Trans Pants

Greetings!

A lifetime ago, the mods of this blog were discussing the fact that there was no space to talk about the inherent transphobia of the HP fandom (due to... You-Know-Who.) We wanted to share stories and celebrate ourselves and talk about what we could improve as a community. Thus, how the discord server was born.

This blog is here to gather the observations that we've made and to celebrate trans identity this side of tumblr!

And let it be clear, when we say trans, we mean: binary, nonbinary and everyone who do away with the whole thing. Trans is a latin prefix which means "on the other side" or "across". It has nothing to do with transition. No matter your gender presentation or your desire to transition or not, if you are challenging your gender assigned at birth, you are welcome in trans spaces. The labels that you use are your choice only and don’t have a lot of importance on your access to the spaces we’ve created here. There is no “not trans enough” here. You are valid in your identity (or lack, thereof).

The server welcomes trans and cis individuals and all those who are not really sure where they stand.

Join the discord and drop us your favorite trans headcanons in the ask box!

Over the past few years the server has served as a community for so many people and has fostered many friendships, creative collaboration and general fandom fun. We didn’t want this to be another thing lost to hatred and transphobia, and so after much discussion we have decided to shift the server - and this associated tumblr account - to all things fandom.

We have chosen the new name Trans Pants as a tongue in cheek reference to that age old question often thrown at us as trans* folk - and in this case the answer is community, friendship and fandom.

This community will remain a place to uplift trans* voices and celebrate trans* representation across all fandoms.

Those who are still within the Potter fandom are encouraged to continue to engage in discussion and fan works in this area, but it will now be one of many fandoms that we share a love for in this space.

We will continue to be a place for both trans* folks and cis allies, and will keep our trans-specific channels along with the general spaces within the server.

And here we are, the final day of comfest!

Merry Christmas Eve to those who celebrate!

The first day of comfest is upon us! You can find this year’s collection here. We’ve even added some fics from previous years to get you in the mood.

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Unfortunately we don’t know of any fests like this, perhaps some of our followers do?

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All the info is in the biggest paragraph on announcement post - this is a super low-key fest, with no deadlines, minimum word count etc.

We only ask that works be positive in tone, accurately tagged and included at least one trans character.

Trans Comfest 2025 - Announcement Post

We are very excited to announce that Trans Comfest is back for 2025!

The goal of this fest is to provide comfort and a sense of community to those who might have a hard time during the holidays, and those who want to spread warmth during this time!

This year we have one big change - ALL FANDOMS ARE WELCOME. Now more than ever we need trans representation, trans solidarity and trans comfort. Any fandom, big or small, popular or niche, books, comics, TV, movies etc etc etc - gather up your blorbos and join us for a bit of holiday softness.

This is a lowkey fest, so there is no hard deadline and you don’t have to sign up– all you have to do is create your work, and then post it into the collection once it’s open! The rules are the same as last year– above all, we ask for respect and kindness in both creating and interacting with this fest. Your creation must also have a positive tone, be thoroughly tagged, and contain at least one trans character. Works can be mature or explicit as long as they are tagged appropriately and you are an adult. You do not have to be part of the server to participate, though we’d love for you to join!

You can produce whatever you feel comfortable with, whether it be a drabble, a long one-shot, a doodle, a time-consuming fanart, a podfic, a collage, a fic-bind, a headcanon post… whatever you want!

The fest will run for three days and we are providing prompts for inspiration, but feel free to pick and choose or completely ignore them if you have other ideas! We will make a post closer to the dates of the fest to announce when we open the collection, but we wanted to announce the prompts with plenty of time for you to create.

The prompts for the 2025 fest are:

December 23: Found Family ⭑New Year's Dip ⭑ Scent/Perfume

December 24: Pets ⭑ Cookie Cutters ⭑ Discovery

December 25: Gift Shopping ⭑ Secret Santa ⭑ Solidarity

with the "ber" months upon us we are looking towards the holidays and whether to run the trans comfest again this december. The comfest is a lowkey fest where you can write or draw or create for one, some, or all of the prompts. No sign ups, no deadlines, just post to the collection and enjoy the soft holiday vibes.

This post from our 2022 fest gives a good overview of the fest and an example of the types of prompts we include.

If you could please vote in the poll below and share with those who might be interested, we would be extremely grateful!