Golden Difference

Section view of Mount Etna. Our Wonder World. 1930.

Trans Women should be able to exist without fear of hatred and assault.

Trans Men should be able to exist without fear of hatred and assault.

Nonbinary people should be able to exist without fear of hatred and assault.

Black, Brown & Indigenous trans siblings should be able to exist without fear of racism, colonialism, hatred, and assault.

Fuck ANYONE who says otherwise + a very merry Fuck You to anyone perpetuating hatred in the trans community today.

Although participants were offered and selected a wide range of gender identities, for the purpose of analysis respondents were categorised into five broad gender categories. Two fifths (43.5%; n = 2,948) of participants were categorised as cisgender women, 34.3% (n = 2,328) as cisgender men, 4.2% (n = 285) as trans women, 4.4% (n = 300) as trans men and 13.6% (n = 921) as non-binary. The PL3 survey was completed by 1,506 trans and gender diverse participants, more than five times the number of trans and gender diverse participants in PL2 (n = 285).

Trans and gender diverse participants reported higher rates of ever experiencing homelessness than cisgender participants. More than one third (34.3%; n = 103) of trans men, 33.8% (n = 311) of non-binary participants and (31.9%; n = 91) of trans women reported ever experiencing homelessness compared to 19.8% (n = 584) of cisgender women and 16.8% (n = 391) of cisgender men.

Two fifths (40.0%; n = 926) of cisgender men rated their health as very good or excellent compared to three in ten cisgender women (29.3%; n = 858), one quarter of trans women (26.3%; n = 75) and one fifth of trans men (19.8%; n = 59) and non-binary participants (20.1%; n = 184). [...] A greater proportion of non-binary (AFAB) participants (47.0%; n = 317) reported poor or fair health compared to non-binary (AMAB) participants (35.7%; n = 70). Similarly, a smaller proportion of non-binary (AFAB) participants (18.7%; n = 126) reported very good or excellent health compared to non-binary (AMAB) participants (26.0%; n = 51). [...] A greater proportion of trans men (42.2.%; n = 126) reported poor or fair health compared to trans women (34.7%; n = 99). Similarly, a smaller proportion of trans men (19.8%; n = 59) reported very good or excellent health compared to trans women (26.3%; n = 75).

When analysed by gender, almost three quarters (75.8%; n = 222) of trans men, 65.6% (n = 185) of trans women and 74.9% (n = 674) of non-binary participants reported experiencing high or very high levels of psychological distress. This compared to 59.4% (n = 1,708) of cisgender women and 43.7% (n = 993) of cisgender men. [...] Over three quarters (76.6%; n = 509) of non-binary (AFAB) participants reported high or very high levels of psychological distress compared to 69.3% (n = 133) of non-binary (AMAB) participants. [...] Over three quarters (75.8%; n = 222) of trans men reported high or very high levels of psychological distress compared to 65.6% (n = 185) of trans women.

Six in ten (61.2%; n = 183) trans men, 58.3% (n = 165) of trans women and 61.4% (n = 562) of non-binary participants reported having seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months compared to four in ten (39.8%; n = 1,168) cisgender women and 31.9% (n = 740) of cisgender men. Nine in ten (90.6%; n = 271) trans men, 86.2% (n = 244) of trans women and 89.9% (n = 823) of non-binary participants reported having ever seriously considered attempting suicide compared to 75.6% (n = 2,218) of cisgender women and 64.2% (n = 1,488) of cisgender men. One in seven (13.7%; n = 36) trans men, 10.9% (n = 27) of trans women and 6.8% (n = 54) of non-binary participants reported having attempted suicide in the past 12 months compared to 4.2% (n = 76) of cisgender women and 3.3% (n = 56) of cisgender men. Over half (52.9%; n = 139) of trans men, 45.6% (n = 113) of trans women and 40.2% (n = 318) of non-binary participants reported having ever attempted suicide compared to 28.2% (n = 636) of cisgender women and 22.3% (n = 380) of cisgender men. [...] Overall, non-binary (AMAB) and non-binary (AFAB) participants showed similar patterns with regard to suicidal ideation, with just over 60% reporting thoughts about suicide in the past 12 months. Four in ten (42.1%; n = 249) non-binary (AFAB) participants reported having ever attempted suicide compared to one third (32.9%; n = 53) of non-binary (AMAB) participants. [...] More than nine in ten trans men (90.6%; n = 271) and 86.2% (n = 244) of trans women reported ever having thoughts about suicide. Approximately six in ten (61.2%; n = 183) trans men and 58.3% (n = 165) of trans women reported having thoughts about suicide in the past 12 months. Both trans women and trans men reported very high levels of suicide attempts, with more than half (52.9%; n = 139) of trans men and 45.6% (n = 113) of trans women reported having ever attempted suicide.

Experiences of physical violence from an intimate partner ranged from 21.3% (n = 432) among cisgender men to 28.5% (n = 243) among non-binary participants. More than half (52.0%; n = 443) of non-binary participants had experienced verbal harassment from an intimate partner, followed by 45.9% (n = 122) of trans men, 43.2% (n = 1,154) of cisgender women, 41.9% (n = 108) of trans women and 36.6% (n = 740) of cisgender men. More than three in ten non-binary (35.6%; n = 303) participants and trans men (30.5%; n = 81) had experienced sexual violence from an intimate partner, compared to 24.5% (n = 654) of cisgender women, 17.4% (n = 45) of trans women and 11.2% (n = 227) of cisgender men.

Almost four in ten (39.0%; n = 336) non-binary participants reported ever experiencing physical violence from a family member, followed by three in ten (30.9%; n = 89) trans men, one quarter (24.7%; n = 667) of cisgender women, one fifth (19.6%; n = 52) of trans women and 16.4% (n = 667) of cisgender men. Verbal abuse from a family member was experienced by almost six in ten (59.7%; n = 172) trans men and non-binary participants (58.1%; n = 501), four in ten trans women (42.5%; n = 113) and cisgender women (41.6%; n = 1,124) and three in ten (31.2%; n = 632) cisgender men. Sexual assault from a family member was experienced by three times as many non-binary participants (15.0%; n = 129) and trans men (14.6%; n = 42) compared to cisgender men (4.6%; n = 94).

More than one in ten (13.4%; n = 123) non-binary participants experienced sexual assault in the past 12 months, followed by 9.1% (n = 267) of cisgender women, 7.5% (n = 174) of cisgender men, 7.4% (n = 21) of trans women and 6.4% (n = 19) of trans men. More than six in ten (64.3%; n = 123) non-binary participants had ever experienced sexual assault compared to more than five in ten cisgender women (54.5%; n = 1,604) and trans men (54.9%; n = 164), 41.8% (n = 119) of trans women and 34.7% (806) of cisgender men.

Seven in ten (70.8%; n = 155) trans women agreed or strongly agreed that ‘My sexual and romantic partners have affirmed my gender in ways that support me’, followed by 67.7% (n = 159) of trans men and 63.5% (n = 403) of non-binary participants. Four in ten trans women (43.2%; n = 111) and trans men (40.9%; n = 106) agreed or strongly agreed that ‘My local community has affirmed my gender in ways that support me’ compared to three in ten (29.7%; n = 201) non-binary participants. Nine in ten trans men (92.8%; n = 270) and trans women (90.7%; n = 253) agreed or strongly agreed that ‘Having my gender identity affirmed by others (i.e., socially) has been a high priority for me’, followed by seven in ten (71.5%; n = 539) non-binary participants.

A higher proportion of trans men (83.1%; n = 236) agreed or strongly agreed that ‘Gender affirming surgery has been a high priority for me’ compared to trans women (61.4%; n = 164) and non-binary participants (31.6%; n = 184). More than twice as many trans men (94.5%; n = 277) and trans women (95.7%; n = 267) agreed or strongly agreed that ‘Gender affirming hormonal therapy has been a high priority for me’ than non-binary participants (41.5%; n = 246). Almost twice the proportion of trans men (49.5%; n = 142) and trans women (49.5%; n = 136) agreed or strongly agreed with the statement ‘I have been easily able to access gender affirming care when I have needed to’ than non-binary participants (25.8%; n = 154).

A higher proportion of trans women (80.4%; n = 226) reported ever experiencing gender euphoria than trans men (72.9%; n = 212) or non-binary (63.3%; n = 489) participants. One in three (27.8%; n = 81) trans men, about one third (33.1%; n = 93) of trans women and 14.9% (n = 115) of non-binary participants reported currently experiencing gender euphoria.

from "Private Lives 3: The health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people in Australia" (2020) by Adam Hill, Adam Bourne, Ruth McNair, Marina Carman, and Anthony Lyons of La Trobe University

I explained very clearly to the manager my issue with the meat section not having the price tags listed, and they claimed it was only going to be for the meat, since meat is by weight, and the price of each item is printed on the packs of each item.

Sure. That’s how they get their foot in the door. Fast forward not even two weeks, and here we are:

Bar codes. No prices, no item descriptions. No price stickers on the individual items. Heck, not even the name of the item that is SUPPOSED to be there.

No. The only way to see the price is to scan it on your phone app, which is also recording what you looked at recently, as a way of gauging what you might be looking for in the future.

So here’s what we’re gonna do gang:

Every time you go into a store that has implemented these price-less tags:

Take 1-3 items up to the cash register. Ask the cashier for the price, or hit the price check item on the self checkout, which will likely call over the attendant.

Express that you didn’t actually want it, you just couldn’t see on the shelf how much it was.

POLITELY, AND WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE PRICE CONFIRMATION, Give the items to the cashier or attendant to put back.

When they inevitably try to push the app, politely decline. If pressed for why not, say you don’t want to have to carry your phone in-hand the whole time you are shopping in order to see how much things cost. (Not having cell service or data to use the app is NOT a valid excuse, as stores already often have complimentary WiFi AND more stores will provide WiFi rather than give up on this push for surveillance pricing)

If it’s a shelf-stable item, the cashier will have to set it aside, taking up room in their limited operating space, and eventually pass it off to someone to put in a holding area to put back later. If it’s a fridge/freezer item, it might have to get tossed due to food product sale regulations.

In either case, you are making it a pain in the ass for them to have these digital bar codes. Tie up the checkouts. Give the employees more busywork that the company has to pay them to do. Hurt their bottom line having to toss the pint of ice cream you carried around in your cart for 20 minutes before giving it back to the cashier.

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.