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Hey artists, C. Spike Trotman, founder of Iron Circus Comics, just posted an invaluable thread on depicting different types of black hair. I’d do the thing where you screencap the whole thread and post it but it’s just too long (which is great because it’s a whole lot of useful information!) Give her a follow while you’re there.

I was told that when I came out everyone would reject me. That I would find myself isolated from the world, and from other women especially, who would react to me with horror and revulsion.

In reality, within the first months of coming out, in no particular order:

My sister's reaction on my coming out was, "Right, so I have a sister instead of a brother. Cool. I'm taking you clothes shopping tomorrow."

A friend, when she learned I am a woman, immediately invited me to her women-only, girls-night-out birthday party the following week.

Another friend, when a friend of hers expressed doubts about my gender, immediately shut them down and reaffirmed I am a woman.

I went camping with a group of friends, and we had two tents, one for the boys and one for the girls; I was unsure as to which I should enter, to which a girl friend responded by grabbing me and physically dragging me inside the women's tent.

In the women's bathroom at a movie theatre a random woman, whom I'd never seen before and haven't seen since, stopped me as I was going into a stall, to warn me there was no toilet paper in there, because she'd just used the last of it.

All of these, and more, some from friends, some from complete strangers. All within a few months, as a trans woman who hadn't started medical transition yet, and was very visible as being a trans woman.

I've had some people reject me, true, but the vast majority, including almost all cis women, accepted me as a sister with open arms.

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

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:

This Pride Month, remember to love intersex people and make them feel included in the 2SIALGBTQ+ community!! (I spell the acronym this way since Two Spirit, Intersex, and Asexual and/or Aromantic people are often forgotten or spoken over)

EVERYONE VOTE FOR RGB

He's an older TV head, a classic one that was well known back in the day I think? So if you like Vox or Tenna or Vee or whoever else, you've GOTTA give him credit where it's due

Absolute pathetic loser of a man. Mentally ill. Hates himself. Despite that, he still loves the sound of his own voice, so to speak. Morally gray. Come ON, pathetic and depressed and morally gray, I thought you guys ate that shit up!!

Scientists already had their era. Year of the television baby

GIRLDAD. "Oh I have to vote Utonium, he's girldad," SO IS RGB??? LOOK AT HIS ADORABLE (TO-BE) NONE BINEY (TRUST) STOLEN DAUGHTER OK

Said stolen daughter bullies him sometimes (as she should 💗)

But they still love each other. Well, they don't trust each other for a while, but eventually they do. And they're so goddamn sweet it ruins me

Doomed yaoi

He's British I thought you guys ate that up too!!! As much as we like to make fun of the British I think it's very appealing how formally he tends to speak (no it's not just the accent, he generally does go for a tad of eloquence I think)

He's kind of cute when he's in pain I mean what who said that ahahah tugs collar uhh

Seriously though the comic he's from is insanely well-written, I'm terrible at explaining so I can't do it justice, but I swear to you it's insane

Pansexual and otherwise an ally... Tailor is genderfluid with fairly rapid changes and he always asks before using gendered terms on them (/srs it's canon love to see it)... What did Utonium ever do for the community... And on pride month too smh... Think queer this month chat...

Dirty coward <3

Has died multiple times I think

That negative version of himself is also pretty hot actually

I'm bad at propaganda fuck wait uhh

Help me out here guys community effort k

OH also his suit changes regularly. Can just change the palette by adjusting that one dial of his. Very stylish

LOOK AT HIM SO CUTE AWW

He keeps trying to save the world, he knows it's hopeless, everyone he knows tells him it's beyond saving, but he still has hope, he's lost everything ever but he still has hope, this is one thing he has, he will do what it takes, even if it kills him

Also, on top of that previous point:

I'm sorry, have you seen NATURE???

ALSO THE ARTIST IS HUMON, FIND THEM AT HUMONCOMICS.COM!! was so sure I had included that but apparently I forgot, so sorry!