Audrey afraid of the dark? @AudreyJune@radical.town

Being generally positive and thankful for being trans without being Pollyanaish and erasing the struggle so many of us face.

That’s the space I try to occupy and maintain.

This is an excellent primer on voice feminization. It has a useful glossary and covers some key exercises.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_-8dndFzKTX0xBSF15ZEJWdw958ryh0IPKq1sz8p04/edit?usp=drive_open&ouid=0

I am often more enamored with the idea of a thing than the material reality of it.

Living as a woman is probably the most notable exception to this. The reality has actually surpassed my meager expectations.

Every day I am like “goddamn, I am so glad I did this,” as I find small details to enjoy.

But honestly, the biggest thing is just looking in the mirror, and seeing myself. I mean seeing the *actual* person I am, and not the person everyone else wanted to be.

Nothing could be better.

This reddit comment is a really nice summation of Estrone Theory and why pills are not great. I highly suggest that all trans women become at least familiar with its existence.

The doctor who has done a lot of work on this theory endorses this summation in the replies to the comment.

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/abvmqb/comment/ed3nqci?st=JRL6LZMW&sh=abce12fb

One of the best parts about putting “queer” in your bio is that people know what they are signing up for when they follow you.

I have been in a mood all fucking day, so thanks to everyone for putting up with my bullshit. i love you all💖

Pete Buttigieg: Gay Republican for President.

It’s not my job to make boys feel good.

You better fucking pay me if you want me to do that.

Outside of the trans community the assumption and representation remains firmly centered on trans women having het relationships.

Like, we have Sense8...and that’s...it.

Celebrities?
Ummmm Catelyn Jenner? And don’t pretend for a moment that she is famous for her lesbianism. As a matter of fact, I bet if you took a survey most people would fail to know that.

It’s depressing, but it’s something I refuse to shut up about.

I saw a take on twitter the other day complaining about the trans community doing this at expense of het relationships and I was mad about it for a week.

I think you have to live in an alternate reality to think that queer relationships get too much space.

Meanwhile, even a lot mainstream wlw representation looks a lot like het assimilation.

Transgressive relationships? Yeah, we still have a long way to go to see that regularly.

The biggest question I feel we have to answer is:

What is real, and what is dysphoria? And I’ll be damned but I don’t know if I can tell anymore.

Oh. The down arrow was supposed to be a subliminal bottom/sub reference, btw.

(This should say “three months”)

I want queer women to smile as big in my direction as I do in their’s.

Guess how many of them have come to see me at the restaurant I have worked at for over the months.

I am not naive enough to think the cishet people in my life are my “friends.”

I am sure that some of this is that I never ever feel pretty around my family.

There might have been compliments today? My sister said something nice about my dresd. I don’t know. If there were I couldn’t receive them?

At the end of the day I probably need more validation than I get and it’s a type that really isn’t available in this space.

Everyone here is really lovely and I appreciate that but that can only go so far for me.