Speak & Spell

talking heads was right

how

i do ask myself. how did i get here

Oil on canvas

I do appreciate all the support on my post about Marlow Trottie, but yall need to do that kind of thing for Black trans women while they're still alive too. That's actually more important in a lot of ways.

Also as a baby trans man who was like already IN an all girls school (a womens only space if u will..) i was obviously like, well single sex spaces aren’t always going to actually be separated by gender the way people think they will be, bc for starters ppl are secretly (or non secretly) transgender and it’s all kind of ridiculous and arbitrary and fake. Idk I feel like some people buy into the whole like “women’s spaces are special sacred safe spaces where the wombyn all hold hands and sing songs” or something instead of it just being like.. groups, schools, medical centres, sports teams, a building.. and a bunch of other shit like. idk maybe this is just my perspective but these aren’t sacred holy womens spaces or something, they’re just THINGS and places. I feel like cis people put a lot of weight behind that concept but I don’t think it actually is as meaningful as they think. and cis people are not overly happy we exist in those spaces as trans men either. like I can agree it SHOULD be a trans positive move to say trans men shouldn’t be in those spaces (again, i don’t really WANT to be in them ever personally) but also it kind of ignores the realities of those spaces a lot of the time, and the fact that sometimes thats like the only option presented to you