All true. And to add to that- misgendering or mislabelling some people's races is bound to happen or understandable sometimes. It's a diverse and broad crowd out there. You'll never really know.

So, it will happen. And it's ok. Well, not really but u get it- The important thing to remember is when we're being corrected or informed, we keep in the knee-jerk reaction(to those who have it) of attacking that person or feeling so guilty or constantly apologizing about how much you were wrong that the conversation/interaction losses sight of what is being addressed in the first place and the person who was actually wronged.

True. Apologizing is good and all but don't make it all about you. And don't be such a white knight either that the person or idea you're defending is being silenced.

We've all created platforms that makes us act and feel louder than everyone else in the room. And everyone else feels the same way back. But if you heard voices being actively silenced by others and you want to help- then help. But don't make your voice louder than what was actually being said.

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trans women twirling in their dresses and being butch and having all kinds of sized breasts, giving cis women an opportunity to revel in the parts of their own selves that they feel connected to

understanding pleasure, not being afraid of bodies and what they can do 

top surgery scars redefining ideas about shame at “non-perfect” gender presentations and “ugliness,” because if scars are beautiful, they’re beautiful, and they shouldn’t be hidden away, and they say as much or as little about your gender as you want them to

body hair or lack of body hair, tall or short, shoulder width, size of your hands and feet, open and proud body non-conformity, the opportunity to revel in all the kinds of bodies that exist, rather than believe that any little imperfection according to limiting standards needs to be destroyed, hidden away, taken as a mark of inferiority of gender

femininity masculinity void new binaries lack of binaries fag gender dyke gender boi grrrl queer gender tethered or untethered to anything you want it to be, be your own body

creation of the self, theories about bodily autonomy that stretch across lines of transness/disability/race/sex/ethnicity, transition as something to be unafraid of, rather than desperately holding onto stagnant realities that can be changed if you’re brave enough and allow yourself to be inspired and to live, transitioning as you age, as we all do

social lines redrawn, new masculinities and femininities injected into the populace with hormones/joyful representations/different communal connections, no need to enforce correct gender behaviours, no need to be afraid of appearing weak, appearing loud, appearing wrong...