Icon by @ThatSpookyAgent. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
“I think a lot about queer villains, the problem and pleasure and audacity of them. I know I should have a very specific political response to them. I know, for example, I should be offended by Disney’s lineup of vain, effete, ne'er-do-wells (Scar, Jafar), sinister drag queens (Ursula, Cruella de Vil), and constipated, man-hating power dykes (Lady Tremaine, Maleficent). I should be furious at Downton Abbey’s scheming gay butler and Girlfriend’s controlling lunatic lesbian, and I should be indignant about Rebecca and Strangers on a Train and Laura and The Terror and All About Eve, and every other classic and contemporary foppish, conniving, sissy, cruel, humorless, depraved, evil, insane homosexual on the large and small screen. And yet, while I recognize the problem intellectually–the system of coding, the way villainy and queerness become a kind of shorthand for each other–I cannot help but love these fictional queer villains. I love them for all of their aesthetic lushness and theatrical glee, their fabulousness, their ruthlessness, their power. They’re always by far the most interesting characters on the screen. After all, they live in a world that hates them. They’ve adapted; they’ve learned to conceal themselves. They’ve survived.”
There’s so much info about tucking and gaffs (less so) but to all new trans girls.. just get some cotton panties like boyshorts style and push it back gently.
Like you might have to do slightly (slightly) more for tighter clothes or different fabrics but like… ya don’t need to tape yourself every day… or ever… and gaffs are good but unless you’re wearing something tight n thin cotton boyshorts or some other strong underwear will do the trick.
Like all this info pretending like you need special gaffs, tape, to shove ur testes up into your inguinal canal, etc. is classist, physically harmful, and preventatively daunting information to be spreading without disclaimers like this.
Idk if this has been said before but a long time ago another trans lady and I kinda realized we could just wear 2 pairs of underwear and call it a day without taping or anything fancy. Its definitely a cheap alternative and Ive been doing it for 6 years 👍
I wear jeggings to work and when im out and about and I never get looks or comments, idk if this is helpful to anyone tho 😅
to every transfemme person: please read this it will save you so much time, money, and energy
I had a friend who wore some layers compression shorts and called it a day
Before I get into this, I’m just going to say that this is mostly tongue-in-cheek and not meant to be taken terribly seriously. Altho, if you want to send me anon hate over a post about sexuality and gender in alien fucking, go ahead.
I really feel like sexuality labels start meaning less when we get into being attracted to aliens. Even if someone is only attracted to aliens of the opposite gender, are they straight? Really? Can we even confidently apply human gender to alien species?
Obviously we accept when an alien tells us their gender. But we have to assume they are influenced by their own culture and by their understanding of our culture, both of which are highly subjective. Humans can’t even decide on a set definition of gender within our own species. To assume we can properly understand the gender of another species is arrogance.
The other point here is that, in my opinion, attraction to aliens is inherently queer. It is outside the norm of cishet human sexuality, so, again in my opinion, if someone is attracted to an alien, they are not straight.
Anyway this is all to say that Julian Bashir was never straight to begin with, friends. No matter what Berman&Co thought they were portraying.
Not queer as in gay but queer is in a political movement against heteronormativity, amatonormativity, cisnormativity, ideals of parenthood with a single long term partner as ‘THE natural part of life that everyone wants’
Queer as in sex ed for kids and the elderly, queer as in free condoms in old folks homes, queer as in destigmatize STIs and stop calling them dirty, queer as in pro-sex workers and decriminalization
Queer as in decolonisation, prison and police reform/abolition, as in education reform, as in medical reform, as in harm reduction clinics, as in not only more women’s shelters but also men’s shelters and gender-neutral shelters
Queer as in anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-transphobia, anti-queerphobia, anti-intersexism, anti-aphobia, anti-fatphobia, anti-islamophobia, and anti-antisemitism
Queer as in “yeah my gender IS sparkly blue and my sexuality is one you’ve never heard of and that’s okay”
Not queer as in gay, but queer as in rallying call
Queer as in I Have The Right To Be.
Queer as in anti-ableism, pro-neurodiversity, destigmatize seeking mental health care and asking for help in general
