I'm over here 'finding my special place in the world to play the victim' because I posted that I'd like to be able to access healthcare, travel freely, & have a family.

Says a person who appeals publicly to a 'care team' because they didn't like how their cup smelled once.

The Associated Press So, the Vatican acknowledges that people can be born with ambiguous or mixed reproductive organs, so surgeries are OK, but apparently it's impossible that trans people also have anatomical differences, i.e., brain structures, that undergird their difference in sexual development?

The Associated Press twitter.com/jack_turban/st…

Six people in prison in NY filed a lawsuit two Fridays ago. Within a week, the court ruled to allow them to view the eclipse, which holds spiritual significance.

I can only imagine the busy docket of a federal judge. Currently marveling at the efficiency of our US court system!

BTW did ya'll #uglydogs see Blowhole's work in the mainstream news media yesterday? He wasn't credited for his deed but it's the culmination of years of practice and I'm sure ya'll can figured out what news article I'm referring to.

HINT: chaotic good

It had been 368 days since Bud Light sent Dylan Mulvaney one (1) can of beer with her face on it, and Fox News has mentioned her on average nearly once a day since then 🧵

I know Refried is singing to her friends today, too. Happy happy birthday, senior beans!!

You know what WILL increase the death toll?

Not having words to describe trans bodies and experience in a way that medical providers and law enforcement can quickly and easily understand.

But having that phrasing entails cis people occasionally hearing it used.

Tough choices.

This is another way that people police others' behavior and make judgements that are really just projections of their own insecurities. Thank u loafingcactus c.im for sharing how this can happen with mobility aids in response to my riffing on reactions to use of gender technologies.

This to me is the effing crux:

The language of wanting 'democratic deliberation' seems super hinged & well-meaning until we ask ourselves WHY these people are against language trans people use in mostly legal or med circumstances.

They fail to establish any significant harm.