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they/them, older than 21, butch lesbian. covid isn't over!

[splendentgoddess]

FOR PARENTS OF YOUNG KIDS IN THE US!

Someone over on bluesky posted this and I figured I'd better repost it here. It's the pre-RFK 2025 vaccination schedule for babies and young children, ya know, just in case it mysteriously disappears. Save this and give it to your child's pediatrician; tell them this is the schedule you want your child on.

[splendentgoddess]

Got a hold of the older children/teen and adult versions of this chart. Vaccines for everyone!

[leebrontide]

You all may be sick of me banging on this drum but I got whooping cough in my mid/late 20s because I had no idea I needed an adult booster and I coughed so hard I broke my rib. And guess what? Then I got to keep coughing that hard, but now with a broken rib.

Please get your boosters.

[dxmedstudent]

If you are in doubt and can't find the US one, you can always look at what other countries like the UK or Australia are doing - we publish our schedules publicly for free, and change them often, based on evidence.

The current UK child and adult vaccination schedule is as follows:

There are also more detailed schedules available for at risk individuals.

[transcockiness]

you should be getting covid vaccines every half year if possible; unfortunately they are difficult to find, but it's more than worth it to look into finding support because it is now a permanent fixture like the flu. if you've had covid even once before, you can truthfully tell pharmacies you are immunocompromised, because it damages your immune system every time you get it (source also includes 85+ studies on all the body-wide effects of covid, including on formerly healthy people and children)

covid is constantly evolving to become more dangerous and contagious (study on how it was becoming more dangerous years ago already; i don't have sources on hand for recent studies i've seen so covid conscious folks feel free to add if you have em (new variants are more contagious than omicron, which is contagious enough to be caught within 10-30 seconds). "Recent SARS-CoV-2 variants such as BA.4 and BA.5 developed abilities missing from the first Omicron variants that allowed them to overcome humans’ innate immunity, according to research from UCL." so get vaxxed as much as you can and wear a respirator mask indoors and in outdoor crowds in public, since vaccines reduce transmission but do not stop it! (check my tag for more resources)

[transcockiness]

Reasons to Mask in 2026 — Gillian Levine

fantastic resource to share with people you know who may not be masking anymore!

if you have stopped masking - please take a look at this, so you can make an informed decision on whether to continue not masking or to start again. it doesn't need to be all or nothing; you can start with the big three - doctor's appointments, work, and public transit. any masking is better than no masking!

if you need resources on where to get free, low cost, sensory friendly, durable, etc masks: check out my post below for lots of links, or check out world mask bloc directly or search "mask bloc (your city/county/region)" to find a mask bloc near you

Post by @transcockiness

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Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc

MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutua

[memory-of-stargazing]

“It just means you have to work double as hard as most people!”

Well maybe I don’t WANT to work double as hard as abled people!! Maybe I deserve a BREAK!! Maybe I’ve been working MORE THAN double as hard for MY WHOLE LIFE and it’s led me to immense burnout & caused me to develop several MORE disabilities!! Maybe I should be ACCOMMODATED so I don’t have to KILL MY BODY AND BRAIN over trying to do what abled people can do!! Maybe I DON’T have to work double as hard!! Maybe if there’s the option to let me NOT work double as hard, I should have it, because I’m already working double as hard JUST TO SURVIVE!!

Why do you think disabled people deserve less rest than mentally & physically abled people?

[uptownthots]

white people will literally be like if u arent nice to me Im going to become a nazi. and think they’re making a great argument

[uptownthots]

this stupid shit has been around for so long and it’s crazy to me there are still people with enough rocks in their brain to believe it. “Oughhhhh if you aren’t nice to you oppressors they’ll become bigots instead of allies” if someone’s support for marginalized groups hinges entirely on whether or not that group is niceys, they’re by definition not effective or useful allies and, by admission of this argument, an active danger to the communities theyre supposed to be allied with because they can Enter Bigot Mode the second they become displease

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

poor, disabled, in need of support

Hi, I'm TDF and I'm physically disabled and living under the poverty line. My income adds up to about 1/3 of the local minimum wage.

I am stuck in bed almost all the time because my physical health is so bad, and I have expenses nondisabled people don't.

Currently my biggest concern is food and toiletries, including a new mouth guard.

I'm very sorry to keep begging, and I feel awful about it, but I need help.

Please, can any adult who is financially secure help me with a dollar towards groceries, or even a whole box of protein bars?

link to walmart cards (for groceries/toiletries etc): https://www.walmart.com/giftcards/

link to food/necessities list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/19QO1LMKKHQ3A

my email is thatdiabolicalfeminist at protonmail dot com

I'm extremely sorry to ask, and I appreciate your understanding!!

🌤🌈🌳

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

reblogging from higher up cuz my additions saying i still need help got too long again.

would any financially secure adult be willing to help with $5 towards groceries or a cooling fan?

it would be such a huge kindness and bring me so much relief!!

[autogynophelia]

Something that happens a lot in non-binary spaces is that a new member of the community will ask a tone-deaf transphobic question like "Hi, AFAB here, I was wondering if any other AFAB NBs had advice about swimsuits? My AFAB chest means I can't wear swimsuits for AMABs," and an established community member will have to gently explain that not only are we are a community of people who often change their bodies to a degree that certificated sex becomes a useless way to describe anatomy, but we are also a community of people who often join the community explicitly to get away from our birth sex assignment, and so referring to people that way can be really offensive.

And no matter how gently this is pointed out, the newbie will often initially feel instinctively defensive towards what they perceive as scolding. Which means that when another community member comes along and says "Don't worry about the language police 🙄, many of us think AGAB language is fine, it's a useful way to refer to the kind of formative experiences you had as a child," the newbie will latch on to them like a life raft.

And yes, we live in a transphobic society, a lot of people coming into the trans community will have uninterrogated transphobic views, but that just makes them more vulnerable when there is always someone in the community willing to tell them "no, your transphobic views are fine actually, and in fact here are some more you might not have thought of!"

It means a sizeable chunk of newly-out NBs are swiftly radicalised into increasingly extreme transphobia and transmisogyny simply as a defense mechanism against having their own comments criticised. One day they're just happy to join a community where people supposedly don't judge you on your birth sex, and the next they're talking about the importance of "AGAB socialisation".

It's a really big problem and I don't know what we can do about it.

[autogynophelia]

One of the ways transmisogyny manifests is in default-uncharitable interpretations of ambiguous meaning.

Last week I was at a meetup where I was the only transfem. I checked the groupchat when I arrived and there was a message from the organiser: "We have a newcomer called X, can you look out for him if you get there first?" I located X, introduced myself, sent a message to the chat say, "I have located X," and continued to talk to him until the organiser arrived. When the organiser arrived, she was not happy with me. It turned out my phone had autocorrected, "I have located X," to, "I had located X," which the organiser interpreted as me passive aggressively telling her that I had already done the thing she was asking about. Her conclusion: I was unreasonable and aggressive in responding to her reasonable request. My explaining what had happened didn't convince her otherwise.

A different occasion last week: in a local trans groupchat, a trans man sent a link to a drag event happening in our town. A few people said they were already going, some said they might go. Then a trans woman replied saying, "Thanks, but I don't really like drag." Her tone was immediately called into question. Her words were assumed to communicate: "I think you are a terrible person if you like drag," even though she never said that. Several non-transfems who had never even heard that drag might not be universally-beloved by everyone were upset to discover that fact. A trans woman simply saying she didn't like this thing became A Big Deal.

Meanwhile, at a different event again, a trans man told a group that he was straight and attracted to women, but he wouldn't feel comfortable bringing home an "AMAB woman" (yes he actually said that). It was quickly brushed over, and after he had left even trans women tried to defend him by saying "he probably didnt realise people would be offended" etc etc. In contrast to the examples above, he is not even aware that anyone was upset by what he said, never mind worrying about what consequences he might face.

Whenever I go to an event, I often spend the next 24-48 hours ruminating over every single thing I said to check if I did anything at any time that could even vaguely be construed as annoying to anyone. I have often put this behaviour down to severe anxiety, but I think I am realising that it is actually a rational response to a world where even the slightest social misstep could be blown way out of proportion and result in my later social exclusion. It's one of those things that existed long before I was aware of my own transness but while I was nonetheless transmisogynised by society, a crippling fear of the slightest imperfection that I assumed everyone else felt too but apparently they don't. I guess when other people go out of their way to smoothe over the damage your words or actions might cause, you don't need to stress about that damage because there are no consequences to it! It sounds very nice to be able to live like that.

[inkskinned]

Every day I handle more money than I will ever make. Every day.

At the start of my employment, my boss showed me videos of people stealing, and we both had a chuckle about it. How silly they were! There was a camera overhead, and it’s not to watch the shoppers. See, we can’t actually stop shoplifters. They get away with it maybe nine out of ten times. But we, who are watched and tallied and witnessed? We are always caught.

At first it was hard to hold one hundred dollars bills. An amount I had never seen before. An amount that didn’t exist in my household. It’s normal now. Here is something that is not for me.

“What the hell, I’ll take another,” says the man, pondering our 200 dollar watches. What the hell. Total comes to 580 and not even a flinch in his face. I have been working for 11 hours today and made only 110 dollars. It will go to my rent. Today I work for free, it feels. When I get my check, I will have 35 dollars left for food and saving.

The six hundreds he hands me go into the cash register. For a moment, I imagine having money. Then I put it away, counting out his change.

I know for a fact we sell our products for double what they are worth. That I could be making commission. That they could hand me those 580 dollars and change my life and not even mark the difference in their checkbooks. He’s not the only sale they make today, but I am the reason they made it. He’s not the only one spending 600 dollars, but if I hadn’t spent two hours with him telling me about his life, he wouldn’t have spent any. I go home. I don’t own a watch.

I have watched and rewatched a video on how to make salmon four ways. My shopping list is always the same. Pasta. Rice. Tuna. If I can afford butter it was a good week. I dream of the world I will never walk in, where I can throw the best fish fillet in the cart with a shrug. I hold hundreds in my hand and look up at the camera. I put them under the cash drawer.

I go to work. I scrap together my savings. I eat my bowl of rice slowly. My manager takes a paid week off from work just for his birthday. He owns a yacht. 

I’m not worth the cost of a watch.

[inkskinned]

i wrote this while i was working at orlando’s walt disney world parks.

i was part of their college program. i moved to the state for it. they legally owned the building i was living in and still charged me rent. i ostensibly was being charged to work for them. it was a 2 bedroom apartment and they placed 6 adult women in it in forced triples.

as many as one in ten disney employees have experienced homelessness while working for the company. despite huge efforts to unionize, strike, or otherwise demand fair treatment; disney has refused to increase employee quality of life.

disney admits publicly that a good portion of their success is because the employees (“cast members”) are dedicated, passionate, and selfless. this is never reflected in pay. even “face” characters (ie those that are princesses etc) make barely above a minimum wage.

at the time that i worked there, i made $8.50 an hour. at one point i was asked to create a human shield around a bag because a bomb dog had alerted to it. for eight fucking dollars an hour.

i now work a very cushy office job. i have bought the salmon and cooked it all four ways.

i go to the store. i am nice to the person behind the counter. she looks up at the camera while she counts out my change. there is nothing fundamentally different about her and i.

we are both worth more than the watch, anyway.

[littlestpersimmon]

Respite

[chingaderita]

things got pretty bad here idk what prompted this my partner is trying to turn it around and calm down his dad but right now my trans kids and me aren't safe here

i just want us to get out, of course our other 2 kids will come with me I just need money for a couple of taxis and a hotel room please

anything anything helps please

paypal

[chingaderita]

we were able to book the room for another night but my kids have only had one meal and some cookies I grabbed before getting out of the house but idk how we'll afford their next meal

this is honestly so fucking unfair I left all my safe foods I haven't had a proper meal since yesterday and i don't have my medication

just please, let us afford meals for my kids

[chingaderita]

sorry im exhausted, mentally emotionally and physically drained of all energy and will it was hard to sleep with all these worries and the uncertainty of it all

we got enough for breakfast, with $60 more we could book the room one more day please

im putting a movie or series for my kids so they can have some fun and ill try to lay down and rest since im feeling way to dizzy its probably stress n anxiety

[chingaderita]

we still need $60 please

[chingaderita]

Just $10 more please

[chingaderita]

If possible some help with a meal please

[chingaderita]

every meal is $30, we have $10, can we get $20 please?

we haven't had anything since breakfast to save every bit for the room

[chingaderita]

just clarifying it's $30 and it feeds us all 5 barely but its better than nothing

[chingaderita]

can we get help affording diner and maybe breakfast and maybe a taxi tomorrow afternoon? i want to arrive there with all the energy i might need to settle this and get my kids back to their home

[littlestpersimmon]

cave angel fish

[majoracclana]

i need help. i'm a filipino lesbian with bipolar and adhd and i'm the breadwinner to a disabled household.

i'm getting laid off at work by the end of the month because i can't relocate, without any prospect yet. i don't think i'll be able to get the same salary.

quite honestly we have a lot of expenses for the month, but every dollar counts, since the conversion rate is high to philippine peso. any amount helps. my mother has a tumor close to her ear and needs to eat healthily.

priority expenses:

grocery - $275

2 bottles of concerta - $300

less priority expenses:

bills and rent - $200

1 psychiatric session - $50

2 therapy sessions - $60

send aid here

i'm a writer so if you'd like to get some of my zines, purchase them here.

money problems have been making me so unstable these past weeks. i need all the help i can get. please help me, i'm so desperate.

[lyraeon]

re-learning how to ask for help before it's an emergency will help you get rid of the feeling that you're always having to drag other people into your emergencies btw

[lyraeon]

if you really think it's not fair to keep asking people to step in when things have already gone to shit and it's gonna be super stressful to them, the realistic solution is to ask for help before things have a chance to turn into a crisis so that the help needed is more minor, not to magically become the one person on all of planet earth that never needs help

and if people get mad at you for asking for help on something minor, that's a sign you need different people in your life. I promise there are plenty of people who are not just willing to help a friend, but excited at the opportunity to feel helpful and like you want them in your life!

[abdulrahman-family2]

My little nephew is dying. I will never forgive anyone who ignores this.

[abdulrahman-family2]

Please, we urgently need 700 euros for my nephew's emergency surgery. 💔 His health has deteriorated drastically; he is now in a coma and unconscious, and he is suffering greatly. Time is running out, and every moment is crucial for him.

[abdulrahman-family2]

My nephew is his parents' only child. He lost his father in this genocide in the Gaza Strip and suffered many traumas in this war. Please don't leave him alone. Donate for his operation. Please donate, donate! 💔😭

Donate here - PayPal - Vetted#642

[neechees]

20 euros have been raised out of the 700 euros needed. He still needs 680 euros for his nephew's surgery urgently before anything bad happens to him. Donate, donate, save a child's life!

[abdulrahman-family2]

If anything bad happens to me or I lose contact with you, please remember that I begged you to donate, even a small amount, or to share my post. I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and doesn't support me with a single word or a small donation, and ignores me.

[abdulrahman-family2]

Guys, someone donated 10 euros, but we still need 670 euros for my nephew's urgent surgery. Please don't let me lose hope. My hope is in you. Save us! Save my nephew before he dies! Please donate! Donate! Don't ignore me! I'm begging you! Donate! 😭😭💔

[abdulrahman-family2]

My friends, one of you donated 50 euros, but we still need 620 euros. Please, keep donating. So that we can have my nephew's surgery quickly and without delay? Please, I beg you, don't let us lose hope. Save my nephew's life! Donate, donate! 😭💔

[abdulrahman-family2]

Guys, we still need your help. No one has donated yet. Our goal remains the same. When will your hearts soften? All I'm asking is to save my nephew. I don't want him to die. Donate, donate. I don't want to suddenly have to tell you that my nephew has passed away. Please, we don't want to get to that point. My nephew's condition is critical. Donate, donate. 💔😭

[quinnick]

It’s that time of year again so here is your yearly reminder that the world isn’t ending and people don’t hate you. The sun is just setting at 6 pm.

[mrs-delaney]

Please take your vitamin D

[bundibird]

HEY SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE GIRLIES, ITS OUR TURN TO ENDURE THE DARK DAYS NOW, BUT STAY STRONG. THE WORLD IS NOT ENDING; THE SUN IS JUST SETTING AT 5-to-6 PM. BUT SHE WILL COME BACK TO US SOON. TAKE A VITAMIN D AND HANG IN THERE.

[unplaces]

W 57th St, Chicago, Illinois.

[covid-safer-hotties]

Doctors about damn near every other health concern: "We should try to prevent this outcome by [banning substance/reducing use of chemical/eating different foods/changing societal behaviors] because prevention is better than treatment, and we should save that treatment for those who really need it."

Doctors about covid: "So are you wearing that mask because you're sick or because you're a baby coward who's scared of disease? I mean, they make a pill that costs $6000 with insurance that sometimes halts infection after you *know* you've been exposed. Would I prescribe that to you? No. What are you, afraid of getting sick or something?"