still wary after SciShow's bad HRT video and Hank Green's "we need to inaugurate the Nazis because they wouldn't do the same for us!" bullshit take back in November.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKW0nldkxs

"Prove it's safe BEFORE releasing it." how is that -- fuck it. Just implement it NOW.

A fantastic game https://neocabgame.com/

CN direct eye contact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pamrBcd4poc

"Oh nice! https://www.positive.news/ does similar, thank you. Keep it up but please take breaks for morale"

"Whom you want to be - Lyrics or poem

How do I avoid that?
I'm terrified to be you.
A child is not a cat,
but fully-formed human, new.

I know some of what you've been through.
Beyond any kid's breaking point,
No one should ever have had to
in that hell themselves annoint.

Why carry it forward though?
Your life will never heal this way.
What more pain are we all owed?
Self-respect, you can replace.

Self-respect, you may replace.

Self-love, please seek, "Your Grace".

All I want from you:
Be more of yourself and choose
whom you want to be.

No one else will feel your feelings.
No one else can cry your tears.
No one else may think your viewpoints.
No one else should stoke your fears.

Trans people exist?
Hello, I'm one!
Nonbinary just means "person".
What a kind idea we've won.

Is it nice to meet you?
I'm not really sure.
Had you considered being trans, too?
Did I ever know you, anymore?

To be real is not to repeat
the last thing you just read.
To be "biased" means
you've an opinion in your head.

You're allowed to disagree with me,
on things outside of human rights.
Otherwise which mom used to teach
fairness, about which we now fight?

All I want from you:
Be more of yourself and choose
whom you want to be.

I'll be honest: I gave up on you.
I can't stand you in my life.
"Your" "mini-me" was never "You ver. 2".
You do not deserve my time.

My pronouns are vey, vem, ver.
I wish you saw me as a person.
(Quite simple to make them square.)
Without help, you'll only worsen.

You deserve forgiveness,
as all do, but not from me.
No risk from counselling,
or not necessarily.

There is no way around it.
Other parents I've found;
these other people love me,
if I am, or not, around.

Why couldn't you do the same?
Was being separate truly hard?
You said you valued my brain.
Why force me constantly on guard?

All I want from you:
Be more of yourself and choose
whom you want to be.

No one else supports your comments.
Everyone I asked has been confused.
"That's weird. Are you okay? Honest?"
"Did she tell you how not to use boobs?"

"When she said 'What happens here, stays'?"
"Who says that to a child?"
Did you think I would organ-replace
to extend your time a while?

I can no longer make myself care.
Maybe if you loved yourself more,
while you will not see me there,
you'd have more chance to tone down the scorn.

Do I deserve to have kids?
What if I turn into you?
Oh, dear god(s), no! I can't risk that.
The core idea rips me in two.

I love them too much in advance
to avoid asking of ourselves:
"May we bring into existence
people whose time may never tell?"

All I want from you:
Be more of yourself and choose
whom you want to be.

Ban fossil lobbying; and act!
Long-term, more extreme weather?
Climate change patterns collapse.
We've plenty solutions clever.

Problems from hierarchy
ingress beneath our skin.
Set aside your worries;
Become your strength within.

You cannot redo high school.
Become yourself, a real adult.
What can you do; who are you?
Feel emotions, not just sulk.

HRT may have advantages
for who you want to be.
Think past the many challenges.
Imagine yourself free. "

#OortArtCloud #poem #lyrics #song #idea #ideas #TW #CW #CN #heavyTopic #VeRamble #VeRantDa #VeyVemVer #trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBTQIA2S #queer #nonbinary #NonBinaryHRT #nonbinarity #NonbinaryArtist #enby #person #people #human #humans #Acceptance #SelfAcceptance #FullAcceptance #advocacy #LetPeopleLive #therapy #counselling #therapist #ArtTherapy #interest

Here's the abridged version, mostly the end. I feel like these stanzas are more widely applicable to most people or situations. Probably more accessible. too. (A little reworked to make it flow a bit better for most readers.)

"Whom you want to be - Lyrics or poem

All I want from you:
Be more of yourself and choose
whom you want to be.

No one else will feel your feelings.
No one else can cry your tears.
No one else may think your viewpoints.
No one else should stoke your fears.

Trans people exist?
Hello, I'm one!
Nonbinary just means "person".
What a kind idea we won.

Is it nice to meet you?
I'm not really sure.
Had you considered being trans, too?
Did I ever know you, anymore?

To be real is not to repeat
the last thing you have read.
To be "biased" means
you've opinions in your head.

I can no longer make myself care.
Maybe if you loved yourself more,
while you will not see me there,
you'd have more chance to tone down the scorn.

Do I deserve to have kids?
What if I turn into you?
Oh, dear god(s), no! I can't risk that.
The core idea rips me in two.

I love them too much in advance
to avoid asking of ourselves:
"May we bring into existence
people whose time may never tell?"

How do I avoid that?
I'm terrified to be you.
A child is not a cat,
but fully-formed human, new.

All I want from you:
Be more of yourself and choose
whom you want to be.

Ban fossil lobbying; and act!
Long-term, more extreme weather?
Climate change patterns collapse.
We've plenty solutions clever.

Problems from hierarchy
ingress beneath our skin.
Set aside your worries;
Become your strength within.

You cannot redo high school.
Become yourself, a real adult.
What can you do; who are you?
Feel emotions, more than sulk.

HRT may have advantages
for who you want to be.
Think past the many challenges.
Imagine yourself free. "

https://meow.social/@oddtail/113924688366357500
(but also that
Lily Alexandre video about DIY HRT
you can find on youtube, nebula, and archival places for as long as possibly, hopefully.)

[Also, the bias / opinion bit is about e.g. hearing the phrase "filter bubble", then immediately testing everyone you know whether they are less that you for succumbing to our shared systems.]

#OortArtCloud #poem #lyrics #song #idea #ideas #art #TW #CW #CN #heavyTopic #VeRamble #VeRantDa #VeyVemVer #trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBTQIA2S #queer #nonbinary #NonBinaryHRT #nonbinarity #NonbinaryArtist #enby #person #people #human #humans #Acceptance #SelfAcceptance #FullAcceptance #advocacy #LetPeopleLive #therapy #counselling #therapist #ArtTherapy #interest #BuyIntoArt #poetry #indiePoets #QueerVibes #queers #gender #GenderPolitics #vent #VentArt

unrleated but a friend asked how I pronounce the word "poem".

MEMORY UNLOCKED.

I was LIVID with a study workbook in Japan (so 6 to 10 y.o., which was 2nd or 3rd to 5th grade for me).

Fucking thing dinged me for saying "fire" was TWO syllables.

Because it IS!
If "fire" was ONE syllable, it would be "Far", a different fuckign word.

"Fai yer" or "fie err".

also unrelated https://uktransshop.co.uk/
and https://www.consortium.lgbt/member-directory/gender-construction-kit/

#linguistic #linguistics #word #words #dialect #accent #sound

that crappy crime musical movie thing about the trans mafia chick. All that shit about the stupid awards it gets for existing as the most obvious, unresearched, self-congratulatory, lazy af cash grab?

it reminds me of that thing where kids were told to be "seen and not heard".

You are a discussion to be had among Proper People (adults / cissies) and not to interject.
(You couldn't "correct" anything of course, even about you!
The Adults are Always Right and you are only right when you agree with what they tell you is right.)