this series is the most ridiculous concept to come out of non-scifi trans literature but it is also the best, @taliabhatt.itch.io @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social I love you both please write this madness forever

If I speak

at least harry potter fans are getting exactly what they deserve: raw sewage in literary form

oh, that's a labour MP who's using the murder of a trans teen to justify a measure that will further alienate trans teens who rely on the internet for a sense of community, instead of doing anything meaningful to address the rampant transphobia that fuelled her murder.

She has a rationale for it as part of her book promo. Bonus: she's friends with the mom of one the killers. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Esther Ghey is kind of allergic to talking about the transphobic murder of her daughter as a transphobic murder, huh

“She was completely addicted to her phone, and it was such a distraction. When she was going into the classroom, she was looking at her phone under the table or she was going to the toilet to film TikTok videos.” I wonder why the trans kid in a violently transphobic society needed online support.

Esther Ghey: "It was just that constant pressure of social media and wanting to get those likes. One of the hardest things was learning about what Brianna was accessing online that was encouraging her to self-harm and develop an eating disorder.” Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey

Two teenagers were radicalized by the transphobic political climate into seeing a 15 year old girl as less than human. They killed the girl, and then the girl's grieving mother chose to embark on a moral panic crusade against "self-harm", acquitting the actual perpetrators of her daughter's demise.

When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia

Charlotte, whatever you intend this campaign to achieve, trans kids and adults will still be at risk of violence. It was never the phone that killed Brianna, it was children radicalised by the constant transphobia peddled by the media.

Please learn this already

Elites elected after 1979 can't govern. All they know is charge they phone, come up with elaborate new schemes to pay less for an au pair, eat hot chip, and lie

Silksong is the story of a woman who keeps getting baby-trapped by neglectful single moms trying to pawn off the responsibility of raising their unruly child onto her

I still think the Wall Street Journal should pay every trans person in America roughly $10k each for that "trans bullet casings" story they concocted

I feel we really have to do away with the term 'queer rep', the phrase seems to make people associate it with queer characters performing good behavior, and also take it as personal attacks when someone says 'M/F and F/M/F are not sapphic' because they think this is 'representative' of themselves.

only quote skeeting to make a related point, not to dunk on you bc you're right: really the issue is that a lot of trans men feel unsafe around other men but then turn it into an issue of 'we're not REALLY men' (transphobic) instead of asking the question, 'why are men's spaces unsafe for men'

Today for @theverge.com, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.

here's a blistering hot take: as much as we joke about "detransitioning from a haircut," cutting your hair short is a significantly more irreversible (in the short term) process than taking hormones for a month. You're not getting the hair back without time, but stopping a short HRT regimen? Easy.

The thing about outwardly visible transition, whether medical or presentational, is that it's a lot harder for others to deny than just declaring your identity. They're sort of forced to Deal With It Similar to the difference between saying "I'm gay" and bringing a same-gender partner with you.

@katie.bzky.team I moderate r/transsex, can we link your guide?

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

i mean there is a lot of use in noting that some of us need to medically transition.

is cissexual a slur or are you just mad that the trannies are describing themselves with language you can’t appropriate

I feel like people keep forgetting this. The supreme court did it. Cass did it. And people who want us dead will keep doing it. A better argument: *all* trans people need access to HRT and other GAC. Don't have to use it. But they need the option.

the only way I can maintain my sanity is by recognising that I am imperfect (as is everyone) and that I should do my best, or at least 'good enough' - anyone who thinks they're completely innocent is deluded.

time to diypill trans kids in Brighton

The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead

i got reminded again today that not every tranny appreciates when i use the word tranny and genuinely each time its like "hey can you not use that word?" like... what... i earned it... i am the tranny... im transing my sex... i did my 9-5 at the "getting assaulted in public" factory... its mine...

Look, I am no longer going to tolerate equivocation. If you believe trans women should be denied the language to describe the abusive power to which we are subject ("transmisogyny", "TME", "TMA", etc.) it's because you like that we're abused and you want it to continue. There is no ambiguity here

look at my advocates dawg im going to the camps

wow ur right it’s completely apolitical how some of us rely on medical care, access to which is specifically politically targeted right now! we’re all exactly the same! except for how some of us have completely different material needs. good thing access to material needs has never been political!

I need queer people to stop being envious that trans women are the principal rhetorical targets of right-wing anti-trans propaganda.

this is why the only* correct* position is 'give everyone who wants it access to medical transition'

To be frank, "cissexual queers are all privileged non-transitioners who oppress us!" and "transsexual gatekeepers are trumed transcum assimilationists!" are two extremes of people reducing the complex dimensions of trans politics to high school clique shit. Total Tumblr Cultural Victory.

need cissexual people to understand that trans people, medical transition, and sex/gender dysphoria will still exist even after you abolish gender

Whole ass nation states are attempting to confine trans people to the home—preventing us from using the toilet, playing sports or accessing medical care without exposure to violence—on the basis that “changing your sex is impossible” so if you’re saying that to trans people too, meet your allies.

One of the most disheartening things about trans advocacy is how little the people who claim to be on our side actually listen to us. "trans-identifying", "biological sex", and a variety of other GC dogwhistles have become common parlance because people listen to our enemies, but not us.

bring back woke cottagecore please

not to poke the bear but i do find it fascinating when it comes to transition how people equate the material (hormones, surgery, job instability, housing insecurity, etc) with the immaterial ("invalidation") as if someone external from you being mean to you online is equivalent to Literally Anything

like i'm sorry if acknowledging the existence and nature of sex hurts cissexual feelings but refusing to acknowledge it is actively taking transsexual lives

the juxtaposition of today's "cissexual" flash discourse and Brown's new murderous transphobic guidelines being steeped in the language of unchanging sex is going to drive me insane

the great thing about hormones is that they work whether you're valid or not (because valid is bullshit)

If “changing your sex” were impossible, they wouldn’t need to ban it.

people being 'only trans on the internet' is a real phenomenon but it's not a personal failing but a reflection of circumstances preventing them from transitioning.