Pizza can't fix my problems, but it absolutely can make me feel okay for 5 minutes.
Going to the restroom for a trans woman can be so anxiety inducing. I know for me it can be anyway. All I wanna do is get in and get out without any issues, hassles or problems.
But I had something happen while I was at lunch with my mother in-law that was rather affirming as a woman. It’s the opposite of what I’ve imagined could happen to me going to the women’s restroom.
I was washing my hands when a woman about my age came out of the other stall. She looked at me, straight in the face and asked if I could zip up the back of her dress. She didn’t even wait for a response. She just turned around and pulled up her hair. Then said, “It’s so hard to do this by yourself. So much easier when you have help. Thanks.”
She didn’t see me as a predator. Didn’t see me as someone who shouldn’t be in there. She saw me as another woman who simply would understand the need to have help zipping up the back of her dress.
I almost started crying.
I, a trans girl, went into the women’s restroom and nothing happened, except for another woman asked for my help.
Some serious advice from someone that knows, and greatly wishes that they didn't: Say all the deep and meaningful things you've always wanted to say to someone while they are still able to receive them. It doesn't matter if it feels awkward. Find the right moment, but don't wait until that opportunity is taken away from you. The pain of regret is not worth it.
@dillyd - Everytime I see someone pick up a tiny animal, I think of this scene from Babylon 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7aKEmxE9nA
First they tried to "cure" gayness. Now they're fixated on "healing" trans people. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/first-they-tried-to-cure-gayness-now-theyre-fixated-on-healing-trans-people/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Virginia Gov. Youngkin, who has tried hard to style himself as a moderate, just vetoed a pair of bills that simply established that Virginians have a right to contraceptives, and health care providers have a right to provide contraceptives.
Republicans are 100% coming for contraceptives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/18/virginia-youngkin-vetoes-skill-games-confederate-contraception/
Music Before Bed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1zrEGsj234
Really enjoying my time in Resonite, and am slowly making new (and old) friends and learning new skills. I think I've found a niche for myself with 3D Drawing. Which I didn't know was a thing until last week.
I still look like Zelda. But it's a look that's growing on me. I'll switch to a new avatar as soon as I find one closer to me. But that's a bit more complicated than in Second Life.
Damn, Pittsburgh, is everyone okay?
According to r/pittsburgh, it didn’t seem like the clouds were looking severe enough on radar for NWS to catch it. But this being the 2nd-straight week of them missing confirmed tornadoes must be really demoralizing for them, and must erode the public’s trust in them…
YouTube’s #movies section has every kind of #film you could ever want! From “movies that kind of look like popular movies, but aren’t” to “questionable old movies with a white actor portraying a non-white character.” And from “I didn’t know that film had a third sequel” to “the lesser works of Shaquille O’Neal.” They’ve got it all!
Artist for Closetspace and A Wish for Wings
Creative Text Writer for MTG: Universes Beyond
Writer for Sea of Legends
One enchilada short of a Mexican Platter