Remembering the time I accidentally broke my therapist by explaining to him that electric cars being powered by electricity made from fossil fuels are still generating emissions
Don't get me wrong, electric cars are a step in the right direction! But they aren't magically going to solve our problems, it's more complicated than that
Lmao why are y'all retweeting this
Anyway there are a bajillion of you here, so if you live in the US, please take a moment to use transformationsproject.org to learn about anti-trans legislation in your state and nationally, and reach out to your representatives to #ProtectTransKids!
Additionally, you can follow Trans Formations Project at @the_TFP on twitter for updates on legislation.

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Oct 25
Cis people should know that if trans people speak up about transphobia in our daily lives, it was really, really bad. We don't mention 90% of the bad stuff we experience, both bc we're used to it and bc we are constantly punished for speaking out about it at all.
This myth of the "hypersensitive" trans person who will overreact to the tiniest mistake is pure projection on the part of insecure cis people. The vast majority of the time, we pretend nothing is wrong. Because it's the only way to survive.
I wish I could have higher standards for being treated with respect in my daily life. I really do. But I can't. If I complained every time a cis person disrespected me on the basis of my being trans, I'd be instantly labeled as a troublemaker.
Cis comfort must always be upheld.
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Oct 25
Hugely proud of my old community around and near State College, who in response to Penn State openly hosting the founder of the Proud Boys, protested and shut that shit down. #MakeNazisAfraidAgain
Read 4 tweets
Oct 21
TIL about "broken heart syndrome", where by a mechanism science has yet to understand, traumatic events, especially the loss of someone close to you, can trigger heart issues and eventually heart failure.
In the year after losing a loved one, women are twice as likely to die as those who have not lost a loved one. For men, this rate increases astronomically, as they are 6x more likely to die as those who have not lost a loved one.
I would be willing to bet this is because men on average have fewer close social connections, and so the loss of a single loved one is likely to be a greater proportion of their total support.
Toxic masculinity and the social isolation it causes kill not just women, but men too.
Read 4 tweets
Oct 21
Controversial take but I hate the ally flag. It's just a way for cishet people to "express support" without the risk of being assumed queer.
Lmao A screenshot showing that despite there being a quote tweet,
This post is getting a lot more traction than I expected, so let me say this. Some people have brought up that they've used the ally flag when it wasn't safe for them to ID as openly queer. I think that's a valid point. I don't intend this post to mean the ally flag can't exist.
Read 7 tweets
Oct 21
I don't bother arguing with "gender critics". I'm a biologist. I could cite sources + explain scientifically why there is no support for their positions. But I don't bc it doesn't matter.
The bigots aren't bigots bc of the science; they're using their understanding of the science to justify their bigotry. When they feel the "evidence" isn't in their favor, they choose to ignore it or belittle it.
This is not a fight that can be won simply by being in the right.
That's terrifying, I know, but it's also important. We have to fight like hell bc our winning is NOT guaranteed, and lives are on the line.
Read 21 tweets
Oct 21
Thinking a lot about how transness and fatness intertwine, and how even as I transition and my dysphoria reduces, I still need to do extra work compared to thin trans people to love myself and my body.
Thinking a lot about how the "representatives" of the trans community are overwhelmingly thin. Thinking a lot about the mental health of fat trans people who are often told our fatness makes us undesirable, ugly and unloveable.
Thinking a lot about the cumulative effects of the lack of support and affirmation for fat trans people compared to our thin counterparts.
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