Leaving Out To Go To The Airport

shapeshift!

my stereotypical trans name was elliot with the nickname as eli when i first came out back in 2020/2021

(i detransitioned due to transphobia but again, story for another day)

and it stuck with me

it isnt the name i use today but i use it in other ways

like the email i made when i came out includes it

i dont like it for me anymore but it was the name that helped me discover who i truly am

so

i dont mind the name elliot / eli

if i planned on changing my middle name,

id probably make it that

what i’ll probably do is tell people that my middle name is eli but not change it

my middle name means too much to my family, especially my mother that i cant imagine changing it

(but thats a story for another day)

just an FYI for trans people in the US right now

[id: reddit post by user spaghettishoestrings titled "(UPDATE) Just lost my healthcare !" with the flair "Celebratory."

Post reads:

Original post is viewable through my profile. Apologies, since I’m on mobile, I couldn’t hyperlink. The TLDR: my doctor called me on Monday and informed me that their practice would no longer be providing treatment for gender affirming care as a result of a recent presidential Executive Order, even though the EO was for people under 19. Even though I’m 25.

Also, because it was asked a few times, this happened in Michigan, and I’ve been on HRT for 5+ years. It’s a practice that includes like 15+ physicians, and I think that the decision was made over my PCP’s head, given that she once told me that she literally moved states to be able to provide gender affirming care here.

First off, genuinely, thank you so much for all the replies and messages. I genuinely felt frozen after that phone call and didn’t know where to start, and you all really helped me get my feet off the ground.

A couple people mentioned contacting the ACLU, which, truthfully, I thought, “there’s no way that the ACLU will get back to me” but I sent a message anyway. They actually called me a few hours after my post and we talked about the Executive Orders and my rights. They offered to fax my provider a letter reminding them of my rights and some other legal terms. It’s crazy how a post on reddit resulted in my name being on the official ACLU letterhead.

Anyway, today my doctor’s physician assistant called me and shared that their practice is reversing their decision and they will continue to provide gender affirming care. I’m still keeping a bunch of the resources that y’all shared saved, including Planned Parenthood, Plume, and looking into a private endocrinologist.

This whole experience just reminded me how great this community is. I appreciate y’all <3"

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[id: reddit user copurrs commented:]

You should contact Chase Strangio from the ACLU, I believe he is looking for reports of folks being denied their GAC due to these EOs. He's @chasestrangio on IG and Threads.

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somewhat nsft,

but YALL IM ALREADY HAVING BOTTOM GROWTH OMG

i think i finally figured out what's been irking me so much:

"all girls are bad at math" <- not okay to say, because it is a gross generalization*

"all women are bad at driving" <- not okay to say, because it is a gross generalization*

"all men are trash/evil/abusers" <- somehow okay to say even though it's a gross generalization??? even often applauded???

pictures of the pretty girl :)

My brother in law recently became a veterinarian and it has really driven the point home as to how fucking bonkers veterinary medicine is. We don't expect human physicians to really know much outside of their own specialty - a dentist, an otolaryngologist, and a maxillofacial surgeon are three totally different dudes. Meanwhile a veterinarian at a wildlife rehab center is doing orthopedic surgery on a hawk and then doing rounds on baby hedgehogs in the hedgehog NICU and administering antibiotics to a ratsnake. And he also knows how to perform surgical interventions on a cow! What the fuck! Those are all totally, wildly different kinds of animal!!

Shout out to veterinarians, they know Too Much.

Trans men/Transmascs: "Transphobes hate us and they don't see us as real men, they see us as a threat to patriarchal masculinity and they reduce us to our AGAB. This impacts us in many ways that cause us to perpetually experience misogynistic and transphobic violence in ways that usually allow for plausible deniability because the perception of manhood is centered on cis manhood. Transition does not grant us relief or escape from this like some people claim it does as long as we live in a transphobic society."

Transandrophobes that the larger queer community doesn't criticize for some reason: "why are you misgendering yourself, why are you reducing yourself to your biology, focus on real issues"

i have 6 face piercings, will probably get another (thinking about tongue)

i plan on getting like 6 more piercings on each ear

plan on getting shit ton of tattoos

biology (animal, plant, mushroom/fungi) lover

love makeup and fashion and pink

somewhat nsft mention: tboy to puppy boy

What's your queer stereotype?

I'll go first, I have stretched ears, face peircings, and tattoos.