Greyro/Grayro People Are Sooo Cool

Many, many people celebrated Pulse. We were told we deserved it. That it was God’s punishment for our sin of loving the same sex. We are sent messages like these I received in 2018:

We in the community often call the victim count 49+ to include the survivors who couldn’t live with the pain.

The event was never officially declared a hate crime or targeted homophobic attack and is rarely listed as one in databases.

At our vigils for those slaughtered, Extremist Christian groups showed up to protest, holding signs like this:

ID: Me kissing a woman I was casually seeing in front of an angry looking man with a “Sodomy is Sin” sign.

Please understand how much more than just a mass shooting this was. We are still to this day harassed and told we deserved it by some.

Me: I'm good, I have romance at home.

Romance I have at home:

loveless aros

lovequeer aros

aroallos

aroaces

aros in relationships

aros in qprs

nonpartnering aros

aros who experience romantic attraction sometimes

aros who never have and never will

gay and lesbian aros

straight aros

mspec aros

trans aros

cis aros

romance repulsed aros

romance favourable aros

romance neutral aros

aros who ship

aros who don’t

aros who are good at relationship advice

aros who when asked for advice spin a wheel in their brain with the options “talk it out” and “dump his ass”

religious aros

aros of colour

disabled aros

neurodivergent aros

non-sam aros

aros in the closet

aros who are still working thru all that stuff

aros who are questioning if they’re aro or not

aros who have known for ages

okay, now that i have your attention, hi, i’m a transmasc 18 y/o who desperately wants to start T. i still live with one of my parents who is very adamant against on the notion of letting me start HRT while i still live with them. to make a long story short, we came to a semi-agreement that if i do some research for them, they might consider letting me start T.

here’s where it gets tricky. they want me to find at least 50 people who have been testosterone (specifically) for 10 or more years who pay for it completely on their own (can’t be on their parents’ healthcare/insurance) and are (preferably) 25 years or older and ask:

what physical (and mental) changes have you experienced on T?

how much does it cost (out of pocket)?

what insurance do you use to access care?

can you access T if/when you are out of your state?

a question you might be asking yourself, “well, can’t you simply ask a very qualified medical professional in the field all of this? or why don’t you just read factual and scientific articles on this subject?” and the answer is, while i know all of this, my parent refuses to consider these sources as legitimate. they want personal accounts from real people who have gone through this.

so, i humbly ask you, fellow tumblr users, if you have ANY advice or answers to these questions, please reach out, because i’d REALLY like to start HRT as soon as humanly possible. genuinely.

I wish a good night to all aro/ace/aroace-spec individuals, but especially to the ones who:

Their favorite colors are purple or green

It’s their very 1st day using the term aro/ace/aroace to identify themselves

Have another aro/ace/aroace-spec bestie

Are sex repulsed

Are romance repulsed

Love the idea of romance and sex in theory but in practice it’s yucky and ew

Are a hopeless romantic

Are horny

Shift from one side to the other side of the spectrum constantly and don’t know what is happening with their lives

Are proud virgins

Are still inside the closet and need just a little pat on the shoulder to be out and proud

Are from LATAM (please if you are talk to me I would like to be your friend I speak Spanish)

Are mutuals with me :)

IKEA ACCIDENTALLY MADE PRIDE FLAG BLANKET

(Not sponsored or anything just thought it was a neat coincidence!)