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My posts don't have rails!!!! add whatever the fuck you wanna add, just don't be a bigot

[thebestestbestintheworld]

"[blank] isn't good queer representation" gives the same vibe to me as "all queer people have to be spokespersons for the entire community"

let queer characters be assholes. let queer characters have bad morals. let queer characters be really sexual. let queer characters be genuinely bad people. let queer characters be written poorly. let queer characters be 2 dimensional. let queer characters be stereotypes. let queer characters be cringe. let queer characters have a sexual/romantic/gender/other aspec/etc identity separate from their personality.

let queer characters exist. let queer characters exist without being perfect in the same way you'd let queer people exist without being perfect.

[i-like-being-trans]

when was the last time you heard someone say a character wasn't good straight/cis representation?

[evilnicegirl]

if i could give advice to me as a teenager i would say be 25

[trashiiisawsome]

Wait why is England a guy if he’s referred to by commonwealth as the motherland especially around the time hetalia is set

[i-like-being-trans]

trans

[i-like-being-trans]

i think some of y'all just need to stop trying to generalize as much

you need to learn to respond to a question with 'depends on each person's experiences'

[transfemme-shelterdog]

Hey so you know how people always talk about transmasc erasure? Coming across that paper on Tumblr discourse on transandrophobia reminded me of something.

When I was doing my criminology degree, I went to several professors with several thesis ideas, and all of them were denied. These were all ideas based on transmasculine crime and victimology stats. Every professor shot down every thesis I had on ideas related to transmasc victims of various crimes.

Their reasoning? There's no need for this. This is useless. Nobody is interested in reading about trans men and transmascs being victims of crimes. They wouldn't even let me do my thesis on estimating more accurate stats on transmasculine victims of homicide. Which is an INCREDIBLY important thing!

So yeah. Next time someone talks about how trans men and transmascs aren't victims as much, remember this. Researchers don't want to research this. They won't allow people who want to do so, to do so. I couldn't get anyone to advise me on these papers.

[i-like-being-trans]

this is the paper (I think): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353934052_Who_Counts_as_Trans_A_Critical_Discourse_Analysis_of_Trans_Tumblr_Posts

[ratpiss-exe]

just because this might make you all feel a bit better and some of us are scrolling this tag in despair unsure of who might end up being a transandrophobe despite their other values

i had a pride stall at my cities pride event, of which thousands turned up. plenty people went past my stall.

i had this one piece that said "bite transandrophobes" and until someone finally bought it it was my most picked up/looked at piece. so many people pointed it out smiling, showed their friends, said it was cool. and again someone did buy it, and another asked if instead i could make it again on a big canvas (the origional was an a6 postcard). not all of them were trans men/masc either, many had she/her pins and they/them pins, etc

the people at pride appreciated and loved the point. very happy to see so many people agree :) bite a transandrophobe!

transandrophobes may be loud but there are so many allys who love us, and they are proud of it

[i-like-being-trans]

hi, is that thing you're against actually hurting anyone? no? oh it's just supporting people who you don't believe deserve support? oh, is it supporting them doing harmful things or giving them unjust power? no? it's just helping them feel less bad?

[i-like-being-trans]

do you ever see a post and just laugh when you realize it's not even satire. do you really mean to tell me that in this year, 2026, people are still identifying as fucking truscum. I remember being in middle school worrying about this shit, I'm almost done uni now.

um so fuck anyone who's still convinced that the downfall of the trans community is some people not being 'normal enough' and not the thousands of politicians and billionaires who regularly openly brag about all the ways they are taking away resources from trans ppl for the fun of it

(post that inspired this under the cut)

[konjak-jelly]

You have to let your black queer friends know its ok to present as masculine.

You have to let the stud know that you don't see her as less of a woman. You have to let the transfem know you won't see her as a threat if she pauses in her performance for a moment. You have to let the transmasc know he won't be a threat in your eyes if he chooses black manhood. You have to let the black masc gay man that his presence is not a danger to everyone else, you have to let him know that he does not stick out, he is not unwelcome.

You have to let them all know, that their masculinity is not a threat to you. That they do not have to twist and warp themselves into a different version of themselves to be acceptably queer. To be 'safe'.

[i-like-being-trans]

I'm currently trying to start up a community project that I'm super excited for but I'm trying to pace myself cause I know as a young queer it can be easy to want change to happen right away and you have to learn patience

but I keep on falling into the cycle of "I'm bored" -> instinctively goes to tumblr -> "all the trans discourse on here is stupid and not doing anything to further trans rights" -> "I should spend my time in a more productive way" -> "oh hey I have this project to work on" -> "hmm, it's still like a month till I get to present this project, I should pace myself so I don't finish it early and then forget all about it" -> closes tab -> "I'm bored"

[learn-how-to-love]

I am actually so confused and baffled as to what possible reason there is to react like this to this comic. All the artist is saying is that it’s… fine for trans people to be gender nonconforming? That it doesn’t make their identity less valid? Literally why would you be upset about this other than you’re a raging transphobic bigot. Much less making literal death threats towards the creator and directing others to harass them. Actually ghoulish, please report this post and get it taken down because this isn’t okay.

[i-like-being-trans]

I've seen this really shitty trend of more people interpreting "you're allowed to do this!" as "you have to do this"

I don't normally subscribe to 'bean soup' theory because I think it can be often misapplied but someone saying in general that people are allowed to do things is not at all saying that you have to do them and it's very interesting seeing this interpretation pop up in the trans community considering that it's a huge way that transphobes demonize trans rights movements by acting like saying you can be trans is saying you have to be

[mortalityplays]

thinking of cashing in on Pride this year

[i-like-being-trans]

I need an 'ask me about my preferred slurs' shirt

[molfread]

if you think saying "trans men have gynecological body parts and are thus are affected by misogyny" is equal to saying "all trans men are actually women" then sweetheart you might be a bioessentialist

[i-like-being-trans]

there's such a weird assumption that all misogynists are super trans friendly, gender-affirming people who only ever hate people who identify as a woman and will always support people who identify as a man

No, they will hate anyone close to womanhood or their bio-essentialist view of womanhood and to act like misogynists have an accurate view of others' gender is transphobic

[lestatfag]

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

[cock-holliday]

really chaps my ass that "good faith identity" is often taken to mean "you must prove to me extensively that you are using this in good faith" and not "I am extending good faith to your use under the assumption that whether i understand it or not, if it is not actively malicious use (typically open mocking), then I trust your use of the label"

[i-like-being-trans]

people really are misunderstanding what good faith is

everyone beleive better of the people around you now!

[stariteart]

happy pride! 🌈☀️

[chambergambit]

in the past i've described my experience of being an ace with a sex drive as being hungry with no appetite, but actually my experience is more like being hungry and never going out to eat because i always have all the tools and ingredients to make exactly what i want, exactly how i want it, at home. i don't want other people in my kitchen and i certainly don't want to be in anyone else's kitchen. love reading about fictional kitchens, though.

[i-like-being-trans]

!!! also there's a lil ace pride flag that comes up when you like it