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Judith
@hesperocyon-lesbian
your 11th favorite tumblr communist’s 19th favorite mutual 26 year old Jewish trans lesbian femme // she/it // polyam // communist // antizionist // collared puppygirl // Chicago // //vertebrate paleontology researcher (working retail but published in Nature) specializing in dinosaur phylogeny // autistic and (especially) adhd // my asks are open
I have 17 tattoos and am gonna get more as soon as I can afford them
I absolutely will not shut up about paleontology and dead languages
If you know me from something it’s probably my bodhisattva of posting posts
Reasons I might have blocked you: if you’re a zionist, transmisogynist, anticommunist, terf or racist (and that includes liking a post that unambiguously falls into that category). If I have you blocked and you don’t think you fall into those categories, reflect on how I reached the conclusion that you do
My gfs are @sumacthing, @transchaoswizard, @lucy-x-5billion, and @supersonic7ce, #ranni tag, #morrigan tag, #goose tag, and #doe tag on my blog respectively
I tag my pics with #my face
If my account is nuked please bug Matt about in nonstop until I’m reinstated
I'm really fed up waking up to news hearing of another black person being lynched. We need to start shooting racists in the streets because this shits gotta stop.
And also we need to do something about all the people labeling it as "no foul play" and "suicide" because let's be real here that this is a systemic issue and people don't want to acknowledge that there is many horrible people that do horrible racist things in this country
if you're confused about all the pumpkins and ghosts and stuff, it's actually a sort of seasonal harvest festival in parts of the northern hemisphere. yeah, it's kinda weird to think about how it's autumn down there when up here it's spring, haha yeah imagine them all, upside down, and getting colder in october when it's just starting to warm up
and can you imagine, down there it's COLD at christmas, crazy right?
that's nonsense, why would it be cold at christmas, it doesn't even make sense? that's a festival about the birth of something??? obviously that happens in summer.
what a weird map lol why is aotearoa all the way off to the side?? do they really have these things in your schools? i guess they put them next to the normal map so you feel more relevant or something?
the way he's infantilized and dismissed by elves and even his adoptive white elf mother is really compelling for a Brown trans guy interpretation in both how it interacts it interacts with racism and transphobia... also it's just fun. worlds most autistic Brown trans guy ever would like to work on his charming people skills Normally
Trans Women Face More Injuries Than Cis Ones (It's Not Even Close)
A new study found that injury rates among transgender women are significantly higher than injuries among cisgender women, based on radiologi
❝Transgender women in the study group suffered 8x times as many head injuries as the controls, 36x as many facial injuries, and 5x times as many chest injuries.❞
For all those wondering why the title doesn't say this, it's because the study doesn't say this either.
While the cause of the injuries may be obvious, it's not technically known, and science speaks for what is known.
Some (a minority) of the trans women injured reported that it was violence, and some (a smaller minority) reported that it was intimate partner violence, but most did not report anything and the stats are just from the fact that they needed treatment and so went through the radiology department with their injuries.
Getting a lot of reblogs saying "undescribed" and "no image ID" etc, so please be aware that I did add alt text shortly after posting (it was a pain to copy on my phone so I did it on my desktop), but by then, it had already been reblogged by a couple of big blogs, so this alt-texted version is languishing, please do reblog it!
Literally crying thinking about how many concussions ive experienced how many times someone has broken my nose hit me in the face/head I hope I dont have brain damage or haven't lost any memories
the british media are vicious jackals; in any world with a semblance of justice all of the hack rags that hounded jason arday to suicide would be closed down and their owners jailed
We know that's you Reyard, stop claiming sanctuary, come out of the monastery peacefully, and i'll put down the crossbow and we can talk about all the robbery, murder, and suspiciously pregnant nuns...
Transphobia is being signed into law in the UK. Let's fight it together.
I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the rescheduled Mass Lobby at Parliament, now on Wed Sept 9th, 1pm-5pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.
The law around trans equality is fundamentally broken. Government inaction is hanging trans people and organisations out to dry - with a con
The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It became statutory guidance in the UK on August 5th, 2026.
Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.
A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Our demands have changed. Ask your MP to:
Write to Ministers and Prime Minister Andy Burnham to say they are profoundly concerned by the rolling back of trans rights, and that they believe that it is time for Parliament to legislate to protect equality for trans people.
Ask parliamentary questions focused on protecting trans people’s rights and defending trans people’s abilities to live safe and dignified lives.
Speak up both inside and outside Parliament in defence of trans people’s rights.
Meet regularly with trans constituents to understand their lived realities.
Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.
I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.
We have already had some wins because we took action. The 2026 EHRC guidance has already rolled back its most harmful elements because of mass campaigning by individuals like us, and groups like The Good Law Project. This summer, 166 MPs signed the Early Day Motion 240 to reject the EHRC Code of Practice, because of our campaigning. That is 1 in 4 MPs.
It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:
Worried about what to say?
Bring your personal worries about transphobia being signed into law, and trans friends being excluded from public spaces. You are a living person who deserves dignity. Remind your MP of that. On the day, you'll get guidance and brochures from Trans Solidarity Alliance that outlines our demands. This is mine from last year.
Here is an online briefing for lobbyists (10 mins read for essential info, 20 mins for details)
Money issues?
Trans Solidarity Alliance provides a travel bursary that you can sign up for via the link.
Got a refusal or no response from your MP?
Come anyway! You can request a same-day appointment with your MP through a process called greencarding. They will come and see you if they’re already in Parliament. Even if they don’t, they’re made acutely aware of your cause because you showed up in person. This is my greencard from last year.
Here is the EHRC Code of Practice in full. It's a tough read, but some highlights are:
Organisations can’t provide trans-inclusive, single-sex services, or they risk being sued for discrimination. e.g. domestic violence support for women including trans women, men’s rugby group including trans men (12.68).
Trans people will have nowhere safe to pee. If you’re a trans man, businesses can't allow you to pee in the men's, and you can also be ejected from women’s bathrooms if you’re perceived as a man. Vice versa for trans women. EHRC suggests a ‘third space’ bathroom, which is discriminatory and unworkable for most businesses. (13.130-133)
Sports organisations must exclude trans people from single-sex competitions (13.73). A women’s only sports competition must exclude trans women because of their biological advantage or face potential lawsuits (13.74), but a trans man who has undergone testosterone treatment can also be excluded based on fairness rules (13.81).
Trans women are stripped of the legal definition of ‘lesbian’, and therefore no longer have legal protections if they’re discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation. (2.50, 2.92).
Here is the Good Law Project's better explanation of the EHRC Code.
Sign up for the mass lobby and email your MP here, or click the main link above.
If you are not in the UK but want to support the case, please donate to The Good Law Project.
Save the date and book off work!! I will see you there :))
(extremely just hung out with other trans women for 8 hours voice) bursting at the sseams with love and joy and gratitude i'm so glad i get to be alive in this world
this is such a funny phenomenon to me. like, you're a badass fascist designing your little fascist stickers and getting them printed and putting them up to cover antifascist stickers, but also you're scared to write the word "FUCK".
not related to anything you've posted recently, but what do you make of forcing vaccinations children when they are frightened of them/reject them? not sure how to reconcile my beliefs in children's bodily autonomy and right to reject medical care with my belief that universal immunization is necessary to save lives and make public life accessible for the immunocompromised
honestly ive been as guilty as anyone in the past but we need to just stop skirting around it. bodily autonomy/consent is not an absolute value, there are cases in which something else should override it, and vaccination is one such. i would add that it is certainly possible to design a medical encounter such that kids are less overwhelmed, scared, and resistant, & we should do that. but ultimately vaccination as an individual choice ethical free-for-all is dangerous to everyone, and esp our most vulnerable. if you are going to violate consent you should think long and hard first, & be confident that you have a really good and defensible reason. and this is one.
If you're able to recognize the unequal social dynamic between transmascs and transfems that gives them privilege and power over transfems, then I know you're able to recognize that the exact same social dynamic exists between white trans people and racialized trans people.
When you refuse to accept that and try to deny it exists, you're literally doing the exact same "we're all faggots in the eyes of the state" bullshit that you see so many transmascs do in order to deny that they have male privilege. It's just "all lives matter" ideology all the way down.
Transmascs having male privilege doesn't erase the discimination they face for being trans. And white trans people having white privilege doesn't erase the discrimination we face for being trans.
Acknowledging this doesn't harm you in any way. It doesn't invalidate your experiences with discrimination or anything.
This is not just intersectional feminism 101, it's literally the intersection that led Kimberlé Crenshaw to introduce the concept of intersectional feminism in the first place! You cannot call yourself an intersectional feminist if you reject that this intersection of misogyny and racism exists and causes racialized trans people, especially racialized transfeminine people, to be diacriminated against worse than white trans people.
