#transactivism

[thetoiletwater]

Literal parasites

[a-room-of-my-own]

No, the Gay Movement Did Not Spawn the Trans Movement

In fact, society was more ready to accept sex changes than same-sex marriage

A very interesting article about the history of the transgender movement starting in the 1960s, and how it differs from LGB activism, with many sources!

I'll try to find more articles like this one so that we can compile arguments to shield gay people from the inevitable downfall of the trans movement.

[vampyroslesboss]

A trans identified male criminal from my town (Argentina - Chaco) has sew his own mouth and declared a hunger strike, demanding to be put in the women prison.

This person is described as a "trans girl" in the news, but I think the photos speak for themselves. Source (spanish)

Sorry if there's mistakes in my english, but I think this case is a serious case of trying to blackmail people to be put in a place of power amongst vulnerable women. Disgusting tbh. Will be looking for updates

[searchingforproofsthatimwrong]

https://twitter.com/R_McCormack/status/1392763248290697219?s=20

Now who would have predicted that

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Transmasculist Pride Flag

Transmasculism or transmasculinism: a branch of masculism concerned with transgender issues; a movement by and for trans men who view their liberation to be intrinsically linked to the liberation of all men and beyond.

Based on this general transmasc flag and this transfeminist flag.

[radfemblack]

I can’t believe TRAs and their absolute fucking audacity... how and why do they lie about such easily verifiable facts?

[thetoiletwater]

Anyone can reject you for any reason het TIMs and TIFs are such babies. They're always so surprised that ssa people don't want to date them.

[a-room-of-my-own]

I have no idea whether it's accurate or just nostalgia but I feel like radblr has decreased in discourse quality over the years. When I first joined Tumblr around 2016-17 I remember that I was hooked by the thoroughness of the posts, they were uncompromising, thoughtful and sourced.

Atm my impression is that it's mainly rants, shitposting and TRA receipts, which is fine and already existed, but that the actual thinkpieces are gone. If it were a newspaper it'd be like they kept the editorials and comics but got rid of the feature articles. At some point the umpteenth "Moids will really do x while[...]" gets old. You've been here for some time, what's your impression ?

Same 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think many people were not necessarily prepared for transactivism to last a decade, and for a while fighting against it - even at a very small scale like a simple blog - felt like being Don Quixote fighting against windmills. It's only now that the tide is beginning to turn, and it's not exactly a tsunami yet. When something unfair or shocking becomes a part of daily life it's hard to keep the energy you had in the beginning when you thought it was still possible to overturn it before it became too bad.

And to be honest, there were some things I anticipated years ago that were in my mind worst case scenarios, like rapists in women's prisons, sterilized minors, etc... That became reality. I observe all that remotely of course, there is a distance that comes with just being an anonymous blogger and not an activist, but still that gets to me. Sharing receipts and press articles is a way to keep contributing to the discussion, but when the worst became a part of daily life sometimes you just don't know what else to say except I told you so.

I think a lot of women who used to post long, sourced think pieces just took a step back when they observed that, same way I did. Specifically on Tumblr, I think there is also a problem with a certain side of radblr who's not exactly into feminism, but rather into bullying. They're a vocal minority but it's enough to discourage discussions. Writing a long post takes time and hard work, I'm not sure someone coming here today would feel like her ideas would be welcomed and politely discussed the way they could be a few years ago.