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The Gelflings are trans

Jen the Gelfling plays the flute while Kira the Gelfling rows their river boat

And trans people are Gelflings. ‘Now, we leave you the Crystal of Truth,’ the Beings tell the Gelflings who are no longer Gelflings — because they are finally being left alone.

‘Red flags’ in queer dating aren’t the problem

woman and man, both looking suspicious, on a red flag background

What we compromise on lies beyond the red flag. A ‘red flag’ is a difference that alarms or confuses you. Though the flag itself isn’t a conflict, it may lead you to suspect your date isn’t a good match.

Empathy for cis people

An impressionistic photo collage of a person who appears to be stuck inside a large soap bubble.

Trans people have it because we don’t live in a trans bubble. My jaw hit the floor. I picked it up and put it back in. It fell out again. It rolled under the sofa and I have spent the last two weeks looking for it.

‘At any age’: Trump doesn’t want trans people

disembodied creepy hands reach around the head of a long-haired child in a purple short-sleeved shirt covering her face with her own hands

How Trump will oppress trans people if reelected in 2024. Trump’s influence on the GOP continues to have nightmarish effects for trans and queer people. If he is given power again, we know exactly what he’ll do.

Right wing lies about trans suicide

Plastic six-sided die for board game

Steven Crowder makes up numbers and unfortunately is on Twitter. A former coworker actively fantasizes that my 21st-century transgender life is more miserable than if I were in a concentration camp.

I’m a gender autonomist

bicycle parked on a colorfully painted staircase on the sidewalk in the rain

The term ‘gender activist’ is used to point at trans people living with dignity and solidarity, capable of saying ‘no thank you’ and daring to shrug at and disagree with someone who doesn’t like them just because they’re trans. ‘Activist’ is used as an insult for someone who believes in autonomy.