I made a makeup tutorial that contours your face to look more masculine :)
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.
Hello there again
Hey there! Thready To Go has some big news! The store is now accepting payments besides PayPal! This includes Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Etsy Gift Cards and of course PayPal!
This means that it’ll be much easier to purchase them from Etsy.com and instead of going through many hoops that could make it difficult to get your order through! This also means even more safety for you and me!
Also there is now the introduction of beaded pride bracelets, which are more inexpensive than the traditional ones, making them perfect for a queer person on a budget!
And of course there are still the traditional handwoven ones still for sale!
All of the proceeds go towards my binder fund! And in the near future I’ll be offering pronoun bracelets, and even shipping bracelets!
And until September 4th you can save 10% off your ENTIRE purchase with code “ENDOFSUMMER"so why not show your pride and have it be easier than ever before plus helping out a fellow LGBT person!
This sale also includes custom orders so everyone is invited!
Have a great day and keep on being excellent!
Transition dilemmas….road to a new you
Hi folx,
I’ve started a blog about my life and adventures as a queer enby trans masculine person. Here is a recent blog post about transition:
https://queerenby.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/transition-dilemmas-a-road-to-a-new-you/
Thanks x
Something amazing just happened!
I really want to talk about the unbelievable day I just had, but I don’t want to risk outing someone IRL by posting on my own blog. (If there’s a way to anonymize this submission, I would appreciate it!)
I just had lunch with my biological dad (my mom and dad’s sperm donor) to celebrate Father’s Day. He is a long-time friend of the family, and we have seen each other a couple of times a year for the past several years.
In the course of conversation, I accidentally came out as being pansexual and some variation of non-binary or genderfluid. I said something along the lines of liking people “of all different genders” and he really resonated with that phrase.
He said “well, if you’re being totally open and honest with me, I’ll be open and honest with you about something I’ve never talked about before.“ It turns out that he has questioned his gender since he was a little kid, and regularly wears "women’s clothing” secretly under his other clothes or in the privacy of his basement when his wife is at work. He has only ever told two other people (including his current wife) and neither of them supported him at all so he just keeps it totally hidden. But I was PSYCHED! I am so excited! I invited him over to try on accessories and do makeup and all that stuff, and we got to have a great conversation about each of our gender adventures.
Since he’s never been part of an LGBTQ+ community or had any education that way, but I’ve had several Gender Studies classes at my university, we use pretty different vocabulary for things. Like, he had never heard about people requesting preferred pronouns or gender-neutral pronouns before (hence why I am continuing to use he/him pronouns for now: it’s brand new territory and he doesn’t seem ready to think about being called anything else yet!) He knew the phrase “shemale” and was somewhat vaguely aware of “FTM” but had never heard “trans woman” or that “trans women are real women” before I started talking about it. It sounds like the only images of non-binary or trans bodies he has seen are the typical porn actors (young, perfect, large breasts, large penis, totally staged orgasms, etc.) and he was so fascinated when I talked about liking to look at sexual/pornographic images of real regular non-cisgender people who have body hair and fat and whatever diverse genitalia and identities and partners they actually have. Like, he has no idea where to find that kind of thing, but I do (sort of)
In his world, he’s a man who secretly likes to wear women’s clothing and sometimes feels that he doesn’t fit his gender. But in my world, *she* might be a trans woman who wears *her own* clothing, and isn’t supported to be out about it. Or “they” and genderfluid, or whatever works, but certainly not “a man wearing women’s clothing”. We have two totally different paradigms, and it is a real challenge not to think about my point of view as being correct and his as being ignorant. I want to let him be in control of his identity and how and if he wants to redefine it as we start talking about the different terms that folks use.
The fact that he’s my biological parent is amazing because, OMFG it runs in the family! This is where I get it from! But it also makes boundary issues a little weird. Like, I want this beautiful person to have all the resources to have a safe and happy and validated feminine identity and sexuality for once in their life. But also, sharing porn search terms and how to buy lingerie with a parent is super weird right? He’s really into cute shoes, and I told him that he can have some of the fancy pairs I wore once to some event but aren’t comfortable enough to wear regularly. But then there’s the issue that for him, shoes are also I guess a sexual fetish thing? Sharing healthy sexuality resources is one thing, but sharing straight up masturbation material is kind of another thing. And it’s not like we have a script to model where to draw the lines in this relationship. Who even has a relationship like this with anyone ever? What are the chances? Well, I guess the chances are slightly better than strangers meeting, because we’re related and I probably supposedly inherited the gender thing from him. If I was reading this on the internet I would probably think it was fake, it is so unlikely. And I don’t know whether I will ever find another person with a similar experience who may be able to relate to how to help a parent with this kind of thing. But I am literally the third person he has ever come out to and the only one who has ever supported him in any way, so I’ve got to do a good job of it.
I am moving across the country at the end of the summer for my PhD program, which means that we only have a month or so for him to come over and safely do girly dress-up stuff. But being optimistic, if he ever comes to visit me he could theoretically go out in public in feminine clothing for the first time because there would be almost no chance of being outed to someone he knows. I want to take him to the local transgender resource center and feminist sex shop/education center before I go so he’ll have someone to answer questions I can’t (like how do you know what size bra to order?) But this is just such a huge and improbable thing, that I am pretty overwhelmed right now. On the one hand, there’s so much to do and so little time. On the other hand, there’s a real danger of going too far and transgressing parent/child boundaries in a way that may ruin everything. I guess it’ll have to come down to good communication and making it up as we go along.
TLDR: I accidentally came out to my mom’s sperm donor and it turns out he has a secret feminine identity, and now I am teaching my bio dad how to order bras online and find ethically produced porn and do makeup and stuff. It’s not typical, but I guess this is my relationship with my parent now?
Still A Few Days To Save!!
After a few days of hiatus with the store, we’re back up and ready to end Pride Month in style! Now until June 30th save 20% off all LGBT items!
I sell many different bracelets for ALL different kinds of gender identities and sexualities!
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And many other kinds of bracelets for different LGBT colours and I also accept custom orders (which are also on sale) so everyone can show their pride!!
Every bracelet is handmade by a non-binary person looking to save up enough money to buy a chest binder! This sale won’t last long so get them while you can! I ship all over the globe, is there’s a mailbox it’ll get to you and every package is decorated by hand!
I hope some of you are interested in these bracelets and showing your pride with these!
If you have any questions my blog is @apeskyhedgehog
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Hi, I run a small online store!
Hey there, my name is Erin and I run a small stop called “Thready To Go” on Etsy! There I make woven bracelets and right now for a limited time I’m holding a sale where all stock is 25% off!
What does this mean for the community? Well, I sell all kinds of LGBTQ pride bracelets!
Tadaaaa!
And right now all of these bracelets are on 25% off with code, GIMME25
I’ve been told that these bracelets are an excellent way to show your pride, and I also accept custom orders if you find an identity that isn’t shown!
If anyone is interested they can be found here:
Have a great day!
Be part of our documentary?!
We are looking for a non-binary, gender neutral, or gender fluid person who was assigned Female at birth. UK Based. The documentary will be very respectful and is intended to educate people and give some insight into non binary life.
You can find us at greyspacedocumentary.tumblr.com or Drop us an email at pseudofutures@gmail.com so we can chat about ideas!
