I think we've lost the plot on ICE a little. The focus has become too much how their presence affects the local citizen population and not enough on the inherent inhumanity of the deportations in the first place.

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I think we've lost the plot on ICE a little. The focus has become too much how their presence affects the local citizen population and not enough on the inherent inhumanity of the deportations in the first place.
It's not as if we've been saying for decades that in our patriarchal society, the rights of queer people are inextricably linked to those of cis women.
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C'est pas comme si on disait, depuis des décennies, que dans notre société patriarcale, les droits des personnes queer sont inextricablement liés à ceux des femmes cis.
I finished Irreversible Damage this weekend.
(All the TWs below)
I took notes in a tumblr post draft as I went, and it's a long mess that I'm not sure anyone wants to read. It might clean it up and post it as a review if anyone is interested.
Overall, it's a terrible book. There were a few passages that hit like a gut punch, but for the most part it wasn't a difficult read...because Shrier is so disconnected from the reality of what it is to be a transmasculine person. That book is not representative of the transmasculine experience, I'm not represented in the pages of that book.
It's about us, without us. (And no, I don't--and won't--count Buck Angel as representation of the average transmasculine experience.) Apart from a few cherry picked words from trans Youtubers and a handful of detransitioners, this book is led by the stories of anti-trans parents--this book isn't about the transmasculine experience, it's about the transphobic parent experience.
It's anti-transmasculine propaganda...and worse, the further into the book you read, the more obvious it is that the book is intended to function as a guide for parents to practice DIY conversion therapy. This is literally a guidebook on how to abuse your trans child.
Isolate them (literally move across the country if needed, states without laws that protect trans people are strongly recommended), separate them from their trans friends or other affirming people in their lives, prevent them from having access to phones or internet, never ever use their correct name or pronouns, force them to do manual labor or physical activity if possible, take away or destroy their gender affirming clothing or binders, and make the home "private" again (in other words, never let anyone find out that your child is trans or what you are doing to your child because of their transness).
If there is anyone who believes that transmasculine people don't experience a very distinct and specific form of transphobia, I would ask them to read this book.
The kind of transphobia that trans men and transmasc people face intersects heavily with ableism and sexism. Transmasculine people are heavily infantilized; it's shocking (but not surprising) how...paternalistic an attitude this book takes towards both teenage girls and women and transmasculine people, including trans people who are legally adults. It is clear that Shrier does not think highly of teenage girls and young women...they are easily misled and easily confused, lonely and desperate and self-hating, incapable of separating emotion from reality, easily influenced by social media and peers.
Shrier encourages parents to exert as much control over the lives of their legally adult trans children as possible, and to use any potential leverage available to manipulate trans adults into stopping their transition. It's obvious that Shrier doesn't view trans adults as actual adults at all, but as childish individuals who are mentally/emotionally/neurologically underdeveloped. Any neurodivergence, mental illness, or history of trauma adds tax, and is proof that a person isn't mentally competent to transition.
It is also obvious that the potential future fertility of any transmasculine person is valued more greatly than our personhood, bodily autonomy, or mental health. At no point is it ever stated that child-bearing or motherhood are optional. The possible loss of fertility is the "irreversible damage"...and whether that potential fertility is even wanted by the trans person in question isn't relevant.
There are some other WTF moments in this book too. Shrier doesn't believe that spiritual abuse is real, rather it is nonsense invented by "gender ideologues" in order to accuse Good Christian parents of abuse. Shrier comes across as anti-therapy and anti-mental health medication; she downplays depression as "the blues" and anxiety as "nerves", and goes on to suggest that those who take antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications are looking for an easy way out and simply trying to medicate away normal human emotions. She openly opposes conversion therapy bans that prevent the practice of conversion therapy against trans people, and she opposes school anti-bullying programs that teach LGBT+ acceptance.
This book is also anti-queer, anti-pansexual, anti-asexual, and to a point anti-bisexual. Shrier is clearly obsessed with the amount of sex that trans people (including minors, there are some really gross statements in this book) are or aren't having; because so many trans people identify as asexual, at one point she refers to the trans community as a "cult of asexuality". Bisexuality is considered a phase of normal teenage exploration on the way to developing an either straight or lesbian/gay identity. And if you think that lesbian/gay teens and young adults get a break in this book, you're wrong: Shrier discourages parents from affirming their gay and lesbian teens and she is clearly against GSA's in schools.
I could keep going for a long time, but I won't.
Anyway, after reading that fucking disaster, I've just started Detransition, Baby and I'm waiting and hoping for it to get good; the first ~60 pages are kind of slow-moving, more words than plot. I am interested to see where it goes though!
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Hello everyone!
Iâm glad after such a long time not posting my usual webcomics thousands of you are still there, it warms my heart!
Sadly, I must ask you for help.
This year has been incredibly bad for me, as for many of you Iâm sure, and I lost a lot : my job, my car, a big chunk of my sanity and most of all the sense that I might make it through without a little push from the community.
My most important issue right now is my van. It broke down at the peak of covid and needs to be repaired. Without it I canât move much, I canât travel at all, and the repairs are expensive. It is also my safety net. As most of you know Iâve been homeless in the past, and that van is a not just to go get groceries: itâs my chance at a decent life even if I lose ALL the rest.
Today I have bills, lots of them, and havenât had any income for 7 months.
I set up a PayPal pool for any of you who can and whoâd like to help:Â https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8sD0Vxwi96
Any amount of money help, any nice word, any prayer, any hug, reblog, likes⊠And of course I donât want to pressure any of you to do so: I love you all the same <3
Your friend Andréa
Thanks a lot to everyone who pitched in! Sadly, my car is breaking apart and the van is still not repaired: Iâll have to fix one or the other if I want to (legally) drive around next month. Please help if you can!
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Hello everyone!
Iâm glad after such a long time not posting my usual webcomics thousands of you are still there, it warms my heart!
Sadly, I must ask you for help.
This year has been incredibly bad for me, as for many of you Iâm sure, and I lost a lot : my job, my car, a big chunk of my sanity and most of all the sense that I might make it through without a little push from the community.
My most important issue right now is my van. It broke down at the peak of covid and needs to be repaired. Without it I canât move much, I canât travel at all, and the repairs are expensive. It is also my safety net. As most of you know Iâve been homeless in the past, and that van is a not just to go get groceries: itâs my chance at a decent life even if I lose ALL the rest.
Today I have bills, lots of them, and havenât had any income for 7 months.
I set up a PayPal pool for any of you who can and whoâd like to help:Â https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8sD0Vxwi96
Any amount of money help, any nice word, any prayer, any hug, reblog, likes⊠And of course I donât want to pressure any of you to do so: I love you all the same <3
Your friend Andréa
Help needed
Hello everyone!
Iâm glad after such a long time not posting my usual webcomics thousands of you are still there, it warms my heart!
Sadly, I must ask you for help.
This year has been incredibly bad for me, as for many of you Iâm sure, and I lost a lot : my job, my car, a big chunk of my sanity and most of all the sense that I might make it through without a little push from the community.
My most important issue right now is my van. It broke down at the peak of covid and needs to be repaired. Without it I canât move much, I canât travel at all, and the repairs are expensive. It is also my safety net. As most of you know Iâve been homeless in the past, and that van is a not just to go get groceries: itâs my chance at a decent life even if I lose ALL the rest.
Today I have bills, lots of them, and havenât had any income for 7 months.
I set up a PayPal pool for any of you who can and whoâd like to help:Â https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8sD0Vxwi96
Any amount of money help, any nice word, any prayer, any hug, reblog, likes⊠And of course I donât want to pressure any of you to do so: I love you all the same <3
Your friend Andréa
since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...
reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!
along with that, reblog if your account is a trans non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the trans enby spectrum!
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then whoâs going to order the food?
So, last night I dreamed that @thatsthat24â (in the orange shirt) bumped into me at a outdoor jazz concert (?) and asked me to draw a comics for his trans followers that are being bullied. I drew it on my notebook and gave it to him, then @leo-emrysâ (with the blue hair) arrived and claimed he bumped into Henri Bergson, a french philosopher who died almost a century ago, that should have recognized him. So, yeah, psychoanalyze me at your peril.
Anyway, I thought thatâd be great to draw, and since itâs Trans Day of Visibility and I wonât show my face, thatâs what youâre getting!
Also sorry Thomas Sanders, Iâm not so good at drawing people, let alone drawing them so that theyâre recognizable :D
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2016 Ă©tait dur mais important, j'ai morflĂ© mais avancĂ©. J'ai eu mon opĂ©ration, j'ai appris Ă parler plus, Ă travailler pour prĂ©server une relation mĂȘme si j'ai encore bien des progrĂšs Ă faire. J'ai fait de mon mieux, j'ai tenu le coup, j'ai demandĂ© de l'aide quelquefois.
J'avais jusqu'au 31 pour remettre une sorte de « plan de carriĂšre » Ă l'iut, ahah. Je n'ai pas oubliĂ©, oh non. Je ne l'ai pas fait non plus, Ă©videmment. La vĂ©ritĂ© c'est qu'essayer de penser Ă mon avenir m'angoisse tellement, je n'ose rien espĂ©rer tellement j'ai peur de me casser les dents, je n'ose mĂȘme pas espĂ©rer trouver un stage alors...
J'ai cette idĂ©e ancrĂ©e en moi que si je veux ouvertement quelque chose, si j'espĂšre trop, ça va me porter malheur et je ne l'aurai jamais. Ce n'est pas seulement la peur d'Ă©chouer. C'est l'impression que l'univers m'est profondĂ©ment hostile et se servira de mes moindres dĂ©sirs et espĂ©rances pour me briser. J'ai appris qu'avoir des dĂ©sirs, et mĂȘme des besoins avouĂ©s Ă©tait dangereux et j'ai tellement appris Ă les dissimuler que je ne peux mĂȘme pas me les avouer Ă moi-mĂȘme.
ça me rend malade de penser à ça, de me dire que c'est le genre d'"éducation" qu'on m'a donnée et que je n'arrive toujours pas à en sortir.
Alors je vais quand mĂȘme formuler ce que je peux.
Mon objectif c'est de m'en sortir au mieux, de faire tous les efforts possibles pour au moins ne pas avoir de regret.
Mon espoir c'est de trouver un moyen et une maniĂšre de vivre qui me permette d'ĂȘtre plus indĂ©pendant, mais moins seul et pas trop malheureux, qui me permette de voir sur le plus long terme, d'ĂȘtre un peu plus serein.
Mes rĂ©solutions c'est de continuer de combattre le silence, car le silence tue, et de repousser les angoisses et la dĂ©pression, d'essayer de m'accorder un peu le droit de vivre. Continuer de travailler ma voix, ne plus me laisser couper de moi-mĂȘme et envahir par la honte de ce que je suis. Ne pas me cacher si ce n'est pas ce que je veux, mĂȘme si ça ira doucement, Ă mon rythme.
Et aussi de m'Ă©couter plus, au final le fait de m'Ă©couter plutĂŽt que de ne pas tenir compte de mes difficultĂ©s ça me mĂšne moins dans le mur et me mĂ©nager me permet davantage d'avancer. Ăa me fait un bien fou d'ĂȘtre Ă©coutĂ© un peu, de me mesurer Ă moi-mĂȘme, de me sentir plus soutenu, de ne pas ĂȘtre forcĂ© de paraĂźtre « normal » quitte Ă tout lĂącher en inventant des excuses plutĂŽt que de chercher des amĂ©nagements. Les gens qui pensent qu'il ne faut pas tenir compte des difficultĂ©s comme les miennes parce que ça les renforcerait sont des imbĂ©ciles. Plus on tient compte de ce que je vis, et plus j'arrive Ă savoir ce que je peux faire et Ă avancer. Plus je trouve de l'aide et de l'accompagnement et plus mes possibilitĂ©s s'Ă©largissent.
Je suis là aujourd'hui, j'ai eu de bonnes surprises ; de bonnes rencontres, et ça peut encore arriver.
J'ai réussi à faire des choses que je me croyais incapable d'affronter, et ça peut encore arriver.
J'ai été accepté, et ça peut arriver encore.
J'ai connu des moments de terreur, et beaucoup d'angoisse, de dĂ©pression, de pleurs, de dĂ©goĂ»t, de rage et de honte, mais aussi des moments de soulagement, des moments de fiertĂ©, des moments de joie, j'ai Ă©tĂ© touchĂ©, reconnaissant, agrĂ©ablement surpris, j'ai aimĂ©, souri, ri, j'ai mĂȘme eu quelques moments de bien-ĂȘtre, j'ai eu l'occasion de me sentir humain, et tout ça peut encore arriver.
J'ai découvert des choses que je ne connaissais pas ; des jeux, des films, des séries, des livres, d'autres choses, que je suis content d'avoir découvert, et ça peut encore arriver.
J'ai appris beaucoup ; sur moi-mĂȘme, sur le monde qui m'entoure, j'ai appris plein de choses en programmation et suis capable de faire bien plus de choses qu'avant, et j'ai encore beaucoup de choses Ă apprendre.
Comme d'habitude j'ai l'impression que ma vie se finit dans quelques mois, je n'arrive pas à voir au-delà , j'ai peur, l'impression que ma chance est finie, mais je sais quelque part que j'ai déjà ressenti ça et qu'au final j'ai avancé et découvert de nouveaux chemins, et j'essaie de me convaincre que ça arrivera encore.
Ăa fait un moment que je veux parler de ce que je pourrais appeler le « placard inversĂ©. » Je ne suis pas Ă l'aise avec cette formulation mais j'en ai pas trouvĂ© de meilleure. C'est pour moi le fait d'ĂȘtre perçu dans le bon genre, mais de ne pas pouvoir / oser parler du fait que je suis trans.
Non pas que ça serait obligatoire d'en parler, de dire Ă tout le monde qu'on est trans. Mais je pense que c'est important que ça soit un choix, et pas une contrainte. Choisir d'en parler, ou de ne pas en parler, ça devrait ĂȘtre une dĂ©cision qui nous appartient.
Or je n'ai pas l'impression d'avoir le choix, je suis trop terrifié d'en parler. J'en avais un peu parlé en disant que c'était stressant, avec l'obligation de me surveiller et de « cacher » des choses, ce qui ne m'aide pas à me socialiser alors que c'est déjà trÚs compliqué pour moi. Car ça met une barriÚre supplémentaire entre moi et les autres, celleux que je cÎtoie sans jamais pouvoir leur en parler, en ayant peur d'en parler ou qu'iels le découvrent.
Mais avec le temps je me rends compte que ça a une ampleur beaucoup plus grande que ça. Parce que ça affecte non seulement mon rapport aux autres, mais aussi mon rapport Ă moi-mĂȘme.
Ces derniers temps, j'ai regardĂ© pas mal de vidĂ©os de mecs trans sur youtube (j'ai dĂ©couvert la chaĂźne FTMtranstastic qui est vraiment cool), et ça m'a apportĂ© un soulagement auquel je ne m'attendais pas. Je me suis rendu compte qu'Ă force de cacher ma transidentitĂ©, de me retrouver parfois Ă mentir pour la cacher, j'avais fini par me couper pas mal de moi-mĂȘme, et j'avais Ă©normĂ©ment de mal Ă formuler quoi que ce soit Ă ce sujet, mĂȘme pour moi-mĂȘme. C'Ă©tait devenu un sujet assez gĂȘnant, j'Ă©tais moins Ă l'aise avec moi-mĂȘme. Parce que dans ce contexte, c'est difficile de ne pas le ressentir comme une sorte de secret un peu honteux au bout d'un moment. Ă force de « mentir » ou de passer des trucs sous silence pour ne pas avoir Ă le dire, je finis avec l'impression que je mens sur qui je suis, sur mon genre lui-mĂȘme, alors que ce n'est pas le cas.
Je suis un peu mal Ă l'aise quand on me dit « mais c'est personnel, tu n'as pas Ă en parler », parce que d'un cĂŽtĂ©, effectivement je n'ai aucune obligation de le faire et c'est important de le dire, que ça ne fait pas de moi un usurpateur ou quoi. Mais d'un autre cĂŽtĂ©, je le vis un peu comme un « garde ça pour toi parce que c'est dĂ©placĂ© d'en parler / ça met mal Ă l'aise les gens », et c'est justement ce qui renforce mon malaise par rapport Ă moi-mĂȘme et cette sensation de mentir.
Parce que ma transidentitĂ©, pour moi, est loin d'ĂȘtre un dĂ©tail. C'est une part essentielle de ma vie, de mon histoire, de mon identitĂ©, et de la façon dont je vis ma vie aujourd'hui, donc c'est un trĂšs gros truc Ă passer sous silence.  Ce n'est pas le fait de cacher mon anatomie, qui effectivement ne concerne que moi, mais le fait de cacher toute une part de moi-mĂȘme, parce que ma transidentitĂ© ne se rĂ©sume pas Ă mon corps. Ma transidentitĂ© c'est la façon dont je me suis construit qui est trĂšs diffĂ©rente de l'expĂ©rience d'un mec cisgenre, c'est avoir vĂ©cu 25 ans de ma vie en tant que fille, contre moins de deux ans en tant que mec. Ăa a un impact juste Ă©norme sur qui je suis, sur d'oĂč je viens et comment ça m'influence dans ma vie actuelle. C'est donc quelque chose de trĂšs encombrant Ă cacher, qu'il est douloureux quelque part de devoir nier, parce que ça me coupe de moi-mĂȘme et me donne l'impression que ces 25 annĂ©es n'auraient pas dĂ» avoir lieu. Je n'arrive pas Ă me sentir « complet » et Ă me rĂ©concilier avec mon passĂ© dans ce contexte. Je finis par avoir honte de vouloir en parler.
Donc ouais, le « placard inversé » ou quelle que soit la formulation adĂ©quate, c'est pas super confortable au final. Je suis content d'ĂȘtre perçu comme un mec, mais il y a quelque chose qui ne me satisfait pas et finit par me faire du mal et me bloquer dans mon cheminement personnel. Je n'ai pas de rĂ©ponse Ă y apporter, mais je suis content dĂ©jĂ d'arriver Ă le formuler.