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If you ever wondered why they call tattoos and piercings "unprofessional" and "unsophisticated"

For example:

Doña Malintzin was a Nahua woman who spoke the Nawat of Tabasco.

This is factually and historically correct.

NOT:

Doña Malintzin was an Aztec woman who spoke the Aztec language.

OR

The brilliant Toni Morrison explained this in an interview of hers (here's another; watch her doc!!!) that there's this assumption that one's readers are white. So when she would purposefully- and there's a difference!- write stories for the Black gaze, that certain things didn't have to be explained because we Understood, it would get frustrating for white readers. They felt left out, unappealed to, hurt.

And yet, that's standard fare- and everyone's not writing such specific stories like Toni! To be "fair", we did understand y'all. We had to. But those same techniques, both in writing and in media consumption, I believe are atrophied from white viewers ("I don't watch this because I don't relate!" Or projection of ones own identity into Black characters to be "relatable") because it's not Socially Required for you to apply them.

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Reading through these articles by Al Jazeera and the HRW had my heart stop cold. Not only do military trials of Palestinians have a 96% conviction rate and prisons full of horrible, torturous conditions, but now there's this. Just vile. Please give the articles a read if you've the time. There's more out there as well.

fiveforfive - collective fund for trans women and girls and transfem causes

gendered intelligence - trans led advocacy org

mermaids - supports trans youth

akt - lgbtq youth homelessness charity

loving me - domestic abuse service for trans people in england

Trans Aid Cymru - supporting trans people in wales

Queer Emporium - hub of queer businesses and events

And ones who operate in Wales but also across the UK

TIN Wadrobe - supplying clothes for trans and gnc people

Scottish Trans - Trans advocacy, information and social events. Run by the Equality Network, a broader Scottish LGBTQI advocacy group.

LEAP Sports Scotland - Sports charity that advocates for queer inclusion in sports, runs trans sports groups (Trans Active) in at least Glasgow and Edinburgh that I can absolutely recommend.

LGBT Health & Wellbeing - Not trans specific but includes trans specific, trans led and trans inclusive support and social events, and supports a variety of smaller community-run subgroups.

And another couple UK-wide:

Gender Identity Research & Education Society - Trans led charity supporting research on trans matters and education/training on trans inclusion. Does consultancy for public and private sector organisations.

our lives matter more than your fucking nostalgia.

So that's why everyone just sat by when Biden treated them like domestic terrorists? What was the national reaction to Tortuguita being shot point blank trying to protect Weelaunee Forest from Cop City? First ever environmental activist to be shot by police in a protest btw.

Now they're all wondering why nobody is protesting Trump like people protested for BLM.

Because despite politicians saying they cared about black lives and police violence they still boosted & funded police the moment that they realized standing with Black lives meant sacrificing their conservative voter base.

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However, when these medical conditions present in cisgender people, the answer is almost never 'put them on blockers so their hormones to not make it worse' or 'get rid of their testicles or ovaries to make sure that their hormones do not make it worse'. The answer is almost always 'provide appropriate medical care and carefully monitor the impact of their hormones on the situation'. The reason is that estrogen and progesterone in cis women bodies is seen as the nonnegotiable, while in trans women bodies it's seen as optional. Same with testosterone in cisgender vs. transgender men.

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