trans guy and tourettic

I’m 24 - call me wolfie - he/him

[tourettictrans]

sorry i'm currently finishing up my senior thesis in college so tumblr has been my last priority!!! turns out making a 13 minute film about your diagnosis process with tourette's makes it kinda draining to run a blog about it! i will be back soon do not worry

[tourettictrans]

btw i graduated college

[tic-loud-tic-proud]

[image: a photo of an orange pill bottle being thrown into a garbage can. Text reads "TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH? YALL BOUT TO BE VERY AWARE"]

[tourettictrans]

sorry i'm currently finishing up my senior thesis in college so tumblr has been my last priority!!! turns out making a 13 minute film about your diagnosis process with tourette's makes it kinda draining to run a blog about it! i will be back soon do not worry

[miki-langelo]

having tics is like having a controller with stick drift or a buggy button

[asexual-amanita]

As a tourettic, I am honestly so sick and tired of settling for less than when it comes to my rights and accommodations. And it’s not just libraries, or theatres or whatever where I face discrimination. It’s also grocery stores, restaurants, and fucking inpatient therapy sessions. There is no place where I won’t risk annoying, interrupting, or distracting someone. And if your solution to that is making me leave every single time, you are part of the problem.

[tourettictrans]

not to face reveal or smth but i was trained by the TAA as a rising leader over the past few days :)

[yrfemmehusband]

Fuck snl for not only producing an ableist skit which is bad enough but also a deeply, deeply unfunny one

[tic-loud-tic-proud]

Some of my quick thoughts on the BAFTA situation as a person who's been living with Tourette Syndrome my whole life and who has coprolalia.

(For anyone who doesn't know, the subject of a movie about living with severe Tourette Syndrome was in the audience at the awards and had a tic of saying the n word slur while two Black awards nominees were presenting)

Two things can be true at once.

This man deserves to be at an awards show where a movie about his life had been nominated. He does not deserve to be "physically gagged" as some people on social media have said. He does not deserve the harassment he is currently receiving. He was having coprolalia (swearing) tics throughout the show at various presenters, and did excuse himself from the audience after having the n word tic.

And the two Black presenters did not deserve to be humiliated on what was supposed to be one of the greatest nights of their lives. Any and all reactions they (or any Black person that was at the event or watching the awards at home) have to having the most offensive racial slur shouted while they were on stage are valid and should not be judged.

It is my personal belief that the man should apologize. As people with Tourette Syndrome, we know our tics hurt people regardless of their involuntary nature. Apologizing for the pain that tics cause is the right thing to do in this situation and it's not ableist to say that.

Above all I blame the BAFTA award organizers and post-production workers for not explaining the man's tics to the nominees and presenters beforehand and for purposefully choosing to leave this incident in the broadcast, knowing that this would spur controversy at the expense of the dignity of all people involved.

[indigohunter7]

a lot of the posts i’m seeing on twitter show zero compassion either for mbj and delroy lindo being called a racial slur or for the reality that some symptoms of tourette’s are uncontrollable. both things can exist at the same time.

and yes it may be uncontrollable, but black americans still have the right to feel hurt by a word like that. it’s a strong word with a long, awful history.

also seeing so many accounts (probably burners) trying to fight ableism by being racist… how is that helping this case? and vice versa! some of the things i’ve seen said about this condition today is just plain disgusting

[tic-loud-tic-proud]

Shout out to adults with Tourette's. Shout out to 40 year olds whose tics are just as severe as when they were 14. Shout out to everyone who was told they would grow out of it and never did.

[tourettictrans]

happy birthday to me :)

[fanface]

people with tourettes/tics/ anything that causes involuntary movement/noises arent fucking obligated to isolate themselves. our existence isnt a disruption. do you know how fucking humiliating it is to grow up taking tests in the hallway because your teacher sees you as a distraction simply for existing? i will go in public. i will go to libraries. i will go to stores. i will go wherever i want and you cant stop me.

IF YOU EXPECT PEOPLE WITH TICS TO NOT GO IN PUBLIC, YOU ARE ABELIST

[hydeingpurples]

There is so little Tourettes artwork out there, and a concerning amount of ai generated Tourettes "art" too. I can't say it's an easy thing to portray, but, more Tourettes art peeps! 🎨✏️✍️

[asexual-amanita]

People with Tourette’s are allowed to exist in ways that make you uncomfortable. We are not obligated to apologize for every tic, and we are allowed to take up space like everyone else. You do not get to take away our right to exist in public spaces just because you feel inconvenienced by our presence.

[banana-can-do-art]

“I can’t be ableist because-” SHUT UP!!! Yes you can! Everyone can be ableist, even if you know disabled people, even if you’re disabled yourself, even if you’re the kindest, most wonderful person in the universe! You still have the capacity for prejudice! And when someone points that out, it doesn’t mean that you’re a terrible person, but it does mean that you need to learn more about a specific sect of the disabled community instead of riding your moral high horse and pretending that knowing one disabled person makes you a saint.

[tourettictrans]

how people look at me after i show symptoms of my disorder

[hydeingpurples]

Considering Tourettes isn't actually that rare, I feel really alone in person.

I know lots of people with Tourette syndrome but I don't know anyone. Plus all of those individuals are online.

It'd be so nice to have a Tourettes friend. A close one 😔