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The previous coiner left and put me in charge so I’m redoing this so it makes more sense (also expanding it a bit)

This gender system is made as a way to describe genders that are complex in a simpler way. It doesn’t matter if the person’s gender is multifaceted, combined, or they’re polygender. The system helps to put a word to genders affected by multiple things at once.

It’s free of alignment completely. Male-aligned, female-aligned, trinary-aligned, non-aligned, and etc. are different from being masculine, feminine, or other linities. This system helps to serve a way to separate them further, because the person themselves can be anywhere on an alignment (including not on any alignment) and their gender element will still fit. 

Each person experiences masculinity, femininity, or other linities differently. This gender element system doesn’t define what these linities are supposed to be like, just gives a word to the elements a person’s gender consists of.

(Please do not confuse this gender element system for this one, which is made of classical elements. This gender element is made of elements of the periodic table, and alloys made of the metals on the periodic table.)

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These are the basic 14 elements. 

GOLD - Aur

GOLD is for masculine gender element. Someone whose gender element is ‘aur’ means their gender is masculine. How they express or experience masculinity is defined by them.

Color is based on the colors of gold. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol of the sun.

SILVER - Aren

SILVER is for feminine gender elements. Someone whose gender element is ‘aren’ means their gender is feminine. 

Color is based on the colors of silver. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol of the moon.

COPPER - Coer

COPPER is for nonbinary gender elements. Someone whose gender element is ‘coer’ means their gender is neither masculine or feminine but isn’t a neutral/no element. 

Color is based on the colors of copper. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol for Venus.

TITANIUM - Tian

TITANIUM is for agender elements. Someone whose gender element is ‘tian’ means their gender has no element expression, meaning it’s not of any linity at all. They may not have a gender, or they are antigender/gendervoid.

Color is based on the colors of titanium. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol for Earth.

ZINC - Zin

ZINC is for neutral elements. Someone whose gender is ‘zin’ means their gender has a neutral gender expression, meaning it’s not masculine or feminine but rather a neutral element. Their gender may be in between masculine or feminine or a third group beside the two, but not part of either one, and not absent of element. 

Color is based on the shades zinc adds to its alloys. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol. 

ALUMINUM - Alum

ALUMINUM is for fluid elements. Someone whose gender is ‘alum’ means their gender changes linity. It may change expression/presentation or may not. It may also simply fluctuate within its linity, and just change intensity. 

Color is based on the shades aluminum gives to its alloys. Symbol is based on its ability to cross gender elements.

IRON - Fera

IRON is for partial elements. Someone whose gender is ‘fera’ means their gender only has one partial known linity. What that known linity is, how strong it is, how small it is, all don’t matter. The other part of its linity may be known, or not. 

Color is based on the color of iron. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol for Mars.

NICKEL - Nial

NICKEL is for gender elements exclusive to a particular culture. Someone who is ‘nial’ means their gender is exclusive to their nationality, heritage, or culture. An example would be Muxe, which has a separate element expression from male or female in mexican culture. 

Color is based on the color that nickel adds to its alloys. Symbol is based on the symbol for ‘other gender.’ 

PLATINUM - Lanum

PLATINUM is for gender elements that are androgynous. This can mean they’re in between masculine and feminine, or are a combination of both, making its own expression. 

Color is based on the color platinum adds to its alloys and the combined colors of masculine and feminine, blue and pink. Symbol is based on the alchemical symbol for platinum, or “white gold.”

TIN - Sana

TIN is for gender elements that are unknown, confusing, or chaotic. Someone whose gender element is ‘sana’ means their gender element isn’t fully or at all known, understood, or too complex to pin down. How intense or chaotic it is doesn’t matter.

Color is based on the color of tin. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol of Jupiter.

COBALT - Koba

COBALT is for gender elements that are separate from any defined traditional linity. It expresses itself outside any binary, trinary, or unary of any kind. Someone whose gender element is ‘koba’ might be abinary, atrinary, maverique, or nontrinary, or some similar idea. 

Color is based on cobalt’s color. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol.

ANTIMONY - Ani/Mona

ANTIMONY is for gender elements affected by neurodivergency. Someone whose gender is ‘ani’ or ‘mona’ (same thing) means their neurodivergency affects their perception of their own gender, or gender in general. No, this does not mean their gender IS their neurodivergency. It means that their mental illness, or physical illness, affects how they experience or perceive their gender, however that may be. 

Color is based on the teal ribbon for mental illness awareness. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol. 

LEAD - Lan

LEAD is for gender elements that are xenogender. Someone whose gender is ‘lan’ means their gender is on a linity that is unusual, abstract, or nontraditional. This means they might define their gender by colors, numbers, pictures, crystals, space, or anything that is not expected. 

Color is based on the color of lead. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol for Saturn.

MERCURY - Mera or Hydragea

MERCURY is for gender elements that are affected by a person’s intersex condition. This is ONLY for those who are intersex, not for those who are salmacian (who desire to be both sexes). Someone whose gender element is ‘mera’ or ‘hydragea’ (same thing) is affected by their intersex condition, making it a unique experience. 

Color is based on its color in thermometers. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol for Mercury, as well as the traditional symbol used for those who are intersex.

NEW GENDER ELEMENTS BELOW!

CHROMIUM - Cro

CHROMIUM is for gender elements that can only be defined by the person themselves. These are a liminy that only the person themselves can express, experience, or perceive, too unique to be shared or understood by others. These are for the gender hoarders, egogenders, self-defined gender experiences, and those who choose to break gender norms. 

Color is based on the color it turns its alloys into. Symbol is based on its alchemical symbol.

MANGANESE - Mana or Manese

MANGANESE is for gender elements that are connected to a person’s orientation, past life, experiences, self-discovery, religion, alterhumanity, or some other element that is beyond their person, but still associated with their life as they experience it. 

For all my chronically ill peeps in the USA whose insurance is changing next year, now is your chance to execute that magical thing that is a vacation refill and get extra meds.

Once a year you have the right to refill your meds early because you’re “going on vacation”. If your insurance is changing to a different company next year, you could get an extra month of meds.

Here’s what you do: a week or so before the end of the year, you call your pharmacy and tell them that you’re going on vacation - you’ll be out of the country for three weeks and you need a vacation refill. You go pick up those refills, and your insurance pays for them even though you’re early because you are “going on vacation” so you need them early. Then on the first of the year, under your new insurance, you refill your meds like usual. Voila - an extra month of meds!

I’m sure all my spoonies know this already, but this shit is magic. The next time you run out of refills on your prescription and the pharmacy has to call your doctor and he’s on vacation for a week, or your doctor suddenly insists you come in for an appointment before he’ll authorize a refill and he doesn’t have any appointments available for two weeks, you’ll have meds. The next time you drop a pill in a dust bunny on the floor or one bounces across the counter and down the sink drain, you won’t have to dig it out, brush or dry it off and take it anyway because you’ll have spare meds. The next time a month has 31 days and your refill is only ever for 30 days worth, you’ll have meds. (Do the math folks - all those 30 day prescriptions only add up to 360 days and the year has 365.)

You can keep a few days worth of meds in your purse or in your car in case of emergency. You can keep a week’s worth in your hospital go bag. You can take several extra days with you when you actually go on vacation in case your return flight gets delayed. You can taper yourself off if your asshole doctor suddenly cuts off your meds without doing a taper even though the med requires a taper (oh yeah this shit happens). If your insurance decides mid-year that they no longer cover your meds, or if they jack your copay up so high you’d need to win the lottery to pay for your meds, you have a buffer until you can come up with an alternate plan.

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There’s one for every state.

(From the looks of it, I haven’t looked to see if there’s 50 apps.)

[Edit: nope. There’s not one for every state.]

FOOD

Find your nearest food bank or mission, for food

grocery stores with free samples, bakeries + stores with day-old bread

different fast food outlets have cheaper food and will generally let you hang out for a while.

some dollar stores carry food like cans of beans or fruit

SHELTER

Sleeping at beaches during the day is a good way to avoid suspicion and harassment

sleep with your bag strapped to you, so someone can’t steal it

Some churches offer short term residence

Find your nearest homeless shelter

Look for places that are open to the public

A large dumpster near a wall can often be moved so that flipping up the lids creates an angled shelter to stay dry

HYGIENE

A membership to the YMCA is usually only 10$, which has a shower, and sometimes laundry machines and lockers.

Public libraries have bathrooms you can use

Dollar stores carry low-end soaps and deodorant etc.

Wet wipes are all purpose and a life saver

Local beaches, go for a quick swim

Some truck stops have showers you can pay for

Staying clean is the best way to prevent disease, and potentially get a job to get back on your feet

Pack 7 pairs of socks/undies, 2 outfits, and one hooded rain jacket

OTHER

first aid kit

 sunscreen

 a travel alarm clock or watch

 mylar emergency blanket

 a backpack is a must

 downgrade your cellphone to a pay as you go with top-up cards

 sleeping bag

 travel kit of toothbrush, hair brush/comb, mirror

 swiss army knife

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so a few months ago i finally got a car of my own and broke news to my cishet (highly) abusive ex that i would be leaving. needless to say since i’m still here, i’m in quite a dangerous living situation, more so than before that is.

me finally not hiding my gender anymore and going ahead with hrt has been a cause of anger and violence from him, since he’s very transphobic. i’ve been doing all i can to keep him in check and calm, especially since we have two kids i’m trying to get out with me.

he’s disgusting, lazy, makes me (his ex, with high chronic pain) do everything for him around the house, and the longer i’m stuck here the more my savings have been depleting. it’s been hard to maintain life, let alone save up to start a new one.

i’m trying to get in with the local housing authority but that’s taking longer than i’d hoped. i want to seek a more proactive option, but until i can actually afford to pursue it, there’s little i can do.

tensions are getting worse and building now that he knows i’m seeing someone else. a dear long time friend of mine that he’s hated for years. so now his homophobia is coming front and center as well.

i am not safe.

please. help my kids and i get to a better life…

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This isn’t a safe binder:

It uses clasps and not compression.

This is a c2b binder; made by trans people for trans people:

These binders have no clasps but uses spandex to compress you safety. 

Measure your chest before ordering to make sure you don’t get one too small or too large.

UPDATE (06/12)

I wanted to add more information on where you can buy binders and info in general about binders

You can buy binders from these sites

@gc2b-apparel​ (OPs #1 Recommendation)

@shapeshiftersinc​

http://www.f2mbinders.com/ (AKA underworks)

http://www.t-kingdom.com/

http://www.lesloveboat.com/shop/index.php?language=en

http://www.danae.info/en/?___from_store=nl

http://showcase.designveronique.com/designveronique/shop/postsurgical/men-1.html

http://en.nabeshirt.com/shop/

Used Binders

If you can’t afford a binder, don’t despair! Used binders are often passed on by post-op trans men or those whose binders may no longer fit. There are a few programs available that help distribute donated second-hand binders:

In A Bind – Started in 2012, to date In a Bind has provided safe compression garments to over 1500 youth in need. Trans* masculine and genderqueer youth living anywhere in the USA can apply to receive a free binder. In a Bind depends on donations. Recently had top surgery? Go up or down a size? Find a style that works better for you? Donate those binders you’re no longer using!

Black Trans Advocacy FTM Binder Grant

MORF Binder Exchange – Since February 2011, MORF has been providing free binders to trans* masculine people in the UK and around the world. The free scheme (all you pay is the postage) has so far redistributed hundreds of binders. In 2014 alone, over 280 binders were sent out.

FTME Free Youth Binder Program – Age 24 and under only; USA only.

Replace the Ace – USA only

Big Brothers Used Binder Program – Donation required

Mazzoni Center’s Binder Recycling Program – Only for youth enrolled in P.A.C.T.S., Philadelphia.

Point 5cc Tshirt Company – Free binder with purchase of t-shirt

Come As You Are’s Binder Bucks Recycling Program – Canada only

Qmunity Binder Exchange – BC, Canada only.

Trans Fellas

Northern Ireland Binder Scheme –  Age 25 and under, N. Ireland only.

You can also try asking around for an inexpensive hand-me-down binder on one of themailing lists for trans guys or check out LiveJournal’s FTM Garage Sale and the FtM Sales, Swap, and Support group on Facebook.

How to Choose a Chest Binder

If you still remember your old bra size, you can find out your binder size by using theBra to Chest Size Converter Tool. If you don’t know your old bra size, you can measure yourself the old-fashioned way:

Take a snug measurement of the fullest part of your chest using a tape measure (best if measured while clothed) and write that number down onto a sheet of paper.

Measure underneath your chest where the crease is and write that number down as well.

Add those numbers together and divide the sum by 2. This number will differentiate your size not only from brand to brand but from binder to binder as well.

Selecting a binder brand and style can be difficult: there are so many options that it can be overwhelming! Plus, there aren’t very many reviews of binders other than those about Underworks’ and T-Kingdom’s more popular models. After buying your binder, help make the experience easier for guys in the future by contributing your review to one of the review sites listed below.

Essentially, there are two types of binders: short ones and long ones. The short ones end right at your waist. The down side of these is that if you carry some extra weight, short binders tend to roll up and act more like a bra. The long ones can be pulled down past your waist by several inches, however it’s inevitable that it will still roll up. To reduce the chances of this, wear a belt. Choosing between a short and long binder has more to do with your body type, specifically your abdomen, and not your chest size.

Lastly, consider the location of the company you’re buying from. Buying from a company that’s closer to you can save you a significant amount of money on shipping costs.

How to Put On a Chest Binder

It might seem silly, but you’re probably going to need some help figuring out how to put on your new binder, particularly if you purchased one of the longer styles.

Put your binder inside out and upside down.

Step into your binder and pull the bottom of it up, ideally to your belt line. The binder should still be inside out and upside down.

Use the sleeves as handles to pull the top of the binder (the end closer to your feet) up to your shoulders.

Put your arms through the sleeve holes and adjust your chest to your needs. You may need to pull the bottom of the binder out from underneath itself if you don’t want it folded under. For others, leaving it folded under may help stop the binder from rolling up.

Don’t be disappointed if you look in the mirror and it looks like you have one big boob in the middle of your chest. You just need to adjust your chest. Reach in from the neck hole and push your chesticles down and out. You’re basically pushing your nipple toward your armpit to achieve the flattest looking chest possible.

FTM Chest Binding Tips

Very important: When binding, you should not by any means feel as though you can’t breathe or like you’re going to pass out from a lack of oxygen.

Binders aren’t the most comfortable things in the world. To make binding more comfortable, and to reduce the possibility of the binder moving around a bit, some guys wear a light shirt underneath.

Depending on the size of your chest, you may need to layer clothing on top of the binder to get optimal chest flattening. You’ll find that some of the shirts in your closet require you to layer more than shirts in your wardrobe.

You can swim in your binder. Just wear a sleeveless or sleeved T-shirt over it. Don’t worry if your binder seems less effective after a swim, this isn’t permanent. Simply wash it and it will go back to normal.

Your chest will look bigger than it really is when you look down at it. Check in the mirror for a more accurate side view.

Not all binders breathe well, and the reality is that you’re probably going to get hot. If you’ve already started testosterone, you’re definitely going to sweat. The build up of sweat can irritate your skin causing rashes and sores. Wearing a thin cotton shirt that breathes well underneath your binder may help prevent this. If you find this uncomfortable, try applying corn starch to your body before putting on your binder to help keep it from holding in moisture. If you’ve already experienced skin irritation of some sort, take care of it the same way you would an open wound. Washing the irritated area with anti-bacterial soap will keep it clean and help it heal faster.

Conclusion

Chest binding, as cumbersome as it may seem, can be very freeing for transgender men. There’s a plethora of quality FTM chest binding products available for body types of all shapes and sizes. Regardless of what you use for binding, please remember to put your health first. Now that you’re armed with all the information you need to find the right binder for you, go forth and feel more comfortable in your skin!

FTM Chest Binder Reviews

Chest Binder Reviews Site: Written reviews of various chest binding products. Binders are rated for effectiveness, comfort, and discreetness.

Binder Reviews’ YouTube Collab Channel: This is a collab channel dedicated to providing reviews of a wide variety of chest binders on different sizes and shapes of people.

(Note: These sites are no longer updated.)

More FTM Chest Binding Resources

Binding Safely for Your Body: Tips for All Body Types and Sizes

The 6 Best Tips for Binding in the Summer

Hudson’s Guide to FTM Binding: Includes a complete list of other products you can use for chest binding, such as compression garments and sports bras.

FYI Binding Tips: The Butchelor has some useful tips on how to put on a binder, how to keep it from rolling up, and how to wash a binder.

Do you have any tips about binding? Want to share your experience with a particular binder brand or model? Do you know of other binder manufacturers, particularly those outside of Asia and the US? Please leave your comments below.

what’s pride palace, you ask? a queer shop made by a queer person for queer people

rn they have a sale on their flags and pins and by sale i mean theyre free babeyy!!! thats gay rights! (u do have to pay for shipping tho and if ur aussie… Oof)

get ur free shit babes (also there is an aromantic flag i couldnt fit it into the snipping tool sorry)

not into pins and flags?

get urself some shirts and phone cases

do you want to hear people’s coming out stories to make you feel less alone?

they have that too

also this is a fairly new organisation (i think they were only started this year?) and theyre taking on a ton of feedback so if ur disappointed with the lack of nonbinary, ace, bi, pan etc shirts/hoodies/flags, let them know!

if they know there’s a demand for that, they’ll include it! (keep in mind: new business, so it might take them a while)

THEY HAVE-

It’s why people don’t understand the roots of the word “queer” in the first place, or why it’s important to so many people

It’s why people think “gay” is some apolitical neutral term with zero negative connotations, ever, for anyone

It’s why people actively feed into lesbian separatism, political lesbianism, and TERF movements without even knowing it

It’s why people think “LGBT” is some True Name that has never been changed, challenged, nor shaped over the years to better represent the community

It’s why people feed “who can reclaim which slurs” discourse without giving living human beings older than 25 any real consideration

It’s why people straight-up don’t know what the “drop the T” campaign was/is, or understand the troubled history between the trans community and the rest of the queer community

It’s why people don’t understand what “trans” used to mean, or how that meaning has changed over the years, or why

It’s why people don’t understand the differences between queer communities and identities by country, or often how they’re complicated by race

It’s why people don’t understand what “butch” and “femme” actually mean, the many definitions they can have, or how those labels have intersected across communities for decades now

It’s why people don’t understand the differences between the transfemme and transmascs communitys’ histories, or the differences in struggles they have- and then feed into those struggles without even realizing it

It’s why people straight-up recycle old homophobic and transphobic rhetoric, uncritically and unironically, as if they’ve discovered cool some new bigbrain hot take for the “super smart” gay kids 

It’s why people treat these complicated, contradictory-sounding, or lesser-known identities like “trendy new ways to claim you’re oppressed”- without understanding the history behind those labels, and those communities, and that they’ve been here longer than any of these people have been alive.

Like… yes, we’re moving forward now. Things are changing, and in many ways, it’s for the better! But we seem to forget that most of our community was lost in the 80′s and 90′s, and those folks left a massive, gaping chasm behind.

Because I really want to learn this.

Seek out older queer folks on social media, and follow them! There aren’t many around, but you can start with activists and look for others. Here’s a few:

Miss Major Griffin-Gracey

Kate Bornstein

Julia Serano

Read! There are a ton of books on, or touching on, queer history by queer people who lived it. Some nice starting points are:

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg

Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinburg

Whipping Girl by Julia Serano

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein

Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green

If you have the opportunity to take gender studies or queer literature classes, or anything similar- take them! Try to talk to some fellow queer students folks before you choose which classes/professor you take them with, too.

Join local queer organizations! Not just clubs at your school, if you’re in school- though those are also great!- but clubs, in-person meetup groups, online groups, and other organizations where you might meet folks who are older than you. 

Seek out material on topics that interest you; be it Stonewall, the AIDS crisis, specific queer artists and musicians (like Frida Kahlo, Keith Harring, or Freddie Mercury), or your country or specific region’s history. There are a ton of documentaries out there, and a ton of articles, books, essays, etc. that can all be great resources.

Also, @makingqueerhistory is a great resource. They have a podcast and do a ton of writing on queer history, and that can be an amazing place to start as well.

They gave me a number to shoot for.  It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.

So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.

I got what I asked for.

If it hadn’t been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, I’d have never known.  I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.

A long list of genders related to Minecraft bc I like categorizing things. ^-^

my girlfriend and i are getting kicked out of our house in two months. my girlfriend made the unfortunate mistake of telling our roommate we planned on moving out next summer and now she’s forcing us out of the house months before we were ready to leave. we’re already living in a very small conservative town where we are constantly harassed for being gay.

i know times are so tough right now but if anyone can help us it would be so appreciated. we’re trying to raise enough money to cover moving costs and our bills while we look for jobs.

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