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Ruby Tuesday
@rubytuesday74.bsky.social
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I should put something in my profile.
she/her.
mahm.
transbian in love.
internet plumber. 50 plus.
city girl. rapid transit kid. bicycle commuter.
fountain pen collector.
expat in America.
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Estrogen is amazing.
Ruby all in her graduation cap and gown. Class of 2019. Taken by the event photographer. Blue cap and gown, red sash, white year ribbon. She has trimmed her beard to make it tidy, and she's wearing a button down shirt and one of her husband's ties (which she hates. (there were no signs)). She is very serious (about getting this photo thing over with). She will not take this (truly horrible) gown off for the rest of the day, but will not understand why for several more months. December 2019. Ruby sitting for a professional head shot offered by her employer. She has her hair teased out of her kerchief, and it's down on her left shoulder. She's wearing a blue v-neck blouse and various trans and lesbian pride jewelry. She's actually happy to be in front of the camera. September 2025
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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#Letters4TransKids
because none of us can do this alone.
Photo of a hand written letter in red ink, which reads: Dear trans kid, Please keep being awesome! You've already done something "impossible": you've rejected the gender box someone in a white coat put you in when you were born. Keep being exactly who you are and don't let anyone put you in a box. I realized I'm trans in middle age and I'd never felt alive before. Do this now: Enjoy youth as yourself. If some people can't handle everything you are replace them. They don't deserve your time, and there are people who will love you for everything. Keep proving the haters wrong. You've got this. Every trans adult knows your struggle and we are all fighting for you. Much love, Auntie Jessica.
September 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Trans peeps, qro with a pic of yourself that you love.
Ruby is sitting on her bed and leaning forward towards the camera. There is a trans variant Chicago flag over her left shoulder and a mirror over her right shoulder. She is wearing mostly black and her hair is falling in ringlets over her left shoulder she's wearing a beaded choker and is smirking at something off camera to her left.
June 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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40 plus appreciation post! Reskeet with a pic if you're on the right side of 40.

50 and counting.
Ruby is sitting on the wall on the side of her porch stairs. There is a tree, and streetscape behind her. She is wearing a black sweater, retro-reflective jacket, blue denim knee length skirt, black leggings, dark grey cycling shoes, black fingerless cycling gloves, and a black bike helmet. It's a nice late spring day, and she might just be happy.
May 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I read this poem at Living Queer in Andersonville last night.
It's taken a long time to get these thoughts out. I feel a weight lifted after speaking this into the world.

Thanks to everyone who was there. Your art has moved me.
Note cards with a poem (text follows in thread) in purple ink (J Herbin Rose Tendresse), and a fountain pen (modern Parker Duofold International <M> in black and pearl) on a grey notebook with bright green stitching, closure elastic, bookmark, pen loop. All on a white desk.
May 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Yesterday marked four years since this picture was taken. This was my first dose of HRT.

I honestly didn't know how anything would play out over the next 1460 days, but I knew I wanted this.

I am certain this is the best thing I've ever done for myself, and only wish I'd started sooner.
The palm of my left hand, with my wedding ring on my index finger, and my old computer keyboard in the background. In my palm is one small white round spironolactone pill and one small green-blue oval estradiol pill.
April 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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picrew time

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A very earthtone adventurer with a long brown skirt, brown crop jacket with an orange-brown flower, dark brown tank top and purse, brown goggles, brown shoulder length wavy hair, rectangular glasses, golden bangles, holding a blue bound book, with a black cat on flagstone pavers.
April 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Quote with a powerful woman.
Bo-katan Kryze says, "This is the Way" to the Armourer.
March 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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My comment on the AI Action Plan. Text in image: PREVIEW YOUR COMMENT Comment You're not going to listen to me any, but you can still stuff this whole "ai" bullshit back where it came from. This recent obsession with some machine process that the marketing teams have decided to call "ai" has done nothing but harm people in this country and abroad. It should not be incorporated into systems of government as it will bring more destruction to the institutions we depend on and directly harm humans everywhere. First Name Jessica Last Name (cropped off for privacy)
March 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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When you get gender envy from your ale can. The summer before I hatched. (no signs)
A can of Short's Soft Parade, and the Working Bikes glass I've poured it into.
January 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Oldest selfie on your phone:

2003. Technically not a selfie. This is part of a series of family photos when I got married. This is the best of them. My husband is in front of me. I shouldn't be miserable, but y'know. 17 years before I hatched, 5 years before he did.
Ruby Tuesday sitting on a couch surrounded by family that has mostly been cropped out. Her husband sitting in front of her.
January 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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You're legally obligated to reskeet if you think trans women are beautiful.
Ruby trying on her then-new straight bob brunette wig the night before Halloween. She's wearing a black square neck, short sleeve top, a black and white floral skirt, a beaded choker, and her black framed rectangular glasses.
November 30, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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Post a ship that's not Star Wars or Star Trek
Russian spaceship Леонов (Leonov) on Russian/American joint Jupiter Mission to recover Discovery.
November 30, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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2014 to 2024

Left is literally the only photo I have of me in 2014. Right is 3 weeks ago.
Ruby Tuesday in full hiding mode. She's somewhere inside that shell of black snow sports helmet, red ski goggles, black neoprene mask, and black turtleneck. She's probably sweating too, as this is indoor photography. Ruby (and the disembodied arm of her husband). No shell here. She's wearing a pink kerchief on her head, silver half-rim glasses, a pink v-neck tshirt, a white pleather jacket, and a mostly black skirt. Her hair is in a curl on her right shoulder and she's almost smiling.
October 3, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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This seems to be a thing.
Ruby's Bluesky number is 2,975,280. She joined on 2024-01-09, when she should have been celebrating her sister's birthday. Find this hidden in the celebration emoji that has replaced the butterfly at the top of your app.
September 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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If you see this, post a ship

The Bluenose counts, right?
The denomination (reverse) side of a Canadian dime. It says CANADA, 2017, and 10 cents. Depicted is the Bluenose, a celebrated racing schooner.
May 31, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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39 and up Bsky- drop a pic w your age.

49 and a teenager again.
Ruby in her car with a load of flowers, veggies, and other things getting transferred to a friend's home. She's pale, and wearing a black v-neck, and green necklace. Her hair is in ringlets on her shoulders, and she's wearing her seatbelt.
May 31, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Reskeet with your age and a recent pic

49
Ruby, hanging out with the statues on Maxwell St. She's wearing a pale kerchief, silver oval drop earrings, a dark blue/green blouse, and a white jacket.
May 17, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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if you see this, post tgirl shoulders
Ruby, from shoulders to elbows. She is wearing her black nightgown and holding her phone in front of her. The mirror needs to be cleaned.
May 9, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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🇨🇦 CANADIAN QUEERS 🇨🇦

Say hi and Reskeet!

Do expats count?
From Toronto, in Chicago.
Ruby in front of her sparkly shower curtain. She's wearing a pink v-neck shirt and a pink kerchief. She's pale and her brown hair is in coils on her shoulders.
April 30, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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happy picrew Tuesday to all who celebrate
Today's picrew was a bit of a wild ride. "Ruby" is a pale picrew wearing a cream camisole, a cream cardigan, and a graphite jacket. She has black eye liner, black wireframe glasses, and a pink medical mask. She has two black piercings through the cartilage of her ear, is wearing several small silver charm necklaces, and trans and lesbian pride buttons on her jacket. She has a pink barrette and pink temple streaks in her long wavy brown hair. She is holding her index fingers together in front of her chest, and has a doodled demon tail behind her. She has yellow halo and white stars around her head. In the background are a ring of black daggers, and doodled stars over a trans pride flag. The image has a circular white wash effect at the edges.
April 30, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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challenge for the willing; selfie right now
Ruby in her home office. She is wearing a pink static v-neck shirt, a pink kerchief, and a white cardigan.
April 30, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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Monday morning mostly meetings manicure. Still needs top coat and clean up. Color is Halo Taco: Royal Crush.
Ruby's left hand on her messy nail polish rag. She's just done her nails in sparkly purple. She is wearing her titanium and gold wedding ring on the traditional finger. There is an IMB model M keyboard at the top of frame, and her green button front skirt in the bottom of frame. Ruby likes to write descriptive alt-text that is longer than her post.
April 29, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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what did everyone look like ten years ago? it never stops amazing me.

I (surprisingly) have very few pictures of myself before transition. This is me eight years ago at a birthday party, and me two days ago.
Ruby at a birthday party in 2016. She has her bearded chin in her left hand covering her left cheek. She looks bored. Ruby on "Knife Friday" two days ago. This is a mirror selfie. She had a pink & grey folding box-cutter in her right hand and her phone in her left hand. She's somehow wearing the same glasses.
April 7, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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For Mx Cobain. 30 years.
A single candle burns in the middle of a curved black metal three votive candle holder. In my messy bedroom.
April 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM