personally i think you should be able to afford a place to live with a part-time job

dare i even say that, with how much technology has advanced in america, the 40 hour work week shouldn't be as commonplace and you should still get full-time employment benefits when you're working less than that actually

People really need to realise that “media can affect real life” doesn’t mean “this character does bad things so people will read that and start doing bad things” and actually means “ideas in fiction especially stereotypes about minority groups can affect how the reader views those groups, an authors implicit prejudices can be passed on to readers”

I can’t believe that even trans people say that being trans is a mental illness, imagine if people said that being gay was a mental illne- oh wait…hm. Who is it who says that again? What group of people? With what beliefs? Hmmmm…

I wonder why people associate being transgender with mental illness? maybe its because being transgender is directly caused by the mental illness called, gender dyspho- oh wait no that’s not a mental illness anymore because being transgender is steadily becoming de-medicalized.

Dysphoria is a mental illness. Gay people dont need to change to feel happy. They just want to be allowd to exsist. If you say gender or sex dysphoria is not a mental illness ur making shit real hard for dysphoric people.

This post is old as fuck but people are reblogging it again and I’m getting annoyed

1) Gender dysphoria is a mental illness, being trans is not. You do not need dysphoria to be trans.

2) Saying that being trans is a mental illness validates people saying that its a delusion or unnatural, and is literally the argument that people use for conversion therapy. I know y’all don’t support that, you’re just unintentionally validating those beliefs. Trust me, this is the argument that actual transphobes who think I belong in conversion therapy have used against me.

3) I’m very dysphoric, I just know that some other trans people aren’t.

the fact that Carlos was a professor is so funny to me. this was a man in his mid-thirties with a Career tm and a Salary tm and then one day he abandoned that for a sabbatical and left to research night vale, then proceeded to stay in night vale for no reason other than that he’s gay and batshit unhinged. like he went from grading papers in an office, to wooing a slutty immortal radio host while dead animals rain from the sky around them. imagine you look up your old instructer on ratemyprofessors and you can’t find any trace of him because his linkedin points to a town that no maps recognize, where he moved to basically be a malewife and do sidequests. and night vale didn’t even make him weird, he’s just always been Like That and it gave him the opportunity to let all that weirdness out. it’s so sexy of him, you go funky science man

I can’t believe that even trans people say that being trans is a mental illness, imagine if people said that being gay was a mental illne- oh wait…hm. Who is it who says that again? What group of people? With what beliefs? Hmmmm…

I wonder why people associate being transgender with mental illness? maybe its because being transgender is directly caused by the mental illness called, gender dyspho- oh wait no that’s not a mental illness anymore because being transgender is steadily becoming de-medicalized.

being trans and being gay arent the same thing op

Tumblr user kalkjot doesn’t know what a comparison is

theyre not really comparable either, i dont think being trans is a mental illness, i think gender dysphoria is though because of its neurological root and because its treatable. being gay isnt and has never been a mental illness, people have said it is but it doesnt have the kind of evidence that gender dysphoria does to be able to say its a mental illness :))

Gender dysphoria is an illness, I agree with that. But saying that being trans is inherently medical is problematic. It implies that there’s something wrong with just existing as trans and that it’s unhealthy. You would *hope* that if people wanted to find a “cure” to being trans, they would realize that transitioning is the way to treat dysphoria, but unfortunately, it’s very evident that many people think the cure is to try and convince them that they’re cis.

I’m not saying that dysphoria isn’t an illness, it definitely is /nm. But that’s a big part of the problem with saying that you have to have dysphoria to be trans, using brain scan arguments, and other medical arguments. If you medicalize the idea of being trans, people will try to find “cures” and do, like, eugenics shit. For the record, I’m not blaming truscum for people doing eugenics shit or any of that, I get that’s not y’all’s goal in any way. It’s more of an unfortunate side effect?

I can’t believe that even trans people say that being trans is a mental illness, imagine if people said that being gay was a mental illne- oh wait…hm. Who is it who says that again? What group of people? With what beliefs? Hmmmm…

I wonder why people associate being transgender with mental illness? maybe its because being transgender is directly caused by the mental illness called, gender dyspho- oh wait no that’s not a mental illness anymore because being transgender is steadily becoming de-medicalized.

being trans and being gay arent the same thing op

Tumblr user kalkjot doesn’t know what a comparison is

not this shit again. the notes on this post are hellish.

there's no discourse here. there's no discussion. there's no valid reason for excluding pansexuals. it's just whack-ass bigotry and convoluted explanations.

sit your ass down and think about why you feel the need to decide who is valid and who isn't. sit your ass down and think about why you can't just be kind and respect all sexualities and identities.

bi people are valid. pan people are valid.

be kinder.

your top tags are supernatural mcu and harry potter i can promise not a single person is going to respect you

fortunately, a person's interests don't invalidate their opinion, friend! if someone is unwilling to respect me simply because i blog about things i enjoy, i hope that they are able to find peace. those who are unkind towards others often harbor deep self-hatred, and i hope that they know they are loved and deserving of love.

Respect both pansexual and bisexual people or suffer my wrath <3

as funny as top/bottom/switch jokes can be, i wanna drill into queer kids heads that those terms are 1) not myers-briggs personality types 2) likely not something you know about yourself if you're a virgin 3) inherently sexual and therefore 4) not something adults should assign you, even as a joke

:o oh ace here and... i always thought this was like a shy(bottom) to courageous(top) scale

i am so sorry that everyone lied to you. bottom = someone who prefers to be penetrated when having penetrative sex, top = someone who prefers to penetrate others when having penetrative sex, versatile/vers (not switch, oops. that's a bdsm term) = no strong preference for either (or a preference for changing roles every once in a while)

these have nothing to do with being dominant or submissive, and no bearing on your behavior outside of sex (unless, i guess, you wanna make it a personality trait? for some reason?). someone can be a submissive top if that's what suits them best. not pointing fingers at anyone in particular, but somewhere along the line people got it in their heads that these terms are gender roles 2.0 and i want an apology

also it’s important to point out that you can have sex and a sexual relationship without any dominance/submission dynamic at all. like... you can just be having sex. i can not stress enough how much your preferred sexual position is NOT inherently linked to dominance or submission.

because that’s what being a top/bottom/vers is. it is the way you like to experience sexual pleasure with another person. that’s it.

points to a sign that says “sometimes two people from the same marginalized community will want/need two very different things from their representation in fiction and they should both be allowed to find and make that representation to suit their own needs and neither should be criticized for not making the representation that the other wants”

like, for example, if one trans person is dealing with hostility from their family and their own internalized transphobia and they’re comforted by seeing a trans character face those same things, then that’s fine and they should be allowed to. if another trans person finds those kinds of stories bleak and disheartening and would prefer to see a trans character with caring loved ones and who takes pride in their identity, then that’s also fine and they should be allowed to. neither of them is doing the other any harm by looking for or making the content they personally want to see.

coming out as trans on other platforms: carefully worded statement, thoughtful reflection on my responsibilities as a public figure

coming out as trans on tumblr: SKIDDLE SKIDADDIDALE MY NAME IS ABIGAIL

if you passionately defended "ugly" or "scary" animals as a kid you're gay now

The first poem is called Mercy by Rudy Francisco

Giant isopods are so cool but what’s with the sexy funk music

most sexual motherfucker in the ocean. 

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