Thinking about him specifically tbh
Chat why are some of yall hating on 14 year old trans boys for being ‘soft’ like. Oh gee. Did a young trans guy like other guys. Did it make you upset that he had a gay flag and that he’s a child.
The minute you stop putting bigotry in little boxes of “oh it’s an x thing” or “it’s a y thing” and accept that bigotry is intersectional and doesn’t care about boundaries, you can start helping yourself and your fellow targets of hatred.
Being sexualised without consent isn’t just “oh it’s a girl thing! Welcome to the club trans women!!” It’s about being an “other”. Bigots don’t care about you identifying as a woman or a man, you’re just an other whose identity has been presented through media as inherently sexual. This is why gay men experience it as well as gay women, why trans men, non-binary, and trans women also experience it. This is why the buck doesn’t stop at women. Misogyny, racism, transphobia, and homophobia all intersect in disgusting ways that effect everyone who’s a target.
am I saying it’s bad to vent about your experiences? FUCK NO. I’m saying it’s going to make you lonely when you divide your experiences from other people’s, especially when they relate. DONT MAKE YOUR LIFE HARDER BY SHUTTING OUT EVERYONE ELSE.
just in case the wrong type of person (those who will absolutely use this as an excuse to physically harm, harass, or do unmentionable inappropriate activities to unwilling parties) sees this:
Your intent and diagnosis is an explanation but when someone does actually say “hey don’t do that” / “that makes me uncomfortable” / “please stop” YOU STOP. When people are SAYING and actually communicating with you to STOP that’s not something that’s vague or misunderstandable.
of course this doesn’t apply to the implications of people being uncomfortable, because that can absolutely be missed by anyone neurotypical, let alone anyone autistic. But I’m sick of seeing people use this as a scapegoat for straight up assault or harassing people. If people say stop and you don’t? You’re not just an asshole, you’re a freak who’s about to have no friends.
this post cannot apply when people tell you how to change.
I think some of you forgot that autistic people sometimes act strange and say things that are poorly worded and speak with incorrect tone and misunderstand or miss social cues because they are autistic
I don’t want to ruin what’s just begun and I don’t know what this feeling is
but I want to hold you close forever and ever and just listen to your voice as you talk about schedules or performances or whatever
And I get jealous when you hug someone else or talk to your ex
I don’t even know you that well.
I don’t want to get to know you under the guise of friendship only to spring this on you. I don’t want to hurt you when you’re already down from a breakup. I love you. I want to love you. But I don’t want to complicate things.
I think most of the hatred that Caitlyn gets isn’t just the standard misogynistic hatred that female characters get, it’s hatred for the system she represents.
People forget that the enforcers are literally vessels to show Piltover’s dictatorship over Zaun. Enforcers started in LOL as a joke about police brutality (VI’s old attack names anyone?). In our current day and age it’s more than understandable why people might hate the character meant to be the oppressor. Caitlyn isn’t like Ekko or Jinx, she’s not fighting the system she’s a representative of the system.
I’m not saying nobody’s supposed to like her, the show wants to test your boundaries and make you think about stuff like this, I’m just sick of people not acknowledging the very real reasons people may not like Caitlyn. Right now in the US it’s not very fun or calming to see people fawning over a character that gassed a “lower people” with the way our politicians are acting.
Idk who needs to hear this but it's not misogynistic to call out women who treat queer men as sexual objects. That is the meaning of the word, and why fujoshi means "rotten girl". They're basically an even worse version of girls who want a "gay best friend" as an accessory, and the female version of men who want to see girls in the bar make out because it's "hot". Anyone who tells you otherwise is not only blatantly lying to you, but dangerously homophobic and should be avoided at all costs.
Also, as a trans man who has been in plenty of fujoshi spaces in the past, they are infinitely more transphobic than people who use the term correctly (as in not using it on gay trans men living their lives, but actual fetishizers). But what the fuck would my cuntboy ass know am I right.
From sketch to final product, here’s Emilio! He can harness solar radiation through a totem sewn into his skin! Also the wings are a bonus. :)
I feel like people forget most trans guys still had to grow up as girls.
We were still forced to be mature early
We were still told to not to take up space
We were still subject to female beauty standards
Our bodies were still treated as inappropriate
We were still pitted against each other
We were still excluded from “male” activities
We were still treated as lesser the boys
Those things don’t evaporate once we transition they’re fucking internalized. I constantly have to remind myself I’m allowed to exist. We don’t stop dealing with misogyny.
bwaaaah