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Abby
@abbyabridged.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️ working in libraries 📚 looks, books, etc
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Feeling festive ❄️♥️
An adult woman with shoulder length blonde hair standing with her right hand on a railing, wearing a red blazer dress, black leather trousers and black ankle boots An adult woman with shoulder length blonde hair standing with her hands on a railing, her left leg up at a right angle and smiling towards the camera, wearing a red blazer dress, black leather trousers and black ankle boots
December 9, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Heart is full after an afternoon with some beautiful besties 💗 @millicenttho.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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This is everything 💗 This was mine from two years ago. Feels like a lifetime ago x
Something to share. This week is Trans Awareness Week, and while this week often focuses on the discrimination and barriers that transgender and non-binary people still face in our society, I thought it might be good to also share something positive in light of all this. Please read this in its entirety. Over the past year, I have been practising some long overdue introspection. Through counselling, education and conversations with supportive peers, I have confirmed something that I have known for some time, yet until now have been too anxious, too scared and too ashamed to admit. If there's one thing the queer community has taught me, it's that pushing past these reservations and living your most authentic self can be one of life's most rewarding decisions. lam a trans woman. Letting those words be validated by rolling them off my tongue, by putting them out into the world, has been the greatest act of self preservation. I am slowly beginning to feel an ease with myself, so quiet and yet incredibly loud, that is deeply relieving. I had not realised how much of my poor mental health, my lack of self-esteem and my dissociation with life stemmed from denying myself this truth for so many years. The healing has begun. I have a long road ahead of me, and many challenges still yet to face. I am working on coming out to my family and colleagues, which I'm certain will bring forth difficult conversations. I am still working out my options for social and medical transition. I am preparing for life to become considerably more challenging in many ways, as unfortunately I live in a country where human rights, especially trans rights, are being aggressively rolled back by a fascist government who are stirring up a moral panic created by trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs, for short). Transphobia feels like an inevitability. Yet for a pessimist, I'm pretty optimistic. The overwhelming love and support expressed by friends I initially came out to was beautiful and heartwarming. My incredible partner has been understanding, loving and supportive from day one, and I am so lucky to have her. I have always surrounded myself with kind, empathetic people, so I should not have expected anything less. The early pangs of gender euphoria have been so gratifying and reaffirming of my decision. My friendships have begun to truly blossom as a result of my renewed confidence. Being able to dress how I want to, instead of how society tells me I should do, has been emancipating. Embracing femininity has been transformational. I love this side of me. I want the world to know her. I am opening up to you, my close friends, in confidence - you are reading this because I trust you. All I ask for in return is that you return that trust, and respect my privacy by keeping this declaration to yourselves while I continue to come out to others in my personal life. Once I have done this, I will update my profile to reflect as much. Please DM me with any questions you may have, and I will be happy to answer. Being yourself is a radical act. Thank you for being here and reading this. Abby (she/her)
November 20, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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Customer: “Thank you young man!”
The young man in question:
November 18, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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Happy Trans Awareness Week to me 🏳️‍⚧️
November 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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In my dark academia era 🌙
November 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Just girly things 🍂
November 8, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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The jacket has become my new personality, I am now one with the jacket
November 7, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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Recent outfits (aka working out what works for me and loving the process)
November 7, 2024 at 12:13 PM