I just wanted to share that I fucking LOVE being trans and couldn't be happier with who I am right now!! but damn not being able to express my femininity as well as I'd like because of my famility kinda sucksss (but as soon as my next paycheck drops I'm going to the mall IMMEDIATELY to buy myself my first dress)!!!
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stockholm pride was today and it was a blast
the local ace/aro group that im a part of handed out small business cards with our instagram/facebook socials during the parade to people we identified that had ace and/or aro flags or other identifiers. it was genuinely great. big recommend
i love the parade it's so much fun every year
the local ace/aro group that im a part of handed out small business cards with our instagram/facebook socials during the parade to people we identified that had ace and/or aro flags or other identifiers. it was genuinely great. big recommend
i love the parade it's so much fun every year
am now currently realizing the irony of a transfem by chance getting a male-locked pokemon as her profile picture by complete chance
anyways, name is rose/mipha, i use she/her and fae/faer and i used to be pretty active in mons while atm i sorta just larp and click/spam unsets on ladder. anyways um. please listen to she/her/hers i am BEGGING you please. trans artist (shocker ik) and play if found too its an awesome trans game and while i could go on about how awesome that game is i wanna bring up this one song by she/her/hers that just... idk i have been thinking abt it a lot recently if u couldnt tell by my disc status
i mean first of all this goes hard second of all... i mean damn after i listened to this it started to like influence how i thought of my trans identity. i knew there were some people who were fine with not passing - i mean i was one of them - but this song brings up a completely different idea: not WANTING to pass. living visibly trans and preferring it that way. and honestly, considering that my dysphoria is not so bad that it is crippling if i dont look like a perfect cis woman... id like it that way too. to pass means to give up my place in the trans community almost. i mean sure, i can still interact, i still have my stories to tell and its not like being trans WOULDNT effect my passing life. but im still losing that part of me, i wont be able to be there to give that closeted kid someone to see themselves in, i wont be able to stand alongside my other trans friends knowing that im not posing the same threat to the transphobes up at the top by virtue of me being effectively a cis woman in many peoples eyes. knowing that the centrists and conservatives would accept me now that ive managed to successfully blend in with their numerous white able bodied traditionally attractive cis women. the fact id have to play their game and then, even if i didnt want to, id naturally be pushing them forwards. am i supposed to be prideful of that?
this isnt to hate on trans women looking to pass, you can do whatever youd like. but for me, this is how i see it, if i ever get to a point in my transition where im passing on a regular basis (as years and years of hormone therapy will do to you), you'd better believe im making it clear that im as trans as fucking possible. i will wear a trans flag pin at minimum as much as i can if not always and you shouldnt be surprised to see possibly even more. i will introduce myself as a trans woman. i will include my transness in the conversation when applicable. this is part of who i am and if i try to hide it im only taking a step back in both all our progress as lgbt folks and in my own place in the world.
anyways, name is rose/mipha, i use she/her and fae/faer and i used to be pretty active in mons while atm i sorta just larp and click/spam unsets on ladder. anyways um. please listen to she/her/hers i am BEGGING you please. trans artist (shocker ik) and play if found too its an awesome trans game and while i could go on about how awesome that game is i wanna bring up this one song by she/her/hers that just... idk i have been thinking abt it a lot recently if u couldnt tell by my disc status
i mean first of all this goes hard second of all... i mean damn after i listened to this it started to like influence how i thought of my trans identity. i knew there were some people who were fine with not passing - i mean i was one of them - but this song brings up a completely different idea: not WANTING to pass. living visibly trans and preferring it that way. and honestly, considering that my dysphoria is not so bad that it is crippling if i dont look like a perfect cis woman... id like it that way too. to pass means to give up my place in the trans community almost. i mean sure, i can still interact, i still have my stories to tell and its not like being trans WOULDNT effect my passing life. but im still losing that part of me, i wont be able to be there to give that closeted kid someone to see themselves in, i wont be able to stand alongside my other trans friends knowing that im not posing the same threat to the transphobes up at the top by virtue of me being effectively a cis woman in many peoples eyes. knowing that the centrists and conservatives would accept me now that ive managed to successfully blend in with their numerous white able bodied traditionally attractive cis women. the fact id have to play their game and then, even if i didnt want to, id naturally be pushing them forwards. am i supposed to be prideful of that?
this isnt to hate on trans women looking to pass, you can do whatever youd like. but for me, this is how i see it, if i ever get to a point in my transition where im passing on a regular basis (as years and years of hormone therapy will do to you), you'd better believe im making it clear that im as trans as fucking possible. i will wear a trans flag pin at minimum as much as i can if not always and you shouldnt be surprised to see possibly even more. i will introduce myself as a trans woman. i will include my transness in the conversation when applicable. this is part of who i am and if i try to hide it im only taking a step back in both all our progress as lgbt folks and in my own place in the world.
so like, this is more or less where I'm at.
I want to look feminine and a lot of that looking feminine is looking "conventionally" feminine. I love femininity. Dresses, skirts, necklaces, etc. But it it is more than possible to read as both conventionally feminine and visibly trans, and that's honestly what I'm going for. My transness will be a core part of my aesthetic, ranging from accessories to color designs.
I don't want to assimilate into cisheteronormativity. I want to beat it at its own game, then beat it over the head with its own standards.
Im just curious, so i would want to know what motivated you to be part of that large community
I mean I was born this way, I didn’t go down to the local LGBT center and ask if i could join the homosexual club and get a membership card
lmao this chick doesn't have a gay card
Dude im just gay
KarpeChan
Banned deucer.
cuz i misclicked on the character selection screen
I'm just a government assigned gay boy
wasn’t a motivation, was more so an epiphany. if that makes sense !
also what does LGBTQIA+++ means? If i Didnt misunderstand, these are the first letters of the words, Even If i know no word starting With "+" (jk, jk)
it does !
the words are, in order:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (Please correct me on this one if I’m wrong and you know I’m wrong), Intersex, Asexual (I believe this A can also be Aromantic, making it an aroace umbrella, but I’m not sure). The plus covers anything not mentioned here, so like pansexual and a couple other orientations and identities that escape me atm.
okay thank you for the help, now i know something more
@ all straight people this is my question to you
ive come to realize that a LOT of custom avatars are anime girl + pokemon, mostly from cis guys and this will cause issues in the future
we gotta reserve more anime girl icons for the trans girls of the community
we're using up too many we're gonna run out
the trans guys however... they've got a LOT of material
I'm also begging the Smogon Staff to make us a Fallout New Vegas thread. Thank you.
(hi gamers I'm trans / enby I hope you all are having a good day, and you're all valid)
we gotta reserve more anime girl icons for the trans girls of the community
we're using up too many we're gonna run out
the trans guys however... they've got a LOT of material
I'm also begging the Smogon Staff to make us a Fallout New Vegas thread. Thank you.
(hi gamers I'm trans / enby I hope you all are having a good day, and you're all valid)
bocchi the rock !!
counterpoint: choose your avatar because it looks cool or is funny and not because it shares some arbitrary features with you. ill give myself a girl profile picture if i want to, cynthia's dope.
Surely a hotly debated question but no I don't think being religious inherently makes you homophobic. You can be religious and still stand for and respect the decisions of others, particularly those who may not be of the same faith. If you use your religion as an excuse to tell others they can't be gay (or, perhaps more likely, choose to stand aside while others of your faith do this), then you are homophobic.