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Raph 🏳️‍⚧️
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He/they. UK. Linguistics nerd. Here to socialise with queer ppl 🖖bg is a paula rego painting
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December 15, 2023 at 8:12 PM
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Hey Science feed! 🧪 I'm doing a #linguistics study that requires a *lot* of people, especially from places I don't normally have access to. It's volunteer (unpaid) only at this stage, but if you've got 10-30(ish) minutes, I'd really appreciate if you took the survey and told me about people's names!
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December 6, 2023 at 10:31 AM
Here is the thing people dont understand. Women are an opressed class in that they are enslaved in order to provide reproductive labour for men. Being queer at all complicates your place in that dynamic, firstly. In a way, all homophobia stems from the problem of not fitting into this model.
December 11, 2023 at 7:53 PM
anyone: *says something misogynistic about trans men*
anyone: this is progressive bc men are bad :)
December 11, 2023 at 7:41 PM
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Also if you’re struggling with writing alt text for any reason, you can always comment @alttext.bsky.social on the skeet and it will add alt text.

Also please donate whatever you can afford to @alttext.bsky.social so we can keep having this incredibly useful tool
December 3, 2023 at 5:51 PM
oh wow theyre going to "ALLOW" children use the words +clothes they want to "subject to conditions"

this article says they can't forcibly prevent social transition (bc its illegal due to eq laws) so they're just goin to isssue guidance taking "a presumption against" it.
somehow framed as a win
November 23, 2023 at 2:29 PM
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We haven't been receiving assistance in the last month & have come to the conclusion that the process of buying the vouchers may be lengthy.

Miss Lynn, with whom we have worked closely has created a way for you to donate to keep our safehouse open.

www.gogetfunding.com/safehouseneedssecurity
November 23, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Donate to keep the Trans Pride Centre open!
It is "the only trans and non-binary focused community centre in the country where [they] provide radical support for community needs"
Will close in march if it doesn't meet its goal. #transUK
transpridebrighton.org/trans-pride-...
November 22, 2023 at 12:31 PM
being a trans guy is like:
I am the most boring dude on earth. I'm a snowflake. I'm so small. I'm too big. I need to do better; my job is to protect women. I have a female body so I'm in constant pain and danger. I dont know why everyone hates me. It doesnt matter; others have it worse. I love wome-
November 22, 2023 at 12:13 PM
also I dreamt I had a beard last night. good dream
November 19, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Does everyone else have the same experience of, like, nurses make small talk and doctors don't?

If so, is this a gender thing or a culture thing?
Like:
women doctors are sometimes more friendly;
every male nurse I've had has been lovely;
migrant doctors have often been friendlier to me as well
November 19, 2023 at 3:18 PM
Trying to catch up on the discourse though vagueposts

The impression I'm getting is that it's actually fine when people use transphobic slurs against groups they aren't part of because of how various other groups are actually more discriminated against. Oh and also none of this matters anyway.
November 19, 2023 at 10:48 AM
@evelafay.bsky.social what's your bg image?
November 17, 2023 at 10:56 PM
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It's trans awareness week so, as a trans artist, here are some of my favourite trans-related pieces ✨

BE AWARE! 👁️⚧ OK, thank you. 💜

#art #TransArt #QueerArt
November 16, 2023 at 1:46 PM
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I still need 42 sign-ups if I'm going to make rent this month.

You get literally 1000s of posts, over 500 recipes for £5 and more added every day.

Please just give it a try. You improve my life massively and can cancel anytime.
I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness.

To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5.

Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it.

http://patreon.com/fightingpride93
November 8, 2023 at 9:41 PM
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Happy Birthday to Wendy Carlos, a Hollywood pioneer who came out as trans in 1972 and wrote the music for The Shining, A Clockwork Orange and Tron
November 14, 2023 at 9:48 AM
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Happy Diwali to all who celebrate!
November 12, 2023 at 2:41 PM
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🌈🎓 #linguistics
So pleased to be a part of this excellent book via a chapter on narratives produced at a gender identity clinic, written with Angela Zottola, Louise Mullany & Alison Pilnick. We argue that our data reveal
the regulatory power of social institutions in reinforcing narrow conceptualisations of gender.
November 8, 2023 at 6:17 PM
literally was telling @queernerdylefty.bsky.social yesterday how much I love this painting
Tableau No. 2/Composition No. VII by Piet Mondrian, 1913

https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137534
November 12, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Okay, not many transmascs in the transUK feed, but are there any UK ppl in the trans masc topic feed?
November 12, 2023 at 10:50 AM
So are there any transmascs in the #transUK feed?
November 12, 2023 at 10:30 AM
@ppl in the UK who might be capable of becoming pregnant (yes this includes transmascs on T who don't menstruate)

Delete your period tracking app RIGHT NOW I am serious.
"Of those medics reporting women to the police, [...] "Most of the time, it is down to that ‘upright citizen’ attitude – ‘I’ve been told about a crime, it’s my duty to call the police.’
“they genuinely hadn’t thought about confidentiality. [...]”"
Horrifying!
November 12, 2023 at 9:21 AM