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Identity Work: My Demisexuality
Iāve been thinking a lot lately about my identity as demisexual. It occurred to me the other day that I do have a definite need for sexāthough it is lower than most other people I know. To further clarify, itās definitely a desire for sex other than the sex I share with my partner (weāre poly, so this is a fine thing). I began to wonder if maybe Iām as far under the Ace umbrella as I thought. Forā¦
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MIA, In a Good Way
Damn. Is this really my first post of 2015? If you go back through this blog, you can see that my posts get further and further apart. Thereās a reason for that: Iāve been satisfied with my romantic life, with my sexual-romantic-gender identities. This blog was a place I could hash out my feelings and worries and quandaries because I didnāt, at its inception, have anyplace to put them. Now I haveā¦
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Brilliant.
to all my anti feminist followers, and i know there are a lot of you, reconsider after this.
Real Time with Bill Maher: 6.6.14 ā Anthony Weiner, Jim Geraghety, Nicolle Wallace
#FINALLYSOMEONESAYSIT
Holy shit, Anthony Weiner actually said something important.
Itās a miracle!
Thatās been the Republican strategy since day one of Obamaās presidency. Block the President at every turn, then blame him for not getting anything done. In fact, hereās Newt Gingrich openly admitting to it.
Thatās why Republicans block jobs bills ā so they can blame Obama for the economy still sucking. Theyāve blocked budgets, resulting in a government shutdown that they then tried to blame on Obama. Theyāve tried over and over again to block Obamacare, and complain that itās a failure as they work their asses off to try to make it fail.
Itās kindergarten politics, and we need to vote these schmucks out in November. A bunch of white guys throwing temper tantrums and shouting NO! to everything justĀ because they donāt like the president is no way to run a government, especially if weāre going to continue to pretend to be one of the greatest nations on earth.
This is a quote on my AP bio teachers wall
if I ever say I hate men just remember itās only bc men have hated me first, more prominently, cruelly, and violently than Iād ever dream of doing
atmidnightccĀ - January 14th, 2015 - Free the Nipple
Whoa. Truth. Speakin' it.
Hermione Granger and the Goddamn Patriarchy.
So, so good. āWhen you grow up in a culture that allows wizards to speak to witches that way, how are you supposed to know that itās wrong? But do it again and Iāll cut you.ā
Hannah speaking the truthĀ
Yes! Speak that truth Hannah!
Honestly? I donāt remember what this book was about I just remember that it went off
bruh it was about privilege and proper use of it - you got yo homey rainbow fish ridin fly as fuck on the reef like ay wsup iām rainbow fish i got these magic ass scales they fuckin tight huh? but instead of bein a lil bitch and flauntin it he gives a shiny scale to each dull fish and kept one for himself so they all had a special scale and looked fabulous as - it taught me that sharing your excess and helping others with generosity and kindness is important n cool
reblogging for the awesome summary. I think I'd like this book.
āI think the No. 1 biggest misconception is that polyamorous people just have sex all the time, but Iād say the best way to describe polyamorous people is that they communicate all the time.ā
Steve Dean in This Is the Explanation for Polyamory That Everyone Needs to Hear - Mic written by Amanda Chatel (via amaranthianightingale)
Somebody Else's Closet
Somebody Elseās Closet
For the most part, my experience existing as a poly person, and being public with my relationships, has been pretty painless. My family has been very accepting. My non-poly friends are really understanding and supportive. Even casual acquaintances donāt really offer much push back. Occasionally, though, issues still arise. Tonight was one of those occasions.
Amelia, Red, and I had plans to go outā¦
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Suicide Note
If you are reading this, it means that I have committed suicide and obviously failed to delete this post from my queue.
Please donāt be sad, itās for the better. The life I wouldāve lived isnāt worth living inā¦ because Iām transgender. I could go into detail explaining why I feel that way, but this note is probably going to be lengthy enough as it is. To put it simply, I feel like a girl trapped in a boyās body, and Iāve felt that way ever since I was 4. I never knew there was a word for that feeling, nor was it possible for a boy to become a girl, so I never told anyone and I just continued to do traditionally āboyishā things to try to fit in.
When I was 14, I learned what transgender meant and cried of happiness. After 10 years of confusion I finally understood who I was. I immediately told my mom, and she reacted extremely negatively, telling me that it was a phase, that I would never truly be a girl, that God doesnāt make mistakes, that I am wrong. If you are reading this, parents, please donāt tell this to your kids. Even if you are Christian or are against transgender people donāt ever say that to someone, especially your kid. That wonāt do anything but make them hate them self. Thatās exactly what it did to me.
My mom started taking me to a therapist, but would only take me to christian therapists, (who were all very biased) so I never actually got the therapy I needed to cure me of my depression. I only got more christians telling me that I was selfish and wrong and that I should look to God for help.
When I was 16 I realized that my parents would never come around, and that I would have to wait until I was 18 to start any sort of transitioning treatment, which absolutely broke my heart. The longer you wait, the harder it is to transition. I felt hopeless, that I was just going to look like a man in drag for the rest of my life. On my 16th birthday, when I didnāt receive consent from my parents to start transitioning, I cried myself to sleep.
I formed a sort of a āfuck youā attitude towards my parents and came out as gay at school, thinking that maybe if I eased into coming out as trans it would be less of a shock. Although the reaction from my friends was positive, my parents were pissed. They felt like I was attacking their image, and that I was an embarrassment to them. They wanted me to be their perfect little straight christian boy, and thatās obviously not what I wanted.
So they took me out of public school, took away my laptop and phone, and forbid me of getting on any sort of social media, completely isolating me from my friends. This was probably the part of my life when I was the most depressed, and Iām surprised I didnāt kill myself. I was completely alone for 5 months. No friends, no support, no love. Just my parentās disappointment and the cruelty of loneliness.
At the end of the school year, my parents finally came around and gave me my phone and let me back on social media. I was excited, I finally had my friends back. They were extremely excited to see me and talk to me, but only at first. Eventually they realized they didnāt actually give a shit about me, and I felt even lonelier than I did before. The only friends I thought I had only liked me because they saw me five times a week.
After a summer of having almost no friends plus the weight of having to think about college, save money for moving out, keep my grades up, go to church each week and feel like shit because everyone there is against everything I live for, I have decided Iāve had enough. Iām never going to transition successfully, even when I move out. Iām never going to be happy with the way I look or sound. Iām never going to have enough friends to satisfy me. Iām never going to have enough love to satisfy me. Iām never going to find a man who loves me. Iām never going to be happy. Either I live the rest of my life as a lonely man who wishes he were a woman or I live my life as a lonelier woman who hates herself. Thereās no winning. Thereās no way out. Iām sad enough already, I donāt need my life to get any worse. People say āit gets betterā but that isnāt true in my case. It gets worse. Each day I get worse.
Thatās the gist of it, thatās why I feel like killing myself. Sorry if thatās not a good enough reason for you, itās good enough for me. As for my will, I want 100% of the things that I legally own to be sold and the money (plus my money in the bank) to be given to trans civil rights movements and support groups, I donāt give a shit which one. The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people arenāt treated the way I was, theyāre treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at that number and say āthatās fucked upā and fix it. Fix society. Please.
Goodbye,
(Leelah)Ā Josh Alcorn
Fuck.
I'm seething for what this child endured. I'm saddened deep in my heart for her pain.
This right here is why we can never grow silent, why we must keep fighting oppression everywhere we find it at all times.
Amelia, Anniversary 1
Amelia and I met each other exactly one year ago. She responded to my Craigslist ad. We agreed to meet for tea and felt an instant connection. We were in really similar places. We had each recently divorcedāto be fair my divorce was not typical. We were bothā¦
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So I went and set up polyamblr.tumblr.com, for those who said the idea of a āpost your personal adā type blog for poly people on Tumblr might be cool. There are a lot of poly people on Tumblr, but who of them are actually looking for new partners - and how many of those are potentially...
Gender, Sex, Biology & Trans Women
Many of us understand sex and gender as categorically separate when envisioning trans women. How do we enforce transmisogyny through biological essentialist views of what we define as āsexā when imagining trans women? This storify examines how we enforce physical & ontological gender violence through non-consensual cisnormative separations of sex and gender. Sex is very much a gendered concept with its own colonial and violent baggage.
Note: This is a partial storify. Read the full version here
https://storify.com/TGirlInterruptd/gender-sex-biology-and-transwomenĀ
"Gendering needs & requires consent" Y E S
i feel like we need to talk about comfort objects. its not childish or silly or embarrassing to have one whether its a doll or stuffed toy or a blanket or anything else. its okay if you cant sleep without it or have to take it with you everywhere. its okay and i love u
Two people very close to me have comfort blankets. I'm so glad they've shared them with me and expressed how important they are.
