i love this so, so much. in a similar vein, i have this print hanging up in my therapy office: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1336324102/4-x-6-print-people-like-us (also made by a transmasc person). i'm in my 40s and i work with a lot of queer/trans 20 somethings and one thing I hear a lot is that i give them hope, simply by still being myself at my age. which is hilarious, because my life is totally fucked up, but I get what they mean, and on my darkest days it gives me the inspiration to keep going.
Thanks for sharing. I have a lot of similar reasons for making similar choices about visibility. It has nothing to do with wanting the attention and everything to do with how much it meant to me every time I encountered representation of parts of myself I’d never seen reflected or celebrated before. Especially as a trans person in a happy and healthy 20+ year marriage that has stayed strong through my entire transition, I have come to be very aware of the impact of younger queer & trans people seeing us together & happy, after so long and so many changes.
in these difficult times I definitely have complicated feelings about visibility. I’m mid transition and visibly trans and it makes me scared for my safety but also I know it could mean a lot to a closeted or questioning queer or trans or gnc person to see me in public with my trans flag pins and ambiguous gender presentation.
In the 2024 election cycle, Republicans and their allies spent over $375 million on television ads targeting transgender Americans—far more than on any other single issue—weaponizing identity and demonizing a marginalized community for political gain. It wasn’t about policy. It was about fear. Conservative media did its part, flooding the airwaves with outrage and lies, manufacturing a moral panic to distract from real crises and win votes off the backs of a vulnerable minority.
"You were once a principled voice for progress. Now you’re a cultural weapon in the right’s war on transgender lives." — Plus, a warning for Democratic lawmakers
i love this so, so much. in a similar vein, i have this print hanging up in my therapy office: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1336324102/4-x-6-print-people-like-us (also made by a transmasc person). i'm in my 40s and i work with a lot of queer/trans 20 somethings and one thing I hear a lot is that i give them hope, simply by still being myself at my age. which is hilarious, because my life is totally fucked up, but I get what they mean, and on my darkest days it gives me the inspiration to keep going.
Thanks for sharing. I have a lot of similar reasons for making similar choices about visibility. It has nothing to do with wanting the attention and everything to do with how much it meant to me every time I encountered representation of parts of myself I’d never seen reflected or celebrated before. Especially as a trans person in a happy and healthy 20+ year marriage that has stayed strong through my entire transition, I have come to be very aware of the impact of younger queer & trans people seeing us together & happy, after so long and so many changes.
in these difficult times I definitely have complicated feelings about visibility. I’m mid transition and visibly trans and it makes me scared for my safety but also I know it could mean a lot to a closeted or questioning queer or trans or gnc person to see me in public with my trans flag pins and ambiguous gender presentation.
In the 2024 election cycle, Republicans and their allies spent over $375 million on television ads targeting transgender Americans—far more than on any other single issue—weaponizing identity and demonizing a marginalized community for political gain. It wasn’t about policy. It was about fear. Conservative media did its part, flooding the airwaves with outrage and lies, manufacturing a moral panic to distract from real crises and win votes off the backs of a vulnerable minority.
✉️ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗿: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿—𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲
"You were once a principled voice for progress. Now you’re a cultural weapon in the right’s war on transgender lives." — Plus, a warning for Democratic lawmakers
https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/dear-bill-maher-you-used-to-speak?r=4d7sow