The Tingle Glitter Death Worm

—got confused about why I’d never been a boy scout because he forgot i was trans

—told me he was gonna get top surgery scar tattoos to match me after i get mine

—laughs at all my trans jokes, even if they’re supremely unfunny

—calls me big dog (and him little dog) even though he is about as tall as two of me

Then he said "You know, I completely forgot you weren't always this way. Femininity really suits you" and let me tell you I started tearing up

Forth Road Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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 call upon all former miners and their families to join the Durham Miners' Association at Durham Pride UK from 10:30 am to march from Palace Green through the streets of Durham. Mike Jackson ,founder of Lesbian and Gays support the Miners, will march with our banner. We will never forget the support and solidarity the LGBT+ community gave us during the 1984/85 miners' strike. It is now our time to return that solidairty.

"United we stand, divided we fall".

"An injury to one, is an injury to all". “

The post also contains a picture of a diverse group of people marching in a Pride parade under a banner with the text “Men of Merit” and “History of Loyalty” surrounding portraits of two men associated with the Miners (I couldn’t find their exact relationship with a quick google). Their names are under their portraits: David Guy and David Hopper.

The reblog contains a photo of Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners Association]

anyway i wanted a memento of my first pride, you know, and this one vendor was selling keyrings, and i liked it, so i bought one. do you remember those italian charm bracelets that were all the rage like 10-15 years ago? it was a keychain like that, and it had a rainbow rooster, a rainbow cat, and then just a rainbow, and so I bought it.

i run into my mom a couple of vendors over and she goes oh you bought something? what’d you get? so i showed her, and i was like, “I’m not sure why it’s a rooster and a cat. Seems kind of random. But I liked the rainbows.”

and my mom, who was some form of minister’s wife for most of my childhood and teenagerhood, stares at me like she thinks i’m joking.

“What?” i say.

…relic…

he’s started posting daily rug sighting updates now

update: apparently he’s not the only one

(notice the timestamp on that photo was from march)

“Freedom always has a price.”

This Tumblr post is the first time someone has explained to me *why* I couldn’t feed them before those instances.

every single time i have had to say, "i understand that if he had food or water, he could aspirate it into his lungs under anesthesia. i am not lying to you." THEN someone would make a little note and i would stop being repeatedly asked.

not a single time was that risk explained to me. the only reason it came up was because i already knew. i still don't understand why it isn't standard pre-op counseling or pre-op check information, when me as a parent acknowledging the actual risk also put THE MEDICAL STAFF at ease because i conveyed that i had informed understanding as reason to not lie about giving my kid food.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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