Time for a fresh #Introduction post. Been 18 months since the last one.

I'm Cait, late 50s, GenX, transitioned at 26 in 1992. I used to translate (not interpret) French, German, and Russian to English, for 23 years. I'm now retired due to disability (I use a cane for mobility), and my primary occupation is activism for the queer community.

I am comfortable (to a greater or lesser degree) conversing in French, German, Russian, or Spanish (in decreasing order of ability to speak well), and I can converse in basic Japanese too.

I am autistic and have ADHD, making me neurospicy to a degree that makes my white ass somewhat uncomfortable, just because of the word spicy.

I don't identify as having been an egg; my trans is more of a bulb, sending up shoots repeatedly to try and blossom, only to be cut down again and again. I always knew, as far back as I have memory, that I was a girl. I was genuinely confused why other people couldn't see it. I believe gatekeeping is fundamentally immoral, and should be resisted.

I post a lot about trans stuff, and some about political stuff. I support radical bodily autonomy, police and prison abolition, Marxist mutual aid, and anti-racism.

I do not maintain my passing privilege, so that I can be a visible trans person in my safe community, so that people know we live among them, and we're just ordinary, green-haired, tattooed, anime-loving, weed-smoking senior citizens like anyone else.

I have an abiding love for football (:soccer: ), Tottenham, music from Jamaica, and being part of the trans and autistic communities.

I live in the colonial power known in the West as Canada, on stolen land. And I have a #PrivilegeJar.

ACAB; Black Lives Matter; Trans Lives Matter; Black Trans Lives Matter!

I am also a Major in the 3rd Battalion, 10th Division of Antifa International, with command of a thousand hardy antifa superwarriors, ready to infiltrate your right-wing protest at any time.

#IntroductionPost

Just noticed that my introduction post has slithered off the site somewhere. Might as well make a new one.

I'm Cait, late 50s, GenX, transitioned at 26 in the early 90s. I was a self-employed translator of French, German, and Russian to English for 23 years. I am comfortable conversing in any of those languages, or Spanish as well, and Japanese to a less comfortable extent.

I post a lot about trans stuff, but also other things. The trans stuff is because as a too-rare trans senpai, it's been made clear to me that I've got a solemn responsibility to my kouhai.

To get the stereotypes out of the way: no, I was never an egg, always knew, dressed as myself all the time growing up. I fit the classic narrative of the trans person, because that was the only way to access trans healthcare in those days, was to fit the narrative. The ways in which I didn't, I faked. Remember: gatekeeping is just cookie-cutting applied to people. It is wrong and unnecessary.

I believe in radical bodily autonomy, prison and police abolition, Marxist notions of mutual aid, and anti-racism.

I voluntarily cede my passing privilege to live as an out and public trans person in my community, so that people know that we live among them, and that we're just ordinary, green-haired, tattooed, anime-loving, and weed-smoking senior citizens like anyone else.

These days, I do activism as my main keep-me-occupied thing, as I have retired perforce from translation due to disability. I use a cane in everyday life for mobility.

I love football*, Tottenham, Jamaican music, having ADHD, and being part of this amazing Fedi trans community.

I live in the colonial power known as Canada, on stolen land.

And I have a #PrivilegeJar.

*That'd be football as the world sees it, not USan hand-egg. Sorry not sorry, NuFfLe fans.