just another queer leftist trekkie

As Pride Month comes to an end, I just want to remind you that July is Disability Pride Month and there's a flag and everything!

Charcoal Grey: Mourning for people who have died due to ableist violence, abuse, suicide, and illness

Red Stripe: Physical disabilities

Gold Stripe: Neurodiversity

Blue Stripe: Emotional and psychiatric disabilities

Green Stripe: Sensory disabilities

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but my friends have always gendered me correctly and stick to it even when it confuses other people and my friend's little sibling calls me older brother in Kannada yes, India made legal gender change impossible but my dog learned my new name quicker than the humans and she runs to give me a kiss when she's told to without being confused about who's being referred to

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but I can feel the Adam's apple growing in my throat and my muscles getting stronger, and my smile more real and I'm growing a beard, and I talk more freely

the "baby you didn't even THINK of saying no 💔💔" memes were funny, yes, but also I think that disconnect is really interesting.

he's so eager to please, and wants approval so badly, that he doesn't think until after. after, when the guilt at being so easy sets in. or when he realizes he's agreed to something he doesn't want to do. or when he realizes that he's already doing so much, already worried over trinity, putting in hours at the farm, trying so hard to be reliable and steady.

does he beat himself up about it? how many things has he done for people that he's regretted? he enjoys being a helper, and there's nothing wrong with that, but where are his boundaries? seemingly, non-existent. he's only human, he must get tired.