Holy shit the lady at Safeway asked for a date of birth and phone number to buy beer and then was like “you have weird parents, DEADNAME” and my brain just completely seized up and stopped functioning
I’m like honestly unsure she ever figured out I was trans, she had so many follow up questions about why I don’t use that name and what name I use and then asked if I was an Aries??? Weirdest interaction I’ve had all year.
I struggled with alcohol consumption before coming out and it’s like the world is working to make sure I never drink again, no matter how moderately. No beer tastes good enough to be worth getting deadnamed at the grocery store
(I am not an Aries)
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Not one single trans person is quoted in this @nytimes article about the Equality Act passing today, but they did give three extreme anti-trans bigots a chance to spread hatred. Do better.
Not one single trans person is quoted in this @washingtonpost article about the passage of the Equality Act, and it also gives an extreme anti-trans bigot a platform to spout falsehoods about trans healthcare
Not one single trans person is quoted in this @NBCNews article about the House passage of the Equality Act, but they did allow give the Heritage Foundation a platform to claim without evidence that it would somehow promote sexual assault
Are transgender women ruining women’s sports? NEW VIDEO - link below!
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THREAD: Some makeup tips for trans women/femmes just starting out but maybe feeling a little intimidated. YouTube is a great resource - it’s how I learned! - but some things don’t translate perfectly from the (mostly cis) beauty YouTubers to trans faces:
The amount of makeup that looks good on camera with a ton of lights pointed at your face is completely different than the amount of makeup that looks good in real life. Go light, then take a hand mirror, step outside, and see how it looks. Less is more!
BEFORE FOUNDATION: moisturize your pretty face. It might seem counterintuitive but it’ll help your makeup last longer. Simple face lotion works! You could spend lots of money on primer but I stopped using it and haven’t noticed a different 🤷🏻♀️
As a trans woman who started transitioning at 28, I’ve spent most of my life social distancing to some extent. Here are some tips in case they help anyone:
1) Do something that keeps you present in your body. Go for a hike alone, or meditate or do yoga at home. It’s easy to disassociate when you’re on the couch and disassociation feels really bad after a while.
2) Dress yourself up in something that makes you feel good every couple days. Put on a tie, or your favorite grey sweat pants, or a fancy dress, or draw on a dramatic smoky eye. Even if nobody is going to see you, when you look nice it should be for yourself, not for the world.
Remember the story about a Starbucks employee writing “pig” on a coffee order for police officers? The employee who did it was friends with the cops, but they complained later and got the trans woman who was her manager fired. 🤔nypost.com/2019/12/04/fir…
A lot of times transphobia isn’t overt. It’s not bigotry in your face. It’s a shifting of expectations, a hyper focus on your other perceived faults, a sudden lack of tolerance for mistakes or room for understanding. Suddenly, you don’t get the benefit of the doubt.
This blew up so I want to share what appears to be Lola's GoFundMe. Help her out if you can! gofundme.com/f/starbucks-wr…