bumblegumbees

Xan they/he

[bumblegumbees]

Update: The survey is closed. Thank you all so much for taking the survey and sharing it. I'm currently in the process of analyzing the survey data. I will use this post to give everyone updates. Below are the next steps.

- Survey closed: 11/30/2023

- Raffle drawing: TBD. Deadline: Likely winter 2023

- Results: TBD. Published likely mid 2023-mid 2024 (academic publishing can take a while)

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Are you a trans, nonbinary, or gender diverse video game player living in the US/UK/Canada? You are invited to participate in this survey on avatar creation and customization. Follow the link for more information. :) survey respondents will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card for their online gaming store of choice ♥️🎮🏳️‍🌈

https://tinyurl.com/avatarstudyinfo

Who am I? I'm Xan (they/he) :) I am a PhD student at Indiana University and I study avatar creation and play for gender diverse gamers

[thetransintransgenic]

You Can Now Play the First LGBTQ Computer Game, For the First Time

‘Caper in the Castro’ was thought to be long lost.

Caper in the Castro is a legendary video game, not because legions of die-hard fans continue to play it, but because it was thought to be lost forever. Now, what is largely considered to be the first LGBTQ-focused video game (it was released in 1989) is on the Internet Archive for anybody to play.

The game is a noir point-and-click that puts the player in the (gum)shoes of a private detective named Tracker McDyke who is, in case you couldn’t guess by the name, a lesbian. McDyke must unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Tessy LaFemme, a transgender woman, in San Francisco’s Castro district, an historically gay neighbourhood.

OOOOOHhh!

The game was released as charityware – freely, with a strong request to give a donation an AIDS Charity of their choice. I’d like to push towards still following that and donating, if you’re able.

(And you might also want to donate to the Internet Archive, who is hosting it now, while you’re at it – they’re in the middle of a donation drive, and could use your support.)

[genderqueerdykes]

shoutout to the dysphoric butch women who need to pack, take testosterone, chest bind, get top and/or bottom surgery, wear artificial facial hair, and do other masculinizing things in order to feel like who you are. if you are a butch woman who feels as though you need to have a penis, high testosterone and/or no breasts, you are valid in your desires. while there are butches who experience these things and identify as men, we also have to respect butch women who need these things and still identify as women. i see you and i hope you can present how you need to in order to feel like who you really are.

[genderqueerdykes]

shoutout to every woman who needs and/or wants to be on t, get top and/or bottom surgery, pack, bind, and so on

[whereserpentswalk]

Shoutout to transfem butches who don't want bottom surgery, and/or hrt.

[genderqueerdykes]

correct! :) glad that was clear

[lycandrophile]

if you’re young and transmasc and the people in your life haven’t been great about the whole thing and you’re starting to feel like it might be easier to just give up and pretend to be the person they want you to be, i need you to hold on. because the thing is, one second you’re 16 and a future where you get to make decisions about your own body and life feels so impossibly far away and you can’t imagine living like this for that long, but then you blink and it’s been six years and you’re in your car with the music blasting and your voice is lower than the guy in the song’s and your hair is long for the first time in a decade because you’re finally confident enough to grow it out again on your own terms and your chest hasn’t been weighed down in months and it’s the freest you’ve ever felt in your life and i promise it will be worth the wait. don’t give up on yourself.

[genderqueerdykes]

Dykes to Watch Out For #323 "I.D. fixe?" by Alison Bechdel

Illustrated in 1999, this strip features character Sparrow discussing being a bisexual lesbian, how she is not suddenly straight because she is dating a man, and the struggles she faces because of this. This strip also discusses the validity of gay trans men and transmasculinity, a very powerful comic for its time.

[inthesensethat]

[hexthelex-deactivated20250420]

This is true btw

[nekhcore]

HEY YOU!

Yeah, you! Are you trans? Do you like reading books? Or watching movies?

Do you like media about trans men/transmasculine characters but don't know where to find it?

That's sooo crazy because I have this little spreadsheet I'm working on where I'm trying to document all media with protagonists/major characters who are FTM or transmasculine.

The spreadsheet currently has 200+ entries spread across the following categories:

Books

Manga

Memoirs and non-fiction

Movies

TV Shows

Graphic novels / Comics

Webcomics

Audio dramas

Books and movies are also sorted by:

Which character is trans (MC, love interest, antagonist, etc)

If the trans character is POC

The trans character's sexuality (Because I saw lots of transhet guys sad about only being able to find gay romances)

If the author/actor is also trans (if we know for sure)

It's free to use, and free to add to as well! Editing permissions are on, and I check on the spreadsheet every now and then to make sure everything is in order and to clean up.

If you know something that isn't on the list, please add it! You don't have to fill in every single column, but fill it to the best of your abilities.

If you don't want to use the big ass long link below, you can also use: bit.ly/FTM-protags

Directory of media with major FTM and/or Transmasculine characters

About short link: <a href="https://bit.ly/FTM-protags">https://bit.ly/FTM-protags</a>,Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_nekhcore">@_n

I made this because I want it to be a community resource. So even if you're not a trans guy or transmasculine person, please reblog!

[qualquercoisa945]

@genderkoolaid idk how you feel about pings, so sorry if you'd rather not be pinged, but this seems like the sort of thing you and your community/audience would appreciate!!

[deadeyedfae]

A quick upload for today about seeing a very young trans boy in my home town being out, proud and respected 💜🏳️‍⚧️ I wish him nothing but the best 😊

[parrotiny]

i want to know what bears think sometimes

[mediocrechick]

[parrotiny]

[morgluxia]

[doublesslightpeppa-deactivated2]

[ofools]

[atomic-shipping]

When you remember how much you love a character you hadn’t thought about in a while

[lycandrophile]

i love helping other transmascs speedrun getting over their doubts and fears about going on t. there are two people in my personal life who have been contemplating going on t for a while, and both of them talked to me about it because i’m the resident Guy On T, and by the end of our conversations one of them was fully decided that they want to start t and the other had realized the thing that had been stopping them was actually probably not a real barrier at all. i’m making it my life’s mission to become the little trans devil on as many people’s shoulders as possible whispering “you should totally go on t i think you would really like it” in their ears. maybe the real transgender craze seducing our daughters was the friends we made along the way.

[animentality]

[cat-mermaid]

harsh truth: Boomers just showed up

as in showed up to a place

asked hey you hiring and if they were then

they just trained you

for the job

just like that

✨wow✨

an old roommate told me a story about how in the early 90s her mom showed up to this place to interview for a secretary job

guy from an office across the hall pops his head out and asks if she's here for them, a computer position

she says no nope nu uh I know nothing about computers and he goes WE'LL TRAIN YOU PLEASE WE NEED PEOPLE and yanks her off her feet and through the door

today she's a highly sought after computer technician making bank

the point is that once the economy was so amazing that you could get fired from most jobs and have a new one the following week or even the next day

[fka-aj-deactivated20241123]

Not to mention now LinkedIn is just full of promoted/advertised jobs that aren’t relevant and a shit ton of literal fake jobs

[moldwood]

it's worth it as well to mention that many "open positions" aren't ever going to be filled, that a number of corporations have admitted to listing jobs just to appease overworked staff by telling them they're looking to hire people to help with the workload with no intention of actually hiring anyone

[thunderstruck9]

Liu Xiaodong (Chinese, b. 1963), Three Transsexuals, 2001. Oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm.

[memewhore]

[40ouncesandamule]

Texas gave up that land so they could keep slavery:

“When Texas sought to enter the Union in 1845 as a slave state, federal law in the United States, based on the Missouri Compromise, prohibited slavery north of 36°30' parallel north. Under the Compromise of 1850, Texas surrendered its lands north of 36°30' latitude.”

[taxchurchesfundhealthcare]

Tell me more about how critical race theory shouldn’t be taught in school.

I am a grown ass man and I just learned about this 5 minutes ago.  Fuck everything about trying to hide the sins of our past.

[e-rose]

[identitty-dickruption]

sorry, it's a GOOD thing if cishet people use non-conforming pronouns or dress in non-conforming ways or whatever else. for one, that person may not be cishet. but more importantly, living in a society where more people feel comfortable exploring their relationship to gender and sexuality is an undoubtedly GOOD thing

[bumblegumbees]

100% To add, cis folks using non-conforming pronouns or dressing in non-conforming ways is exactly what gender nonconformity is. Gender nonconformity can have nothing to do with gender, it is simply not conforming to norms and stereotypes. So yeah 100% cis folks doing gender non-conforming stuff is cool and good and beautiful

[anxietyproblem]

This is reminder to check up on your own mental health.

[amannamedwinter]

OK thanks

[real-uwu-hours]

[nuggsmum]

The laugh that just erupted from me was ungodly.