Catherine

@cattycat@mstdn.party
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Senior level designer at Motive Studios, currently on Iron Man. All views are my own šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø (she/her)
Anti-Trans Swimmer Lashes Out After 71-Year-Old Trans Fencer Wins Eighth World Championship

Oh, come on, really?

Comic Sands
As a bonus point, please don’t out your trans friends to people who don’t know they are trans. There is a significant safety risk that comes with being outed. That should be our decision to make if we feel safe. This includes if you don’t think your friend is passing. Not your call to make. Please give us a choice in this
So I'm a little late here (what's new) but a couple of days ago I celebrated a year of HRT  . Left picture was taken just after I started hormones and the right a couple of days ago
I feel more comfortable in summer dresses this year than last year and, honestly, that brings me a lot of joy. Had a picnic with some friends yesterday and it was a lot of fun and just nice to be out and enjoying the sun #TransJoy

I'm so proud of the work we did on Dead Space and how awesome the team worked together 🄳.

When I came out in March I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about the timeline I'd need to feel comfortable to update my name in the credits and looking at my name there brings me so much joy and euphoria and I'm so glad the timeline I thought I'd need was so much slower the the timeline I actually moved at 

A little story.

In 2014, the UK charity, Stonewall, had a new CEO: Ruth Hunt.

Ruth wanted to make Stonewall trans inclusive. Up until that point it hadn’t been. Part of that effort was to recruit an advisory group from the UK trans community.

I was on that group. I ended up as its vice chair.

We spent the next year and a bit creating a document called ā€œA Vision For Changeā€, which detailed what we thought the areas that trans equality campaigning should focus on in Britain.

Then the Brexit referendum happened and Cameron ragequit. Theresa May came in and it was apparent there was very little government apetite for the stuff we wanted.

But May, who was there when the same Sex marriage bill went through under the earlier coalition government had had something of a damascene conversion to LGBT rights issues. Stranger things have happened (but not many!)

So she wanted something from our list that was quick, easy, and uncontroversial. Obviously we were disappointed, but she was presented with bringing Britain’s antiquated Gender Recognition Act up to date, and in line with other European countries, as something simple. We honestly thought it was. It’s an administrative change of very little significant consequence, and actually no significance at all outside the trans community.

And it would have been simple, had an eclectic collection of unpleasant, obsessive arseholes with privileged access to the UK press not decided to start a culture war over trans people at that exact moment.

A culture war which, at least in England, they basically won. In part, this war was why I emigrated to Portugal.

Here we are, seven years later, and the result of Scotland finally wanting to implement a watered down version of the ā€œeasy winā€ we presented to Theresa May is apparently that the current prime minister, Rishi Sunak, is willing to end the Union between England and Scotland over it.

So that’s my story. I am part of a small, elite cabal of LGBT people who wrote a document that is poised to destroy the last vestiges of the British Empire.

Go me! If there are any other governments you want destabilising, my bank details are available on request. I provide reasonable rates.
The second Dead Space article I helped with just released. I'm really excited about the release of this game, partly because I'm proud of what we've made but also because it's my first game released under my actual name :blobcathearts::transgender_flag: https://www.ea.com/en-ca/games/dead-space/dead-space/news/inside-dead-space-5-story-matters
Inside Dead Spaceā„¢ #5: Story Matters

The creative team behind Motive’s Dead Space remake explains the importance of a great story, how that story has evolved from the original—and how it hasn’t.

Electronic Arts Inc.

BOOSTS REQUESTED. I need folks who can help maintain the Gender Dysphoria Bible.

There are a number of maintenance tasks that are long over due, including integrating the spanish translation and upgrading the site builder to run in Node 16/18.

Month after month I cannot find the executive function to tackle them, and I feel like I’m letting down my Patreon supporters.

If there’s anyone with the needed nodejs experience who can help, I’ll pay you out of my funding. #transgender #trans #gdb

The woman coming around bringing food asked "can I get you ladies anything?" to my girlfriend and I. Whether I passed to her or not, and she is just generally delightful, I am currently so happy 😊

Obligatory trans on a train shot. Our travel plans have been a little disrupted but I continue to really love taking the train, it is so relaxing and brings me joy šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļøšŸš†

#trans #train #livingthesterotype