Celestarius

Hands Off Clermont, Florida!

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

The CDC has ordered that all papers that have been submitted by their employees for peer review be retracted so that they may be “reviewed” for such words as gender, LGBT, or nonbinary. They must excise such language and then resubmit. This is a disgrace.

...the law does not reflect their actual values or priorities (although, of course, this in itself reveals their values and priorities too).

So the experience was a weird mix of reassuring and sobering. Like, it really does come down to the law because a huge portion of people base their moral decisions on the law, even when...

2. I also think most cis people are going to comply w/ law regardless of how sympathetic they feel toward us. Most people are not going to risk their own jobs or lives for us. And I can't necessarily blame them for that. I'm grateful for the ones who will, but they're going to be few & far between.

1. I don't believe most Americans actually hate trans people. Some clearly do and are very vocal about it, but I think most are pretty "live and let live" about us. That's been my experience, anyway, even here in Florida. But...

Then when I was leaving, she called me "sir", after having just seen my old license with an F marker. I keep thinking about this because I feel like it exemplifies two things:

Last week when I first tried (unsuccessfully) to get my driver's license gender marker updated, the person at the DMV was very firm about them not doing it but she also apologized and said (in a way that felt sincere), "I feel for you, I really do." 🧵

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Many need to read this message right now. Human beings are a part of nature. We forget that. We forget the earth is not something to dominate. To extract money out of.

We need to return to harmony and balance over power and control. Nature always settles the score.

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Pick your focus and stick with it. We cannot fight in all fronts or we will become overwhelmed. But we can all peel off a corner in our area of expertise and begin to reveal effective strategies for resisting the chaos. Every single one of us has something to offer.

Hey cis people, be aware that much of what you hear about trans people from mainstream media that you believe should be trusted & impartial are actually uninformed at best and straight-up dangerous lies at worst.

Listen to trans people themselves, not to others who just talk about them.

Have you or a loved one been treated for cancer? Ever have a vaccine? Had someone you love revived by chest compressions? If so, then you have benefited from NIH-funded research, which has just been effectively shut down by the cancellation of NIH study sections. No new research allowed.

On the bright side, I did get my name updated on my license (and a new photo), car registration, and voter registration, so at least those are done now.

Welp, I was unable to change the gender marker on my driver's license. I knew my luck would run out eventually and there was only the tiniest chance I would be able to, so it's not surprising, just disappointing and frustrating.

Gorgeous!

Trump’s Gender Order Won't Affect Existing Passports — Unless They’re Renewed “They can still apply to renew their passport — they just have to use their God-given sex, which was decided at birth,” the White House press secretary told NOTUS.

Major news breaking from NOTUS on Trump’s trans passport ban:

It will not be retroactive.

Very glad I and others encouraged people to get their passports in the lead up to Trump’s inauguration.

Now hopefully this EO is defeated in court.

www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...

Immediately cut off anyone who is trying to make this argument. It’s gross.

“There are good people who voted for Donald Trump!”
Nope. They are people who didn’t think racism, rape, transphobia, criminal behavior, and fascism were dealbreakers, and those are not good people. Fundamentally, not good people.

You are correct. This isn't funny.

Oh no! I'm glad you're physically OK and I hope you're able to re-center yourself without too much stress.

Trump Rescinds Biden Executive Orders Here's a list of the Biden executive orders Trump has rescinded since noon yesterday. I've put them here so you don't have to go to the White House website.

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Got my name changed with SSA so I'm all up to date with them now!

I'm so, so glad I was able to get my gender marker changed there and on my passport before yesterday. SO glad.

I don’t need a single cis person to tell me I’m valid, I need you to put your life on the line to keep me and every other trans person safe. If you want to be an ally, now is the time to prove it with something other than empty words that make you feel better.

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As Monday gets closer, just wanted to send out a reminder. I'm hosting a full day of virtual crafting! Come join like minded individuals who will be ignoring anything else going on that day!
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