cis people will be like "transitioning is far less effective than my solution of dismantling gender norms" and then refuse to believe that this is literally a conversion therapy tactic.
Hope yall dont mind if I set this soapbox down right around here for just a sec.
This shit is annoying enough when cis people do it but it especially gets on my nerves when I see other trans people buying into this nonsense
I've met far too many pre- or early transition trans people worried that medically transitioning is somehow conformist or some kind of personal failing, a temptation to be resisted.
Too many people have bought into this naturalistic notion that medical transition is a tragic symptom of a society that isn't accepting enough. That if our world was more enlightened people wouldn't need or want to alter their natural bodies.
Genuinely fuck that noise. Bodily autonomy rules and biohacking your endrocrine system is based actually.
Cancer is natural.
Diabetes is natural.
Cyanide is natural
Just because something is natural doesn't mean it's inherently good for you.
Setting aside medical necessity of transitioning for a second, if this society is supposedly accepting enough that people can express themselves and act however they want, then what's with this weird arbitrary line at people altering their physical form?
In a fully accepting society, I'd expect more people to medically transition, not less.
"You can look and act however you want so long as you don't change yourself in any way" isn't freedom, it's just reified cissexism.
You have to free yourself of the notion that unaltered, non medically transitioned bodies are ideal and inherently superior. It's not true. It's a lie you've been told to keep you from owning your own body.
It's okay to want to medically transition and, if you have the access and you have the ability, you are 100% allowed to do it.
Medically transitioning is a good thing and should be freely accessible to anybody who wants or needs to medically transition. Saying that isn't transmedicalist, it's what's necessary for real trans liberation.
I wholeheartedly reject the notion of describing medical transition as "binarist" and "conformist" and I'm sorry if this comes across as bitchy but biohacking your endocrine system or getting a surgeon to perform gentital origami on you is actually pretty radical defiance against naturalistic cisnormativity.
Anyways, if people could be more normal about trans women instead of always trying to paint us all as counterrevolutionaries on a mission to uphold the gender binary this would be a lot less surprising to people.
There's so much here that I enthusiastically agree with, but I want to specifically shout out this part:
"You have to free yourself of the notion that unaltered, non medically transitioned bodies are ideal and inherently superior. It's not true. It's a lie you've been told to keep you from owning your own body."
^this mentality is the basis for an enormous amount of restrictions on trans helathcare. Even if you don't view yourself as being on the "same side" as conservatives who call our bodies "mutilated", you may be driven by the same forces.
The intrinsic societal assumption of transition as a deeply mutilating, body breaking thing is more pervasive than it seems, because it manifests in so many different ways.
Something I really struggle to get people to understand is that like. Sometimes there was no intentional homoerotic subtext, the author was just extremely misogynistic. Sometimes the author wasn't "secretly shipping" those two men, the author literally just hates women so much that they see them as being literally incapable of relationships with depth. Like this is kind of a big thing with misogyny actually. A lot of extremely misogynistic people truly believe that a man can only have meaningful and complex relationships with other men because they literally just think women are so inferior they only exist to birth children and clean the house. It's like when people say along the lines of "no one worships exclusively men quite like straight men do". It's just that phenomenon actually. That happens to be manifesting in a raging misogynist's writing. Writing a man character who literally only puts effort into his friendships with other men while completely ignoring his literal girlfriend or wife is actually an extremely straight thing to write. And that doesn't mean you can't ship those men or that there are no stories with actual intentional homoerotic subtext. I just think it's important to be able to recognize extreme misogyny in writing and acknowledge it without brushing it off and assuming good intentions when literally all evidence is screaming that this was a misogynistic writing choice and not a representing gay men choice.
Transphobia is about to be signed into law in the UK. We can fight this.
I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.
Last year we broke the record for an LGBT+ mass lobby of Parliament. Will you help us break it again? Join us on 25th June 2026 to demand be
The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.
Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.
A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:
Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.
Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.
Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns
Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.
I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.
It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:
Worried about what to say?
Bring your personal worries about transphobia being signed into law, and trans friends being excluded from public spaces. You are a living person who deserves dignity. Remind your MP of that. You will also get guidance and brochures from Trans Solidarity Alliance that outlines our demands. This is mine from last year.
Money issues?
Trans Solidarity Alliance provides a travel bursary that you can sign up for via the link.
Got a refusal or no response from your MP?
Come anyway! You can request a same-day appointment with your MP through a process called greencarding. They will come and see you if they’re already in Parliament. Even if they don’t, they’re made acutely aware of your cause because you showed up in person. This is my greencard from last year.
Here is the EHRC Code of Practice in full. It's a tough read, but some highlights are:
Organisations can’t provide trans-inclusive, single-sex services, or they risk being sued for discrimination.
e.g. domestic violence support for women including trans women, men’s rugby group including trans men (12.68).
Trans people will have nowhere safe to pee.
If you’re a trans man, businesses can't allow you to pee in the men's, and you can also be ejected from women’s bathrooms if you’re perceived as a man. Vice versa for trans women. EHRC suggests a ‘third space’ bathroom, which is discriminatory and unworkable for most businesses. (13.130-133)
Sports organisations must exclude trans people from single-sex competitions (13.73).
A women’s only sports competition must exclude trans women because of their biological advantage or face potential lawsuits (13.74), but a trans man who has undergone testosterone treatment can also be excluded based on fairness rules (13.81).
Trans women are stripped of the legal definition of ‘lesbian’, and therefore no longer have legal protections if they’re discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation. (2.50, 2.92).
Here is the Good Law Project's better explanation of the EHRC Code.
I have also made a PDF printout of QR codes for the government petition, email your MP tool, and mass lobby link to pass around your communities. DM me and I'll send it to you.
Catholic church doesnt even allow divorce if domestic violence is involved and vatican city wouldnt exist nowadays without the help of Benito fucking Mussolini and yet theres always some motherfucker being like i hope the next pope is pro gay marriage. I hope I get a house from Santa Claus this year. I hope a horse is going to buy me cheese in the grocery store
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