"I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner."
— Janet Mock, Redefining Realness (Atria, 2014)

The DOJ has set the table. They serve "religious liberty" as the entrée and ask us to call our protections being eaten in front of us a meal.

Mock's refusal is the one a Black trans woman has had to make every morning of her public life: I will not pretend this is a place set for me.

https://twp.ai/4hpe3D

We get up.

#JanetMock #BlackTrans #BlackTransLivesMatter #TransRights #TransLivesMatter #Trans #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #QueerNews #Pride #BlackQueerJoy #Quotes #ReadTransAuthors #BookQuotes #Resistance #SocialJustice #CivilRights #Activism #LoveWins
"I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner." — Janet Mock The DOJ set the table. We get up. https://twp.ai/4hpe0H #JanetMock #TransRights #BlackTrans #LGBTQ #Resistance

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What Survives the Morning: What May Day Cost

What survives May Day? Wendy's unfiltered analysis of politics, survival, and the body's warnings when the world gets loud. Progressive news for the nervous system.

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"I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner." — Janet Mock
The DOJ set the table. We get up.

https://twp.ai/9OUtCL

#JanetMock #TransRights #BlackTrans #LGBTQ #Resistance #Quotes #Pride

What Survives the Morning: What May Day Cost

What survives May Day? Wendy's unfiltered analysis of politics, survival, and the body's warnings when the world gets loud. Progressive news for the nervous system.

Wendy The Druid

White gays and lesbians being openly racist and transphobic?
I wish I could say I'm surprised but I'm not.

"The bartender then became defensive and started to yell at her, saying it was impossible for her to be discriminatory because she is a lesbian and Soho is a gay bar."

“Then she accused [the Black trans woman] of being ‘cisphobic,’ unironically using that word.”

https://www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/transgender-woman-alleges-discrimination-at-ferndale-gay-bar/

#trans #lgbtq #racism #gay #lesbian #blackwomen #blacktrans

Transgender woman alleges discrimination at Ferndale gay bar

A Black transgender woman accused a popular, long-standing LGBTQ+ bar in Ferndale of discrimination after a bartender at Soho refused to serve her. In a video clip posted to TikTok last week, the Detroit woman said an alleged dispute over her ID quickly escalated, with the white bartender and patrons shouting at her and kicking […]

Detroit Metro Times

im back on ADHD meds (after almost a year off), and I feel amazing!

so my mom is veryyyy very african conservative and doesn't believe in adhd, autism, or clinical depression (despite her lowkey highykey showing signs of one or two of these).

and since i have been back living with them in 2025 this toxicity began to rub of on me and i just gave up on trying to even be stable.

i was diagnosed at 20. and if you know anything, as a black person, i had to FIGHT for that diagnosis.

i had lost my lecturing job, couldnt afford rent in cape town, and just had to return home.

and looking back, this really fucked up my 2025. i was a mess.

but going to Cape Town for that brief period, seeing my friends and loved ones, and once again opening up about my struggles and mental state did a lot for me. the day after i returned, i went right to see my psychiatrist...my dad also tagged along and sat through a session. story for another day.

i just want to extend a BIG THANK YOU to everyone that boosted my mutual aid posts, donated coins, and showed support through such kind an meaningful words.

but ive been on my meds for the last couple of days and WOAH. I forgot how out of whack my system can be, how erratic my decision making is at times, and i forgot how it felt to have predictable executive function!

I FEEL AMAZING!

I'll write more about Playtopia some other time, but the most important takeaway from it was:

  • I love indie games, but damn is this industry racist.
  • Hopping onto the fedi is one of the better choices I made this year.
  • Once again, I thank you all so so so much. You all really did save this year for me, and allowed me an escape from my toxic family.

    *I leave this year feeling a lot more confident as an artist, game developer, and most importantly, a beautiful black trans woman growing into herself. *  

    #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #ActuallyAutistic #BlackTrans #BlackTransJoy

    In my comment I also shared an older post about thoughts on #MalePrivilege, or lack thereof, as a Black transmasculine person.

    https://funcrunch.medium.com/becoming-a-black-man-in-america-5b494473d5a4?sk=3fcca6937ed07d5f19a316535703f2e5

    #BlackTrans #BlackMastodon

    Becoming a black man in America

    The year was 2013. My discomfort with my assigned sex had reached a peak, and I began posting on my personal blog and Facebook page that I…

    Medium

    @deafqueer shared the text and image below.

    'Black Trans Lives Matter.⠀

    Today and every day.⠀

    Art by Angie Quintanilla Coates (@thefive15)⠀

    ***⠀

    [image: illustration of a Black [Person] holding up a sign (only their hands are visible) that says, “Black Trans Lives Matter”. The text is in trans colors (blue, pink, white on a black background with two hearts). The background behind the sign are pride flag colors, including black and brown stripes.]

    #blacktrans #blackLGBTQ #blackmastodon

    While Warhol claims to have had a friendship with the sitters, he simultaneously anonymizes them. Such contradictions are repeated at all stages of the development of “Ladies and Gentlemen,” from the creation of the series to its

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    #blacktrans #LGBTQ #whitepeople #blackmastodon

    'A Black transgender man, Tony McDade of Tallahassee, Florida, was [murdered] in [a pig]-involved [murder] on Wednesday [May 27th 2020] morning.

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    #blackmen #blacktrans #trans #LGTBQ #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackmastodon