Epiphanies and Subtext

Ryan Cassata: L.G.B...T? (My awful experience at Pride)

Yesterday, I played Long Island Pride Fest. It was really excellent for me to take the stage at the Pride closest to my hometown. All of my local friends got to see me rock a huge festival. My performance went great. I got encored which was an amazing feeling. I was announced as a “Transgender…

Notes: 534 6/20/12 — 12:53pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZwbuJwNmdOgt Filed under: #lgbt #community #ryan cassata #pride #experience #awful #bad #education #ignorance #transgender #trans #trans* #queer #ryancassata #face #writing #transxx #xxtrans #gay men #cis #cis men #cis male #LGBTQ

FACT: When trans* people are confronted with gendered bathrooms, they walk through the wall in the middle and enter into the bathroom equivalent of platform 9 and 3/4.

jrnyofmylifetime:

Heh. I wish.

Source: factsaboutqueers

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jrnyofmylifetime:

Yes.

Fact. I barely wear one now.

Source: thenameiskaikai

High-res Notes: 970 5/30/12 — 6:42pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZwbuJwMRrQtG Filed under: #Trans* #FTM #top surgery #clothing

High-res Notes: 176 3/8/12 — 11:53am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZwbuJwHfe7LP Filed under: #ftm #binders #binding #transgender #genderqueer #gender #transboy #trans*

Indulge in Me: How to make love to a trans person

By Gabe Moses

Forget the images you’ve learned to attach
To words like cock and clit,
Chest and breasts.
Break those words open
Like a paramedic cracking ribs
To pump blood through a failing heart.
Push your hands inside.
Get them messy.
Scratch new definitions on the bones.

Get rid of the…

Notes: 112 3/7/12 — 2:27pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZwbuJwHd9ij9 Filed under: #lgbt #trans #trangender #ftm #mtf #diversity #gender binary #poem #love #sex #transsexual #trans*