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URGENT :boost_request: please help my trans friend survive under U.S. fascism.

25/$400 needed ASAP

Wren is a graphic designer that finally escaped the transphobic town they were trapped in thanks to your help. their housing voucher from their last place hasn't transferred yet, so they borrowed money from a friend to cover rent this month but need to pay them back. please help!

CashApp: $yungbbyHATE
PayPal: mightymeatymech@gmail.com
BTC: bc1qp9tuq8te4ezzgj5z3zvwdun06500fk90suymtg
GFM: gofund.me/196cbc0e

⭐ you can get handmade art, a short story collection or an email with file storage space for donating to them here:
- writing.exchange/@riveraerica/
- mismo.jagtalon.net/@jag/status
- weirder.earth/@june/1138898143
- terror.black/@sayyid_qishta/11
- flipping.rocks/@inherentlee/11

@mutualaid @blackfedi #BlackMutualAid #transMutualAid #TransCrowdFund #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #queerMutualAid #QueerCrowdfund #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queer #trans #transgender #fascism #handmade #art #cats #catsOfMastodon #TDOV

Those in Boorloo (Perth) Western Australia, please come along to our film screening this Saturday at 7pm of Desire Lines.

"An Iranian-American transman, Ahmad, searching for his place in history, finds more than a just link to the past in the archives. Drawing from first-person accounts, as well as fictionalized segments, filmmaker Jules Rosskam explores the lines of desire as they intersect with identity for many transmen.
Join us for a screening of Desire Lines. Followed Q&A featuring Nova Sobieralski senate candidate with the socialist alliance."

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/cultural-dissent-screening-desire-lines

Trybooking:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1372174

#boorloo #perth #westernAustralia #trans #TDOV #filmScreening

octo got nothing on #TransDayOfVisibility but a report on her first mutual aid post she managed to make in an entire month. it's clear how badly people would rather her dead. octo is in debt from not meeting the last 3 months goals. she can't afford to eat & is battling suicidal ideation. she wants to live & escape abuse. there's nothing wrong with needing support in a society that murders people like her. please give her the flowers she deserves.

$1590/2743 OVERDUE

- ko-fi.com/queeroctopuss/goal?g
- donate.stripe.com/14k6p1bMg32Q

⭐ you can get handmade art, a short story collection or an email with file storage space for donating to her here:
- writing.exchange/@riveraerica/
- terror.black/@sayyid_qishta/11
- flipping.rocks/@inherentlee/11
- weirder.earth/@june/1138898143
- mismo.jagtalon.net/@jag/status

@mutualaid @blackfedi #mutualAid #MutualAidRequest #transMutualAid #transCrowdfund #trans #queer #nonBinary #BlackMutualAid #transgender #gay #LGBTQIA #actuallyAutistic #bills #LGBTQ #poverty #pets #cats #catsOfMastodon #queerMutualAid #QueerCrowdfund #TDOV

Kopfschmerzbedingt bestand mein Trans day of visibility gestern nur daraus, dass ich bei der Lohnarbeit einen trans Pride Pin an der Mütze hatte und einen Pulli mit einem Aufdruck einer Blume und der Aufschrift "Be brave, be kind, be true, be you", alles in den Farben der trans Flagge. Übersetzt heißt der Aufdruck "Sei mutig, sei nett, sei echt, sei du"
Mir ist es wichtig, im Alltag als transfeminine Person sichtbar zu sein. Grade bei der Lohnarbeit bin ich viel im ländlichen Raum in Sachsen und Thüringen unterwegs. Hier bin ich für viele meiner Kund*innen wahrscheinlich die einzige trans Person, mit der sie zu tun haben. Und wenn sie durch mich merken, dass wir auch einfach nur Menschen sind, die ihr Leben leben wollen, und nicht so, wie wir in Comedy Serien und Filmen dargestellt werden, hilft das vielleicht, Transfeindlichkeit in der Gesellschaft abzubauen. Meiner Erfahrung nach kommt Transfeindlichkeit oft auch einfach durch Unwissenheit, schädliche Darstellung in den Medien und dadurch, dass es einfach das Unbekannte ist, womit eins im Alltag nichts zu tun hat.
Ich bin sichtbar und nehme auch alle Risiken und Gefahren bewusst in Kauf, damit es die nachfolgenden Generationen ein bisschen leichter haben :neocat_flag_trans:

A closing thought for #TDoV / #TransDayOfVisibility, on the less joyful side

Even among the people who love us, sometimes it feels like we can only exist in one of two states:

  • highly fetishized dehumanized sexual objects
  • sexless, sexuality-less, romanceless entities from beyond

and that sucks

Continued thread

Some other trans reminders:

It's alright to decide not to change your pronouns, or to change it anytime.

It's alright to try names/pronouns to see which ones fit for you. I totally encourage this.

It's alright no matter when you discovered you were trans. As a child, in your 60s...

It's alright to be unsure, and if you need time.

You're trans enough. Nobody can take your identity away from you or know better than you do. :heart_trans: