July 2012
me: my arm hurts
mom: it's the computer
me: my eyes hurt
mom: it's the computer
me: i have a nosebleed
mom: it's the computer
me: i have a fever
mom: are you sure it's not the heat from the computer
me: im pregnant
mom: it's the computer
me: i fell down the stairs & hurt my tailbone
mom: the computer pushed you didnt it
New Zealand proposes third gender option for...
qbits:
Kiwis might be able to describe themselves as M, F or X on passports, if proposed changes go through in September
05 July 2012| By Anna Leach
The New Zealand government is reviewing gender options on passports and looking into more flexibility for transgender citizens.
The Department of Internal Affairs suggests that New Zealanders can chose M, F or X to describe their gender,...
If you are Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual
tal9000:
and you have spaces you can safely be out in that are not bars that you hope the police won’t raid and publish the names of everyone they pick up in in the next morning’s newspaper
THANK A TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR.
To be more blunt about it:
kiriamaya:
You can’t just stick “trans” in front of whatever identity and have it magically become exactly comparable in every way to transgender/transsexual stuff. Identities that aren’t gender don’t always work like gender.
And guess what?
Race is not gender.
Race is not gender.
“When I talk about seeking and improving functionality, I mean your optimal level...”
– Meirya, “Your Optimal Functionality” (via jarandhel)
I love how the example of transethnicity/otherkin/etc all rolled into one that the self-appointed Tumblr sceptics all leapt on to was a fucking troll. Just as I suspected, heh.
Protip
valerianhouse:
sugar—blood:
if you’re going to whine about someone’s existence because you just don’t agree with how they are?
Don’t.
