Being Danny

Notes: 2 / 2 weeks ago

Great 15 minute quick overview of what “GENDER” is.

1 month ago

Affirmation in Scripture

On this web site we discuss five passages of Scripture that affirm gay people and their relationships.

These stories, which the writers of the Bible included under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, are amazingly gay-positive. Odds are, you have never heard about these passages and their meaning for sexual minorities. The truth of these texts threatens some of our society’s deepest prejudices, and their positive messages are usually ignored. It is our hope they will bring comfort and refreshment to many.

Notes: 11 / 3 months ago from contop

Con Top of the World: omg like what

contop:

i just saw a post that someone came out as demisexual

looking it up, it’s basically being attracted to personality not the physical

im just like… what?

like, why is this a thing? why is this a term? Some people are more drawn by physical, some are more drawn by the mental connection. The fact…

For one… that’s about the most uneducated rant I’ve ever seen. Here’s why someone might feel it’s necessary to “come out” as Demi. Take me for instance, I’m demisexual. And yes, I like sex, but no I cannot get it up until I am romantically, mentally, or emotionally attracted to the individual. Then everything functions as normal. This also means… I can like another guy and appear “gay” because what comes with demisexuality seems to be a lack of concern for whether the other individual is male or female.

There may be a preference but from what I’ve seen, a lot seem to be open to swinging both ways, which would seem bisexual to others. For a long time I mistook myself for bisexual because of that but felt something else was different with me because I did not function like other people do and am not able to find others physically attractive. You could say what’s the point of coming out if you’re bisexual? You could just fall in love with the opposite sex and have everyone think you’re straight. Yeah you could say that… but you’re not straight. We don’t choose who we fall in love with.

Also, being demisexual doesn’t mean you’re a prude. I happen to be a switch in the domination and submission lifestyle. Ie… I love kinky fucking sex. I also just can’t have it unless I form an emotional bond with someone. Then bring on the whips and chains and the naughty. That is not being a prude. Quite the opposite, I’m what people around here call a sexual deviant for the things I enjoy that would curl your toes in shock. It should also be noted that straight people can react just as badly to demisexuality as they do asexuality or homosexuality or bisexuality. If it’s not straight, it’s not great. My own parents, freaked the hell out when I told them. The very possibility that I could wind up with someone of the same sex was enough to send my parents into overdrive.

So don’t you sit there and say that it devalues your coming out when my own coming out was an unpleasant experience. That puts you on the end of devaluing my coming out, cause you know what, I have dated both guys and girls and I’m not straight. Just because you’re ignorant and don’t understand it, doesn’t mean it’s not legit. So why don’t you take your uneducated 1950s prejudice and stick it. You’re not the only person on this planet and you don’t get to decide for the rest of us what is valid and not valid.

Notes: 20 / 1 year ago

Deaf Trans Men, Psychology and the Role of Interpreters

So that is the title of my paper that I’ve been writing for the last 5 months. A massive research article. It’s done, I turned it in to my teacher, she gave it back to me today. I got a 190 out 200 on it. Which is great. But she asked to speak to me about it after class. She wants to work with me on my paper to tweak a few minor things and then with my permission, she wishes to submit it to the RID Journal of Interpreters to educate current and new uprising interpreters. The paper covers the following, in no particular order at the moment cause I’m recalling it off the top of my head:

Trans Male Statistics

Though 77% of trans men proceeded with hormone treatment. Of all surveyed trans guys, 63% received ‘top surgery’ to create a masculine chest and 28% stated that they would have partaken of chest surgery if given the finances (that is a 91% that desire top surgery). Perhaps the most interesting statistic is that of all of the trans men surveyed, none had undergone sex reassignment surgery (SRS) to create a penis, however, only 31% expressed disinterest. The lack of ‘bottom surgery’ (SRS) is likely due in part to the astronomical price of 30-100 thousand dollars for the procedure and the poor results.

Factor, R., & Rothblum, E. (2008)

Notes: 1 / 1 year ago

Canadian Government: Address the Aeronautics Act, which may ban trans people from flying

Notes: 1 / 1 year ago

Say No to Hate Music! Don't give a platform to singers who call for the murder of LGBT people.

Why This Is Important

A number of clubs in Europe will offer a stage in March and April to an “artist” who calls for the murder of LGBT people. It is time to speak up again and to call for a boycott of these events and their sponsors. Several clubs invited the singer Sizzla, who uses his songs to encourage the murder of homosexuals:

Here are some of Sizzla’s lyrics (translations in parentheses):

In “Pump Up” he sings:
Step up inna front line (Step up to the front line)
fire fi di man dem weh go ride man behind (burn the men who have sex with men from behind)
Shot battybwoy, my big gun boom (Shoot queers, my big gun goes boom)

Notes: 4 / 1 year ago

Trevor Project - “Reaching out for help is the bravest thing a person can do”. Be safe everybody.

Notes: 379 / 1 year ago from transsuccess (originally from transawareness)

German courts rule that an eleven year old German transgender girl can legally be institutionalized.

In case my friends missed this! Reblogging again. Hit it up with your signature!

transsuccess:

While normally TS attempts to bring to you positive examples for our community, we also offer you ways to get involved, make a difference and be a role model yourself. Unfortunately right now we’ve got plenty of work to do for our community. Please take a moment and stop this atrocity from happening. This child needs our support. Click the link above to sign the petition and be part of the difference in this little girl’s life and give hope to each other by demonstrating that none of us are alone. Please reblog if you can.

transawareness:

Perhaps it’s conspicuous that to date few journals have dwelled on the current ethical drama currently undergoing in Berlin, Germany involving an eleven year old child who was born a boy but whom in their own words wishes to re assert themselves as a female. Something that they have felt since they can remember, according to one report earlier this year. That though now may be wishful thinking in the face of a recent court decision that in essence seeks to mandate that the child be placed in institutional care and one suspects have their sense of self ‘normalized.’

The above link is a petition to stop this child from being put into an institute until she conforms to gender=sex ideals. If you want to read more on this article, there are two stories. Original and Updated. This child’s petition only has 10K signatures. Come on people, lets get involved. No trans child should have to be snatched from a supportive mother and locked away in a padded cell until they conform.

Affirmation in Scripture

Deaf Trans Men, Psychology and the Role of Interpreters

Trans Male Statistics

Why This Is Important

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