Lisa Ugray

fromonesurvivortoanother: people who base their morality on laws and dictionary definitions are...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:48:28 -0400

people who base their morality on laws and dictionary definitions are incredibly dangerous and should be avoided at all costs

cctcd: Quick HRT-related word problem: If Lucy started her prescription of injection estradiol...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:51:31 -0400

cctcd:

Quick HRT-related word problem: If Lucy started her prescription of injection estradiol Saturday, May 11, at a dose of 1 mL/week, how long should a 5mL vial of estradiol last her? Consider that each 1mL injection involves a loss of more than 1mL of estradiol from the vial.

Follow-up HRT-related word problem: If the doctor’s office refuses to reissue her 5mL vial of 1mL/week prescription until they’ve checked Lucy’s hormone levels, when should they schedule an appointment to check those levels, such that Lucy’s HRT regimen remains uninterrupted? Remember that Lucy started her prescription on May 11, and that it takes about a week for lab results to come back.

Further HRT-related word problem: It is now Saturday, June 8th, and Lucy’s doctor’s appointment to get her hormone levels checked is not until next week. She does not have enough estradiol in her vial for a complete 1mL injection. She still has oral meds from a previous prescription of 2mg estradiol 3*daily. In order to maintain her hormone levels as consistently as possible, and take advantage of the more effective injection estradiol, how should Lucy proceed?

Extra credit HRT-related word problem: When Lucy rang up the doctor’s office to inquire about a possible re-issue of her injection prescription yesterday, she discovered that not only would they refuse to re-issue her prescription, the doctor’s office said they’d originally issued a prescription for a 10mL vial of estradiol, not the 5mL vial. Lucy no longer has the original prescription order to confirm this. If the very friendly pharmacist filled Lucy’s prescription as a 5mL vial instead of the 10mL vial, and has had no previous problem with filling any of her other HRT prescriptions, who should Lucy be angry with?

Possibly helpful: When I’ve had prescriptions filled (in Ontario), the pharmacist has always kept the original prescription for their records. If your pharmacist has done the same, they should be able to pull it up and either see their mistake and issue you the remaining 5mL, or else provide you with a copy showing only 5mL to show your doctor/have the pharmacist call your doctor. Good luck!

bittersweetfluidquandary: genderfork: dommes-journey: gaytrans...

Thu, 30 May 2013 19:47:21 -0400

bittersweetfluidquandary:

genderfork:

dommes-journey:

gaytransguys:

I love how this makes more sense than doing 15 minutes of argumentative Trans 101 with an adult.

I will always reblog.

I really wish this character had been treated better/in almost any way other than how they decided to go about it. ‘Cause it was really bad, you guys.

Where is this from??

This is from the 3rd (most recent) season of Shameless (US). While this scene is pretty awesome, the show goes on to do some considerably less awesome things with the character.

thebirdisthewurd: m-azing: girljanitor: defira85: ouyangdan: sanityscraps: imnotamisandristbut:...

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:37:44 -0400

thebirdisthewurd:

m-azing:

girljanitor:

defira85:

ouyangdan:

sanityscraps:

imnotamisandristbut:

I’m not a misandrist but if a man plays video games then he should just expect to get messages asking him to show pics of his dick. Everyone knows video games are for women.

Perfection.

Show us your junk or fucking get back outside and finish mowing the lawn, who even let you in the house

THE GRILL’S NOT GONNA LIGHT ITSELF

I love everything about this.

"With allies like this, who needs Kenneth Zucker?"

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:20:30 -0400

“With allies like this, who needs Kenneth Zucker?”

- (via amydentata)

Trans 101 for Trans People

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:35 -0400

Trans 101 for Trans People:

tranwrecks:

A Trans 101 For Trans People

You are human. You are worthy of respect. You deserve to be treated with the same dignity as anyone else. There is nothing inherently wrong with your gender. You are not broken, you are not disgusting, you do not deserve to be hurt.

You’ve been brought up and live in a world that’s designed to erase and demonize your existence, you’ve probably internalized a lot of that- and that’s not your fault. But it can be hard to deal with. But you aren’t alone in dealing with it. And sometimes you have to buy into it to be able to handle it (trigger warning: transphobic violence). And that’s okay.

Your gender is no more or less than anyone else’s. Your history doesn’t make you “not really” or “less” your gender than someone with a cis history, it just makes you a person of your gender with a different history.

You do not deserve to be held to higher standards than cis people. You do not have to “prove” your gender by forcing yourself into societal roles that may not fit. You are not “failing” anyone by fitting into societal roles that are comfortable. It is not your job to break down the binary/patriarchy/or anything else. If you want to, go for it, but you have no obligation to do anything for cis people just because you are trans.

Being yourself does not hurt trans rights (so long as you aren’t trying to do so while stopping others from being who they are) and is not a reason why people don’t have to treat you with respect. There is nothing wrong with being a feminine man or masculine woman, or being a person who’s comfortable in their body, or being a person who doesn’t transition all the way, or being out about having a non-binary or genderqueer gender. You have not “failed” anyone by doing this, you are not “less” of your gender than someone else. Being who you are is not a valid argument for why people can’t treat you as who you truly are.

No one else has the right to say your body needs to be changed. It only does if you need to change it. Or if you want to change it, that’s valid, too. Your body does not make you “less” your gender. It doesn’t make you “not really” your gender. It doesn’t mean you’re trapped in someone else’s body. You do not have to fix your body to “become” your gender- you already are your gender. All you need to do is what you need to do to be comfortable in your body. And if that includes reclaiming your right to label your own body, you are allowed to do that.

You have just as much of a right to privacy as anyone else. You do not need to tell anyone about your body, your medical history, or anything else. Whether or not your body needs to be changed for you to be comfortable, you do not have to change it to deserve to be treated as who you are. You do not owe anyone intimate details about your personal life before you can be treated as who you are.

You have no obligation to educate anyone. This includes trans people, but is most important with cis people. You are not a walking encyclopedia of transgender and/or transsexual information, you are a person. You do not have to answer every question any cis person comes up with, you do not have to represent trans people as a whole, (see 7) you do not have to bare the most personal and vulnerable parts of your soul to other people on demand.

Not educating people does not “hurt” trans rights. NEVER let anyone try to guilt you into educating people or doing something you don’t want to do by insisting that doing otherwise will “destroy trans rights/acceptance/whatever”. Trying to force trans people to become walking information desks or to put themselves in dangerous situations regardless of whether or not you’re even up for dealing with this destroys trans rights and shows a great deal of intolerance. Asserting that you don’t have to tell anyone anything you don’t want to? That really doesn’t.

If you do want to educate people, you are allowed to set limits and boundaries. You are allowed to say that you won’t talk about certain issues, or that you will only talk about them on your terms. You are allowed to decide which people you will talk to about which issues. You are allowed to change these boundaries if you become uncomfortable educating people you were previously willing to educate. You are not obligated to educate anyone just because you educated someone else.

You deserve to take care of yourself- whatever that means. You deserve to be comfortable and safe. You deserve not to be in dangerous situations. If you can’t handle something alone, you deserve to ask for- and get- help or, if you can, take a break from it until you can handle it. Or just stop doing it all together, that’s okay. Taking care of yourself does not make you weak, it does not make you an attention-grabber or overdramatic, it does not make you “less” your gender, it does not mean you betray other trans people by not being a full-time (or even part-time) activist. You’re human, you have limits, and that’s okay.

You deserve to have your boundaries respected. Any boundaries- how and where people can touch you, what information you give to who and when, what places you feel comfortable going or who you feel comfortable going with, what people can tell others about you.

You deserve to have the words you are and aren’t comfortable being referred to as respected. You deserve to have the proper pronouns used (and, if there are times when it’s unsafe for that to happen, you deserve to have your safety maintained by those around you), you deserve to be called the proper name, you deserve to have the words you want used to describe your body used, you deserve not to be called by any label, pronoun, word, or name that you don’t want to be called.

If you’re asking for something that you need to feel respected, comfortable, and safe- you are not asking for too much. Your identity is not “too complicated”. Your needs are not less important than anyone elses’.

You are human. You are worthy of respect. You deserve to be treated with the same dignity as anyone else. There is nothing inherently wrong with your gender. You are not broken, you are not disgusting, you do not deserve to be hurt.

nevver: Pat Perry

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:38:03 -0400

nevver:

Pat Perry

Et il y en a plein...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:40:24 -0400

Et il y en a plein d’autres: http://www.protegez-vous.ca/chronique-hein.html

cumdmpster: m-ethh: omg do this to me. plz

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:54:41 -0400

cumdmpster:

m-ethh:

omg do this to me.

plz

Bridal shop refuses to let transgender shopper try on gowns - Saskatoon - CBC News

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:37:10 -0400

Bridal shop refuses to let transgender shopper try on gowns - Saskatoon - CBC News:

morgansea:

witsfordinner:

theviolentflame:

A Saskatoon woman who identifies herself as transgender says a bridal shop in the city refused to let her try on dresses as she planned her wedding.

Transphobia in Saskatoon. Jenny’s Bridal, and apparently they have a history of discrimination, and not just over trans* people.

it’s a poorly written story but this instance of blatant transphobia happened in the city in which i live so… here’s our local media’s account of it.

This is the city i used to live in and i am not really surprised, but it still pretty shitty. I’ve gotten a few frantic messages from friends about it who couldn’t believe this kinda stuff happens, and i am like where have you been… in a state of utter cisbelief?

Cisbeief. Love it.

neuroatypically-speaking: shulamithbond: deepredroom: red3blog...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:47:53 -0400

neuroatypically-speaking:

shulamithbond:

deepredroom:

red3blog:

juicyjacqulyn:

effffffffffasinfat:

Sounds like someone has a case of “nice guy” syndrome :P

ugh…. gross…

misogynists masquerading as “nice guys”

nope and nope

Sooooo… is the message the Nice Guy™ photoshop wizard is trying to convey that “Good Guys” are an alien species that feels entitled to invade the women’s space for its own edification, while the “Asshole” is a companion species that offers a mutually beneficial relationship?

They may have accidentally had a moment of self-awareness.

Pretty sure the “good guy” also eats those fish, hence why they’re avoiding him. The “asshole” doesn’t eat those fish and is pretty gentle to them, hence why they feel safe enough to hold onto them. What a nice asshole.

I expected this post to be so bad

And it was so good

Accidental irony is so, so delicious.

Photo

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:51:48 -0400

Good for you. Want a cookie

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:19:27 -0400

Good for you. Want a cookie

Photo

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:33:14 -0400

zjemptv: Just push them up into your abdomen!

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:14:55 -0400

zjemptv:

Just push them up into your abdomen!

how many trans* people does it take to change a lightbulb?

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:24:48 -0400

retrospectivefutures:

only one, but they have to live for a year in the dark to be really, definitely sure it needs changing

On trans and spaces

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:13:50 -0400

I am a trans woman (with a space), because I am a woman, who is also trans, not some non-woman thing known as a transwoman. And it’s by the same understandings that I’m a transfeminist (without a space), because I am *not* a feminist. I do not subscribe to feminism but rather to feminisms, and the associated broader recognitions of woman.

hesfaeryqueer: fagageddon: If you say things like “NEVER take hormones without a doctors...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:45:52 -0400

hesfaeryqueer:

fagageddon:

If you say things like “NEVER take hormones without a doctors prescription” what you are actually saying is that a whole load of people should NEVER have access to hormones. Take your privileged shit elsewhere.

[Also aware that being able to afford ‘illegal’ hormones can be a privilege].

<3 mmhmm

also why some folk around here are looking into creating a zine around medical/scientific literacy and trans folk who self-medicate and/or who want to make sure their doctors know what they are doing.

grimybear: behind every successful man is hundreds of years of privilege

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:12:03 -0400

grimybear:

behind every successful man is hundreds of years of privilege

morgansea: pinebark: I’m like a superhero in that I don’t wear...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:07:40 -0400

morgansea:

pinebark:

I’m like a superhero in that I don’t wear pants

And I save the day with my hormonally-enhanced strength

Don’t thank me, thank estrogen

THANKS, ESTROGEN

THESTROGEN

I want SHIRT!!

General awesomeness, hormones, and a Look Around You reference: how can I not reblog?