Wanna buy some gender? We got half genders, whole genders, genders across the spectrum, and genders not even known to humans yet.
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Latest Posts by thoughtsofagremlin - Page 2
My friend sent me this with a "this made me think of you."
I feel so seen.
If a girl feels uncomfortable hanging out with you alone, and you get so offended by that, it makes you angry, she probably made the right choice.
It occurs to me that there are people who weren’t on this website in 2012 and therefore never saw the magical gif that you can actually hear:
It’s been over five years and that still impresses the hell out of me.
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/judge-says-park-service-reinstate-fired-employees-20220040.php
Public outcry works. Protest works.
Keep raising hell!
Tumblr isn't giving us back the boops for ides of march so I will do it myself.
Get your boops everyone!!!
I just put these together real quick feel free to use them.
Stab a politician day!!!!
I've told this story before but the non-negotiable in allyship really reminded me of my gaming group. So one of my best friends is a twin and while I know *her* pretty well I don't really know her brother as well despite knowing him for roughly same length of time. We play videogames together and her brother asked to join us so at some point I took him aside and had The Talk with him because we at that point had a recently out trans fem within the group and she had just barely started hormones and hadn't done any voice training etc so I fully intended to head any trouble off at the pass.
So I basically had the "respect my friend's pronouns or die by my sword" discussion because while he knows I'm a trans guy and had so far been chill, I didn't know if that extended to all trans people.
What I did not expect was for him to pull an uno reverse on me and invite his two trans woman friends to game with us as well and did a "no no, *you* respect *my* friends' pronouns or die by *my* sword".
When I was working at Petco, one of my coworkers came to me having a total panic and anxiety meltdown and when I finally got them to tell me what was going on, the revealed they had sought me out because they were having Transgender Feelings and wanted advice. I ended up giving them my old binders that were too small for me but a perfect fit for them, and one of my roommates gave them their first masc haircut.
A few weeks later a customer speaking Spanish was saying many nasty things about my coworker and reacting with disgust. Another coworker- a cis gay man who speaks fluent Spanish- came to get me first so I could pull the other coworker away while he effectively cussed them out in Spanish. He told us the sparknotes version of the English translation and it was mostly horrifically transphobic drivel. My coworker had responded mostly neutrally to me being trans, but for him to be visibly steamed the rest of the day over my other coworker definitely bumped my respect for him.
And I've talked about how a cis lesbian friend of mine visibly bristles at anyone she even thinks is being shitty to me about being trans to the point of making them splutter and back down.
A cishet woman I am only sort of acquaintances with once caught me wincing at being she/her'd at a trial and asked if that had been happening all day. When I responded the affirmative, she stormed off and I didn't see her the rest of the day. The next day, any time anyone referred to me there was an audible pause before a deliberate choice to choose masc versions.
Another trans woman who is a friend of mine once beat up a bully for calling her trans boyfriend a heshe when they were in schooling together.
It's about holding the line. It's about making the active choice to show up for each other. And it's about linking hands and refusing to budge.
If you cannot hold the line with me by your side, then we are not moving together.
How come semi trucks in Europe look like “toot toot :)” and in North America they look like “HONK HOOOOOOOONK >:|”
do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?
The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.
So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.
As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.
This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"
Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:
From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.
Reblog daily for health and prosperity
I used to be a powerlifter
(please reblog this version, as it is finished!)
Biker boys and horse girls are the same genre of people and if anyone reblogs I’ll elaborate
In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.
P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3
does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver
shit’s bad!!!!! here are some not terrible headlines to take the edge off a little bit
In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.
P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3
EDIT: Well this got a lot of attention! I got a few users asking to print or repost my art and I am unimaginably grateful to everyone's interest, especially since it's a really simple drawing I made on a whim haha! Anyone who is looking to print these out to hang or hand out or repost on another platform is free to do so, although I ask you to credit me and let people know it's from my Tumblr profile! If anyone wishes to do anything else with my art or post and wants to clarify what I consent to then they can message me privately and I'll explain! <333 all my love to my queer siblings
EDIT: I made an LGBTQIA+ version with a focus on trans and intersex folks, it's on my pinned if you prefer this version of the acronym.
Reminder that you are loved
The message was posted on all social media platforms: "In one week, the richest person in the world will die, and every month after that, it will happen to the next one, and again, and again, and again..."
Hey guys, did you know that Trump/Musk/et al have had a really bad day in the legal department?
All your hellraising (especially with my suggested targeting of state AGs, especially Democratic AGs) is working! Keep it up! There will be many bad news days to come, but remember: pushing back is always worth it and it is already working.
Everyone thank our favorite fan site and remember to donate every time it comes around
hey ao3 can you like give the extra $38k you made from this month’s funds drive to charity
@everentropy we’re a hit on Bluesky😎
Kinda freaking out over what’s going to happen later today rn at 5 o’clock in the morning bc I can’t sleep. Uhm. Yeah.
Anyway, shit you need to know:
You see I.C.E?
Yell, “La Migra.” (La-mee-grah)
Be as loud you possibly can.
They are supposed to be starting Raids in Chicago on Tuesday.
You know neurodivergent or queer people?
No the fuck you don’t.
Are you apart of that spectrum yourself?
Suddenly you aren’t.
Know trans people or trans yourself?
Nuh-uh.
Do you have immigrant family?
Tell them how to answer I.C.E if they come across them. (a bunch of shit on TikTok can tell about that)
If you have birth-right citizenship, you’re at risk too.
Don’t be in usually populated areas.
Like, the mall, movie theaters, etc. it’s not safe, trust, there will be dumbasses out there today and probably the rest of the week, keep that in mind.
Know that Trump is planning to ban No Fault Divorce, so legal marriage isn’t the best option until said otherwise.
Anyone ask you about your political views?
Say NOTHING.
Or, “I don’t like to talk about that stuff.”
Don’t talk about them at all.
Same goes for your identity, aight?
Idgaf if he “saved TikTok” it was a stunt, they think we’re stupid. Forget that shit, don’t thank him. It’s fucking propaganda.
Stay safe,
Eat the rich,
And Deny, Defend, and fucking depose.
Ik im not popular, like at all but please reblog, share, whateva
—Atlas
Your stupid little boytoy
middle aged lady on my bus just called someone's partner "your whimsical idiot boyfriend" over the phone . with sincere frustration might I add