We all know about the “Archerite” moment in the episode “Proving Ground.” So who was gonna tell me about the fact that there’s a T’poshi moment like that in the book “Daedalus?”

if we see each other in public the secret code is this

OKAY I'll stop using the reactor core as a vibrator. SORRY

the most succinct explanation of why some lesbians use they/them or he/him pronouns is that pronouns are very much like names, in that they are culturally established signifiers we use to refer to someone else, and almost always those signifiers are gendered. 

You’ll see a lot of lesbians start to go by androgynous or masculine names (or nicknames) to feel more comfortable. Sam, Pat, Chris, Jay, Moe, etc. are all really common chosen names among lesbians for that reason. 

I also knew an older butch– my parents’ age– who went by Otter (& her femme partner went by Kitty) because they decided to just depart from standard names entirely– and I see younger lesbians using neo-pronouns in very similar ways for very similar reasons. 

A lesbian who was raised with the name Christina and the pronouns she/her/hers deciding he’s more comfortable with the name Chris and he/him/his pronouns to reflect his complex relationship to womanhood is not a huge confusing leap, it’s pretty normal depending on what circles you’re in. 

Gender is complex, and gender nonconforming lesbians, butches, and femmes have often navigated gender on their own terms to find ways of being comfortable in their bodies, relationships, and lives. 

people will be like 'do your own research don't trust historians!!' ok see you in the archives then babygirl

The crew keeps finding Odos steamy romance novels and “How to Attract Women” type books and being like Awwwww🥺. If anybody else did this they would be dragged to filth for the rest of the season. And that’s odo’s babygirl privilege

we as the autistic community have GOT to start talking about how a special interest can be toxic

you might have a toxic special interest if:

• it interferes with your ability to care for your own needs, be they physical, psychological, or social
• it brings out your worst behaviors (might overlap with a toxic fandom)
• it is demonstrably harmful to minority communities/the world at large
  

i once had a therapist tell me to think of special interests like relationships. you love who/what you love, but they CAN be bad for you and sometimes you have to end them.

two british trans people having dinner call that tea4tea

hey since pride month is coming up remember fuck disney fuck apple fuck google fuck amazon fuck walmart fuck all companies who use our flags and symbols during pride month and do nothing to support us and especially FUCK COPS

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