#so that they do not have to look at any form of transness

[catboybiologist]

The WOKE TRANSGENDER MOB is taking yet another FEMBOY ICON

Fucking bullshit. Fucking BULLSHIT. The woke mob is now saying that beloved femboy icon, CatboyBiologist, is trans and will be medically transitioning. First brisket and now this? Why doesn’t everything conform to the image that I formed in my head for my own benefit? This is forced diversity at its finest.

Look at these absolutely deranged quotes that they’ve CLEARLY forced him to say:

“I didn’t like being masculine from the onset of puberty, and being a ‘femboy’ was a valuable part of figuring out what exactly I wanted to do with that feeling. I’ve been figuring things out for a while, and I currently have appointments lined up to start HRT by the end of this month (August 2023).”

Have they no limits? Have they no shame? CLEARLY this is a fake flag by the sjw communist animal farm 1984 alphabet soup mafia elites to trans the gender of the most cisgender person in existence. It’s abundantly clear that once you represent your gender expression in a particular way, it is completely static and never changes. Exploration is strictly off limits. You’re only a real transgender if your mother gives birth in the endocrinologists office and you get your HRT prescription at 23 seconds old, otherwise you’re a filthy AGP cuck.

As we all know, femboys exist so that I can jack off to men and claim “it’s still straight if it’s femboys bro”, allowing me to ignore my deeply repressed bisexuality. If no femboy is safe from the transing of the genders, then how will I be able to have an outlet for my attraction to men? Finding community and healthily expressing it in a way that doesn’t involve me fetishizing gender nonconformity and unhealthily bottling up my queerness? Fucking disgusting.

We all know that there’s absolutely no precedent for using gender nonconforming cultural trends to explore ones identity before transitioning. That’s why every drag queen has always been a 100% cis man and none have ever pursued transition ever.

Clearly the goal here is to erase feminine men and convert boys into the alphabet mafia. As a someone who regularly jacks off to femboys, I have personally appointed myself as the authority on all things related to gender nonconformity, and I refuse to bow down to the wokeness that is queer people who actually go outside. As this authority, I know from my depths of experience mindlessly scrolling through anime femboys online that femboys are a completely different thing than the lgbtqiaabcdefg rabble, and that they’re based whereas real gay people and gender nonconforming people are cringe. Absolutely no overlap exists between trans people and the gender nonconforming cis people whatsoever. With this authority and knowledge, I have pledged to personally divide and destroy any semblance of queer unity present in the online microcosms I find myself in. And because of this, I have to speak out against this trans agenda.

BULLSHIT I say. They’re transing the genders of the femboys and I won’t stand for it.

#if it wasn't obvious the transphobia is a joke #however me transitioning in the near future is not lol #this was the funniest way I could think to do it #I'll make a more serious post about it but this idea has been stewing in my head for a while lol #femboy #trans #transfemme #cw mock transphobia #cw transphobia

[swolesome]

What if I told you that the antidote to Islamophobia isn't Antisemitism?

CW for this post (you have seen the title.) I feel like this shouldn't need explaining, but merciful Brigid, some of the shit I have seen. It's time for Led Tasso to come out. I'm not Jewish, let's just get that out of the way first, but my position on Palestine is largely informed by Jewish people who have been protesting for decades about the horrific treatment of Palestinians being done by a settler colonial state appropriating their religion, culture, language, and trauma. Fascist governments weaponizing fear and hiding behind religion is a well known tactic, and the fact that so many people have put this readily available information from their minds, specifically in this conversation, speaks to how incredibly pernicious antisemitism really is. I'm treading lightly here because as someone who's not Jewish, it really isn't my place to explain the cultural complexities, trauma, or general experiences of Jewish people. But if you haven't seen those discussions crossing your feed, you should be looking inward and asking why. Because if you're not invested in Jewish voices right now (or in general), that's a red flag for the kind of rhetoric you've internalized and the struggles you take seriously. The position I can speak from, however, is one of being committed to challenging all forms of systemic violence and oppression. So from that stance, and I cannot stress this enough: If you are fighting for some at cost to others, you are reinforcing oppression. It is wild to me that "Nazi" has come to mean "The worst thing a person can be" without recognition of the fact that the ideology is inherently antisemitic, that this is its centrepiece, that Jews are the number one target. This separation is, once again, an example of how insidious this brand of hatred really is--blatant erasure of the way Jewish people are uniquely targeted. I know a lot of trans people follow me, so here's a fun fact: You know the "Doctors are transing our kids to damage fertility rates!" conspiracy? You can thank antisemitism for that, too! It's literally just a rebrand of the Great Replacement conspiracy, which is modernized "protection of Aryan bloodlines." The most recent chapter of "My Life as A Bigot" by Joanne Klan Rowling isn't just another gleeful display of her hatred of trans people, it's another addition to the laundry list of antisemitic beliefs and talking points she's been peddling for years. The Charlottesville "unite the right" Nazi rally was spurred on by the removal of confederate statues and anti-Black racism. What is it they were chanting, again? Anyone remember? Any of this ringing a bell? OH RIGHT. "Jews will not replace us." So many other forms of systemic violence are steeped in the poisonous rhetoric of antisemitism. Acting like this isn't the case damns our Jewish siblings who need us while weakening our understanding of the oppressive forces we're fighting. "One struggle" includes all of us. The fact that the Likud government uses accusations of antisemitism as a cover for their violence should make you more diligent about condemning antisemitism, not less. Because letting them weaponize something that is already so widespread and destructive makes it that much harder to dismantle.

Do not stop talking about Palestine. Do not stop speaking up against the horrors of settler colonial violence. But if you can't do this without throwing another group of oppressed people under the bus, you need to question where you learned your resistance tactics, because the company you're keeping there should disgust and terrify you.

#enough is enough #antisemitsm tw #seriously what the fuck #fuck jkr #none of us are free until all of us are free #stop antisemitism

[prince-liest]

Ok so I know you haven't officially trans anyone's gender in any of your Hazbin fics, but I lowkey get really trans vibes from Alastor in most of your fics?

Idk, it's a little hard go explain but what really tipped me off was his... distaste? Disfavor? Aversion? To his "male body" in one of the 666 fics. (I think the line was something akin to "the male body being what it is" in reference to Alastor getting hard fairly quickly).

There's honestly a lot of interesting things to speculate in relation to how Alastor views his body. Especially with his relationship with touch, and how he initiates touch and how he actively dislikes it (depending on the person).

Not to mention his feelings regarding his non-human features. How he doesn't inherently dislike them for being what they are, or rather, that they're "abnormal", but more so that they're not what they're "supposed to be", and not "what he was before" (though I do think that his dislike of his deer features is linked to his dislike of how he died, being viewed as something so easy to be put down - an animal).

Which also relates to how dressed Alastor constantly is. How he shields away his body using clothing, a customizable thing that he takes great pride in making sure is up to his standards (notice how when his coat is damaged he immediately goes to get it fixed, even though the ends of his coat is already damaged. He seems to have very complex opinions on how, exactly, his coat is supposed to be damaged)

I do think that Alastor's preference to being so dressed is linked to his dislike of vulnerability, but I also think it's a very trans(tm) move, lol.

(And I also do think that his dislike of vulnerability is tied to his transness, kinda in a weird "chicken and egg" scenario.)

I find it really interesting how Alastor's true feelings are revealed by his shadow, a being that can transform to look different, is mostly hidden, and is internally mysterious. Idk, it's just very trans(tm) to me!

I also think that Alastor's transness is linked to how he views masculinity, how he seems to automatically like woman, while automatically disliking man. How this is also tied to his parents. I've noticed in your fics (and could be completely wrong about) that Alastor seems to relate femininity (and his mother) with "safety" (how he compares the gentle touch in your last fic with feeling like his mother and his like of jambalaya).

I'm not sure if I would say that Alastor is a trans woman, but I also wouldn't say he isn't. Overall I think he has a very complex view of gender, but it's definitely something he doesn't put a lot into. Which relates to him not knowing what asexuality is.

I have a lot more Alastor trans thoughts, but this ask is already getting pretty long so I'm just gonna cut it off here. I hope I made sense, and that you're comfortable with me speculating on a character you've written about gender. (Totally valid if you're not though! If so, then please disregard this ask!)

I'll take "asks that made me realize I'm out here accidentally writing a character as nonbinary" for 300, please! Please prepare yourself for the mistake of letting me have a keyboard and talk about gender after 9pm, so sorry to literally everybody else.

You're gonna get a real fuckin' kick out of the first bit of the next 666 that I'm gonna post tomorrow. ;) It's definitely the point where I finally acknowledged to myself that I have a strong urge to inject some genderfuckery into Alastor in the form of him continuing to use his thing with Vox to explore his own relationship with, like, existing in his own body, and then also threw those feelings all over Angel Dust like a fistful of glitter while I was at it.

Like you said, I wouldn't say that I've ended up writing him as a trans woman, but I think I have seen him from the start as a character who is not exactly cis in a wibbly-wobbly way I have not previously defined but that I think I would perhaps characterize as "gender: monster condescending to play at humanity."

I don't think he eschews masculinity entirely, for what it's worth. He definitely strikes me as a person who aligns himself with the image of a smiling gentleman (if a hellish one) as the proper way for a person like him to be, and for whom that is an important, comfortable, and satisfying part of both his identity and how he relates to both his female friends and to men. However, he also strikes me as someone for whom that part of his identity is what he shows the world on purpose, presented as he would like it to be seen, rather than as something that reflects his bodily preferences. To put it another way, if he'd been AFAB, I think he would put just as much into his presentation, just in the direction of femininity, and it wouldn't make him any more or less comfortable with himself.

You're right in that I've definitely written him with a faint distaste for the mundane physical reality of his body, and a lot of this comes through in how he alternates between short moments of fascination with what new things his body is doing as he explores it and decides whether or not he likes it, and his much longer moments of utter disregard for the same thing. It also extends to the rest of his mundane humanity, though: his physical limits, his adrenaline-rush of fear, etc. He values the coat, the cane, the reality-bending static, the smile - but whatever he sees in the mirror when he gets undressed or whatever doesn't function to his purposes, he can take or leave.

I see Alastor as someone who defines himself first and foremost as the radio demon: not a person, but a monster and an enigma. A voice and a personality. Everything else is more or less incidental, and he would prefer to keep it set aside, thank you. The occasional dysphoria isn't just about his sex, it's about the humanity of his body as a whole.

#ask #alastor #hazbin hotel #personal #vengeful-velvette #vengeful velvette #long post #gender #my writing #meta #anyway I don't think I'll be tagging him as nb because idt he would identify himself that way even if it was explained to him #(unlike the aroace thing I suspect) #but! jazz hands! now you know! #all of this said I would be REALLY down for writing ftm Alastor if I hadn't already committed to him possessing a dick lmfao #but that version of 666 would have even less internal acknowledgment of his body from his narration

[vashwood-week]

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[spacelazarwolf]

thoughts on passing privilege? ive seen it tossed around a lot

honestly, i think most discussions about passing privilege (in terms of queerness and transness, as i’m assuming that’s what you’re referencing) are fucking annoying and lack so much nuance. so many of them focus on hypotheticals rather than reality. a bi woman could date a man. but she also could date a woman or she could be very butch or very open about being bisexual. a trans man could pass as cis. but he could also not go on t or he could go on t and wear a dress or he could be very open about being trans. “could” means absolutely nothing when someone’s actual lived reality doesn’t reflect that “could.” some bi women and trans men do feel like they have passing privilege, and that’s fine. but their experiences aren’t representative of all bi women and trans men.

also i have a huge problem with the way people present street harassment as like The Truest Form Of Queerphobia bc y’all i promise you are more likely to experience life altering homophobia or transphobia from a doctor or employer or teacher or family member than you will from a stranger on the street, especially if you’re white. this framing also really fucking sucks for groups like bisexual women and trans men who both experience extremely high rates of abuse and sexual assault, but those statistics are constantly being dismissed bc “well ur not literally being murdered in the street so!!!!!!!!!” (as if the people they’re talking about who are actually being murdered in the street aren’t black and brown people, but i guess that ruins the White Woman Victim Fantasy that fuels the true crime industry…)

also as per usual it’s just a bunch of white queer people playing oppression olympics and expecting people to be able to chop their identities into pieces for tumblr analysis. you’ll just sit there and watch white woman after white woman tell a black man he’s privileged because a stranger on the street won’t call him a dyke for holding hands with his girlfriend, meanwhile he’s just trying not to make eye contact with cops because they might shoot him in front of his kids for looking at them wrong.

so yeah i think the vast majority of the time it’s just a bunch of white queer people arguing about who gets the Most Oppressed gold star while ignoring any and all nuance and intersectionality like the plague. we should be able to have conversations about how some people are in more danger in public because of features they can’t or choose not to change, but the internet is the internet.

#ask avishai #wanted to talk more abt how this plays into White Woman Victim Syndrome #but i have already flown too close to the sun with this

[slasherberry-shortcake]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷You Understand Me Like No Other (FTM! König x FTM! Reader)ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

Got a new fic for you all!~ After being introduced to König, I couldn't help but project my transness on him so here we all are! I don't have evidence to support this headcanon, I just feel like it.

FEM DNI PLEASE

It had never occurred to you that if anyone understood what you had gone through, it would be your new boyfriend. You were convinced that you were lonely in this venture, the only person that could understand you being yourself. Of course, your giant of a boyfriend could understand more than you knew. You were too shy and too new to relationships to ask him personal questions, to inquire about his past. You never wanted to offend him, never wanted to push him further than needed; you wanted him to feel safe with you. In that cautious process, this means you never asked him for personal information. The most you've asked is his favorite color and if he wanted to go out with you, after all, you'd only been dating for a month. Other than very base level questions, you refused to push unless he wanted to tell you. Unfortunately for you and him, the both of you were stuck waiting for each other. König knew about you; about your damned anatomy that didn't match who you really were. He was accepting, though, no judgement ever crossing his sweet mind. Though, he had more of a reason to accept you than you suspected.

:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ

It was a lazy day in your home, a sunny afternoon that left the rooms in the house glowing with light. You were sprawled on the couch, in a pair of pajama shorts and a big t-shirt that you had stolen from König. He didn't really care, naturally. He had known that his large, masculine clothes helped your dysphoria subside. Not to mention, you looked positively adorable in his clothes that were too big to actually fit your much smaller frame. He wasn't subtle about thinking about you this way, König easily got distracted by your beauty. It was so cute when he would stop whatever he was doing to glue his ice blue eyes to you.

Your eyes were fixed on the television screen, splayed body sunken into the soft, plush sofa. You were watching whatever was on, paying no mind nor attention to the content itself. You were caught up thinking about König, craving an intense snuggle session with the big man. Sure, it was warm in the house, but König was much warmer. It made you incredibly irate that you weren't currently nuzzled into his chest, your body resting in his comforting lap, as you usually were. You huffed and tossed around the couch as if trying to get comfortable, your face contorting into a grumpy pout. After being unable to get cozy, you leapt to your feet, adrenaline and confidence coursing through your veins. Fine, if he won't come to you, then you'll just have to go to him. You sped upstairs, stopping before your bedroom door. You listened intently, trying to hear any indication that he was inside. After a few seconds, you heard a heavy shuffle come from inside of the room. A heavy shuffle that could only come from one other man; König.

Throwing the door open, you took a pouty step inside, shock electrocuting your body. In the room stood your 6”10 boyfriend, his uncovered and shirtless abdomen shown off to you like you’d never seen before. Thank god you’d seen this now. His abs shine in the sunlight of the room; a six-pack. Your vision inched up from his (beautiful) stomach to his solid chest, saliva collecting in your clenched jaw. The sight was new, you’d never seen his chest but something seemed oddly familiar. His body was covered in scars, beautiful scars, but two twin scars caught your attention. Two twin scars directly under each pectoral; twin scars that matched with the scars underneath your own pectorals. Your eyes widened slightly in pleasant surprise, “König…I-I didn’t know you were…” you began, eyes unable to tear away from the brilliant form in front of you.

He made a small noise and turned his bare abdomen away from you, “I-I apologize, liebling. I didn’t know you were coming in, I did not mean for you to see…” he whispered. He seemed not only embarrassed but shamed, his shoulders tense as he slipped a black t-shirt on. He exhaled shakily, his voice quiet, “I…I did not mean to hide it. I was going to tell you, I swear…I just…I did not know how to bring it up. I’m sorry, liebling.”

Your eyes blew even wider at his apology, panic setting in. “I didn’t mean to see, König! I’m so sorry!” The two of you stood in silence for a few moments, your heart slamming against your ribs, “I-I’m not upset, König. You don’t have to apologize to me. I should apologize for coming in without asking.”

He glanced at you, crystal blue eyes brimming with tears, “You’re…not upset?”

“Of course not, love! I could never be upset over something like this. I know how it feels to not be ready to let someone know. You didn’t do anything wrong, you just weren’t ready and that’s more than okay,” you attempted to soothe, taking a small step closer to him. You didn’t want to crowd him. Accidentally getting pushed out of the closet was a horrible and stressful situation, you knew that. You just wanted to be there however he needed.

“You…You mean it?” He asked, his voice still soft and shy, gazing at you through his wispy, long eyelashes.

“Of course I do, my dear!”

You held your arms open, offering a warm hug to the embarrassed man before you. He walked forward and latched onto you, squishing your face against his strong abdomen, “There’s nothing more I could wish for than a boyfriend like you,” he whispered, a small tear dripping onto your head.

You smiled and inhaled his scent, your body relaxing at the sweet aroma of your lover. “Oh yeah, I came up here to ask for cuddles. Wanna go to the couch?”

“Sicherlich.”

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[saenity]

lego garden — a. arlert

prompt: taking care of plants is not meant for you.

warnings: heavy fluff, afab reader, kisses, this made me crave spaghetti, grammatical errors, occ armin!

note: wrote this last yr as my very first fic but never had the guts of uploading it. pls enjoy!

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being a student who is fueled by academic validation and high grades for sure doesn't have any time for taking care of something else besides yourself. your face is always buried in books from morning 'till noon leaving your plants dehydrated most of the time. you like those pretty pinterest worthy balcony gardens with small potted plants to keep your apartment not to look dull and boring. 

you do have the balcony and the plants but you don't have the time and effort to keep things consistent outside of school work. that is why you ended up ranting to your perfect boyfriend about your problem. 

you : bb Ó⁠╭⁠╮⁠Ò

minminie : hello my dearest (⁠灬^‿^灬⁠)⁠♡

armin stopped organizing his transes when his phone went off showing your name in his lockscreen. 

you : my other plant died ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚

you : AGAIN ! 

you : this is the third time it happened i'm so upset of myself

minminie : oh no :( my condolences dearest :( 

minminie : do you want me to go there? i'll cook something to cheer you up baby

you : i would love to bb (⁠づ⁠｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡⁠)⁠づ

you : travel safe oki !

minminie : ofc dearest !

armin knew how you really wanted to have a small balcony garden if you weren't careless and forgetful abt your plants. that's why he ordered something he hopes you would like and that will last long even if you forget to water it for weeks. but first, he's gonna prepare the ingredients for the food tonight.

30 minutes passed and you hear your doorbell ring making you get up from your bed to greet your lover. as you open your apartment's door, you are greeted with the sight of your boyfriend in a beige oversize sweater over a white collared shirt and slacks to finish off the fit. 

the get up compliments armin as it highlights his soft features and brings out his expressive cerulean eyes. he also has his infamous soft smile accompanied by a tinge of red on his cheeks. you can't help but smile at how beautiful your man is and how lucky you are for having such beaute.

"hello pretty" you greet your lover and you swear you saw his cheeks went to a darker shade.

"hello my dearest" he smiles as he wrap his arm around you as soon he placed the paper bag filled with the needs for the night. you bury your face into his neck, inhaling his perfume and feeling more tranquil after the depressing event that occured earlier. you drew apart from each other but not enough to put distance from one another as you lean up to meet armin's lips for a kiss. it was long, sweet and comforting. something you definitely needed.

armin ended the kiss with few a pecks before completely detaching himself from you. your cheeks burned with how endearingly your boyfriend treats you.

"i hope you're not hungry at the moment, i'm gonna go cook our dinner now. go and relax yourself in the comfort of your bed, do you want me to tuck you in?" your eyes brightened at his suggestion.

"please do the honors, love!" you're practically jumping on your toes as you hop going to your bedroom. armin enters a very familiar room and sees you, his beloved already laying on the bed with your phone ready to be tucked by him. he giggles seeing how comfortable you are letting him see you in your unguarded form. your lover sits down on the bed and pulled the devut until its over your neck. he raises your head to pull your hair away under you to keep you comfortable and he then continues tucking you completely in the duvet for maximum comfort.

with a light kiss on your forehead, armin smiles at you and your relaxed figure, happy that he made his darling happy in small gestures. 

"okay, love. i'll be on the kitchen to cook our dinner! if you need anything just call out for me okay?" 

you nod at his statement and he leaves as soon you finished setting up a show to watch on your show.

armin placed everything he needed for the night's meal on the counter recalling if he got everything here. he turned on the stove  to heat up the water for the pasta noodles. also heated up another pan for the sauce of the pasta. he cooked everything nice and swift within an hour so he is only left with preparing the table for something romantic. he pulls out a tablecloth from the paperbag and placed it on table to add up a sense of restaurant vibe. armin placed your hello kitty inspired utensils on your side of the table because it's your favorite. if only your hello kitty plate didn't shatter when a classmate of yours dropped it, everything would be perfect tonight. going back, armin now lit up a new batch of your favorite scented candles he bought that day since you mentioned earlier this week yours is on its last threads. 

armin let's out a proud huff as he checks how the table turns out. the food is perfectly placed in the plate, he made sure to add extra cheese and cream on the spaghetti sauce to make it creamier just how you like it. wine glasses reflecting the candle's flames  sitted next to the plates with a bucket full of ice to ensure the wine remains cold as the night progress. 

with a sigh of relief, armin excitedly walks towards your room to start the night with you.

"baby? dinner's ready, let' get up" your boyfriend's saccharine voice caught your attention away from the show you're watching. with an excited jump, you went out of your bed and grab on your boyfriend's inviting hand and both of you walk hand on hand towards the beautifully setted up table.

a big smile forms on your face followed by giggles and burning of your cheeks. glancing at armin, he has his eyes on you happy with your reaction.

"armin! this is... woah..."

"do you like it?"

"of course! everything looks perfect, thank you love." you tiptoed to give armin a kiss on his cheeks to show how grateful you are for making your night special.

armin blushes at your action and can't help himself but to think how he would do anything to keep the bright smile stay on your face. 

"come on come on, let's eat, love! i made the spaghetti extra special just for you." armin ushers you sit on the chair he pulled out for you. 

you and armin filled the night with ease and joyous storytelling. the meal was scrumptious, the candles making the artmosphere calm and relaxing, and just being with the man who planned everything made you a lot better.

"thank you so much for the night, love. i didn't expect a romantic dinner would be your way of comforting me." you joked at the end.

armin looks at you with a glint of nervousness on his cerulean eyes. 

"well actually, there's something more i prepared for us actually." he glimpse at you as he pulls out 3 small boxes from under the table.

your eyes went wide with curiousity not noticing the boxes earlier. armin placed the boxes in front of both of you and you let out a soft gasp to see what are the boxes are.

on the front of the boxes form an image of potted flowers made out of legos. armin smiles at you as you take a closer look of one of the boxes.

"i bought this lego flowers to make you feel better. i know it's not as good as the real plants but i hope it's something that would be as special as the latter. with these, they won't witter even if you forget about watering it a few days." he scratches his neck as he explained the boxes. 

what armin didn't expect was you leaping out of the chair to hug him and giving him a big kiss.gasping for air, armin looks baffled at the brazen actions and looks at you with big eyes.

"armin! these are adorable and perfect, just look at them!" you hold all of the boxes with enthusiasm. 

"let go build them, baby? we will create our own lego garden here." he starts off as he opens a box for you.

you nodded with eyes glimming at him. maybe creating a lego garden is more special and memorable when it's created with someone you love.

#armin arlert x reader #aot x reader #armin arlert x you #armin arlert #attack on titan #armin x reader #fluff

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

yeah i can’t stop thinking about the parallels between hearth and alex’s backstories… they were both born into a life that, under slightly different circumstances, would have offered them a lot of privilege. their families had a ton of money and a good social status, and hearth and alex were, in many ways, set up for success.

but there was a catalyst for each of them, something that ended up setting them up for failure instead - the way hearth’s father reacted to him being deaf and alex’s father reacted to her being trans. both of them, despite being born into a life that would have offered them plenty, ended up ostracized and shunned from their families. constantly ridiculed and criticized and blamed for something they couldn’t control and didn’t ask for, but in a better world should have been able to celebrate. hearth should have been able to celebrate his deafness and alex should have been able to celebrate her transness, but they were both robbed of that. they were robbed of their childhoods, growing up in toxic environments and spending their formative years being abused, all for some of the only people in their lives who understood them or cared about them to die.

and yet, each of them were able to cut ties and make their own way in the world. they both managed to build a better life from the ground up, bringing together a solid group of friends to spend the rest of their life (or afterlife) with. they were both taught to hate themselves, spent every day of their childhoods being mistreated by their fathers and told they were worthless, and yet in the end they both manage to undo all that and learn how to love themselves. they learn how to celebrate the very same parts of themselves that their fathers tried to stamp out, choosing instead to surround themselves by people who care about them.

additionally, they both embody the paradox of wanting to distance themselves from their parentage and yet simultaneously reclaim it. alex wants nothing to do with any of her parents, yet deliberately reclaims loki’s urnes snake symbol. hearth has no desire to be associated with his father or former life, but reclaims the rune of inheritance.

but in reclaiming their past, neither of them return to it. alex doesn't try to go back to her house after being kicked out. hearth accepts the othala rune in the end, but after his father is killed, never returns to alfheim again. they take what's theirs, leave, and never look back. so, both of their journeys ultimately involve leaving their former lives behind - giving up privilege, wealth, social status, and the acceptance of others in order to be themselves. becoming the people they want to be, rather than the people society and their fathers wanted them to be.

#anyway if you need me i'll be in the next room chewing on plywood #i never stop thinking about this #resilience and radical self-love and whatnot. identity. embracing the parts of yourself you were taught to repress etc etc #i really wish it had been explored more in canon #i have so many thoughts about hearth and othala and his father's heart & alex and her tattoo #i plan to write a separate meta about that once i'm finished rereading the books #my words #mcga #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #hearthstone #alex fierro #meta #also othala autocorrected to ithaca lmao #every time i think i'm done with this i end up adding more so i'm going to post it now lol

[imustbenuts]

Why is Rosado written... like that?

Heeey so I picked up on some upset opinions over Rosado, and I just wanna touch on this possible culture aspect that's the backbone of why Rosado is written the way he is.

This is meant to be an educational post.

So Rosado is written as a guy who doesn't conform to gender norms, and some feel that this is a missed representation for trans folks. I don't disagree, and here's what I understand about trans issues in Japan right now.

Thing is, in Japan... gender affirming care isn't currently a fully feasible thing in 2023.

Here's another character with similar notes to Rosado's potrayal of transness. Yamato, a character of One Piece, identifies as male and is treated as male by everyone, but has the appearance of... Well, look below. And pay attention to what ghostsatelier says here.

Yeah... So forgive me but I'm going to talk about some very uncomfortable things. This article linked below goes more in depth if you're interested but I'll boil it down to the basics for this tumblr post.

Officially, Japan's legal view on transgender issue is still based on that very outdated rubbish idea that "wanting to be trans is a mental disorder". As a result, in order to change one's legally recognized gender, one must be the following:

Be over 20

Be single (meaning if one is married they must be forced to get a divorce)

Not have any children under 20

Do not have functional gonads, or not have gonads (ie. forced sterilization)

Have a physical form that is "“endowed with genitalia that closely resemble the physical form of an alternative gender.” (ie forced bottom surgery and/or forced hormonal therapy)

Yeah. It's literal dog fucking shit.

Therefore, portrayals of trans characters like Rosado and Yamato are quite empowering to the Japanese. There are a lot who don't transition for those reasons, and there's still a strong pressure for people to conform to society's 'norms' there.

There are many academics, medicals and average folk there who think the law is crap as well, but that is the law. (They're really speaking up on it)

Anywho, hope this post was informative.

#rosado fe #rosado fire emblem #fire emblem engage #transgender #ps people who decide not to transition are also valid #bridget or rosado both are valid and i love them #rosado

[sophieinwonderland]

Friggin hate hate hate the way folks are just blatantly ignoring the lived realities of transphobia. Like this is literal transmedicalism and transmed rhetoric. Full stop.

The notion that you have to use the right language or else you don't face oppression is utter garbage. Fuck a lot of the transphobic legislation happening was sold as attacking Drag, which says nothing about a person's gender identity.

Like, apply any of this shit to singlets and it seems flatly obvious that it's transmed bs (at least I would hope so). Hell, wasn't the general explanation of transness "X trapped in a Y's body" up until the last like 5-10 years? I'd really like to see someone try to parse the difference between that and cis headmates in body's that don't match their gender.

This all just stinks of transmedicalism we've seen with our own two eyes. "You need to use my words or else you face zero of the same issues." Or "How dare you mention how you're affected by this, you don't even use the words I want you to use!" It's all so frustrating!

Anyways, thanks for staying strong! I thought your breakdown of your reasons for identifying as cis were really interesting and cool! Keep on being awesome! -Faye

Thank you Faye! 💖

That's a great point about the anti-drag laws, and it got me thinking about how a lot of transphobia and transphobic laws tend to rely on dog whistles to make them more appealing.

The far right doesn't say: "let's go take the rights of transgender people to use the bathroom that matches their gender."

They say: "we need to protect our daughters from men who will dress up as women to get into their bathrooms."

It's not exactly subtle but it leaves room for plausible deniability at least. It lets them say "we don't hate trans people, we just want to protect children."

Anti-trans rhetoric in many cases is masked as something else. It's not supposed to look transphobic and many of the people who lap it up or excuse it won't feel it is.

Anti-drag laws are sold as being against drag itself not trans people. Bathroom laws are sold as being against potential predators who may just be pretending to be trans.

What all of this boils down to is a form of transphobia that tries to look like it's actually against all of these other things and just happen to erode the rights of transgender people as it does. And because of this, actually calling yourself trans has very little to do with if you'd face discrimination or be impacted by transphobic laws.

I don't know why some people have such a hard time grasping that you can face discrimination and oppression even without using a certain label.

#syscourse #lgbt #lgbtq #queerness #queer #genderqueer #gender #gender stuff #trans discourse #trans discrimination #systems #multiplicity #gnc #politics #us politics #drag #pro endo #pro endogenic #gender discourse #transphobes #hate group #hate groups

[hamarhemmo]

Hello, I'd like to share some LGBTQ+ JoJo headcanons again.

This time the JoBros:

Robert Speedwagon: He is gay and this is a fact. He got kicked in the face and immediately fell in love. He literally devoted his whole life to Jonathan. I love him. Also I think in some translation/version Joseph comments something about his and Jonathan's suspicious relationship but I might just be imagining that.

Caesar Zeppeli: Just like Joseph, he is incredibly bisexual. Obviously likes women or at least enjoys flirting with them, but he very obviously has a crush on Joseph. This isn't even my Caejose propaganda, this is a fact. Also this is a stretch but Lisa Lisa said that he has commited "every crime short of murder". Do you know what was illegal in 1930s Italy? That's right: being queer. Case closed.

Noriaki Kakyoin: Not gonna lie dude, he got so little screentime that I actually have no idea. Like I don't know how you guys can make anything of his sexuality, he said almost nothing and interacted with almost no one.

Jean Pierre Polnareff: You know the phrase "He's bi but no one wants him"? That's Polnareff.

Okuyasu Nijimura: I feel like he's bi. Though that might just be Josuyasu brain speaking. Like he's a bit too close to Josuke for that to be entirely straight, but also if he is straight, I respect him for being so close with his friends.

Koichi Hirose: I think he's straight and trans (FtM). Like if he was attracted to men, there's no way that his relationship with Josuke and Okuyasu wouldn't be fruitier. He's the token straight friend. Also I'm definitely not projecting my transness into every short guy I see.

Guido Mista: He's definitely bisexual or pansexual. I actually have seriously no explanation, I can just tell from looking at him. I actually kind of feel like he wouldn't care about gender at all but he has way too strong bisexual vibes for me to call him anything else.

Bruno Bucciarati and Leone Abbacchio: I'm putting them together because they're a set in my mind. Like I just can't seperate them. Anyways they're both gay and that's a fact. I can't possibly imagine them dating anyone but each other.

Narancia Ghirga: He feels like a he/they to me. Maybe a cis dude who just uses those pronouns. I'm pretty sure he likes girls so maybe he's straight?

Ermes Costello: A lesbian. Or like lesbian who also like female aligned enbies, I don't know if there's a specific wird for that. I can totally see her dating Jolyne and F.F. so probably polyamorous too.

Foo Fighters: I feel like they're agender but also don't really care what people call them. They'd probably be fine with any pronouns. Also I feel like they're pan, like they're literally just some plankton in a human form, they probably don't even know what gender means. Probably also polyamorous for reasons mentioned previously.

Gyro Zeppeli: Continuing the Zeppeli tradition of being bisexual. I surprisingly don't have much to say about him despite him being like my favourite SBR character.

Yasuho Hirose: Again, I haven't read part 8 yet, but her outfit is in trans colours so you know what that means! She's trans and I don't take criticism.

#jojos bizarre adventure #jjba #robert speedwagon #caesar zeppeli #noriaki kakyoin #jean pierre polnareff #okuyasu nijimura #koichi hirose #guido mista #bruno bucciarati #leone abbacchio #narancia ghirga #ermes costello #foo fighters #gyro zeppeli #yasuho hirose #headcanons #caejose #josuyasu #bruabba #lgbtq+ #gay #trans #nonbinary #bisexual #polyamory

[littlestpersimmon]

Often I find myself feeling out of place with masculinity because of the way online ppl who are culturally western and whose only experience with queerness is American culture talk about it. It's so weird how people are still backhandedly calling trans men who don't feel the need to transition "trenders", that if your relationship with masculinity isn't to want to look like how westerners perceive a man to look like then your relationship with transhood is inherently self-fetishizing and your relationship with masculinity and manhood is not meaningful. It's heartbreaking that trans men who do not have the choice to or do not want to opt out of the features they were born with are seen as insincere with their own reality of being trans. I mean go a level deeper and find that transness in itself is a western concept the same way as cisness is, because where I'm from, the gender binary was never challenged as there was not one to restrict people to in the first place. Now what. Where do we go from here. How do we form any sort of transgressive relationship with gender when so many people are unable to understand cultural relativism.

[uncanny-tranny]

I've seen some discussions pop up about gender dysphoria and how it's treated and pathologized, and in my opinion, gender dysphoria is a real feeling in that many trans people are dysphoric, but that medical professionals (notably cis ones) only hear what they want to hear. When it comes to gender dysphoria, I don't think it is inherent to being trans, but there is correlation between being trans and having gender dysphoria. I also think that dysphoria is exasperated when gender roles are so tied to sex and personhood - in my opinion, I think a lot of people's dysphoria may be eased in environments where perceived gender deviance is not seen as horrific or undesirable.

Basically:

1. Gender dysphoria is real and certain aspects of one's culture or environment can make those feelings more persistent. Gender dysphoria can look different between people, and that doesn't mean that one person's dysphoria is worse than another person's, or that one person's dysphoria is "right" while somebody else's is "wrong".

2. Gender dysphoria is tied to transness in a way that I think only pathologizes transness, and gender dysphoria shouldn't need to be proven in order to transition (socially, medically, any way)

3. Gender dysphoria can be a dynamic issue for anybody who has it, and a person's needs may change as their dysphoria changes or becomes lesser

4. Gender dysphoria is something a ton of people deal with - trans or no. Associating dysphoria with only trans people doesn't help the dysphoric people who aren't trans. Again, associating dysphoria only with trans people pathologizes transness itself because people will conflate the two.

5. For trans people with gender dysphoria, transition is a viable (and often necessary) form of treatment. It is not "enabling", it is helping trans people meet their needs. Transition is an option that is often successful, hence why forms of conversion therapy do not work. Transness is simply a natural variation of human identity.

I've been diagnosed with gender dysphoria/GID many times by many professionals, and I find that more often than not, these professionals are not equipped to deal with cases of gender dysphoria - especially when the person is also trans. This can be harmful because you essentially are meant to deal with those feelings alone.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #gender dysphoria #dysphoria tw #like gender dysphoria is a complex topic and i can see where everybody's coming from #essentially i want to get rid of the idea that transness is something which must be pathologized #because it is a part of human identity #which is *precisely* why conversion therapy doesn't work for the vast vast *vast* majority of us #and which is why those people who are put into conversion therapy for their gender are fucking miserable.. #...because they are told again and again and AGAIN that *who they are* is wrong. who /wouldn't/ be miserable in those conditions? #so many trans people do try to go through things like conversion therapy because we live in a scary world to be trans #like i did almost DIY conversion therapy because of the self-hatred i internalized because of transphobia #anyway... rant over #gender dysphoria is real and it isn't just trans people who experience it #i reject the idea that only we can experience gender dysphoria because it will lead to pathologizing us #which then leads to people trying to 'cure' us because if it can be pathologized surely it can be eradicated right? #(when people talk about 'curing' dysphoria some will not think about real solutions like transition - it will be conversion therapies)

[indescriptequilibrium]

ok b4 i make these damn credit requests n send reports to customers i gotta write a bit of testicles philosophy that's been clankin around inside my cranium for a while. if u don't wanna read bout stuff like this pls scroll by but if u do pls bear with me while i talk about an incredibly sensitive topic that's almost impossible to tackle with any level of seriousness due to the Absurdity of transness

so im gettin neutered in 2,5 weeks. this has been a long time comin n now it's suddenly crystalized into a tangible date that's rly close (close enough that it alrdy caused sum Despair n schedulin stress on my part cuz im a anxious scaredy cat (sorry n thank u<3)). this is a huge fuckin deal. i've had dysphoria bout these guys for as long as i can fuckin remember. i'm nowadays pretty ok w/ havin a dick, but the accessories r abysmal n need to go.

first things first, they're uncomfortable. anyone who has some will attest that life w/ balls is at best bearable (mens underwear n pants leave a lot of space for convenience) n at worst horrid n painful (to safekeep reproductive capabilities they're equipped w/ a frankly ludicrous amount of nerve endings). i'm in almost a constant state of mild-to-severe discomfort cuz i'm very dysphorically aware of them at most times, like rn. they're always moving around no matter how well secured in place n the more u secure them in place the more uncomfortable it can get. n Adjusting their position especially in public no matter how stealthy i am about it makes me feel like some kind of a pervert cuz well i AM grabbing n moving my junk around. ugh. so this is very much a dysphoric "THIS BODY PART DOESNT BELONG" type situation.

secondly, i do NOT want to reproduce, especially not via inseminating someone. that's a horrid thought n makes me feel like some kind of a gigeresque parasite-spewing breeding maschine. note: this is a Personal Feeling, making n having babies is a perfectly normal thing to want to do. but i do not have the need to do it via my own biology.

third, FORM FACTOR. fuckin gods i own so many pieces of clothing that will finally fit nicely when im free of the two pain orbs attached near a very critical part of pants n underwear. i've looked at n adored how pants fit ppl without this kind of junk in the way forever n been so so envious even b4 i had the language to describe it. i rly hope it's as comfortable as i imagine it.

fourthly, i kno it's not a requirement to be an androgynous person to lack reproductive ability, but shit fuck godsdamn it, it will help with the feeling. kinda like how changin my legal gender was altogether very unimpactful (as it should be tbh...), but gave me self-confidence n entitlement in my identity. the idea of being physically something between genders is amazing n freeing as hell. masculinity has weighed heavy on my shoulders n this'll take some of the load off. stop giggling

fifth n final point that i have in mind rn: i can stop takin fucking spironolactone!!!!!!!! im convinced just this will be a huge quality of life improvement, i'm so dried up it's crazy. i piss like every couple of hours n my lower lip has been chapped af for weeks. t1d dries u up already i rly don't need an additional drug doing that. plus i'm p sure spiro has some side effects goin that i'm not even aware of but i'm eager to find out what changes.

all in all this is HUGE. i'm gonna probs cope w/ the wait w/ a lot of humor n some of this humor will make me more dysphoric (dysphoria has been growing the whole winter) but pls bear with my ballsposting soon i'll stop talking about them forever and i rly have NOT mentioned the guys ever cuz of the dysphoria so final chance to say goodbye i guess? lol. anyway gotta work now bye hope this was somehow revelatory re: my feelings w/ this whole issue for those of u who r for some reason interested in the general genital situation lmao

[stagnantmako]

im putting this here instead of on twtr but man. warning for talking about how fandom treats trans identities.

getting real tired of people turning anything they don't like into 'potential harm' or 'fetishiziation'.

im not even talking like problematic shit i'm talking how trans folks write fic / hcs about their own characters

or like

fucking fuck do you know how many people i know who came out (MYSELF INCLUDED) because they played with their gender identity and presentation in the safety of fiction first? and they were able to play with these tropes, either embrace them or deconstruct them, and feel more secure in exploring their own identity?

but nah lets just scream fetishization an exert pressure on people to come out & then scold them abt how whatever they were writing baout was a form of self-harm when any person who has touched fucking grass will look at that and say it wasnt

there are transphobic folks out there who can and do fetishize real trans people but THE REAL PEOPLE BIT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS. you can feel completely uncomfortable with how someone is writing or portraying something, you can even? message them about it?

but making giant blanket sweeping statements about how 'this is HARMFUL' says to me that you are incapable of de-centering your experience from anyone else's.

i love writing trans hcs and trans characters. i like using fiction as a means to work through dysphoria and my relationship with my body.

& likewise i also like shit like a/b/o bc it allows the exploration of gender and sex in a way that can be completely divorced from reality and dysphoria

and god i am so fucking tired of the twitter thought police running in screaming because they absolutely do not understand that not everyone has the same experiences they do and they'd rather throw a fit than take the tiniest bit of control over their online experience and block people

i would rather have a shitton of people writing bad, godawful bodice ripper porn than to see those people silenced in the name of respectability bc we are already being shoved into the margins and the people screaming could and SHOULD be using their energy into making content that adheres to THEIR idea of transness bc it is so fucking diverse and wild

literally what theyre complaining is "fetishy" might be someone else's idea of EMPOWERING BECAUSE YOUR CONNECTION TO YOUR GENDER IS SO PERSONAL

fuck right off. this shit is why i stayed in the closet until i was in my late 20s & am still uncomfortable listing my pronouns bc i feel like my experience isn't 'enough' or i don't check enough fucking boxes to be allowed to use he/him & not just they/them.

#ooc.

[rainbow-demoness]

If you're intersex, you're intersex. This includes actual endocrine disorders and secondary sex characteristics that dont align with your assigned gender naturally. Its about your body naturally deciding to go against the assignment, not about having a wrong puberty. You can't say your wrong puberty made you FEEL intersex, therefore you are intersex. You might have an intersex body or condition, and that's valid and worth looking into bc we always need more intersex folks to know they're intersex, but please stop comparing wrong puberty in a trans sense to intersex wrong puberty as a 1:1 thing. There's overlap, but we don't have the same experiences, and you're risking erasing us by absorbing us. I am trans and intersex both, and the differences are vast. We will accept you with open arms if you figure out you are intersex, but not if the reason is your trans wrong puberty makes you feel like us when there are so many of us that are also trans. Feeling a similar struggle and empathizing is called solidarity, and we also need that without people erasing and absorbing us.

I feel like we're coming at this from very different angles. I don't think being intersex is a form of being trans, and intersex should definitely not be absorbed into being trans. And I don't think feeling intersex means being intersex. And it's not that "puberty made me relate therefore I think they're the same".

What I'm wondering is more... ok, so, skip the bit under the cut if you object to the notion that the mind is ultimately physical and subject to cause and effect. That's a basic philosophical point of contention which lots of people disagree on, and none of what I'm wondering is likely to make sense if you hold that there's more to a mind than the result of what happens in the brain and its immediate surroundings (incl. the body it's part of). It's also a disagreement incredibly likely to give offence in ways mostly unrelated to sex and gender. And I don't want to fight, I'm just stuck in a mostly philosophical "oh I wonder if that perspective makes sense". Quite apart from whether I would count as intersex, yes I do feel a lot of shared struggle, and yes I'm also aware that intersex people are mistreated in a way that I was spared. I'm vaguely aware that a lot of intersex conditions have medical unpleasantness associated with them even when handled perfectly and entirely in line with the intersex person's wishes and consent. I don't know whether that last unpleasantness is universal among intersex people, but would like to learn. I do think there are a lot of needs we have in common, and a lot that are specific to intersex people. I do very much want to fight for both those kinds of needs, both out of solidarity and common decency, and out of a "first they came for the intersex people" kind of feeling: the mistreatment and marginalisation of intersex people fosters harmful attitudes about sex and gender in general. And it's very important to keep visibility for all the various ways people can be, and in daily life I do, and will, keep the distinctions between "trans but not intersex", "intersex but not trans", and "both intersex and trans".

All that said, controversy-prone ponderings under the cut:

Assuming the mind is physical and its behaviour has causes, what I'm wondering is: we don't know what causes people to be trans, but if we knew, would we consider the cause(s) to be an intersex condition? i.e. Is my mind going against the assignment a form of my body naturally going against the assignment? Specifically, if we redefine a yucky term, "female brain", to only mean "brain that (will) prefer to be female", without implying any other characteristics: does that kind of "female brain" exist, is it born that way, and if so, is it born such as a result of sexual development? Is there some part of prenatal sexual development that makes maybe 95% of perisex people with ovaries want to be women when they grow up? Is transness fixed at birth? Because if (and only if) all of those are the case, one could argue that the brain is sex-differentiated, and in that case sex-differentiation has not happened in an unambiguously male or female way in trans people, even if the ambiguity is limited to "brain versus reproductive system" at first.