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Hey, just throwing it out there that you like, don’t actually need to put a trans character’s deadname in your writing, like, ever. Like the character can just say “I’m trans”. You don’t have to go through the whole “I’m stephanie but I used to be steve” because that never actually like, happens, like, yknow, we don’t, do that

Anonymous asked:

i dont know if this is a weird thing to do but ive just started sixth form and i use my proper name and wear a binder and my teachers call me he/him, but some students still use she/her despite not knowing me before and assume me to be a girl. ive started saying "im a boy" and when they ask why i dont sound like one, i say my body doesnt produce its own testosterone so i need to take it instead. is that a bad thing to say ??

Hey, congratulations on coming out! That is a good thing to say, but please don’t feel obligated to explain yourself to anyone! That seems like a good thing to say, or just that you have a hormone imbalance / problem :) -Alex

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shoutout to trans guys who’ve had abortions

shoutout to trans guys that need birth control

shoutout to the trans guys that are often erased in the discussion over reproductive rights

Someday

Someday I’ll start T (testosterone) Someday I’ll get top surgery Someday I’ll get bottom surgery Someday I’ll never get misgendered Someday I’ll never be addressed by my birthname Someday I’ll be me on the outside as well on the inside Someday I’ll be posting about how long I’ve been on T Someday I’ll be posting pics about post-top surgery Someday I’ll be able to swim shirtless Someday I’ll feel comfortable using the men’s restroom Someday I’ll finally be seen as a guy by everyone Someday I’ll finally be happy in my own skin Someday

I’m gonna say it...

Trans men shouldn’t be silenced, ignored, or patronized in conversations about menstruation. 

I’m gonna say it again, rephrased this time: No AFAB person should be excluded from conversations about menstrual healthy simply. For example, it’s such a small thing but calling it menstrual hygiene/health instead of feminine hygiene/healthy can make a big difference for AFAB/non-female aligned people. Our existence and our bodies SHOULD be normalized. 

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ATTENTION TRANS PEOPLE

if you are looking for a name change but cant afford the basically $400 like most people then go to your local court house and ask for an “indigent form” that form you will state that you cant afford to change your name. so then it will be free if very little.

feel free to add to this if other states have any more information

Landon told me to do this so when I went to the county clerks office I asked for a fee waiver, I had to go to the law library to get the right paperwork then filled out my income and my monthly expenses and they waived my $290 court fee. I still had to pay for the notary and fingerprints and whatnot before all that but it ended up being around $50 total rather than $300+ definitely look into it if you need some financial help with this process!

Additionally this link had all the info for name changes in TX that I needed: http://www.transequality.org/documents/state/texas

(I think you can go on that site and select other states as well so it should be helpful!)

I know this isn’t exactly fashion but I like rebloging other resources for you lovelies too.

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So I found a site that does a subscription box for your period- it sends you basics like hygiene products, pain medication as well as snacks and pampering stuff to make you feel good, 

but the best thing is they have a specialty boxes, like vegan or kosher only snacks but also 

they specifically offer boxes for menstruating guys and nb folks. 

which is pretty darn cool.

it’s called bonjourjolie and I think it’s 1000% awesome tbh 

i think this is the best thing omf

@mygenderadventures, don’t know if this is content you’d put on your blog, but I think this is fantastic.

I don’t tend to post non-art stuff but thanks for the shout-out anyway!!! I’m sure this will be of interest to a few people here :)

The “specialty boxes” that these are listed with also include a box for kids getting their first period

Yo, okay, stop tellin boys that their height is funny if they’re short. Stop rebloggin things about boys who are under 6ft tall with the intention of laughing at them.

Stop telling boys to man up.

Stop telling boys that they should just move on and get over emotionally/physically traumatic experiences.

Stop telling boys that their girlfriends are “always right because women are always right.”

Stop making fun of boys for parts of their body that they were literally just born with an HAVE no control over.

BOYS. NEED. EMOTIONAL. SUPPORT. TOO. BOYS. HAVE. BODY. IMAGE. ISSUES. TOO.

Fuck.

Still relevant

Fact #750: Headcanoning characters as trans and creating things based on that, be it drawings or fanfiction or anything else, is not in any way a negative thing to do. Being starved for representation in the form of canonically trans characters, it is only logical that we would try to see ourselves in the other characters.

What to do if someone comes out to you as trans:

- ask their preferred pronouns

- ask their preferred name

- ask when and where they would like to be referred to as their preferred name and pronouns

- ask if they need anything (this broad question allows them to tell you what they need rather then prompting them into a situation that might give them dysphoria)

- ask if they have support and if they’d like help getting in contact with anyone

- telling them that you still care about them and that them coming out does not change the relationship that you have with them