#PSA: Please show up if you can!

"On Thursday, the York County Library board will hold its monthly meeting at NOON, Rock Hill Library.

York County tabled a proposal to ban trans and gender themed books for anyone under 18 in June. But it hasn't gone away."

#Libraries #BookBans #Transphobia

https://bookriot.com/york-county-library-sc-proposes-restrictions-on-trans-gender-books-for-those-under-18/

#PSA #PolariPrize #Transphobia @bookstodon
Author Sasha Coward withdraws "Queer as Folklore" from the Polar Prize long list over the inclusion of John Boyne, transphobe. (his original post here: https://bsky.app/profile/sachacoward.bsky.social/post/3lvwhq7ljik23)

Also, there's an open letter you can sign, here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfe8SgwGycvDaXMHHzoRkuYDDbABS_R7-0EgsVN1QMMBKYl0w/viewform?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMCfj5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABpxqBq16p0cryC_CvEDnzlJrh8pdH3X_GcMNRiZJ5VGVn0FfvqL7jsgB7CRQa_aem_jzYCfgNCzD2HWJdh2qjGhg&pli=1

Do not call all AFAB nonbinary people 'transmasc' and all AMAB nonbinary people 'transfemme'.

Individuals may or may not identify with those terms for a variety of reasons, but assigning them to nonbinary people based exclusively on their AGAB is not okay!

You are effectively saying a person's gender identity can only be certain things because of their AGAB regardless of how they feel/identify- it shouldn't be hard to understand why that is transphobic!!!

There are AFAB transfemmes, AMAB transmascs, and nonbinary people (like me) that do not identify as either.

Calling someone a gender they don't identify as is still misgendering if the gender identity you are saying is not their AGAB or either 'man' or 'woman'.

Oh, you’re trying to make a general statement and this makes it easier for you?
It’s takes more time to check how a person identifies before using a term to describe them?
These are the exact ‘arguments’ we hear transphobes use for misgendering!!!
Are you really choosing to become one of the transphobes making excuses for misgendering trans people because it is ‘easier’!?!?

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“Cis people have no idea how easy it is for trans women to tell the difference between someone who sees them as a woman and someone who sees them as a man that they have to remember to refer to as a woman.”

-- @k_tea_cat@twitter.com 2021-01-18
#Trans #Transphobia

Nancy Mace considers quitting Congress to take her transphobia statewide in South Carolina
Source: Advocate
#NancyMace
#SouthCarolina
#Senate Race
#Transphobia

https://share.newsbreak.com/eb21ly7l

“People are constantly invalidating me. They say I can’t be gay because I’m trans. I can’t be trans because I am visibly disabled. I can’t be trans because I experienced CSA. I’m not trans because I’m mentally ill.” Jan

On Saturday, a transphobic incident at the "free" side of Barton Springs, #Austin's popular swimming spot, escalated into violence involving multiple assaults including one hospitalized "good Samaritan."

I am in touch with multiple victims of the incident and working on a story. Please reach out if you have any tips or info. https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/s/yGb7TClrgR

"What I have learnt through my experiences as a disabled trans person is to work out what I need to say before going to medical appointments. I try to plan and write down things in advance, this helps my anxiety and means that I do not forget what I needed to say." Oliver

#duet with Xtinabrown
Welp…she summed up my thoughts on this matter

#transgenderally #blacktranslivesmatter #advocate #lgbtqmentalhealth #bipocmentalhealth #blacktherapist #genderaffirming #genderinclusive #womanist #trending

@Arenee1015
"[Trans] isn't taking anything from us. The system is."

FREE on my Patreon: Despite failing in the regular #Texas legislative session, the "bathroom bill" is back yet again.

After Governor Greg Abbott vetoed a bill which would have banned hemp-derived THC products in the state, he called for a special legislative session to replace it with regulations, rather than a ban. In the leadup to the reopening of the lege, devastating floods claimed the lives of over 100 residents of Central Texas, including many children, and responding to this disaster also became a part of the agenda.

But the special session is quickly becoming a debacle. The Senate introduced a near-identical THC ban to the one that Abbott vetoed, with its sponsor claiming that it's impossible to regulate the plant. They're planning a massive power grab through redistricting. And, of course, the Texas Republican party can't pass up an opportunity to oppress a vulnerable group. They've revived a failed bill which would ban #transgender women from bathrooms and locker rooms at public places, including government buildings and schools. It would also ban #trans women from women's prisons and domestic violence shelters.

When bathroom bills first appeared on the scene, the outcry was widespread and near universal. Corporations and sporting events threatened to boycott states that proposed these bans. Nowadays, many corporations are abandoning their support for #LGBTQIA+ people, and some Democrats want to turn on us — even powerful ones like California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Which was why I think it was so important to hear Texas Democratic lawmakers and politicians enthusiastically support transgender rights during Tuesday's press conference hosted by the All In For Equality coalition (which includes ACLU of Texas, Equality Texas, Transgender Education Network of Texas and others). Since Republicans claim that these bills are about women's safety or privacy, the press conference featured survivors of abuse who spoke out against the weaponization of their stories against #trans people.

In 2013, I was in the halls of the capitol to support the "People's Filibuster" for abortion that finished what Wendy Davis started, and (while I'm suspicious of politicians in general) it was good to feel her solidarity this week. I wouldn't normally share so much of a press conference, but, as so many seem poised to turn away from supporting us, I think it's worth showing that many influential cis folks still believe trans rights are worth protecting publicly and proudly.

Read more on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/134939910

60% of UK based disabled trans people told us they’d experienced ableism when accessing trans-specific healthcare.