Meaux, Your Second Favourite Valentine

There is a trap built into the floorboards of being trans: they grind you down until you snap - then point at your anger and say, "See? We were right all along."

We refuse to be "reasonable" in the face of the unreasonable any longer.

Oh FFS

a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500

Hey. Hey you! You’re lovely, congrats on being you. It took a lot, I know, but you made it. And every day you’re you, you are living in opposition to so much. That takes a fucking lot. So it’s okay to be tired or sad. I am too.

But we’re both alive. And that is beautiful.

I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.

Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.

Tough guy action heroes and superspies are the Mary Sues for men.

Thanks...just have to be both patient and ready to pivot on a dime now.

It wasn't awesome.

Sadly, I have worked with kids and while some parents were wonderful, there were a lot who were even worse.

(sigh)

oh my gods, THIS

My mom told me several times in heated moments that she never wanted kids in the first place and holy shit was that ever apparent in both her and my dad.

Finally got all my documents filled out and uploaded for bottom surgery, now just waiting for the first consult.

Switching to purge mode to clear space in my home to allow for having folks over and for delightful mischief.

Thoughts after being stuck at home with a cold:

On the one hand, I want to clear space by getting rid of books. on the other, i've read enough dystopian fiction to know how valuable unpowered access to information can be if we are truly facing a fall of civilization.

Come hang out tomorrow with a bunch of cool degenerates as we raise money for queer community support!

@ottawatranslibrary.bsky.social is having a community telethon on Sunday April 19th, from 11am to 3pm.

I completely understand.

You deserve that happiness.

So glad you're choosing you.

this would fix me

From what I have seen, it's about connecting with the listeners and using that for real-time curation to create a narrative that delivers an experience.

Same. They make it look so easy.

Describe your Bluesky account in three words:

Girlkissing
Defiance
Meaning

One question I get a lot is why progressives and leftists should go to law school or become lawyers if we're abolitionists. Isn't that contradictory?

No, actually. And here's why.

this makes sense, tho I think I'm the reverse myself.

I'm glad you eventually got support.

Folks can see the good in you too.

That really sucks. esp to have to face it on your own.

🫂

that sounds awful...I'm sorry you've had to deal with it

You seem trustworthy so when you, a trustworthy person, say I should trust you, it is incredibly reassuring.

Um...what?

Oh. Oh my. That really does look amazing on you...good find!

I was a kid who was "good at math" for a while until lack of support and what I realize was shitty teaching changed that.

There was definitely an attitude towards kids who didn't "get" it.

How something is taught is really important and shitty teachers don't want to admit that they're shitty.