puppy and i went to a concert last night and one of the headliners waved the trans flag as they went off stage (badass)

[terra@sharkey.stellar.gay]

i hope they divorce over a punk band waving a trans flag

[terra@sharkey.stellar.gay]

i learned SO MUCH about trans perception in society thus weekend tbh

puppy and i have been talking all weekend about how we can surface more ally porn. about how 3 hours of cis ally led work can make change that 100 hours of trans led advocacy cannot. about how much cis people love to be saviours, especially if they get credit.

this incident with the guy at the concert drove home for me just how fucking propagandized these transphobic fox news "do your own research" people are too. they have been taught to recognize the trans flag as the enemy. the mere sight of it is traumatic for them. this is useful. we need more trans flags. more pride flags.

[rachel@transitory.social]

@[email protected] maybe it isn't shocking but despite trans people being in the fox fear cycle people don't actually know much about trans people

Like what hormones actually do just this weekend a cis friend who thought was somewhat informed had no fucking clue what hormones do to muscle mass/strength

[terra@sharkey.stellar.gay]

@[email protected] yes, totally

before i started looking for info about how to transition, i didn't know either! i was legitimately surprised to learn that i would get tits just by taking estradiol.

[rachel@transitory.social]

@[email protected] for sports like after 2 years of hormones or if hormone blockers were used there is no real threat to girls sports*

* I honestly don't care enough about sports to worry about edge cases tbh, and most people don't care about women's sports either it is just a useful tool that fox and friends also are fucking wrong about anyway

[terra@sharkey.stellar.gay]

@[email protected] agreeeeee

why the hell are we shaping laws in our society for fucking sports

like... what if i claimed we should make laws in society to make sure people are upholding the sacred standards of drag as laid out by the ballroom queens of NYC.

it would be ridiculous and cis people would lose their minds.

sports are just eugenics with more steps.

[rachel@transitory.social]

@[email protected] "but what if some hypothetical trans girl dominates in basketball" I don't fucking care it is a dumb sport that emphasizes hight too much and there are likely taller cis girls anyway

[terra@sharkey.stellar.gay]

@[email protected] sports should not be what they are.

the way we regard sports is actually really fucked.

[rachel@transitory.social]

@[email protected] American college sports but specifically American college football is beyond insanity imo

[puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social]

@[email protected] @[email protected] American college sports but specifically American college football is beyond insanity imo