oh, this is female rage

Their phrophets are male

Their apostles are male

Their books tell periods are dirty

Their thinkers are misogynistic

Their saints would call you a whore

Don't defend your oppression

- marsha p. johnson repeatedly identified as a gay man and drag queen and survived into an era where the language did already exist if he chose to identify as transsexual. he explicitly stated that he was not transsexual and claimed that all transsexual people were also homosexual.

- sylvia rivera did identify as a transsexual woman (and made disparaging speeches about lesbians). she was not an ally to lesbians. lesbians and transwomen have not always been allies.

- neither of them were there when the stonewall riots began, according to marsha’s own testimony. sylvia was sleeping off a drug trip on a park bench, and by the time marsha arrived at stonewall, the riots were already in full swing.

- storme delarverie, a mixed black gender-nonconforming lesbian and drag king, may have been the one who incited the stonewall riots. she never identified as a transman despite surviving into an an era where the language was made accessible to do so. accounts differ as to who started the riots.

- stonewall was not a special haven for trans people and drag artists, it was just some bar where gay people met up. by all accounts, it wasn’t even a good bar.

- pride as a festival and parade was invented by gay men, lesbians, and bisexual people. fred sergeant is one of those gay men, and he has been beaten (in recent years, as an elderly man) by trans people and their allies due to his views on medical transition. non-homosexual trans people were unheard of in this era.

According to the Cass Report, foster kids made up 25 % of gender clinic referrals yet foster kids only make up 0.67% of the general population.

This means foster kids are 37 times more likely to identify as trans than other children.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

we’re really somehow supposed to believe that “sex work”, pornography, 30-step make up routines, hook up culture, bdsm, patriarchal religion, shaving every inch of our body, cosmetic procedures and surgery, looking like we haven’t aged a day above 18, etc. is all supposed to be “empowering” for us? be for fucking real.

can you imagine how ridiculous it’d be if i said that men should spend 3 figures each month on beauty “maintenance”, should be slapped and choked during sex, should have to cover their hair and bodies for “modesty”, aren’t allowed to look older than a high schooler….

yet these same standards are enforced onto every woman and girl. interesting.