[straightboyfriend]

🏳️‍🌈⚧🏳️‍🌈⚧ 🏳️‍🌈⚧ i hope all gay trans men & lesbian trans women have a great day 🏳️‍🌈⚧🏳️‍🌈⚧🏳️‍🌈⚧

[rosiemutual-deactivated20180308]

whomst else is loving and supporting trans gay men tonight

[projectqueer]

6 Affirmations for Trans Folks Who Don’t Feel ‘Trans Enough’

What do you have to do to be “trans enough?” Spoiler alert: Your gender isn’t up for debate. These affirmations will remind you of just that.

[karrius-deactivated20220725]

Heads up people - there’s an interactive fiction Vampire the Masquerade game currently on steam.

It’s written, in part, by a notorious stalker and harasser Zak Smith.

https://twitter.com/a_man_in_black/status/832417030686904320

Do not buy, and do not support this game.

[prokopetz]

Bonus points: one of the characters who appears in the interactive fiction in question is a trans woman serial killer who constantly talks about her penis and just happens to have the same name as a prominent trans tabletop RPG designer that Smith has gone after in the past.

Seriously, this guy should be in prison. Don’t buy his stuff, and do let the IP owner know why: [email protected]

[ruibird-deactivated20170901]

since it’s a scary time to be trans: refuge restrooms is an app which maps gender-neutral/single-stall restrooms. it’s community-mapped, so it’s possible you might be the first person to log the restroom locations, but hopefully it’ll help some people.

please reblog this post if you’ve got trans followers. stay safe.

[shanology]

For my non-trans followers: please consider getting the app just so you can add neutral restrooms to the map when you run across them. Simple way to help.

[destinyrush]

She’s absolutely gorgeous. Plus she’s in her 60′s but looks 30 something 👑 

[nevaehtyler]

stunning

[refinery29]

Hari Nef is helping to normalize transwomen’s bodies and identities in a really important way that if you’re cisgender you may not have thought about

Nef goes on to explain the difference between her photoshoot with Velencoso, versus how transgender women are typically photographed in fashion editorials. “images of trans femmes being loved rarely exist outside of pornography,” Nef wore. “We tend to be hyper-sexualized and objectified within the cisgender gaze. Either that or we’re dehumanized as scum or (just as bad) untouchable goddesses.”

Photos: Twitter/Hari Nef

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[buzzfeedlgbt]

Bookmarking now and forever (x)

[tereshkova2001]

This is a *really good* article that both handles anatomy concerns and presumes zero background makeup knowledge. Well done.

[butchfatty-deactivated20210203]

It’s amazing that the cover photo is showing both older women and people of color, something that the media consistently ignores regarding the trans community.

[pardonmewhileipanic]

for my followers

[blackness-by-your-side]

It makes me so happy every time ❤️

#StopTransfobia

[bellaxiao]

[transboysunited]

Do! 👀 NOT!! 👀 Double!! 👀 Bind!!!

[xx-sc0ut69-xx]

Double!! 👀 Bind!!👀 If!! 👀Needed!!👀For!!👀Flat!!👀Chest!!!

[transboysunited]

um or don’t because it’s unhealthy and can mess up ur body a similar way as an ace bandage?

[cloudstreamer-deactivated201710]

Guys please dont double bind!! I know it sucks to not have a flat chest, trust me im a triple D and im not a big dude..im rather small. I. Know. It. Sucks. But. Please! DONT! DOUBLE! BIND! It can heavily damage your body! Its way too risky and not worth it… believe me its not!

[emotional-jetsam-blog]

Hey fam, double binding now severely impacts your ability to have a healthy enough body for top surgery (if you want it), exercise, or even basic respiration in the future. So, even though not being flat right now sucks (I hear you. I’m with you. I’m sorry.) right now will not last forever, and right now is not worth all of the things double binding will make you not be able to enjoy or even experience. 

There are so many awesome things about you that deserve more room to breathe and flourish than double binding will allow. 

Your validity is not determined by how flat you are.

Your worth is not measured in the circumference of your chest.

You deserve to breathe. You deserve belly laughs, and the ability for your lungs to expand enough to sing really bad karaoke or blow out birthday candles or take your dog for a walk. You deserve oxygen, and unbroken ribs, and unpunctured lungs. You deserve to live like the bad ass you are, and you can’t if you can’t breathe (I know this from experience!). 

By double binding you are restricting the glory of who you are and all you can be to this idea that validity, joy, and worth are only for guys with flat chests. It’s a lie. You don’t need a flat chest to be valid. You don’t need a flat chest to own your truth and be true to it. The idea is a lie. You don’t deserve its consequences (physical and emotional). The truth of your validity and awesomeness is so much better, so please bind safely and keep breathing into the bad ass that is you.

No flat chest is worth a flatline.

Thanks, @transboysunited <3

[transboysunited]

Sorry for the spam guys, but really, I’m reblogging these because no one talks about double binding and the first reblog really shocked me. The only reason I am mentioning this is because I’VE done it, and it’s not ok.

Thankfully, I stopped double binding before breaking any ribs, despite doing it for a quite a long time, but I know that double binding has damaged me INSIDE.

I used to double bind almost daily because of dysphoria and it got to the point, I really did need to have a break. I couldn’t bind at all and thankfully, at this time I was going through mental health issues so I didn’t leave my house in need of having to wear my binder, but I was in pain; my back, my chest, my ribs, everything hurt. I remember for about 2 weeks I stayed in bed but I remember even lying down would kill me. I’ve never been to a doctor about it, but I have eventually healed.

However, even now, my back, chest and ribs can still hurt if I bind for about 1-2 hours. My body really can’t take it any more and there will also be times that even without binding, it will play up.

Just because you’re not using an ace bandage, or tape, does NOT mean that double binding with a chest binder, a small sports bra, a small binder or a mixture of both is safe and won’t harm you, because it’s far from safe.

Bind safely, one binder is enough and remember that chests are not 100% flat.

You really need to listen if you are doing this because I know that if I saw a message like this sooner, I probably would have stopped.

-Caleb

[aggressivelybicaptainamerica]

Note from a biologist and EMT

Your rib cage isn’t really a system of bones the way any other bone is. Its not anchored to other bones through joint systems. Its connected by a series of elastic cartilage segments or fused to your sternum or spine.

This elasticity is great for your lungs because it means your ribs can expand so you can take deeper breaths, but it also means your ribs are extremely vulnerable to warping under continual pressure.

Over binding, especially when you’re still growing (so from puberty typically until your mid 20s), will permanently deform your ribs and back. I assure you binding safely now will not only insure you can have top surgery, but will save you from chronic, often dehabilitating and life threatening injury.

[nbsuggestions]

For any of my binding nb peeps. Keep yourselves safe.

[proudnb]

Being nonbinary is not something unfortunate that others have to merely “put up with” to be with you.

Your gender is a wonderful facet of who you are, and should be celebrated as such.

You deserve to share your life with people who recognize this.

[anniestrongart]

Give Us Roses While We’re Still Here Transgender Day of Remembrance // Nov. 20th

This is just a poster I made the other day. I love all of my trans* family, and I hope you take the day for remembrance & self care. 

[vijara]

happy trans day of remembrance to all my trans brothers, trans sisters, and nonbinary siblings! I honor those we’ve lost and continue to fight for those we haven’t. you are important, and valid, and ily

[yokitoshi]

To All Trans Girls

You look very pretty today 😊 💛💙💜💚❤

[yokitoshi]

Reblogging again because it’s true 😀

[slightly-oblivvyous]

Even if you’re in old sweatpants and put zero effort into your appearance today, you’re looking hella rad and the world is lucky to have you

[transbutts]

For those in San Antonio/Bexar County area: attorney Justin P Nichols will do name and gender marker change free of lawyer fees and can hook you up for free evaluation letters with Darrel Garcia LCSW and/or Joseph Montaldi LCSW! You still have to pay for the forms (which altogether is round $400) but you're still saving $1000's of dollars.

!!!!!!

[heyjoanie-deactivated20190509]

WE ONLY HAVE 3 DAYS LEFT! HELP US RAISE $3600 TO REACH OUR STRETCH GOAL OF $10K AND TAKE OUR (ME, @fuckrashida, and @feelingpussy) PROJECT TO THE NEXT LEVEL 🌟 

“THREE TRANS WOMEN, AND BEST FRIENDS, DOCUMENT A YEAR IN THEIR LIVES WITH NOTHING BUT EACH OTHER AND A HAND HELD CAMERA.”

MAKE SURE TO DONATE TO SISTERHOOD’S KICKSTARTER HERE! WE MADE OUR FIRST GOAL, BUT WE STILL HAVE $3600 TO GO BEFORE WE REACH OUR STRETCH GOAL OF $10,000!

AGAIN, SISTERHOOD ONLY HAS 3 DAYS TO GO!!!! NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO SUPPORT FILMS MADE BY TRANS WOMEN! SUPPORT TRANS ACTRESSES! 🎥💖

[heyjoanie-deactivated20190509]

AGAIN, WE ONLY HAVE 3 DAYS TO GO!!!! PLEASE HELP US REACH OUR STRETCH GOAL! 💖🚨

[evilrashida]

Joan and I have been planning this project since February! If we reach $10,000 we can double the length of the short, acquire better equipment, submit to more film festivals, and take Sisterhood on the road!

NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED FILMS DIRECT BY AND STARRING TRANS WOMEN