The world, according to Dominic.

queensassyofthefatties: fandomsandfeminism: randomhumbug: rad1...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:26 -0400

fandomsandfeminism:

randomhumbug:

rad1calcunt:

this is actually disgusting.

Saw “THIS”?! They immediately dehumanized this woman and then further dehumanized her by stating they would rape her. Every one of these males. Rape was the first thing that came to mind. This is beyond disgusting.

Go on. Tell me rape culture isn’t real. Tell me how “Everyone knows rape is wrong.”

Go on. Tell me again about how that male sexual entitlement over women’s bodies isn’t so much of an issue I’m sexist if I dare generalize men.

Tell me.

I fucking dare you.

I’m both very sad and incredibly disgusted.
It breaks my heart and sickens me that rape was their first thought.
And that they seem to think it’s perfectly acceptable.. normal even.
I was already aware of the existence of rape culture, and I thought I knew how bad it was, but then I see this. Guys discussing it out in the open like that, like it’s totally okay.
Can we please start teaching consent in schools? Along with sexual education. While kids are learning about reproduction, why not also teach them that it’s not okay to have sex with anyone without their consent?
And maybe if parents stopped perpetuating these ridiculous gender stereotypes that are causing boys to grow up thinking their “urges” are uncontrollable and that it’s okay. Among other things.

If kids were raised and taught this way, maybe there would be less of a chance of boys growing up to be misogynistic womanizing douchebags like the guys who commented on this photo.

Reblog if you are trans. I need some proof that there are loads of other trans people when I come out to my mom.

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:13:48 -0400

faun-prince:

I hate these “reblog if” posts but my mom doesn’t believe that there are other trans people like me out there and I need some evidence for when I finally go back to her and come out as a boy.

So please reblog if you are trans, MTF, FTM, non-binary, genderless, whatever. If you identify as trans, please reblog.

Help Save EROS indiegogo 1% Funded!

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:47 -0400

ftmporn:

t-wood:

Thanks everyone for reblogging/reposting/retweeting! We have donors from Spain, Canada and all over the US so far.

EROS is the safe sex community center in the Castro area of San Francisco, and home to many community groups as well as T-Wood Pictures and Dolores Park Studios.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-save-eros-the-center-for-safe-sex

Keep donating, friends!
This place is super important. They’re inclusive to trans* people, and they’re the home of the FTM porn production company, T-Wood (as well as porn site QueerlySF).
So, send a couple bucks their way if you can! Every little bit helps!

[And if you are unable to donate, reblogging helps too!]

rockstonicjuiicemagic: secretlythepresident: quetusabes: stalk...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:28:23 -0400

rockstonicjuiicemagic:

secretlythepresident:

quetusabes:

stalkingradke:

Can we talk about how great Victoria secret’s new models are?

[x]

finally!!

ARE YOU FOR REAL THIS IS REAL THIS IS A REAL THING???

THIS MADE MY MONTH

FYI, this isn’t actually Victoria’s Secret’s campaign. It’s a fake website, and the campaign was actually created by another organization.
Check out this article for more information.
http://www.themarysue.com/victorias-secret-consent-campaign/

fuckyeahftms: Happy Easter everyone This is my trans pride egg...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:13:19 -0400

fuckyeahftms:

Happy Easter everyone

This is my trans pride egg I colored with my family :)

Littlewip: Your the best person in the wor- no UNIVERSE!! And I will hug you for it!

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:39:12 -0400

Oh goodness, not sure where that came from, but thank you! =)
<3

I don’t know why people keep re-blogging a year-old article that I wrote about that kid...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:31:00 -0400

I don’t know why people keep re-blogging a year-old article that I wrote about that kid getting beat up.. it just makes everyone think it’s recent and creates more hype. Everything has already all been resolved.
And the article says that, and that it’s not recent, but people obviously don’t read that part.
This is why I hate tumblr. People don’t fucking think, and don’t bother to read. They just see the pictures, and reblog.
More than a year later, people are still reblogging this shit like it just happened, being all angry about it.
Cut it out. I’m tired of receiving messages from people about this shit. It’s been RESOLVED.

Me at Calgary Pride 2012, marching with TESA (The Trans Equality...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:31:00 -0400

Me at Calgary Pride 2012, marching with TESA (The Trans Equality Society of Alberta).
Yes, I made the sign. You can’t see it, but the letters are all glittery!

Don’t be alarmed, I didn’t cut my hair off, it’s in a ponytail! =)

jamehzael: oneandonlygabriel: steegeschnoeber: oneandonlygabri...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:59:09 -0400

jamehzael:

oneandonlygabriel:

steegeschnoeber:

oneandonlygabriel:

I really, REALLY wish you could read this article about a father who started wearing skirts because his son likes to wear skirts and dresses and he wants his son to feel stronger
Like, holy shit, the end made me feel so happy

I took the liberty to translate the text.

Please note that it’s not a word to word translation.

Sometimes men simply have to be role models.

Because his son likes to wear skirts Nils Pickert started with it as well. After all, the little one needs a role model. And he thinks long skirts with elastic bands suit him quite well anyways. A story about two misfits in the Province of southern Germany.

My fife year old son likes to wear dresses. In Berlin Kreuzberg that alone would be enough to get into conversation with other parents. Is it wise or ridiculous? „Neither one nor the other!“ I still want to shout back at them. But sadly they can’t hear me any more. Because by now I live in a small town in South Germany. Not even a hundred thousand inhabitants, very traditional, very religious. Plainly motherland. Here the partiality of my son are not only a subject for parents, they are a town wide issue. And I did my bit for that to happen.

Yes, I’m one of those dads, that try to raise their children equal. I’m not one of those academic daddies that ramble about gender equality during their studies and then, as soon as a child’s in the house, still relapse into those fluffy gender roles: He’s finding fulfilment in his carrier and she’s doing the rest.

Thus I am, I know that by now, part of the minority that makes a fool of themselves from time to time. Out of conviction.

In my case that’s because I didn’t want to talk my son into not wearing dresses and skirts. He didn’t make friends in doing that in Berlin already and after a lot of contemplation I had only one option left: To broaden my shoulders for my little buddy and dress in a skirt myself. After all you can’t expect a child at pre-school age to have the same ability to assert themselves as an adult. Completely without role model. And so I became that role model.

We already had skirt and dress days back then during mild Kreuzbergian weather. And I think long skirts with elastic bands suit me quite well anyways. Dresses are a bit more difficult. There was either no reaction of the people in Berlin or it was positive. In my small town in the south of Germany that’s a little bit different.

Being all stressed out, because of the moving I forgot to notify the nursery-school teachers to have an eye on my boy not being laughed at because of his fondness of dresses and skirts. Shortly after moving he didn’t dare to go to nursery-school wearing a skirt or a dress any more. And looking at me with big eyes he asked: “Daddy, when are you going to wear a skirt again?”

To this very day I’m thankful for that women, that stared at us on the street until she ran face first into a street light. My son was roaring with laugher. And the next day he fished out a dress from the depth of his wardrobe. At first only for the weekend. Later also for nursery-school.

And what’s the little guy doing by now? He’s painting his fingernails. He thinks it looks pretty on my nails, too. He’s simply smiling, when other boys ( and it’s nearly always boys) want to make fun of him and says: “You only don’t dare to wear skirts and dresses because your dads don’t dare to either.” That’s how broad his own shoulders have become by now. And all thanks to daddy in a skirt.

I hope it’s alright like this.

Translated version for y’alls liking

Beautiful! <3

fuckyeavaguelycutetransparents: WE NEED YOU! so reblog reblog...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:01:38 -0400

fuckyeavaguelycutetransparents:

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xtwoofheartsx: queerbois: :: INVESTMENT :: We recently...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:09:30 -0400

xtwoofheartsx:

queerbois:

:: INVESTMENT ::

We recently discovered why we’ve been seeing an asterisk next to “trans” so we decided to send out a post that explains it. Check out this picture and visit ItsPronouncedMetrosexual.com.

The word “transvestite” should not be in this. It’s a derogatory and offensive term.
The proper term is “crossdresser”. I’m shocked that it’s not even on there.
Good effort though.

EDIT: Also, I really don’t think the term should not be right next to transsexual. In my opinion, it sends the wrong message to people who know nothing about the trans* community.

Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:57:10 -0400

Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal:

lgbtqgmh:

transawareness:

The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.

Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. We’ve managed to get 40K signatures for a pageant model, we’ve only gotten 11K for a little girl about to have her life ruined. Lets get on the ball and spread the word.

Sign It.

Full update: A young(?) black man was murdered by police in my neighborhood tonight.

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:50:43 -0400

xtwoofheartsx:

dionthesocialist:

Note: This post was written based only on things I saw and heard at the scene of the crime on the night of the incident.

I live in the Beaties Ford neighborhood of Charlotte. It’s not a bad neighborhood. There’s never very much crime or anything going on, but it’s mainly lower-income minorities who live here, most black and latin@.

At about 11:15pm, I left my house to go pick up my brother from work. Neighborhood was completely and quiet and empty at that point.

I picked him up and we came home. On the highway, I saw the two helicopters circling in the sky with their search lights on. I told Corbin (my little brother) that I had a bad feeling about it, because even though I was almost sure I was imagining it, it seemed like the helicopters were circling right above where our house is. As we got off the highway, it became more and more and apparent that the helicopter actually was literally above/around our house. I was freaked out, because I didn’t know what was going on.

When I turned down my street, there were maybe ten police cars. The whole thing was blocked off and I heard lots of yelling and crying. I figured they were searching for someone who committed a murder, so I decided to go someplace else for awhile.

We came back after about a half hour and parked our car down the street. Most of the neighborhood was out by this time, so we got out too and started trying to figure out what was going on.

First, we heard someone had been shot. This was my first thought anyway. I was kind of shaken up by the fact that I had literally missed being in the area of the shooting by about ten minutes. Then, the chatter we heard was that it was the police who shot someone. Still, I assumed they’d shot the perp they were looking for.

Some lady walked past us and said “yall look scared.” We asked her if she knew what happened. That’s when she told us that the kid was being chased by some people and the police were called to help him. Somehow, the police ended up shooting the kid. The police shot the victim when they were called to help him.

That’s when I first heard the brother yelling at the police. He was saying that they shot his brother and that his brother didn’t have a gun.The police shot him even though he was unarmed. That’s when the coroner’s truck showed up (I think) and I decided to blog it so I could keep up with what was happening. This is also when more of the kid’s family showed up. I’m assuming the kid was a teen because his older brother only looked about mid twenties. His mother was screaming and crying at this point, as well as a younger cousin of his. It was heartbreaking.

His brother had a gun at one point. That’s when Corbin and I went back to our car. The chatter was getting louder though so we got out again and got closer to where we could see the crime scene. I saw them load the body.

I was approached by two or three detectives who asked if I lived in the house I was standing in front of at the time. That’s when I told them where I lived and asked if we could get to our house. The brother came up to the detectives and started yelling about how “you’re not gonna get away with this” and “he was handcuffed when you shot him.”

“We’re not going to let you put us in handcuffs anymore. Why would anyone let you put them in handcuffs when this is what you do? You handcuff him and shoot him in the back of the head. If you want head shots, I can give you head shots. I can put something on your head.” Detectives sent me to my car at this point and told me I could drive through and get home. As I was walking, I heard him say “one of yall cuffed him, the other said ‘he’s got a gun’ and yall shot him in the back of his head.”

When I got home, I could still hear his mother crying and screaming.

I can’t do this anymore. I can’t listen to his mother crying anymore and his brother screaming.

This is so heartbreaking =(
Even more heartbreaking is the fact that the police will probably be absolved, and the true story of what happened may never make it to the mainstream media.
There are just.. no words.

"Life is too short to be angry all the time. Accept that all people are human, and thus inherently..."

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:24:06 -0400

“Life is too short to be angry all the time. Accept that all people are human, and thus inherently flawed and will inevitably make mistakes. Gently remind them, and move on. There is no need for hatred. It accomplishes nothing. If you live a life of anger and hatred, you will have a miserable and significantly shortened existence. Is that any way to live?”

- Yours truly. (via xtwoofheartsx)

My 10 year highschool reunion is coming up, so I put this...

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:29:00 -0400

My 10 year highschool reunion is coming up, so I put this together, for my classmates who are on facebook and may stumble upon my profile on the facebook group and wonder who I am. It’s a lot easier than explaining!
I graduated in 2002, and it’s now 2012.. but these were the best photos I could find for a comparison.

I hate people that e-diagnose themselves with Aspergers

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:24:18 -0400

gleekwithasplashofsondheim:

nazrin629:

Aspergers syndome/high functioning autism is very real, and while there is lots of debate among experts and researchers on whether it’s more related to a form of Autism or a form of Schizophrenia, most of these e-diagnosing assmonkeys have managed to just make the whole disorder look like a huge fucking joke, at the expense and embarrassment of real Asperger’s patients who are now afraid to ever even mention that they have it for fear of being lumped in with these spineless neckbeards. Really, only your doctor(s) should know, as well as family/friends… and that’s if you really do even have it to begin with. There’s no reason to go around advertising it to the world. You don’t see people with diabeetus talking about their diabeetus all day.

Although the trend of e-diagnosing oneself with Aspergers seems to be dying, it’s still out there. Lots of the dumbest people will see a caricature of Aspergers on some stupid show(such as Sheldon from “The Big Bang Theory” or something) then look up a very vague list of symptoms on WebMD or something and be all “OMG guYth thAtS mE!1!!!”. See, this primarily accomplishes two things:

A.) It gives them a “get out of jail” card for any past and future fuck-ups as well as an excuse to never have to try at anything in life, AND

B.) Allows them to lay claim to purported “above average levels of intelligence” in spite of having never actually accomplished anything to support such notions.

One look at some stupid site such as “wrong planet” where the majority of posters are clueless, self diagnosed morons sitting around all day talking about how “weird” and “intelligent” they are just shows how fucking retarded and delusional these people really are. Aspergers? No. Mental retardation? That seems more likely.

Trigger Warning in the Original Post for Ableism, Autistic Spectrum Shaming, Self-Diagnoses Shaming, etc. Trigger warning on my post because I confront them on all of it.

First off, WHY is this post in the Asperger’s Syndrome tag? When I look at that tag, I do not go there to see such vile hatred like your post.

You have absolutely NO right to shame people who self-diagnose as part of the Autistic Spectrum! You have no idea what kind of circumstances they are in. Some might not have health insurance and/or cannot get health care, thus cannot see a doctor. Also, the cost to get diagnosed is a lot of money. Even then, a lot of medical professionals only look through the DSM like it’s a fucking checklist, and may not fit to everyone’s needs. Those are the type of people who only view Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome/PDD-NOS like a binary and use the high functioning/low functioning dichotomy, so the rest of the spectrum might be left out. On top of classism, there’s also other minority groups that you probably didn’t even consider, since you don’t believe people who self-diagnose “really have it.”

You statement of “only your doctor should know, as your family/friends” is probably the most ableist thing a person could say, with the exception of your free use of the word retarded. By the way, do you know exactly how many people you’re hurting just by that post? You certainly triggered the hell out of me, rehashing painful memories of being called retarded when I was a child, because my brain was/is different than most.

Re: The Big Bang Theory… You’re seriously shaming people who use Intuitive Familiarization (the ability to recognize a portion of themselves in someone one, even if the recognition is a tiny one)? Seriously? Try having to search through TV show, for YEARS, just to find ONE character of any media who could realistically be like them. I highly doubt you can say that (just by looking at your tumblr, I know you can’t for sure).

Also, people on the Autistic Spectrum have a wide range of intelligence, which is also an ableist tool people use, and we also happen to have very influential people as one of us, and many many more.

Please show me where this “Get Out Of Jail” free card is, because I’ve never seen one in my entire life. Since I was diagnosed in 1991, by a medical professional by the way, I’ve been excluded because of my Asperger’s Syndrome, people have doubted my diagnoses, people have given the “but you don’t look Autistic” or the “What’s your obsession” reactions… I have been mistreated BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS because of my diagnoses. Do you know what it’s like for people to make assumptions of your abilities and/or your intelligence for over 20 years? No, you don’t. I’m one of the luckier ones. I was conditioned at a very young age to try to look as Allistic as possible so then I can pass into mainstream society, but not with the expectation of succeeding. Do you read that? Not. With. The. Expectation. Of. Succeeding. At least, not in the “traditional” way. Autistic children and adults are still being mistreated, excluded, and killed, just for being who they are.

And when you tie in factors like race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious background, citizen status, class, etc., your mind will be fucking BLOWN at how many layers of discrimination and shame that comes from people like YOU that prevent US from being treated like human beings.

And last, but not least, this is spoken from the perspective of one white, queer transman with Asperger’s Syndrome. I cannot speak for other people on the Spectrum, because I do not share their experiences, but I will sure as shit defend their right to self-diagnose if they want to or have to!

xtwoofheartsx: This is the cutest thing ever!And of course I...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:58:57 -0400

xtwoofheartsx:

This is the cutest thing ever!
And of course I can also relate.

CeCe McDonald Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail for Surviving Transphobic and Racist Attack

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:02:18 -0400

CeCe McDonald Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail for Surviving Transphobic and Racist Attack:

tjjourian:

Fuck you ‘justice’ system.

There are no words for how unfair this is. Fuck. I’m so sorry CeCe.

real-transmen: femmeftm: Hey guys, Dominic here.I’m a 29 year...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:22:36 -0400

real-transmen:

femmeftm:

Hey guys, Dominic here.
I’m a 29 year old femme FTM.

In light of the recent ignorant anonymous comment, I thought I would share this video I made a year ago, about what makes a person a man.
I go into society’s definition of what a “man” is, and define what I think makes a person a man, or simply, male.

[Video footage used:
Scatterheart performing “more than a man” in Fall 2009, and Spring 2010.. and a scene from a movie called “Victor/Victoria” from 1982, featuring Julie Andrews as Victor/Victoria.. a struggling soprano singer who makes it big when she pretends she is a gay male, and takes a job as a female impersonator.]

Song:
“More than a man” by Scatterheart, of course.

FTM Television:
http://youtube.com/ftmtelevision

My personal YouTube channel (rarely updated):

http://youtube.com/xtwoofheartsx

My personal Tumblr:
http://xtwoofheartsx.tumblr.com

My trans-related Tumblr:
http://dominic-scaia.tumblr.com

Hope you all get something out of this video, and remember there is no wrong way to be a man. Or any other gender, for that matter ;)

<3 Dom

Great video!

Thanks! That means a lot coming from you!

xtwoofheartsx: homorobotica: hardhatpartycat: sacredtsalagi: ...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:19:19 -0400

xtwoofheartsx:

homorobotica:

hardhatpartycat:

sacredtsalagi:

foreverliberal:

Justice for Tasered 8-Months-Pregnant Woman!

Police in Chicago used a Taser on an African-American woman who is 8-months-pregnant because she parked in a handicapped parking space.

Tiffany Rent parked there because she was trying to calm down her 3-year-old daughter. She tried to explain what happened but they wouldn’t listen, and gave her a ticket for $200.

The police, who had blocked her in, started insulting her — one told her to call Jesse Jackson — and Rent got into her car because she was scared. They tasered her through the window, and her boyfriend, Joseph Hobbs, had his elbow dislocated while trying to protect her. This all happened in front of her children.

Rent and Hobbs were taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest and simple assault. Rent was taken to the hospital for treatment, and may have to deliver her baby early because of the stress.

Please tell the Chicago Police Department to do a full investigation of this incident and get justice for Tiffany Rent!

Sign the petition here. Sources are here and here.

I don’t even know what to say. I am incredibly appalled and angry. Justice for Tiffany Rent!

— Brittany

Sign this petition! Black motherhood is not respected or protected.

They do us worse than they’d do a dog.

Police in Chicago used a Taser on an African-American woman who is 8-months-pregnant because she parked in a handicapped parking space.

Jesus fucking Christ.

This is absolutely appalling, and I can’t believe this happened.
In the past few years we’ve seen more people get tased who SHOULDN’T be tased, than people who SHOULD be. And it’s getting worse. Children? People with mental disabilities? Pregnant women? What the FUCK is wrong with police these days, and where the fuck are their priorities?
Shouldn’t they be out there catching REAL criminals?
I’m starting to wonder what exactly it is that they learn in police training. Because the behavior of most American police officers (and even some Canadian ones, even though they tend to be a little nicer here) would suggest that the curriculum needs a serious makeover.