sources say it is

[is-this-trans]

The electron

I'm not very knowledgable about quantum physics, but I know the basic jist of quantum superposition.

We're heard the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment. If a cat is in a box with something that may eventually kill it, you do not know if it is alive or dead before you open the box. Therefore, the cat is both alive and dead, until the instance wherein you open the box.

In quantum physics, an electron can exist in two states at the same time — a particle and a wave. But, it can only be observed as one.

Gender's weird, right. Quite a few societies and cultures have adopted this binary model of things, which makes sense considering how the vast majority of the time, biological sex is binary — although not all of the time, and that's important to note.

But, the thing is, it's deeply engrained in the Western society that I live in, that people are either male or female. Views can change, but instinctual reactions are harder. When someone looks at you, they'll sort you into a binary box of male or female, no in between, no both, no other option, no write-in.

The Observer's Paradox in quantum physics is what it's like to be both and only be allowed to be one. Get you a particle that can do both. Male and female. Right here and on the other side of the universe.

Conclusion: Electrons are trans.

[is-this-trans]

Sending anonymous hugs to everyone I follow

There are people at Pride who give people "dad hugs" and "mom hugs," it's very appreciated. I've seen stories of people just breaking down in tears at a parental hug.

Although this hug isn't being offered because I'm at Pride, because I'm in a group that experiences much higher rates of parental rejection than cisgender and gender conforming people, it's still reminiscent of it.

Conclusion: This hug is trans.

[irrradiated]

many posts about agonizing over not being able to go back to their former selves. its crazy to me. i would rather kill myself than become the person i was even like a year ago

[is-this-trans]

This post talks about preferring you as you are now to who you were before. It also talks about wanting to kill yourself to avoid being who you were before.

Studies show that trans people’s suicide rates dramatically decrease when they’re allowed to transition, and that living while presenting as a gender they are not is detrimental to their mental health.

This post mirrors the trans experience of wanting to be your new self rather than ever going back to your old self, even going so far as to prefer death.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[is-this-trans]

[ID: Gif of the trans flag. On the trans flag, in the colours of the trans flag, are the words, "✨ trans rights ✨" /End ID]

And trans wrongs and trans lefts.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[is-this-trans]

is all glory to ☸️I’m/☸️Er (couldnt find the symbol) trans?

[ID: Comic panel of someone holding a baby over a fire and saying, "All glory to 𖤐im/𖤐er."

𖤐im/𖤐er are pronouns that aren't your typical (in english) she/her or he/him, neopronouns, but in universe of whatever this is, they could be all spooky and different. Now, using pronouns that aren't she/her or he/him doesn't mean someone's trans, but it's typically associated with trans, especially nonbinary, people.

Conclusion: "Glory to 𖤐im/𖤐er" is trans

[allthatdivides]

just gave my laptop bottom surgery (bought an external cd drive) because she was born without a pussy (cd drive)

[allthatdivides]

putting cds intghere its like sex to us

[is-this-trans]

Conclusion: This is trans.

[nflstreet]

my son will reblog erotic fanart of characters from a game he has zero intention of ever playing, like his father before him

[is-this-trans]

This post echoes the sentiments of many transphobic parents in thinking their child will be exactly like them and have no desire to see them be otherwise. Many trans people face these harmful beliefs from their family.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[majormeilani]

something about foreshadowing being more prominent the second time around reading a story but in a way that the meaning is changed forever and you can never view a story the same as you once did before. do you know what i mean.

[majormeilani]

literally so insane how you can never go back to the innocence of it all. you see all the signs coming and you know how it ends. but there's nothing you can do to turn a blind eye to it anymore. it hits you and you just have to keep going.

[landscaping-your-mind]

@vague-magnus-archives

[is-this-trans]

When you discover you’re trans, especially later in life, you tend to look back on things and notice patterns. Maybe you didn’t like wearing a dress as a kid because you weren’t a girl. Maybe you always got on with the girls more because you weren’t a boy.

Knowing you’re trans, it recontextualises your life, shines it in a different light.

And then, there’s also… regret? Maybe you weren’t ready to tell people, and maybe you did and it worked out wrong, or maybe you figured it out and you wish you hadn’t because what are you meant to do now, if you can’t live as the gender you are.

So, you find yourself playing it back in your head “see this is how i really should’ve known” “if only i’d made a better choice.” You can’t return to the lie, and it’s good because the lie hurt, but maybe the truth also does. Maybe if it wouldn’t if you really could be true.

Conclusion: Foreshadowing changing a story is trans.

[is-this-trans]

if im pangender, if my gender is absolutely everything a gender could possibly be, including but not limited to my agab, am i trans?

The definition of being transgender is identifying with a gender other to your gender assigned at birth. That’s it. If you’re asking whether you’re defined as trans, there’s your answer.

You identify as a gender other to the one assigned at birth. It doesn’t mean that you don’t identify with the gender assigned to you at birth. Neither does it mean you have to identify with a gender at all, hello agender folks.

Now, really, what you’ve got to figure out is if you want to be called trans. And I can’t help you with that. But like, definition based…

Conclusion: This anon is trans.

[alphabetcompletionist]

Confuse a Gimmick Blog for 10s (1/1)

[dailyquests]

ABC EFG I KLMNO RS U

15/26

[is-this-trans]

[Image ID: a pink 1960 car /End ID]

1960 Cadillac Eldorado Seville

[facinaoris]

Girls That Never Die: Poems, Safia Elhillo

[nevershootamockingbird]

[ begin id: black text against white background. The text is highlighted yellow. The text reads  “I am hungry for touch & ashamed to be looked at”  / end id ]

[is-this-trans]

There’s something about being queer and being seen. That fear of being rejected, looked at as something other, mixed with that want to be seen, understood.

There’s this level of shame that can come with being queer. Seeing yourself as other, as wrong. The body you’re in. Your own mind. Both can be disgusting to you. Look in the mirror, it doesn’t match up. Are you more afraid of the part of yourself that makes it wrong, or the part of yourself that perceives it as such.

There’s that mutual desire and fear.

I want to be seen. I want to be perceived as the gender I am. I want to be out and loud and proud. I want to be loved. I want to be held.

I want to be hidden. I want to find safety if not comfort in self-deception. I want to be quiet, because being quiet has always meant safety. If the chance of being loved means the risk of being hated, I’ll stick to the lukewarm stuff I have.

I’m afraid, afraid what’ll happen if I let myself be touched, be seen, be known in truth.

[were--ralph]

Boy pussy, man cunt, girl dick, and milf cock living in harmony

[is-this-trans]

This post acknowledges that genitals do not necessarily relate to gender.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[sandersstudies]

If somebody pitched me traditional gender roles for the first time they would have me in the first half not going to lie.

Oh, in a complex society with a massive amount of required knowledge and responsibilities, two people traditionally partner together so that the knowledge and responsibilities can be divided between them? Awesome!

Wait what do you mean the responsibilities are assigned at birth.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ONE HALF HAS FEWER CIVIL RIGHTS.

[sandersstudies]

If gender wasn’t assigned at birth this shit could be like picking a DnD class but nooooooooo.

[sandersstudies]

“Idk dude the spell Create Life just seems so OP for an entire class.”

“But it’s nerfed by the fact that your gold only counts for 0.7 the amount!”

*slaps nonbinary down on the table* “guys check out my new homebrew.”

[is-this-trans]

This post acknowledges the absurdity of the gender role system, and makes a good DnD joke.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[dykedragons]

[is-this-trans]

[Image ID: an illustration of a large green dragon with curling whiskers and four taloned legs. It has large wings that have tears and cuts in them, and a long tail. In the corner is a small warrior. Over the image is the text ‘unfortunately my transition g’ on top and ‘my transition goals are unrealistic’ on the bottom. /End ID]

This post echoes a common trans sentiment of having transition goals that feel impossible to achieve, as well as the common trans sentiment of wanting to be some sort of mythical creature — in this case, a dragon.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[sweetcherryblossomswrites]

[fish-soup]

These tags made me snort at work.

[is-this-trans]

[Image ID: the first image is a tweet from @/evilvillain1231 (cheyenne🆗) that says ‘i think it’s kinda funny how you can just inject extra estrogen or testosterone into your body and your body’s like sure yeah i guess i’ll use it’. the second is of tumblr tags that say ‘#isn’t that just what hormones are? #they don’t do anything themselves they just tell your body what to do #so your body is like ‘new orders came in we’re a girl now’ #and your cells respond ‘on it boss starting boobification’ ’ /End ID]

These two posts talk about how gender and hormones are ultimately not linked to one another, mimicking the common sentiment in the trans community that gender is not what’s in your pants or, to quote the tags how the boobification process is going for you.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[hyumjim]

[is-this-trans]

[Image ID: a picture of two manicured hands forming a heart in front of a large body of water. There is a cliff face in the background with a natural arch in it. Over the image is the text ‘So bored. 😑 Should i go trans?’ /End ID]

While this image explicitly mentions the word trans, it also references the feeling of annoyance with one’s old self that some trans people experience.

Conclusion: This is trans.

[is-this-fascism]

i think maybe the only thing that can't be yuri is trans men (unless a trans man feels differently about this)

hi let me tell you all a secret

i'm transmasc and also a lesbian. i consider myself butch. i'm in a relationship with a wonderful girl who is also a lesbian, and we joke about being yuri occasionally.

my pronouns are he/him, i have a beard and a deep voice, i've had top surgery, and to the general public i appear to be a cis man. i like it that way! i believe this aesthetic is as far on the butch side of the butch/femme spectrum as you can get. men, even cis men, can be butch. it just happens to be the default for them due to cultural expectations, so we don't generally think of it like that.

i never felt quite comfortable with the gendered expectations of being in a straight relationship. i've been reading yuri since i was a tween, and back then i considered myself a lesbian too. once i realized i wanted to transition to male, i thought i had to let go of the lesbian label, even though i didn't really feel straight. i even felt guilty and creepy for reading yuri, so i stopped doing it for a while.

i've always related to lesbian romance more than straight romance, so i decided to not let go of the lesbian label for myself. i'm also very lucky to be dating such an understanding girl that can look past my flesh shell and love the real me inside, and our love is very gay, despite appearances.

this may be a rare story, but it is real! yuri, yaoi, gay, straight, man, woman, they're all just words we use to imprecisely attempt to describe an infinitely complex reality. all words are like that. we made them up to create pretty much arbitrary dividing lines, and now most people insist on following those lines to a T. even though many people don't even agree on where those lines lie!

the truth is, words are fake. but love is real. self expression is as fluid as the blood in our veins, and true identities are as numerous as individuals.

and while yes, words are useful as a tool to communicate, they should not be mistaken for the reality they attempt to describe. the beauty of a tool that can change is that you can use it however you want. i will respect your words, and i'd want you to respect mine too. we can use different words to describe the same thing and still agree. there's no point in us telling each other we're using the tool wrong, as long as the job gets done.

what i'm saying is we should all take this stuff a little less seriously. describe yourself however you want, and i'll respect that! you can do whatever you want forever. but in a queer and open minded world, nothing and nobody are exempt from potentially being yuri.