My Mind Has No Frequency

Who functions either as the subject of a sentence ("Who told Jason that?") or as nominative pronoun in the predicate ("I met the one who was told by Marie.")

Whom functions as the object of either a verb ("Marie saw whom?") or a preposition, such as for whom, by whom, to whom, ... ("Jason talked to whom?").

Generally, if you can replace the word with he or she, use who ("He/Who told Jason that?"). If you can replace it with him and her, use whom ("Marie saw him/whom?") In some cases, you may need to restructure the sentence for this to work: "Who told Jason that?" — "She told Jason that." ✓ "Whom did Jason tell?" — "Him did Jason tell." ✗ → "Jason told him." ✓

"Why does whom sound weird in the beginning of the sentence?" The usual structure of an English sentence is Subject, Verb, Object. Putting "whom" (the object) in the beginning can sound off. To avoid this, you can restructure the sentence: "Whom did Jason talk to?" → "Jason talked to whom?"

I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.

The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.

Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.

A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:

Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.

Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.

Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns

Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.

I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.

It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:

I also feel like The Shoelace President is Obama but I'm curious what Tumblr at large thinks

However.

"Hmph. I see what's going on here."

"Oh, you're in for it now!"

"Who am I talking to?"