Part of the Introverted World

hi, filipino here. just want to say that our independence day is june 12, not july 4. july 4 is when the united states government decided that they would recognize our freedom, specifically because it is your independence day and they wanted to cement their cultural hegemony over our country. and because of their influence on our country this was recognized for a time as our independence day. we still commemorate it, but i hope you can understand why we don’t want our independence day to be associated so closely with our former colonizer. it wasn’t even a work holiday for us.

For me, big part of the femme identity is feeling this huge gap between you and straight women who act and dress in a ‘feminine’ way. I can’t go to a place filled with straight women without feeling like a complete stranger. I can never feel like I am at home when surrounded by them. We could be bonding about the same stuff but the way I interact with things and present myself to the world feels like (and it is) a completely different thing. You cannot just group straight women and femmes together just because of what seems like a behaviour in common. It isn’t and it will never be. There is always this invisible wall in between us. We are not comparable in any way.

Australia's latest Federal Anti-trans bill

Please help spread this petition far and wide for visibility The above reactionary bill was made in retaliation towards a trans woman winning a case in federal court against transphobes so now they're accellerating to hurt us all (Giggle Vs Tickle)

Please sign that petition if you can, this bill is worse than it seems. Its primary purpose is to exclude trans women from women's spaces, including bathrooms, prisons, homeless shelters, and sports. It also cements transphobic, intersexist, and acephobic beliefs that are already somewhat present in Australia's law.

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Keep reblogging this please to help gain attention to the issue! Labor, the majority government, have been especially quiet about this issue while right wing media has pumped out tons of anti-trans political puff pieces while only one Greens member and one Independant member have spoken up!

You can also email and call your state member, not just your federal one as if they get enough complaints they may additionally bother the federal MP on your behalf! Make noise at all levels of government!