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Starting at a new workplace tomorrow and I made these to prepare after the experiences I had at the last bar I was working at 😩⚧👽 The the cis need to start paying me for the amount of emotional labour I do for them 😥💅🏋 Here’s the PDF to print off yr own: tinyurl.com/lffu5oh
obviously only applies to NBs who use they pronouns and live in Ontario tho so feel free to use the format and customize yr own
Meet Taisce (tash-kah) Brennan – a non-binary, queer selkie, and one of the mains in my recently launched webcomic, Skyvein! They have a sarcastic sense of humour, a quick wit, and even quicker inclinations towards anxiety. Despite the prickly exterior, they are doggedly loyal to their loved ones, so antagonists, beware!
Click here to support Help my partner escape an abusive household
My nonbinary partner Manon has been having a really hard time recently. They moved to their father’s place to escape their abusive mother 5 years ago, only for their situation here to get worse and worse, to the extent that they’ve faced both emotional and physical violence. On top of that, Manon has several food allergies, for which their parents don’t accomodate properly, meaning that there’s constantly very little to eat for them without being sick.
They have stayed and my and their other partner’s place on and off over the last few months, but it’s gotten to a point where they need to leave their parent’s home quickly. We have made a plan to leave next week with just our suitcases (as I’m currently at their place for support), just taking the most important stuff, and having them stay at my place for now, getting their other stuff with a rented car eventually. Problem is, both of us are disabled and unable to work a proper job (I suffer from PTSD, BPD and DID, they have Dyspraxia, Depression, are on the autism spectrum and have physical and neurological disabilities) so our monetary means are very limited, not to mention that as a queer, disabled couple, me being a trans woman, we need accomodations and can’t just finance the move and live off the little social security I get, so we really need help to be able to bring Manon to a place where they can feel safe.
Mom says BBC lied to get her to take part in ‘anti-trans’ documentary about her kid
“The program information gives an interview with Dr Kenneth Zucker, who the documentary filmmakers say ‘lost his job for challenging the new orthodoxy that children know best’.
In fact, Zucker lost his job after being hit with allegations of psychological abuse against minors. His ‘techniques’ were aimed to ‘repair’ the ‘biological’ gender, and told parents to discard of ‘feminine toys’. The Canadian ‘doctor’ was discredited, disgraced and the gender clinic issued an apology to the more than 500 pre-pubescent youth who came into contact with him since he started practicing in the 1970s.”
(via Gay Star News)
The Situation at The University of Toronto
There is a serious situation of transphobic violence and harassment happening at the University of Toronto and we need your help!
Please watch and share, and also read, download and distribute the following documents:
Investigation Report
Transphobia in Toronto (open letter)
INTACT’s list of demands for the University of TorontoTransgender, nonbinary and intersex activists in Toronto would appreciate any and all help in circulating this information, re-centering the narrative on the marginalized people being effected by these events, demanding accountability from the University of Toronto, and taking steps to reduce the harm done to our community.
To contribute to the funding of this investigation and to help with others moving forward, please consider donating to this crowdfunder.
Transphobia in Toronto: The Game of the Genderqueer Strawman
This is an open letter I’ve written in regards to the recent controversy at the University of Toronto surrounding Jordan Peterson and the use of gender-neutral pronouns. For those who are uninformed or potentially misinformed about these events, I highly encourage you to read this letter, and would appreciate it being circulated on social media.
This issue is severely impacting transgender, nonbinary and intersex people in Toronto and the media is not paying attention to our stories. Please do what you can to get this out. Thank you.
Ambiguous Bodies and Deviant Sexualities: Hermaphrodites, Homosexuality, and Surgery in the United States, 1850-1904
This article is the only one I’ve read so far out of the ones my partner got from the U of T medical library. It was completely eye-opening and explores the correlation between the medicalization/pathologization of homosexuality, bisexuality and gender variance and the rise of normalizing surgeries in intersex infants.
A very important and relatively short read that I heavily encourage intersex people as well as dyadic LGBT people to read.
CW: intersexism, homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, conversion therapy, surgery, forced sex assignment, medical/body talk
Why It's Important To Admit That Being Trans Can Be Funny - The Establishment
“When I meet up with my trans friends, what stands out is how much we laugh. It can be because of internet memes or jokes, but more often, it has to do with the practical realities of living life while trans. Writing your deed poll, a legal document that proves a change of name, on the back of an envelope (it’s legal no matter where you write it!) and then losing it when you want to show your bank … how tucking can go wrong … everything surrounding bathrooms …
This can all be funny.”
