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god I’m so fucking angry at the state of uk politics . Obviously we all know about the bullshit Supreme Court ruling around transgender people being excluded from public life, directly violating the equality act being legally classed as their birth sex, but they also just overturned protections for intellectually disabled people and people in severe mental health crises.

Previously, if someone was deemed not mentally capable of deciding their own care, there was a lot of oversight to ensure they were being treated ok. The Supreme Court just got rid of that. Unless someone actively protests their treatment, they’re presumed to be consenting to it (even if they are regularly physically restrained or chemically sedated). For deprivation of liberty to exist, the conditions must be literally as bad as a prison cell, and (according to Mind) it’s implied in the ruling that it’s because people with profound intellectual disabilities do not have capacity to experience liberty (or deprivation thereof). Genuinely sickening.

I am making your girlfriend into my boyfriend, btw xxx happy pride!

#I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE AND I WILL DO IT AGAIN.#transgender #happy pride

pangur-and-grim

ex-bus

Is that a pangur and grim reference

pangur-and-grim

wait you might be on to something

dimity-lawn

haiimrowie

Fucking hell.

This disrespects the characters, the story, the author, the entire point of the book, and every single trans Discworld fan.

Context, for my non Discworld followers: Monstrous Regiment is a book which plays with the trope of "girl dresses as not to join the army", in which the protagonist slowly realises she's not the only one; all the other new recruits of her squad are similarly disguising themselves. Shenanigans ensue, and at the end of the book it's revealed a lot of the military higher ups are actually women with a facade of maleness, putting on the part so they can do their duty.

Sergeant Jackrum is also one of the people who ran away as a girl to join the army, but unlike the others he doesn't wear a facade. It's entirely himself. He is canonically a trans man. He doesn't want to leave the military and return to civilian life, cos he doesn't want to re enter the closet and live as a woman, and his squad's like oi mate you're literally sergeant fuckin Jackrum, there ain't a kid in this kingdom who hasn't heard of you in all your decades of service. Return to the family you left behind, the kid you birthed doesn't need to know you're trans, you can just say you're the guy who fathered that kid. Go be a grandpa and be happy.

To misgender him in any way is spitting in the face of the author, fans, and story. It's upsetting.

iamthespineofmybook

I also noted when I listened to the most recent Monstrous Regiment audiobook that they used the misgendering version for the recording.

I just did some quick research, though, and it looks like they may have gone back and fixed it? I'll have to listen to the audiobook again to see if that is indeed the case.

EDIT: Nope, still the wrong pronouns. However, in my search I also came across something interesting: there's two versions up on Audible. One released 2/23/23, published by Transworld Digital and one released 9/25/23, published by Harper. Both exactly the same length, both with the same narrator/cast. The Harper edition is the one that I have. But I think, the Transworld Digital one is the correct one.

Simply because I had to use address trickery to purchase Nightwatch's audiobook back in 2023, and it, too, was published by Transworld Digital. I think I'm going to spend a little extra money soon and buy that version and see if it's correct.

EDIT 2: Yep. Transworld Digital does not misgender Jackrum, but you have to spoof the address to make Audible think you're living in the UK to buy it.

valtsv

really a good tool for any aspiring critic or creator to develop is the ability to ask yourself - and answer honestly! - whether your disdain for something comes from a place of (perceived) wasted potential or bitter anger that anyone else dared to create something less than perfect while you were too paralysed by dissatisfaction to even attempt to do so yourself. because if it's the latter, then you'll save yourself a lot of time and stress in the long run if you start to recognise just how much of what's holding you back is your own insecurity.

cheshireinthemiddle

Oh, this definitely belongs on Tumblr.

thesplendidsnout

From the Nib, by Mattie Lubchansky

thoodleoo

extremely funny when students get really into some harmless "vintage" activity to the point of absurdity. right now it's hacky sack, which is not something i ever thought i would see my students playing en masse. and yet here they are organizing competitive hacky sack teams. taking over any space they can to kick a hacky sack around. i had to chase a group to morning assembly today because they were busy playing hacky sack. just saw one of my students sending an email that said "stop adding randos to our team they're the worst sackers." 2026 year of the hacky sack ig

assaultmystic-archive

the self is a guy you made up to get mad at

longsightmyth

I bring a real 'actually people who are pregnant do deserve some special consideration because they are effectively at least temporarily disabled if not permanently after some complications' vibe to the party that a lot of people don't seem to like

longsightmyth

"This includes trans people" yes obviously that's why I said people who are pregnant.

nattousan

*doom music starts to play* I actually kindof like scheduling these kinds of appointments now...

but seriously Fellas, don't forget to schedule a pap smear every couple of years just in case. If you still have a cervix you can still get cervical cancer. ilu

this has been a psa

nattousan

i've had this as an idea since 2017 btw

nattousan

damn, tumblr says my art is ass and trans people is eye strain so no blaze for me :\

it'd be a shame if this...

blazed the old fashion way...

foxgirltail

I love you being trans I love you trans women i love you gender exploration I love you self discovery

[link to the Reddit post]

[ID: two screenshots of a reddit post on r/offmychest by user awaythrowjessie, titled "My girlfriend made me realize I'd be happier as a woman". it reads as follows:

I am 33, born male, and have had major self image issues my entire life. I hated seeing myself in mirrors, pictures, you name it. I honestly thought it was kinda normal so I just accepted it.

Now about 3 weeks ago I was at my girlfriends house, we have been dating a little over a year now, and have plans to move in together soon. Now recently she has shaved her head to support of her friends with cancer (side note thenl treatments for that friend are going very well). She had since bought some wigs to wear while her hair grows back out. We were joking around as I have male pattern baldness, and when she went to the bathroom I jokingly threw a wig on and waited. She came our, saw me we laughed for a bit and she said "you know I think you'd make a pretty girl" we laughed some more but those words triggered something in me.

Cut to a few night's ago she asked why I've been acting weird lately and I just told her how i was feeling. She said "alright let's do this " and when I asked what she told me she was going to give me a bit of a makeover and put me in one of her dresses and if i liked it then good. I was nervous and asked what if I did like it would she still be attracted to me. She just responded with "Baby you know I'm bi, guy or girl you're still mine." Her words reassured me honestly i love her so much.

Anyways she finished the make up, fitted a wig on me perfectly and got me in a dress and even helped me put a bra on and stuff in a little so i could see what breasts would kinda look like on me. Now I expected to see myself in the mirror, laugh this off and move on right, but I didn't. She did an unbelievable job, like I looked like I had been born a woman, and when I saw myself in the mirror for the first time in my entire life, I liked what I saw. I probably stared at myself for a good 10 minutes before she finally asked me something. She asked what I wanted to be called. After a few seconds I said Jessie, I always like the name Jessie. She whispered in my ear "well Jessie, you look beautiful." And that was it, I knew this was who i wanted to be.

I'm nervous now though, my friends will accept it but my family are, well let's just say not very progressive. But this is what I want.

end ID]

insomnivamp

there’s an update!!

[link]

[ID: A screenshot of a Reddit post from r/offmychest by user awaythrowjessie, titled “I went out as Jessie for the first time and I was honestly surprised”. The screenshot reads: Hello everyone, this is an official follow up to my previous post that went viral and caught me off guard.

So me and my girlfriend, (Who has officially agreed to disclose her name lol) Emily, had gone shopping for me to get me outfits and the like. Earlier today i put on one of those outfits and officially faced the world as Jessie for the first time.

To say I was nervous would be an understatement. We went to our local mall and I was almost shaking, thankfully Emily calmed me down and said if anyone said anything mean to me she'd handle it, then playfully threw up her hands like a boxer lol. We stepped inside and started walking around going in stores and I noticed something, no one was staring. Like at all. I live in an area that still has issues with LGBTQ people so I was afraid of staring or aggressive people. But none of that happened. People greeted me, the store workers were kind and nobody looked at me like I was weird. I felt comfortable, and Emily even said she saw someone check me put, though i doubt that.

This was unbelievable to me and honestly I felt like myself. I feels nice that I can go out without worrying about Judging eyes.

To all the supporters of my previous post thank you, you have made me happy. Ill keep this account going to let you join me in my journey and once I'm confident enough I'll post up some pics of me and Emily too :) end ID]

foxgirltail

I'd much rather people reblogged this version of the post than any other at this time btw

anagramofbrat

Honestly crying right now. Wherever Jessie and Emily are at this moment, I hope they're doing well.

emilytheslayer

This is so similar to my wife's story I'm smiling and crying at the same time. I love it every time someone realizes they can live as their authentic self.

sealsdaily

Today's Seal Is: Gay Fish Indulgence

katmaibearfan

omg. omg. 503 Cubadult and 610 are courting.

610 is 11 years old and small. really, really small. 503 Cubadult is 12 years old, and big. really, really big.

They were both emancipated by their mothers at 1.5 years old, rather than the standard in Katmai of 2.5 or 3.5 years old. The difference between them is that 503 was adopted by an unrelated mother bear (435 Holly) who kept him until he was 3.5 years old, while 610 had to survive on her own -- and so her growth was stunted as a result.

idk man. im just having a lot of feelings about this. two bears who survived the same circumstance against all odds, but who took totally different paths. two of the miracle stories of brooks river: the little girl who survived all on her own when she never should have needed to, and the little boy who found a second family to take him in and keep him safe.

and they're courting! and he's so big! and she's so little!

katmaibearfan

i was going through my posts from the past season, and i stumbled upon this post again, which led me to these tags. and i felt compelled to share them.

Bear Love. whatever that feels like. i'm sure it's nice.

katmaibearfan

Originally Posted: July 9, 2025

Today (6/3/26) is the celebration day over on explore.org for 171, her current cubs, and her daughter 610. These queued posts are my way of joining that celebration!