TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that… we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised...” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT

Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that… we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised...” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT

Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Eleanor
@eleanor@chaosfem.tw  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

So many of us spent years not having the words for who we are. We knew something was askew, but we had no name for it. We knew we were searching for a home that we couldn't describe.

Maybe at some point, we learned a word. Transgender. When we first heard it, maybe it was whispered. Maybe it was used as a noun with a definite or indefinite article before it. Maybe the people we hoped loved us couldn't bring themselves to say it at all.

Maybe it took some time. Maybe months, maybe years, maybe decades, but eventually, all of us learned that it was an adjective. An adjective that we learned we could use to describe ourselves, one of many that described just one aspect of the living breathing people we are. Whether we said it to only ourselves or eventually to other people, every time, it got just a little bit easier. Or it didn't, but despite that, we kept going anyway.

No matter how uninteresting or normal it seems now to some of us, never forget that naming that part or ourselves is one of the most difficult things many of us have ever done, and we found a way to fight through it all.

#TransJoy#TransJoyIsResistance
Eleanor
@eleanor@chaosfem.tw  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

So many of us spent years not having the words for who we are. We knew something was askew, but we had no name for it. We knew we were searching for a home that we couldn't describe.

Maybe at some point, we learned a word. Transgender. When we first heard it, maybe it was whispered. Maybe it was used as a noun with a definite or indefinite article before it. Maybe the people we hoped loved us couldn't bring themselves to say it at all.

Maybe it took some time. Maybe months, maybe years, maybe decades, but eventually, all of us learned that it was an adjective. An adjective that we learned we could use to describe ourselves, one of many that described just one aspect of the living breathing people we are. Whether we said it to only ourselves or eventually to other people, every time, it got just a little bit easier. Or it didn't, but despite that, we kept going anyway.

No matter how uninteresting or normal it seems now to some of us, never forget that naming that part or ourselves is one of the most difficult things many of us have ever done, and we found a way to fight through it all.

#TransJoy#TransJoyIsResistance
Alex, the Hearth Fire
@WizardOfDocs@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

I had an absolutely WILD #TransGEM today.

I was walking to the drugstore to pick up some prescriptions. Nice warm sunny day, I'm wearing a tank top and men's gym shorts and my crossbody bag. Listening to my new favorite queer indie songwriter. His genre choices are eclectic, but YouTube calls his work "Midwestern emo." Haven't been much of an emo fan before, but I like this guy and want to support his work. And his lyrics really speak to me. (1/)
Alex, the Hearth Fire
@WizardOfDocs@wandering.shop replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

In the middle of one of his better songs
(https://youtu.be/vY9y91ffpTU),
it hits me that if I had been a boy in high school, this is what I would have worn and the kind of music I'd have listened to.

And then I got to the drugstore and Mr. Brightside started playing over the PA and I thought "man, I'm glad I have access to the queer version of this genre."

#TransJoy
TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman. I'm about to start my journey of transition hopefully soon so the idea of aging was scary at first but I am going to embrace the grey hairs and become a silver Vixen!"

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman."

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT
TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman. I'm about to start my journey of transition hopefully soon so the idea of aging was scary at first but I am going to embrace the grey hairs and become a silver Vixen!"

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman."

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT