Before the war, after I left Gaza for Germany, I used to call my dad almost everday and tell him about my day. He would tell me how everyone else was doing and say that Salah,my little nephew, kept asking where I was.
Now, I hardly ever reach my parents or any of my siblings.I don't think Salah even remembers who I am any more as he struggles to carry water containers. I always find myself agonizing and wondering if I'll ever meet my family again, whether the newborns will see me one day and know that their uncle longs to hold them in his arms.
Every time I look at my dad's picture in our home, smiling and surrounded by his grandchildren, it breaks my heart into a million pieces. The house he dreamed the kids would grow up in was leveled to the ground in a split second. Nothing is left, not even both his shoe shops where he worked so hard to build a future for us all. My siblings are unable to work or finish their studies. There are no schools left for the children. There is no proper food, water, or sanitation, no life; only death and rubble all around.
When my brother sent me a photo of my dad lighting a fire, he still had that same old smile on his face. I was relieved to see him somewhat hopeful but it broke my heart even more. My father is the most resilient and hard-working man I've ever known. He always supported us in whatever we wanted to achieve. His only hope was that his grandkids would grow up safely and happily in their home. He never complained from work and taught us the true meaning of sacrifice and perseverance. Instead of living peacefully with his family, he, the kids, and everyone else have to endure life in a makeshift tent,God knows for how much longer, while their lives are constantly threatened by airstrikes, starvation, and disease. No child, elder, or adult should go through such hardships for this long.
As the injustice persists, we only find solace and hope because the free people of this world are still standing with us. Please continue to support us any way you can. I don't even have the words any more to say how grateful I am to everyone. You have already done so much for us but we need you now more than ever.
Please donate if you can and reblog as many times as possible.
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I am Bilal, 22 years old, from Gaza, Palestine. I am reaching… Bilal salah needs your support for Help Evacuate My Family f
The reason vaginal atrophy in HRT is rarely discussed isn't because some nefarious boogeyman wants to transgenderficate all your pretty lesbian crushes into chronic pelvic pain it's because people don't give a shit about transmasculine reproductive health and you hijacking the topic for your detransition propaganda will only make things worse as you discourage transmascs from researching the subject and learning that it's treatable
"You'll live with chronic pain for the rest of your life is it worth it" casual ableism aside you're saying that as if vaginal atrophy doesn't happen to half of all postmenopausal people, what makes you think you're immune
Because I am on a mission to make sure everyone knows this and every time vaginal atrophy comes up, I will bring it up:
Vaginal atrophy is easily preventable and treatable. if YOU are on T and you're experiencing it, PLEASE let your gyno/HRT doc know. They can prescribe topical estrogen which will treat the issue without interfering with your HRT!
I've looked into it a LITTLE and over the counter phyto-estrogen creams seem to have an effect but IDK if I'd 100% trust them.
Sorry, this is just super fucking important to me and literally everyone on T needs to know about it because when I was doing the research NO ONE brought up how easily it was treated until I looked into vaginal atrophy itself and found out because of how it's treated in menopausal women.
When I talked to the doctor at planned parenthood she echoed this, too. That if vaginal atrophy starts to develop, I should just let her know so she can prescribe me topical estrogen to help!
the fact that we aren't fucking told this is PART of the problem. The fact that we're told it's inevitable and untreatable is part of the problem. You don't *have* to deal with that pain and discomfort.
Topical estrogen won't affect your T levels either, from what I know. It will just affect the vagina, so you don't have to worry that your transition will be impacted if you do get vaginal atrophy treated. If you are worried about topical estrogen affecting your transition talk to your doctor! There's no reason trans people should suffer out of fear and misinformation.
This is true! Be aware that whether you can get effective treatments over the counter will depend on the exact pharmacy laws in your area -- for example, in NZ it’s a prescription-only medicine (but prescriptions are subsidised so this isn’t too bad).
This matters because there’s a bunch of products out there that claim to treat vaginal atrophy, including lube and “vaginal moisturisers”, which don’t have the estrogen in them that makes it work properly. You’ll probably get some relief from the moisturising but it won’t be reversing the atrophy. These products are available over the counter and one is directly shilled by Buck Angel lmfao so it can be tempting to go for them rather than going through the hassle of getting a script, but please, if you can, get the prescription stuff that works the best ^_^
ppl who oppose gender affirming care for kids are nuts like the extent of medical intervention for trans kids is maybe puberty blockers but they’ll still be like “SO UR SAYING WE SHOULD LET TODDLERS HAVE TOP SURGERY???????” barbara toddlers do not have a top to surgery
Saw someone asking "so do you endorse giving puberty blockers to five year olds?"
Friend, a five year old should not have puberty to block. If they do that's called precocious puberty and is the original reason puberty blockers were invented. If a five year old is going through puberty I absolutely endorse them being given puberty blockers
Hi! This tweet has been purposely taken out of context because people never include the rest of the thread. I’m not sure if you did so purposely or not, but please let me include the rest of the thread for you and explain.
Before I share screenshots of the rest of my tweets, first I’ll explain.
tl;dr: I was raised Catholic, taught that homosexuality was a sin. When I got into college, I joined tumblr and learned more about different sexualities and the lgbt+ community and started shifting my views a bit, i.e. I still believed it was still a sin but started to support lgbt+ people having the right to get married. Soon after, I started watching anime. I got into Free! and the fandom made the cutest art and fics and headcanons of all the m/m ships in the show. That made me start realizing that “these ships are so sweet and loving and normal, why is this wrong or sinful?” It made me seeing things differently. I stopped thinking that being gay was a sin, and after a few years of trying to undo internalized homophobia, I realized that I’m bi.
I’m sorry if I didn’t realize my sexuality in a way that was good or pure enough for the rest of you. Yes it took an anime and m/m fanart to make me realize that being gay was okay, I’m not ashamed to admit that. I live in Texas, I didn’t have many gay people around me in my personal life (actually I did but didn’t know it at the time because most of them were school friends who were also in the closet for the same reasons as me). We all have different upbringings, and mine involved a very religious upbringing where I was constantly told about all these sinful thoughts and actions that could send me to hell. It took a lot to undo all of that. I’m still not out in real life because I’m terrified my parents will cut me off if they find out, and I’m waiting until I’m more financially independent.
I’d appreciate it if you would reblog this @crestholder (I can’t tag you for some reason but I hope you see this in your notifications). Whether it was your intention or not, you sharing this tweet out of context results in me continually being harassed and it’s very upsetting. I just want people to know the full tweet thread and my thought process before they decide to judge me.
Finding out Ian McKellen is gay went a surprisingly long way to making me stop being homophobic. You can’t control what it is that gives you an epiphany.
i’m really glad OP and all the people reblogging this without the commentary were just born having the correct opinions and never had to go through any struggles with their beliefs and if they did it was all very serious and they came to their conclusions in Approved ways and nothing about it was awkward or quote unquote cringey
Getting so invested in RENT made me actually face and process my internalized homophobia from my also very religious upbringing.
Like no obviously it wasn’t the only factor, but it was a big one. How could I enjoy this musical about so many queer people and still believe their love was a sin? So I choose, and I choose acceptance, and that led directly to me realizing six months later that I was gay myself.
Fiction can impact is if our minds and hearts are fertile ground for the ideas that fiction is presenting.
You can laugh but seeing m/m art and fandoms when I was 12 made my realisation that I’m queer so much easier later on. Much less ashamed.
If you want to be cynical know yourself out, but stop pretending you’re on a different plane of existence where internalised and enforced homophobia doesn’t exist
You can’t say that normalizing queer folk in media helps increase acceptance and then make fun of people who came to normalize and accept LGBTQ people because of media they consumed
Fanfic and fandom in general was my first exposure to seeing the lgbtq+ community portrayed in a positive light. Before then the only exposure I had to the concept was either people in school using ‘gay’ as a slur or my religious education saying how sinful it was. Seventeen years later and I realized I was bi. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Slightly baffled by the theme in some of the early comments is that it is ONLY okay to change your mind to queer acceptance if you do it before a certain cutoff date. Learning and growing is only acceptable in children! Once you reach 25, you’re stuck with whatever you believe for the rest of your life, no takebacks!!
This is very similar to my own story growing up, and obvious resonates with a lot of other people as well. Anyone harassing OP needs to do some deep-dive self-evaluating and get a fucking hobby. Holy shit.
i’ve been on tumblr since 2011 and this is the very first time i’ve added to a post because i really feel like i have to say this!!
look. i’m in my mid twenties. i’m supposed to be an adult with a fully developed brain and a reasonably good set of opinions and maybe even a cool queer story. but. i came to terms with being a lesbian at 15 years old because of a glee fanfic and its accompanying youtube trailer set to ellie goulding and mumford and sons.
and about that age cutoff thing- i dealt with a lot of internalized homophobia after seeing LOVE SIMON of all things. at 24. there’s no deadline to slowly chopping away the bits of you that you feel are rotting you from the inside. it’s very sad to think that way!!
read and watch things with your whole heart! if they change the chemistry of your brain for the better then power to you! just know that you can’t predict what it’ll be! it could be the priory of the orange tree. but it could just as easily be a pirated manga scanned to hell and barely readable that you have on your phone in the quiet of your bedroom at 2 am
your next epiphany could be just around the corner
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