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Samara 🦑 Larkin @squidlarkin
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two weeks ago someone zapped a single spot on my face with a laser. sure enough, that spot is hairless now

I would very much like the rest of my face to be hairless too. I need $1130. can anyone help? please? #TransCrowdFund paypal.me/teutholimax
should I use an actual crowdfunding site for this? it seems silly to give another website a cut, but seeing that progress bar fill up really seems to motivate people
but you know what? I can make my own progress bar

$0 <░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░> $1130
  ^$0

let's do this
<░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░>$1130
 ^$5

it's a start
oh hey

<▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░>$1130
       ^$505
<▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░>$1130
       ^$515
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let's talk about that.
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that's how it works for any marginalized group you don't belong to. we're more aware of what language is harmful to us than you are, and we don't always have the energy to explain
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when someone says "ow, you're standing on my foot", your first response should be to move your damn foot, not say "but I'm not putting all my weight on it!"
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realtalk: I, a trans lesbian, have turned down several trans women because I perceived them as being masculine in ways that I found unappealing. that's not transphobic. that's what an ACTUAL "personal preference" looks like

(and I didn't say that was why, because that'd be rude)
heck, once I've spent more time in the community, I fully expect to end up turning down some cis lesbians for the same reason. I love butches but not all of them are my type, y'know?
(also if you're reading this and I've turned you down in the past, don't assume that was why, I turn people down for all kinds of reasons)
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btw, if this thread resonated with you and you still have a problem with phrases like "bisexual lesbian" or "pansexual lesbian", you missed the point

you can't approve of where I'm at without accepting how I got here
I say this because I and several of my mutuals have been harassed today for defending the use of such phrases. so once more,
I'm not even a huge fan of "bisexual lesbian" but the fact is that many women who are technically bisexual still call themselves lesbians, and have very good reasons for doing so, and it's pointless to attack them for it or try to cover it up
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Every single time there's a horrifying story about a Border Patrol agent, I feel it: about midline, just below my xiphoid process, I feel a fullness; literal pain.

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