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[ghostonly]

Stop making jokes about trans men’s patchy facial hair

Yes, this is @ other trans men as well

I know you think:

It looks stupid

They should just shave it off until it’s growing in evenly

It makes them look like a 12-year-old boy

And I’m telling you I do not care. Your opinion is shitty and when you voice it, you are being shitty.

Here’s why:

Trans men are not here to look attractive, aesthetic, pretty, or manly

Trans men are not objects and laughing at them if/when they decide not to shave off patchy facial hair because it’s unattractive is basing your respect on how attractive or cis passing they are

Most trans men have lived their lives being perceived as women into adulthood and have been victims of abusive, misogynistic beauty standards. We don’t need more of that shit during transition. No one should have to put up with that, but it seems like peoples’ outcry about misogynistic beauty standards starts and ends with cis women and I’m tired of it. The abuse extends heavily to trans women and men alike, trans women for not fitting the mold and trans men for trying to break free of it.

Trans men do not owe you shit and you being shitty about the way they look seems to imply they should be dressing and presenting for you

The trans men who let patchy facial hair grow without shaving it are probably not doing it because they think it looks ~ * Sexy * ~ or something. It’s because it helps dysphoria. I don’t care if you’re cis or trans: if you’re openly shitty about someone’s method of relieving dysphoria, you’re being transphobic. (and if you’re quietly shitty about it, you need to assess why that is)

Not to mention the hypocrisy within the transmasc community surrounding this specific thing. I have known someone who openly mocked trans men who don’t shave their new facial hair while, on other occasions, went so far as to use mascara on his face to make it look like he had stubble. Like, are you kidding me? We all do weird shit to make ourselves feel more comfortable in our bodies. Quit being an ass about people choosing methods that you yourself wouldn’t.

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[haileyredhead]

A Story about Homophobia

Three years ago I had my first sexual experience with a girl.

We didn’t “have sex.” Not really. I continued to identify as a virgin after the experience. All clothes stayed on. We didn’t even kiss. But it was the first time that I felt a sexual spark, and it was the first time I had ever been touched like that, male or female.

By this point in my life, I was already identifying as bisexual to my closest friends-the girl with whom I had this experience being one of them. She identified as completely straight, and had just gotten out of a relationship. I knew her parents, but not well, as she always made a point of avoiding them.What I did know was that they were quasi religious-they had crosses hung up on their walls and bibles on the shelves, but I wouldn’t identify them as a Christian family.

We were on vacation together, staying in a little house in Kauai. My parents were gone. We were swimming in the pool. I don’t remember how or why the interaction happened-only that it did. 

We haven’t talked about it since.

I haven’t really spent all that much time thinking about it, either. We were young and alone. Most girls go through something like that in their life. The only time I’ve pondered what it meant was a few months after it happened, when the two of us clearly started to grow apart.

To this day, we’re the sort of friends that love each other dearly but never hang out. We’ll text each other if one thinks of the other. One may use the other as a last-resort friend when they need something to do. When we’re together, it’s like we were never apart. She’s just been distant from me since our vacation. 

That’s okay. People grow apart.

What got me pondering about the situation was what I saw on social media earlier today. Her brother made a post on Facebook about homosexuality. He said (direct copy and paste),”To all my Friends who support gays, just to be clear I don't hate gays, I strongly disagree with there ways, and don't bother arguing with me about supporting them it clearly states in the bible "homosexuality is an abomination to god" lev 18:22, so don't bother to argue about it with me coming up with a lot of annoying reasons, ur not gonna change my opinions on homosexuality I believe homosexuals can change there ways and still go to heaven if they repent there sins, anyone can go to heaven for our god is merciful, and I know all sins are considered equal in the eyes of our lord, so please don't go on about how if I for example judge someone that I'm the equivalent of a sinner as  a homosexual, no one is perfect.”

...

That’s when things finally started to make sense. Did my friend avoid her parents because of my sexual preferences? Or was it due to her own? Did we grow apart through the natural course of life, or because of a feared attraction?

Did my best friend and I have a shot at being romantically involved?

Did I lose a friend because she was afraid of a different kind of love?

Every person’s sexual preferences and experiences are different in this life. Some people know who they are-as I did. Some people go through a journey to find a label that fits. Some people are accepted with love, regardless of the label-as I was. Some people aren’t. 

My point in sharing this is that homophobia-or any form of hate- affects every member of the LGBTQ community. Even myself, a bisexual teenaged girl who’s comfortable in her sexuality and has been very accepted, feels the effect.

Sure, we’ve gained marriage equality. But now the next step is for everyone to feel free to exercise that right without their little brother making a post featuring terrible grammar and a terrible message.

[rudemtnlsbn]

Guys. I got a new haircut and I've already been called a dyke and a fag. Like seriously? I'm remembering why I kept my hair long now.