Being a trans* person and wondering what your life would have been like if you had been born cisgender.

I’ve been having to avoid that line of thinking this semester because otherwise I’ll break down crying.

bism-ishazz:

being trans is a phase

in the same way being a painter is a phase

you start doodling in the margins of your writing and then you realize you need a bigger canvas

that doesn’t mean you aren’t a writer anymore

it does mean developing new expressive techniques and aesthetic…

(Source: boyqueen)

veuxveuxpas:

Noir Silence - On Jase De Toi

Parce que les personnes trans représentées dans le Canada français sont assez rares, voici Michelle Lambert, ancienne clavériste de Noir Silence. L’année dernière, elle a fait le tour des émissions talk-show du Québec afin de sensibiliser les gens par rapport aux personnes trans, et afin de parler de sa musique. Bien que je ne sois pas toujours d’accord avec elle (elle mentionne à quelques reprises qu’elle ne perçoit pas nécessairement les femmes trans comme femmes, mais plutôt “transexuelles”dans la section commentaires) , j’admire ce qu’elle fait en parlant de son cheminement atypique, et le fait qu’elle s’assume en tant que personne avec un genre et un sexe complexe. Son ouverture d’esprit quant à sa décision de garder le terme “papa”, et la façon dont elle s’exprime sont intéressantes. 

C’est super important de se battre pour une représentation variée, et je suis content de voir que ça commence, d’accord où pas avec tout ce qu’elle dise. 

Michelle Lambert, French trans woman, who is the lead singer of the above band Noir Silence.

transcouchnetwork:

Hi! I just started a tumblr, the Transgender Couchsurfing Network.  After seeing dozens of posts come across my dash about displaced or homeless trans people needing places to crash, I decided that there had to be a way to organize these posts somehow, and to put those in need in contact with those willing to lend a hand.  If you’re trans and need a place to stay, or if you have a couch or floor or spare bedroom available for someone in need, I urge you to reblog this post, follow the blog, and get the word out.  Everything is still under heavy construction, but the more people that see and hear about this blog, the more people will be able to benefit from it!  I know that there are so many people here on tumblr who are in need of a place to stay for a night or two, and I also know how many amazing, wonderful people would be willing to host someone and help out a trans person in need.  We all know what a huge problem unemployment and homelessness are for trans people (especially TPOC and trans women) — even a place to stay for a night can make the biggest difference!  So PLEASE, even if you can’t offer up your couch, REBLOG AND SIGNAL BOOST.  I really, really think that this is something that could help a lot of people, and I would LOVE to see this spammed all over my dash and the dashes of all of my lovely followers!!

(Source: transhousingnetwork)

phinforthewin:

“passing”

WHAT IS? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND? PASSING AS WHAT?

no. just stop. please. 

yeah. i can relate.

the only time i use it is “oh i can’t pass as female at all anymore” or “oh gosh y’all, i am passing as cis! all my co-workers think i am cis! weird.”

but basically that word sucks and should just die.

we really need a new language to describe trans* experiences.

I’m struggling with a lot of body dysphoria in this warm weather. It’s difficult but meditating is helping somewhat. Acknowledging and examining my body dysphoria doesn’t always work though. Sometimes the best thing to do is go kill dragons on Skyrim or scroll Tumblr.

I have days of ravaging body dysphoria but today has been good. I think it’s because I had such a wonderful and tipsy night. I was at the birthday party of a crush. The weather is really beautiful today. I visited a friend at her work (instead of studying for a final exam) and we talked about the public health system.

Oh, and when I got breakfast in the Alexis Nihon mall, the waitress called me handsome. That was cool. I am getting lots of compliments lately. My mustache is coming in more. My crush is convinced my face looks different somehow but then again, she has not seen me in awhile. It definitely looks rougher and more *me*, which alleviates a tiny bit of dysphoria.

As a  another fun side-note, I want to say that I’m in love with my own body hair. Thank you, testosterone!

Also, I think I really want to practice Buddhism. I’m going to spend a day hunting through used bookstores once school is over and find cool things on that and existentialism and cool critical theory stuff (Freire! hooks! Camus!)

laborreguitina:

chubadubdub:

chubadubdub:

click through or click here to buy one of these gender justice prints from the awesome Talcott to support ICATH (Informed Consent for Access to Trans Health). Each print is 18x12” and SO AWESOME.  Proceeds will offset training costs as well as advocacy and therapy session fees for those who demonstrate need. More info at www.icath.org.

Talcott says, “This print: “I’m Not Trapped in Anything But Your Strange Sense of Binary.” refers to the compulsive feminizing or masculinizing that non-binary and/or genderqueer, gender different people often face. When I’m not being incessantly Sir-Ma’am-ed, I’m expected to present the narrative that I am “trapped in the wrong body, etc”…While for some people this experience is true and valid, for others there is a much more fluid and non-binary gender experience.” 

Please reblog and snatch one up, if you’re so inclined!

keep this going!

want want want i heart talcott!