Post gay (non-toxic) positivity! Good thing happen for you? Post! Legislative victory? Here’s the spot! Have a cool outfit? Share it if you’d like : ) in spite of everything we can uplift each other
My new internship is super trans friendly and as long as I look hot and professional, I can wear whatever I want to go sit in committees and meet legislators and state administrators. Also they pay $15/hr, which is sexy
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(this is now offically Bernie's fit channel /hj) (edited)
my positivity of the day is i took time to rest today!! and reconnected with the person who was my first trans friend well before i know i was trans too
CW: some discussion of identity struggle. My partner sent me this tweet thread. It's worth reading but broad strokes: An author doing research came upon an issue of New Masses magazine, the Old Left publication that among other fantastic feats of journalism broke the story of the Wall Street Putsch when Butler blew the whistle on a cadre of financial and business elites conspiring to overthrow FDR and attempted to recruit Maj Gen Smedley D. Butler to lead a fascist paramilitary force, where a young man wrestling with his identity wrote a letter to the magazine about how much the magazine had meant to them and he wondered if they would publish his letter. It's a fantastic thread about solidarity and intersectional understanding from a time we are told that didn't exist.(edited)
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speaking of work
I thought I had to work tonight
but I mixed up March 27th with February 27th
which means I get to push my problems a month into the future
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You could make a zine about how it's always good and cool to decorate your space appropriately
FUCK I had a determination to make this huge anthropological zine on the phenomena of teenage bedroom culture when I was like 17?? I had it all mapped out and was going to interview ppl and stuff about it and have photos and essays about how modern teens rely on their bedrooms as a safe space and sanctuary and how decorating one’s room is a huge form of self expression etc etc and this just jostled that memory from my head LOL
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It was going to be very Petra collins tumblr queer core
I didn’t know when I was going to release this, but i think im going to do it on the same date the storybook drops.
Descansa en poder Tort (like a civil wrong).
Love and solidarity forever
#defendtheforest #stopcopcity #tortugavive
https://youtu.be/VrnuxtlvJpA
Hi I did a rare disease day interview and it came out today ! I am so awkward in it lmao but if anyone cares to watch here’s the link :3
i tried to tell my classmates that we should all start a discord of 100 people & each month we all send $5 to someone so every month someone would get $500 which could really help someone out and most of them thought it was stupid like y’all don’t really believe in mutual aid
Moment of Queer joy. I'm on the board, and volunteer at an lgbtq youth organization. I was having a great conversation with our teens and one girl looks at me and said "I had totally forgotten you were trans"
Central Carolina Technical Colleges is going to have the Live Out Loud event hosted by the Sexuality And Gender Acceptance club (SAGA), I'm apart of it and I wanted to share to the buttons that will be there
Details are in the events(edited)
Image Id: a cardboard sign saying "why are you so sick aeother cunt's genders as if it's any yer business? Sittin up at night pure foaming at the mouth hinking aboot other folk's genitals like a fucking weirdo"(edited)
Yep, it's a good practice to get into, blind people use the internet too and it's good to think of them and consciously include them in our communities :)
my queer joy of the day was spending time with one of my partners, and us both getting ma'am'd, "welcome ladies" and hearing she/her's throughout the afternoon
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I will enjoy my beef being corned this St. Paddy's
Mad moment of queer joy, one of our drag queens for Birdcage (IRIS and USC’s annual drag show) asked to do a number about the anti-drag and trans legislation passing through the state house. Absolutely iconic, I’m dying and cannot wait to see it
Again, not mine, but my mother is a minister and is at a conference this week in NC where the call to worship was performed by a trans clergy member and the whole service is done by queer clergy members. So shout out to them.
Just wanna say my queer joy has just been watching everyone in this discord the past couple days.
I missed when Milo came to my school , got to class the next day and ppl were like, "Aaron, did you go to the riot last night?" and I had major FOMO lol. Seeing all y'all plan the counter, execute it, and then seeing that excitement and joy y'all brought into the chat last night and today has made up for that missed opportunity years ago, even if I didn't make it out last night. So thanks for that .
New (somewhat) rainbow nail set and my wore the locket bracelet today which has pictures of both of my partners in it which my friend got me for my birthday
hello! does anyone in the lowcounty/ charleston area have any recommendations for trans friendly barbers? i’m trying to get some info for someone in my organization (specifically trans fem but anything for future reference would be amazing)(edited)
hello! does anyone in the lowcounty/ charleston area have any recommendations for trans friendly barbers? i’m trying to get some info for someone in my organization (specifically trans fem but anything for future reference would be amazing) (edited)
I've had good experiences at Strawberry Blonde in Mount Pleasant
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hello! does anyone in the lowcounty/ charleston area have any recommendations for trans friendly barbers? i’m trying to get some info for someone in my organization (specifically trans fem but anything for future reference would be amazing) (edited)
I have a trans cousin who does barber! They are black and focus on black hair and I’m trying to find where they work atm, I just contacted them ab it so I’ll give an update when I can
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vivid! color cut style on harden st seems pretty accepting too
Got asked pronouns at the dentist for the first time, very slay. "Them's teeth" isn't quite right, but this new person who did the cleaning was so sweet for trying and wanting to learn
It's a pediatric dentistry that still takes my insurance for a bit, sadly. In a few months, have to start shopping for a big boy dentist for my petite little lady teeth
I always wanted a soft pink blanket when I was a teenager today I bought one on sale :)
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hello! does anyone in the lowcounty/ charleston area have any recommendations for trans friendly barbers? i’m trying to get some info for someone in my organization (specifically trans fem but anything for future reference would be amazing) (edited)
This org/website has a map you can search to find businesses that have registered as being trans friendly salons/barbers -- there are a few near Charleston. I'm not sure if it's all self-report or if there are referrals/ testimonials. You have to scroll down a bit on the homepage to find the map.
https://strandsfortrans.org/
You should try In the Green, lovely crunchy harmonies, devastatingly beautiful story, if in need of a few revisions to tighten it up. It's based on the life of Hildegard von Bingen, so expect lovely choral sections
but yeah when (fictional suicide) javert jumped off the bridge the actor just had to stand there with his hand up as it slowly panned down and it got slightly darker but you could still see him there awkwardly crouching (edited)
There's some physical set pieces, as some of you have seen, but it's so many screens and out of date social media references and tbh I don't love this take on Elle's character
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But it's still a good time, I refuse to be overly negative during my one night year of rest and relaxation
here’s some queer joy I got a 91% on my speech where I spoke in a complete monotone and ended with “that’s the end of the speech… god…” and I got a 110% on my spanish test (he gave so much extra credit for the transcription at the end lol I think I missed several questions but still got that)
i have a lot of very cool leather jackets from estate sales which i have a collection of. i also love to collect art and postcard to hang up. the item i think is the coolest that ive bought is a green suede vest and also baby blue crocodile leather tap shoes.
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i went to the guy who held the torch in the opening ceremony for the atl olympics' house and he had a bunch of cool cameras, olympics memorabilia, and military fancy clothes. he also had old timey photographs and i found a picture taken exactly 100 years before i was born to the day
i also went to someone's house who had a sex garage it was pretty funny
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i once went to an estate auction and got a ton of baking pans for $17 for a friend's christmas present and he was overwhelmed by how many pans i got. at the same place i found a witches pot and got it for my dad. the best thing is when i find yarn and crocheting/embroidery supplies and i fuel one of my special interest with another
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i also one time found piles and piles of t gel and i regret not getting it
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seb baited me into writing paragraphs about estate sales anyways estatesales.net is constantly open on my phone and i check it weekly
the best show ive ever worked was she kills monsters
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im not letting myself get baited into more paragraphs about my special interests for i need to sleep but i <3 the challenge that teching she kills monster brings also i had to go to estate sales for that show and i was double happy
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I think combining storm chasing and nascar would be really neat
Its like the gvo job but instead of getting people to sign a petition,
im trying to get people to sign up for free healthcare under the affordable care act.
Its commission based so, kinda shitty. Especially when im selling my soul working for insurance companies.
but money is money
my queer joy of the day was being stopped leaving a bar in lexington, and someone telling me they love the trans bumper stickers on my car (:
also her saying "live your life girl!"
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my queer joy of the day was being stopped leaving a bar in lexington, and someone telling me they love the trans bumper stickers on my car (:
also her saying "live your life girl!"
my friends kidnapped me and took me to charleston for mandatory fun . we went to a strawberry festival and nommed so many strawbs and then we went to the beach . it worked it was fun :)
I wore a dress to a friend's house over the weekend and it was the first time he'd ever seen me in one and the first time I'd went out in one and it was very affirming :3
AH
my favourite sad lesbian/bi vibes folk/rock band dropped re-recordings of three of their songs today after nothing since 2020, and they actually sound different from past versions. Not better, but different in a good way. very exciting, I must spread the word
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ZpMxko0RyU1SwNg8UVYjQ?si=rsH_nx9IQWqNyF9OFoQiaA
We had Patti O’Furniture and Oliver Clothessoff, a drag queen and king who have a long and lovely relationship with IRIS, come talk with us today about being a good audience member at a drag show. It was an absolute delight and all the more annoying that people say drag isn’t “appropriate” and is too “vulgar”
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Unless it’s a drag queen making dick jokes with money. But hey, that’s showbiz, kid
i woke up from my first sleep to my partner in my bedroom li playing league and it’s just, i’m so fucking gay and happy.
i’ve yet to live with someone so caring and loving, whether it be parents, teachers, etc. just, seeing her enjoy our space, having fun doing utterly mundane tasks, it makes me so gay
i go to second sleep soon but god damn i love my fucking mouse
it is extremely phonetically similar!
southern american english has a complete vowel shift (the southern vowel shift), of which the first distinguishing feature is the dipthong /ai/ (as in 'bright') turning into /a:/ (as in 'bright', but with that southern accent)
the medial vowel in 'rat' is extremely phonetically similar, and in some speakers, /æ/ will actually glide all over the place during its pronunciation (often a bit lower, but more towards /ɛ/ so it's not quite /a/), further muddying the waters when it comes to distinguishing "trans rights" from "trans rats"
that's why i put it in between slashes! those indicate a wide transcription
whereas the subtlety of the uniquely Bernie pronunciation would be between brackets, a narrow transcription
ive already applied and interviewed under my gender
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but she's got this wild fantasy that ill lose the job after ive already been offerred iit because "i never had to tell anyone my gender when i applied"
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congratulations you have discovered cis priviledge
yesterday this rando guy in my math class who ive never spoken to they/them-ed me and i was around my cishet friend's cishet friends and they immediately clocked me as trans . ive been passing as the creature more recently <3
Hi friends! We’re planning on doing a social media post series on trans & queer joy, and what it means to you. These will be posted on Instagram and Twitter. To be featured, please send in: (dm or ping me!)
• a few sentences on what trans/queer joy means to you
• a name you’d like the quote attributed to (optional)
• a photo, picrew, or drawing/art piece to represent yourself (doesn’t have to be you, just something you feel represents you!)
• any other info you’d like to share
• rolling deadline, submit whenever!
ive gotten a lot of work done the past few days and i saw some pretty flowers . ive been pavloved in to getting less depressed with flowers . shout out to my best friend from high school who tricked me into getting pavloved by flowers
ive gotten a lot of work done the past few days and i saw some pretty flowers . ive been pavloved in to getting less depressed with flowers . shout out to my best friend from high school who tricked me into getting pavloved by flowers
my friend said that they really liked flowers which was an exaggeration. so that i would take pictures of flower and pick flowers for them. but really it got me out of my depression hole and forced me to look for flowers when i was walking and driving. and now i think of them every time i see flowers and i send them flower pictures all the time and so i get happy when flowers .(edited)
Hi friends! We’re planning on doing a social media post series on trans & queer joy, and what it means to you. These will be posted on Instagram and Twitter. To be featured, please send in: (dm or ping me!)
• a few sentences on what trans/queer joy means to you
• a name you’d like the quote attributed to (optional)
• a photo, picrew, or drawing/art piece to represent yourself (doesn’t have to be you, just something you feel represents you!)
• any other info you’d like to share
• rolling deadline, submit whenever!
I’d love Birdcage to be open to the public, but our funding for the whole “drag show costing thousands of dollars to put on” comes from a university organisation that puts on free events for students, so there are limitations on attendees because of that
No really, it was the gag of the season to get her
When I saw her in the list of queens in our budget, I thought I was going to die. A current season queen that all the tea spills said would be a finalist? Ofc there were others and making a choice was hard, but ugh to afford a successful current season queen when the finale would be two days after our show felt like serendipity
My one vent about Birdcage was being LIED TO about having a balloon arch
Next year there will be no more deception
I will have a balloon arch if it kills me
And it will
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I love your balloon pillars
Connect them into a semi-circular shape and you have something that will last forever
Samantha Hunter’s done Birdcage before and she was on our invite list but we couldn’t figure out how to contact her
IRIS records are either really good or crap depending on who was on the board in a given year
Also the event speakers are going to be from 230 to 330 I thunk and the event officially ends around 5 to leave some time for people to mingle and talk
Queer joy go brrrrrr
Alt text - Me with a tye dye shit, hello sticker with "Ellie/Elysium - They/He", 2 buttons that says Found Family and Yall Means All, and a peace symbol necklace(edited)
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Queer joy go brrrrrr
Alt text - Me with a tye dye shit, hello sticker with "Ellie/Elysium - They/He", 2 buttons that says Found Family and Yall Means All, and a peace symbol necklace (edited)
Yup probably, I'm pretty sure I know who she is now. When Samantha started preforming, she had another person dance with her. Kinda caught everyone off guard cause this person was going all out dancing(edited)
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Event is over now
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Very fun time
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I'm not that caught up on drag stuff so I don't know alot lol
Hi @everyone ! We’re planning on doing a social media post series on trans & queer joy, and what it means to you. These will be posted on Instagram and Twitter. To be featured, please send in: (dm or ping me!)
• a few sentences on what trans/queer joy means to you
• a name you’d like the quote attributed to (optional)
• a photo, picrew, or drawing/art piece to represent yourself (doesn’t have to be you, just something you feel represents you!)
• any other info you’d like to share
• rolling deadline, submit whenever!
this is from @lissie ! (pls ping) they/she who is doing a lot of work for social media right now. doing this and sending it in (as a dm is also fine) is a really easy way for those who are less involved to really help oat out. showcasing queer joy on social media is really important right now because it spreads positivity in a rough time for many and it humanizes us.
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Kenya Pleaser bending over backwards in a drag show (edited)
"queer joy feels very significant to me right now. it means finding times where you can be happy and free to live the life you are creating for yourself. it is important to find places where we are allowed to feel excited and have fun in the midst of a world that wants to tear us down.
i love tech theater and working on shows. this year i have learned how to run sound after years of working primarily backstage. i also started working at a new theater this year. i have made a lot of really good friends who all support each other. theater and my theater friends have been a major source of queer joy for me recently. i get to be myself and do something i enjoy with people who love me for who i am" - robin
@lissie ! (pls ping) they/she
elaboration / positive vent:
ive had fleeting moments before where i felt female, and that's how i came to know i wanted to feel that way all the time. ive been having more and more contiguous moments over my transition and now its jumped over a tipping point where its more often than not - im past the half way mark :p
now that i dont have to rely on dissociation i feel so calm and contented and free! all this time ive had to expend energy to actively try to ignore my experience and now i can embrace it and just, live!
In the original confirmation they called me Ms. McIlnay, but here the event coordinator sent another confirmation calling me Mx with an apology for getting it wrong the first time
I really appreciate when people try and do their best, even when they make mistakes, and especially when they recognise their mistakes and fix them. I know it’s just an x vs. an s, but it’s the thought and care to send another confirmation gendering me correctly that matters.
“Good Day Mx. McIlnay,
The South Carolina Department of Administration (Admin) is in receipt of your signed Conditions for Use of South Carolina State House and Grounds form. This letter confirms your reservation for the North Grounds/Steps of the State House and Grounds on Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for Mother's Day Celebration.”(edited)
If you ever get the chance and need an elective or AIU credit at USC, there’s a costume construction class where you essentially get to earn an easy A by sewing for a few hours every week and get free access to the costume shop machines basically any time during normal hours
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It’s very limited in space but it’s by far the best class I’ve ever taken
ive done some pattern drafting from youtube videos.
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do you need some pattern weights that are aluminum corns ? me and my sibling made aluminum corns a while ago and ive given some of them out to some sewing friends as pattern weights but i still have a bunch
3 Credit Hours, you only have to spend as much time as it takes to make your garments but can spend much more, it’s THEA 252. Don’t know if it’s available every semester, but if you get the chance, go for it
If you ever get the chance and need an elective or AIU credit at USC, there’s a costume construction class where you essentially get to earn an easy A by sewing for a few hours every week and get free access to the costume shop machines basically any time during normal hours
i know you are a more recent oat joiner, but i the past we did a clothing swap and i think we might try to plan one for the fall again. that is a good opportunity to get more fem clothes if that is something you are interested in
Sorry we missed the protest, but IRIS introduced our new board tonight because our meetings are 7:30 on Tuesdays
Congrats to @regan-they , our new Finance Director! Also congrats to @Al gillam , our new Logistics Director, who dethroned @Max (they/it) for the job. @Max (they/it) is our new Development Director, stealing my job as I move to be the President (I will be petitioning to change the title to Captain, or possibly Queen, as IRIS should be more authoritarian and me-centric)
It was a very gay time and we brought our leftover cupcakes upstairs, hope those who got some enjoyed them.(edited)
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Arch Monarch, perhaps
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I need a properly menacing title to scare university people into giving us more money
Oh, so even people like the Egyptian pharaohs and such? Idk how much divine right applies to other civilisations in the whole “is god” vs. “has god’s favour” type of thing
I mean, clubs kind of make up their own positions, just need to amend the constitution
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Oh, so even people like the Egyptian pharaohs and such? Idk how much divine right applies to other civilisations in the whole “is god” vs. “has god’s favour” type of thing
Alternatively, 8ft tall oatbert looking all cute and squishy
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Sorry we missed the protest, but IRIS introduced our new board tonight because our meetings are 7:30 on Tuesdays
Congrats to @regan-they , our new Finance Director! Also congrats to @Al gillam , our new Logistics Director, who dethroned @Max (they/it) for the job. @Max (they/it) is our new Development Director, stealing my job as I move to be the President (I will be petitioning to change the title to Captain, or possibly Queen, as IRIS should be more authoritarian and me-centric)
It was a very gay time and we brought our leftover cupcakes upstairs, hope those who got some enjoyed them. (edited)
Forgot about these photos from the day of that pro-life rally and march on the USC campus
It was very stressful, but it was a slay look and I got an Icee later, so all was not lost
ive got a class tomorrow where we are just watching other people present and i can probably put together posts and things / get info to the posters during that class(edited)
I think everyone needs to start posting about how many people have been coming out in solidarity with trans people everywhere in the US especially in vulnerable states, because I’m really touched by…
I don’t think I have ever met you, but I am always interested in VHS tapes, especially if they’re obscure or horror. I archive analog media and I am always desperate for anything.
I don’t think I have ever met you, but I am always interested in VHS tapes, especially if they’re obscure or horror. I archive analog media and I am always desperate for anything.
Not quite my thing, but I appreciate you looking! Those clamshell case ones look like they would be in good condition, but I am unfortunately not familiar with the Sunnybrook Farm Extended Universe.(edited)
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(Side note: If you can ever get tapes for, like, less than ¢10, I do always recommend donating children’s movies to thrift stores. Mine always go back after I’ve digitized them. Lots of kids in poorer families still rely on VHS tapes because they’re cheaper than TV.)
tabling was so fun today! it felt good to get so much community support and love
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(image description: on the left- a nonbinary person with pink and blue eye makeup and a mustache making a kissy face and holding up two fingers, the right, the same person smiling with tons of queer joy)
Went to a drag bunch today. All of the queens killed it, but shoutout to Houston Hangover for nearly killing herself 20 different ways in her set
Pictured is various shots of Houston Hangover posing and/or performing gymnastic stunts I can't describe and don't know the names of.(edited)
Went to a drag bunch today. All of the queens killed it, but shoutout to Houston Hangover for nearly killing herself 20 different ways in her set
Pictured is various shots of Houston Hangover posing and/or performing gymnastic stunts I can't describe and don't know the names of. (edited)
lol yes this was mid roll, she wasn't landing from a jump like that
It's actually a pretty fun move if you have the legs for it, it's one of the only moves like that I'm capable of
oh when i stop taking my snris i feel wobbly and like my blood is fizzy and im gonna fall over all the time. and i get more anxiety. but thats so pog for you
I did peak to prosperity today, about 20 miles round trip. After not riding for about a year, it felt good to get back into the saddle
Alt: Hayden holding a mountain bike outdoors wearing a bike helmet(edited)
yeah i want to go out and ride recreationally a bit more, instead of just to/from class, but to do either i need to tighten my breaks up bc the cables have stretched
This is why I didnt ever wanna come out to my cis friends (it's actually funny/cute it's just the first time he's ever called me that lol)
ALT: one of my good friends calling me his "theybie" via text, with my response "lol don't call me that "(edited)
A-A-Ron (they/them)
This is why I didnt ever wanna come out to my cis friends (it's actually funny/cute it's just the first time he's ever called me that lol)
ALT: one of my good friends calling me his "theybie" via text, with my response "lol don't call me that " (edited)
A mayor tried to speak on short-term rentals over zoom, but his audio didn’t work and he ended up sounding like a chipmunk on helium
It was a hoot and really livened up an infuriating meeting that shows again how the state legislature sucks at protecting human rights
Though I graduated from speech therapy at eleven years old – I guess they finally trained me to pronounce all my consonants “correctly” – it seems speaking still requires more energy fo…
AAC for Verbal/Speaking AAC users 101 What is AAC? AAC (Alternative Augmentative communication) Are methods of communication other than oral speech, Types of AAC range for no tech such as ASL, low tech such as pictures and handwriting and letter boards, to high tech, such as comprehensive app...
Anonymous said to realsocialskills:
I find it very difficult to communicate myself verbally sometimes, to the point where I get frustrated and actually cry. It's like, I can't find the right words...
I used to dunk on tone tags a couple years ago because i was super irony poisoned and thought it ruined my humor, but turned out my humor was assholeish
Tone tags good
Alt text: a photo of a little clown guy made of fabric in a star shape. He has a silly little face and sparkly Pom pom hands, feet, nose, and hat, and 3 beads up the front like buttons. He is mostly purple. In the background is a blue sewing machine with stickers on it, one says “chronically ill chronically chill” and one is kuromi from Sanrio.
Double rainbow with grey clouds in the background, over the tree line. Neighbor's white fence and workshop with a red roof, and several coniferous shrubs in the foreground.(edited)
A broad headed skink sitting inside a hallow of a tree trunk. Foliage covers the surroundings and a river is in the background. Text has been overlayed to look like Dark Souls.
yeah you could say missoula is pretty amped to have our representative, THE zooey zephyr, back home. silenced no more—shrouded in love from her hometown and her district
Alt: photo of a laptop sticker of a crystal that says Sorry, I only date Zircons.
As an aromantic geology major this sticker I got brings me so my joy.
I put more of a explanation of it so there you go. I like taking photos of nature in general and I'm going to minor in photography when I go to college
It's okay, I'm glad you're looking beforehand ❤️ but hate that we even have to consider that still I'm privileged as a cis person too not even thinking to check. and in a straight-passing relationship
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Because my other current option is coastal carolina
i think maybe then you could also compare majors if they're about the same in acceptance-ness. idk what word would work there lmao. open-mindedness and community? as someone who knows nothing about it other than my high school's valedictorian graduated from there, I've only heard that coastal is a "party school"(edited)
there are definitely a lot of queer people here and a strong queer community but in my classes there tends to be a lot of cishets who like to talk. there are a couple active queerphobes around campus but not the majority definitely
If you need to go to an in state college, Winthrop will be best for queer people (from what I've heard) but usc is def better than clemson or coastal carolina.
A lot depends on which college you spend most of your time in at USC columbia
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If you need to go to an in state college, Winthrop will be best for queer people (from what I've heard) but usc is def better than clemson or coastal carolina.
cw transphobia i will say that one of my friends who was trans fem (and listed this in her bio) was placed in an the only all mens dorm. We do have a “gender inclusive housing agreement” but I’m not sure how much that does in the long run(edited)
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i hope this doesn’t scare you off from USC but I think it’s a valuable addition to the conversation
I still need to find out how I'm going to pay for it
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cw transphobia i will say that one of my friends who was trans fem (and listed this in her bio) was placed in an the only all mens dorm. We do have a “gender inclusive housing agreement” but I’m not sure how much that does in the long run(edited)
sometimes that stuff is marketed as gender neutral so you get clueless, but well intentioned, cis people who don't mind being with the opposite gender rather than realizing it's a transgender thing
regan-they
that’s really awesome, I look forward to reading whatever you write someday
in the questionnaire for roommates there is a question like "are you ok living with queer roommates?" and i looked specifically for people who responded as i identify as LGBTQ. i thought they were going to be actually queer accepting where mark who plays 3 sports and said i feel kinda ok living with queer roommates might have just been confused
in the questionnaire for roommates there is a question like "are you ok living with queer roommates?" and i looked specifically for people who responded as i identify as LGBTQ. i thought they were going to be actually queer accepting where mark who plays 3 sports and said i feel kinda ok living with queer roommates might have just been confused
Clemson has a LGBTQ+ Living learning community which I love but its in one of the most expensive dorms so almost everyone I know who could have benefited couldn't afford it. I have a specific scholarship thingy so that's how I could afford it.
if you end up writing something for oat i can post it on the social medias or if you want to start with writing captions i can get you involved in that too
Tw SA if you do go to USC for photography stuff you should be warned I've heard rumors about some art profs that are still there who have SAed students, they got voros out but I've heard of others
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Actually not that much more difficult than just the regular schedule
they barely offer any honors engineering that i need
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its all the honors math and physics that gets me
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i dont think ive actually been able to take a single honors eng course, they barely offer them
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Tw SA if you do go to USC for photography stuff you should be warned I've heard rumors about some art profs that are still there who have SAed students, they got voros out but I've heard of others
I haven't heard of that before. But tbh the more I learn, the more I realize every department has this happening. My dept had 3ish, 1 just left in the fall, but other ones are still here. The key is to know who it is and warn others. They likely wont ever be caught or kicked out.
Officially the staff advisor for the queer student group at work!!! The two former members are graduating this week so gonna have to build it up though .
Finally done with RAing for the year, all of my residents are gone and there’s no more work to be done
And I talked to my bosses at my new job that comes with housing and got my own space to live in because I’m a little trans thing and single gender living isn’t my vibe
And and I talked to my boss at my other job (it’s too many jobs ;-;) and they might actually fix the pay check issues that have made me not get paid since January
So it’s a week full of W’s in the Bernie-sphere
No, but I really like to when I'm ever able. i also love caving when i'm able to do it. i signed up for a belay class here at clemson but i was always too scared to go alone and bc I'm insecure about my weight/size
I'm also not strong at all and can probably barely do it now if i tried and would like to gain that strength back ): (i wish if i type a sadface it wouldn't change into an emoji)(edited)
there's one big kid friendly one but I've never seen it open my entire life, and have called the city to inquire for years
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No, but I really like to when I'm ever able. i also love caving when i'm able to do it. i signed up for a belay class here at clemson but i was always too scared to go alone and bc I'm insecure about my weight/size
I'm also not strong at all and can probably barely do it now if i tried and would like to gain that strength back ): (i wish if i type a sadface it wouldn't change into an emoji) (edited)
Plants are wonderful things, and they’ve helped me in many aspects of my life. The wild plants you see, even if they seem unassuming at first, can have many wonderful aspects. Dandelion, a common weed found in our backyards, can be used as a coffee substitute, tea, or even in a salad. Even unappealing grass can turn out to be a wonderful flower come spring. When you show people these aspects, they gain a new perspective and enjoy the plants they once considered weeds. This allows me to realize a change of heart can come from some of those who are also misinformed about the queer community and reminds me that we can create and teach new allies and strengthen our existing bonds by learning and interacting with those around us. That’s Queer Joy for me. @seb it/they Is this alright?
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@lissie ! (pls ping) they/she for the queer joy post
Alt text: a purple passion flower with a green stamen and a greenish yellow center. Alt text : a white flea bane with a yellow center Alt Text: a wild corn flower with a blushish purple petals and a deeper purple in the middle ( Bonus, they were all found here in SC and the first two are native )
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I have some photos I like a little more but they're from Texas and I rather show off local plants
yeah im excited im also a bit nervous because its my first time not working at the ymca which i hated but i knew everything about the place because i grew up there
Had an awesome lesbian date hung out in this tree ♀️
alt: picture of me sitting in a tree with one foot extended with leaves offering coverage from the public eye(edited)
not specifically queer related joy but i finally took my fucked up septum piercing out after a year and my nose feels to relieved amd i can breathe clear again
Oh, I have one in my backyard but lumenbos found a big patch you can ask them if there's still some. There's also some right behind bee safe storage in lexington(edited)
i have this habit i call going bear mode that i highly recommend its where you eat an ungodly amount of heavy vegetables like brussel sprouts or carrots or whatever then take a hot bath then sleep for several hours 10/10
Some cicadas are out and I know they're loud and annoying to some. But they make me really happy and calm. Some level nostalgia to it I suppose(edited)
oh alt: a chocolate chip cookie cake in a pie pan with a pink and black border and pink and black flowers/designs, icing writing reading “happy mother’s day”
cw injections
i got the needle in today using my autoinjector, its so fucking hard to inject myself even using that. im going to choose to make this a joy moment even though i didnt get any medicine in. i tried, and it hurt so bad i pulled it out.
oh yeah i forgot to say but on wendesday i got gendered as a girl by an old couple and it didnt matter how i was dressed or how tall i am or anything
they addressed me and my friend as "you ladies" and i was like holding back the biggest smile ever
My work clothes are far more gender neutral than my usual dress and it's been throwing some of the housing maintenance people through a loop. I still mostly get miss and all that, but the rate of confusion has comparatively skyrocketed(edited)
the still and theres and old grave of some sort and a few other things idr off the top of my head, i plan in going soon though i can make a list to send you of where all the cool stuff is if you want
I am going to be a substitute teacher and then eventually a full time middle school teacher :3c
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I’ve had a degree and the qualifications to teach here but being a queer teacher in sc sucks and I literally make more working st cool beans than I would as a teacher lmaooo
the sequel to “meowing at cats vs growling back at your dogs” is that I now spend the entirety of my time outside every single time I go out baaaaaing at my goats
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it echoes so if Im in the garden they can hear me way off in the field and we just baaaaaaaa
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they never stop doing it
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probably pisses off the donkeys now that I think about it
Okay more queer joy my friend who's much better connected in the punk scene here showed me one of the coolest punk consignment stores / zine libraries / record stores I've ever been to
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extremely fucking cool I want to buy everything in there (sorry 4 capitalism etc)
Okay more queer joy my friend who's much better connected in the punk scene here showed me one of the coolest punk consignment stores / zine libraries / record stores I've ever been to
watched Some Like It Hot last night and it's such a good comedy and it's made so much better when the viewer is trans
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it's just the like odd old attitude around trans people where it's like this is unusual but not to the level of today, with the grain of salt that this came out in 1959, takes place in 1929, and therefore will have very stereotyped portrayals of the gender binary overall
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but honestly it plays with it better than most modern portrayals during some scenes