That’s a whole other debate though. I understand this post to be about trying to focus also on the positive side of being trans (the euphoria) instead of constantly being confronted with the negatives (dysphoria).

Just let people decide for themselves what they want to do. Why do you worry about anyone transitioning out of euphoria alone? Do you think that is actually a realistic possibility for a larger portion of trans people to do? I feel like there has been a much narrower view on transitioning 15 years ago. But nowadays you hear most trans people speak about transitioning at their own pace and do what feels right for themselves. So I don’t think your argument is all that meaningful.

I cannot decide if you’re speaking in good faith or are one of those people that use their “worry” to discourage people from transitioning. Because that’s a really common talking point and is fundamentally hostile against trans people.

I’m jealous :/ I get misgendered by strangers all the time although I’ve started transitioning over 5 years ago :'(

Ooh nice, thanks! Sounds easy enough to get started. Now I would just have to set up the raspberry pi I bought and never actually used for anything :D

I wish I could finally get into self-hosting. But I fear the steep learning curve. Computer-related hobbies were much easier to pick up for me when I still had a computer-based job because then I could just procrastinate learning Linux or LaTeX stuff :D

Why would you bring up binary gender with fixed binary genitalia in a post about something being genderless? Clothing is really arbitrarily gendered anyways, so of course it doesn’t make much sense who is supposed to wear something and who not…

Yes, that’s what I’ve been using for many years as well :)

Hm, I’ve been shaving wet for ever and have been on E for ~5 years. No cuts unless I’m really not paying attention. It is a skill you can learn :)

Still feels pretty cis-heteronormative and binary to me :(

Hm, I think there are different subgroups of vegans that lead to this ambiguity. Many queer and other marginalized people tend to emphasize with other emancipatory struggles and have an intersectional awareness. Being vegetarian/vegan comes naturally with this.

On the other hand, many vegans I’ve seen online or that explicitly identify with veganism itself, are heterosexual cis men that made it their identity to be vegan. Maybe a secondhand marginalization they choose in “behalf of the animals” as a way not to confront themselves with their own position of privilege.

I feel like any vegan organization will be full of the latter sort because it is about identifying strongly with veganism. That’s how Peta has made sooo many discriminatory advertisements and why vegan organizations often are shitty to marginalized people. If they had more of an intersectional point of view, this would certainly not happen!

I’m vegan and trans btw :)

They also made two shows (2 and 9 years ago) about trans rights where they were pro trans also. Since then I liked this show even more and feel like they have our back ❤️

Yes, that’s what I thought at some first, too. But then they came pretty frequently and I started using a menstruation tracking app. I’ve noticed these period pains 4 years into HRT. So it took quite some time for my body to develop this hormonal cycle.

Yeah, the hormonal cycle is real! I take the same amounts of estrogen all month around but still get my period of boob pains for some days every month.

This, plus being queer isn’t inherently making you or people accepting you necessarily less bigoted. For example, even queer TERFs side with Nazis. Of course it is more likely that if a movement is more accepting of one minority, it may be also accepting to others. But it may also use one minority group to pit against another…