky - and the fear that trans women live with. (via sheknowshowtofly)
Shoutout to all the queer and trans* parents raising their kids to be lovely and fabulous. Kudos to you for being a parent and existing in a world that tries to erase you. You are seen. You are valid. You are the fucking shit.
“You were always so scared, even when you were being brave. How could I be mad at you for being so scared?! Every time you didn’t show up, I knew it was because you were just too scared and I never held it against you. There’s so much to be scared of in the world. All my friends are all terrified. All the time. My friends are afraid of being around other people. They’re afraid of being alone. My friends are scared to go to the store. My friends are scared that men are going to run them over on purpose. They’re scared to ride the bus. They’re scared everyone’s going to find out how to scare them and then scare them on purpose. I keep thinking about how scared you must have been. You left the house by yourself at night. Anyone who doesn’t understand how scary that is will never understand you or me or us.”
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-Red Durken on the death of Donna Ostrovsky - and the fear that trans women live with. (via sheknowshowtofly)
rest in peace, rest in power to our sister.
(via b8-n-cstr8)