We are thrilled that surgical techniques are catching up to the many ways in which humans envision their bodies. A phallus-preserving vulvovaginoplasty is the creation of a vulva and vagina without penectomy. For people who want to keep the P and get the V. Embrace the power of “AND”!
A vulva isn’t required, either! Individuals can choose to have phallus-preserving vaginoplasty (you may also see it called “penile preservation vaginoplasty.” But, wait, there’s more! Orchiectomy and scrotectomy are also not required (although if the testes and scrotum are present, there may be less room for the vagina.)
My youngest brother got a bunch of bracelet-making stuff for his birthday and he is obsessed with it. He made one with all the siblings' names on it, and it made me feel really bad about myself because that wasn't me. I'm not [deadname]. So I told him to make one with the name Rowan on it, and while he was making it he asked if Rowan was my nickname now, I said it was my name-name, and he said people are going to think Rowan was my boyfriend so I told him it was a gender-neutral name. I then asked him to make half pink, purple, and blue, and the other half, orange, yellow, white, light blue, and dark blue. Without him even knowing, he made a bracelet with my real name on it and the bisexual and aroace flag on it. I feel so HAPPY now! I went to his room and we went through all his beads to see if he had the colors, and didn't have the right pink for the trans flag and the black beads for the non-binary flag. I'm so happy right now. Having my flags on my wrist. I asked our grandma if she had the right bead colors and she didn't have the big beads but she did have the seed beads. I finished making one bracelet with the seed beads with the trans, non-binary, bisexual/romantic, and aroace flag colors! I'M SO HAPPY! I LOVE IT!!!!
Something as simple as beads and string can become so powerful.
Just so you know, I didn’t tell my youngest brother to make a bracelet with the bisexual and aroace flags on it. I just told him to make a bracelet with the colors pink, purple, blue, and orange, yellow, white, light blue and dark blue. But I did tell him that my name is Rowan.
When I was showing my grandparents the bracelet I even said, “It has my name on it!” and showed them the beads that say Rowan. My grandma smiled but my grandpa didn’t see anything.
Yesterday, I was helping my friends sell art in the park, when a couple of girls came up to us and asked (immediately regretting it) “is this the transfem picnic?……..” to which we got to respond “no this is the transmasc yard sale.” We then proceeded to have 15-20+ beautiful women swarm our stand of 4 creatures. Life is beautiful.
Is it just me or does this line hit different when you remember that David Tennant actually has a non-binary kid who uses they/them pronouns, and has worn this non-binary rainbow pin to a bunch of interviews in support of them—?
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[Update] David Tennant continues his trend of being a trans ally respectful & supportive of non-binary people & gender neutral pronouns in the Doctor Who Special: The Star Beast (2023)
why have us queer people as a community normalized terms like "boygirl" or "girlboy" or other things like that but not like. the actual experience of being multigender. i swear some people will be like "ahaha its so cool and swag to be a #girlboy #boygirl" then turn around and be like "MEN DNI THIS POST IS ABOUT WOMEN" "MEN CANT BE LESBIANS (because no man is ever a woman too)" etc etc like come on guys
Tumblr has been a home to queer people for years. It was the last place we felt safe online. If you attack trans women, you attack all of us, and if the tumblr polls are to be trusted, about 90% of your clientele will leave and never return. Pick your fucking battles Matt. Justice for predestrogen.
I could make a 3k-word manifesto on how the word “non-man” is enbyphobic horseshit, and I don’t think it could possibly be as succinct and easy-to-understand as this image. Take notes