Quantum Queer Theory

Today is the day I finally start hormones, after over two and a half years of waiting. Five years if you’re counting from when I first came out as trans. The wait was so long because the publicly funded system is so underfunded, and I was part of a huge wave of trans people coming out.

Advice for my past self, and others early in transition:
- get a referral even if you’re not sure you want hormones or other stuff, there’ll be enough time to figure it out when you’re on the waiting list.
- if you can afford it, maybe go privately while the NHS sorts itself out (IF it does…)
- look into fertility preservation well in advance of getting the diagnosis/starting hormones. The NHS will pay for it if you’re with them.
- support ‘Action for Trans Health’ and write to your MP to try and get more resources for the NHS, and to change the system to being based on informed consent.

darkersolstice:

letsplaysocialjustice:

when will ppl realise that i’m not a computer expert i just know how to click on things until i find the problem

No, but seriously, this is one of the greatest skills Millennials have. I have gotten heaps of praise from my boss for being able to go to my desk, google for five minutes, and come back to fix her computer issue. A lot of it is that the vocabulary is something natural to us. We grew up with these systems from when we were kids–checking that the monitor’s plugged in, that we have the right drivers, that there’s a connection is something we learned young, an internal checklist that’s as natural as the one we use when starting a car–moreso, even. Lots of us have laptops, but no car.

Troubleshooting basic software and hardware issues is something that you can put on your resume. So is rapid skill acquisition, for clicking around in a new program until you know how to use it. These are what we’re good at, Millennials. Don’t feel ashamed of it.

have you oppressed a cis today?

estrogenprincess:

rationalsjdiscussions:

carlwood25:

rationalsjdiscussions:

carlwood25:

ciscourse:

if not you gotta get to work and meet your daily quota!

I’m sorry I should have said that you aren’t even making a secret of how bigoted and hateful you are.

Let me tell you something and you better listen. You can’t oppress me. The worst you can do is tease me from a thousand miles away. I will never be oppressed by someone as weak and pathetic as you.

You think your changing the world your not, because this bubble you live in and rut in like a hog in shit isn’t the world. The real world is full of people like me who as soon as you tried ‘oppressing’ us will be cut down.

So come on oppress I dare you yo try you pathetic worm.

This is the closest thing to self awareness (while not being self aware) that I’ve ever seen! You pretty much described the dynamic between cis and trans people in society without even realizing it. Thanks for proving our point ;)

I haven’t proved shit for you or your Social Justice jerk offs.

Trans person on Tumblr: *makes sarcastic joke about oppressing the privileged class as far as gender is concerned*

Cis person on Tumblr: This world is full of people like me. You’ll never be able to oppress me, you worm!

Little did the cis person know, they just explained that cisphobia and reverse-oppression are not real.

this is gold