On This #transdayofremembrance Im Gonna Highlight Something A Lot Of Us Forget, Being That Trans Death

On this #transdayofremembrance Im gonna highlight something a lot of us forget, being that trans death by suicide is a death at the hands of this transphobic society we live in, that closeted trans people are left out of statistics accounting for trans death, that trans people who’s narrative is controlled by transphobic family or estates are often left out of statistics and mourning.

I want to highlight specifically how often the rhetoric that transmasculine people are somehow protected from violence is a propaganda tool that has historically allowed violence and murder to be carried out at the hands of our sick society with impunity. I want to highlight how I, an intersex trans man who has survived infant genital mutilation, hormonal conversion therapy, abuse at the hands of doctors and medical professionals specifically due to my transness — would not be counted among trans deaths if I were to die today, in the numbers that get crunched once my body turns cold. I want to highlight that the ability to count our dead is vital, that taking that away is a punishment, not a reward.

I want to highlight how this reality has already impacted the way we think about trans death, and trans life. I want to highlight that none of us are functioning at the level of freedom we deserve in this world. I want to highlight that excusing the mistreatment, abuse or violence toward any of your trans siblings is a win for those who aim to bury us all.

I want to remember all the dead boys and girls who never got to be alive boys and girls. I want to honor them. I want to make sure that every alive trans person gets to realize and see themselves as an alive trans person.

To all my trans family, please stay alive. Please do what you can to keep each other alive. Please do not let apathy toward any of your trans siblings win. Please do not allow the harshness of this world to poison you toward one another. Please, stay alive. Loving each other is suicide prevention.

People: hey we genuinely do not know current death and violence rates faced by trans mascs because, except for a few people, almost all trans masculine people are categorized as women experiencing random violence or, occasionally, homophobic hate crimes, rather that recorded as being trans people facing hate crimes

Someone with their head shoved so far up their own ass they've got partially digested corn stuck to their eyelashes: ahh see this proves that trans mascs almost never face violence especially compared to trans fems. If they did the statistics would be higher! I am very smart.

EDIT: this post has gotten unexpectedly popular, so while this edit won't affect current reblogs, hopefully if someone clicks back to here they'll read this.

The mention of trans fems here is SPECIFICALLY because of how some people (of a variety of genders) have been going "trans mascs aren't oppressed since they're men, or if they are oppressed, are barely oppressed and its not nearly as much as trans fems are. Trans mascs aren't knowledgeable about the trans community or experience, they should shut up and let trans fems speak for the entire trans community, because they are the most oppressed and therefore their voices are the most valuable. We know that trans fems are vastly over represented in statistics of violence in comparison to any other trans people, so that must mean trans fems face more violence than anyone trans masc or trans neutral could imagine. This means they are the most oppressed and should be listened to above all else about literally all trans things."

This post was written as an angry response to that sentiment.

Overall, always choose trans solidarity. We are stronger together.

Good books can make you homesick for places you have never been.

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I've never played a more perfect card in the 10 years I've been playing this game

So, just on impulse, my friends and I decided to study in the science center, just for a change of pace. And it was a great decision, because turns out they just decorated it yesterday. I never knew it could be so cozy in there.

It's getting to the really tough part of the semester, and one lesson I've learned in college is just how much the environment can affect me.