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TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN AND TRANS MEN ARE MEN.
If you are in any way shape or form transphobic I suggest you leave my blog immediately, if you follow me, unfollow me and if you are my mutual please un-mutual me.
Trans people have existed since the dawn of time, you can not change or erase that. You never will. Just because you make laws to oppress them, it does not mean you will get rid of their existence like you hope. The idea of this being a right step for lesbians and women disgusts me. I myself am a gender non-confirming lesbian and I feel disgusted with the UK right now: This law in the UK that has passed will not protect lesbians or cis women. If you do not fit their standard of what is a ‘ woman ‘ you are also in danger.
There is no feminism without trans women, you say you wish for women's freedom and then reduce yourself to biology- the very thing we have been fighting for centuries, as men have used it to oppress us, reduced us down to nothing more than a personal child factory, that our only purpose is to have children.
These arguments are not only harmful for trans people; there are many cis women who can’t have children, who don’t have periods and many other things. Does that make them ‘ less ‘ womanly? No.
Trans people have existed and will continue to exist and nothing shall ever erase that; you will never erase queer people no matter how much you try, we shall always come back to ourselves and find community within each other.
The whole arguments of if polyamorous people, or non-binary people or he/him lesbians are valid is becoming pathetic, because they will oppress you either way; do not cater to the homophobes and transphobes who misdirect you anger at queer identities you can’t understand. Because when it comes down to it, they want us all dead and erased from history - there is no more ‘ valid ‘ form of queerness to them. They will oppress us ALL.
Because when it truly comes to it? They will not care if you're a gay person who hates other queer people, who invalidates the trans community and other identities that aren’t your own. They. Will. Come. For. Everyone. It will not matter in the long run; stand with your fellow queers and stop catering to the homophobes and transphobes causing hate in our own community: it will get us nowhere but a path of more oppression.
FANDOM RESPONSIBILITY :
And now let’s address the issue of J.K Rowling herself. J.K Rowling has funded this law in the UK to pass. She has enabled this to happen.
Do NOT give your money to this woman because this is where it goes; do not buy merch, do not buy the books unless second-hand if you must read them at all at this point, Do not watch the movies- watch them on DVD or pirate them if you want to watch them so badly, do not go to the studios tour in London and most definitely do not watch the re-boot.
The question of if we are allowed to engage in this fandom anymore at all is a hard one. Many have said they feel guilty for even being in the fandom, and I feel that same guilt, especially much more after recent events.
The argument is that by interacting with the fandom we promote her works; which we do, by consuming her content, even if we do not give her money. It would be ignorant to say that we don’t when we do. If you are going to stay in the fandom we MUST accept the guilt that comes with this. Harry Potter is too big to become irrelevant, there will ALWAYS be someone who does not care and gives her money unfortunately, however if anyone decides to stay in this fandom we can at least not give money to her and spread resources to help the trans community. We also must accept that people will be angry at people who decide to stay; which they have every right to be. People are allowed to be upset at people for staying in the fandom, because this is so much bigger now than just hurtful tweets.
Other people argue that taking back this space is the most anti-Rowling thing we can do. I do believe this, to an extent. However that was before she caused such huge harm by this law. I think that this is a problem bigger than you or me or anyone in the fandom.
People will make head-canons of queer characters, trangender characters and say ‘ fuck you Rowling ‘ but in all honesty? If there are no actions taken, it is performative. Find protests, protect any trans people you may know, donate to charities ect. ( for people who are able to do these things obviously, if you haven’t the money to donate or ability to attend protests you can also share resources! )
These talks are uncomfortable, yes, but it truly does not matter at this point. We NEED to talk about these things, not be performative and say ‘ fuck Rowling ‘ and think head-canoning a character as queer is enough, because it isn’t.
Harry Potter is much bigger than people realize; there is not a single person who has not at least heard of it, trying to make it irrelevant will not work, it is physically impossible and is far too late for it. However we can not give Rowling money ( which you shouldn’t have been doing anyway ) but I hope that whoever stays in the fandom and buys merch, that this is a wake up call for them because this is where your money is going.
Engaging in fandom does not directly fund her, HOWEVER! HOWEVER. It does promote Harry Potter ( even if it is not financially ) and we can not deny this. It would be extremely harmful to deny it in fact. However, engaging in things that give her no money ( fanfiction, fanworks, fan-art ect. ) is much less harmful than buying merchandise and giving her money. However- we also must be ever so mindful that people will still be upset and angry if you engage, and they have every right to be.
RESOURCES TO HELP :
here are some links that can help trans people in their times of need; even if you can't donate or attend protests share the links!
I have not spoken out sooner as honestly, I needed some time. I needed time to articulate and to get my message across and also time to recover from the shock and hurt of this entire situation, and for that I am sorry, I should have spoken out sooner, however I needed time as it is incredibly upsetting. I hope everyone who reads this well wishes and safety, and to my dear trans people, you are so loved, even if it does not feel like it. There will be time, there will be hope, they can not erase you. Please keep living, even if out of spite <3
AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION | GRINDELDORE FIC
AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION | grindeldore | fandom : harry potter | general audiences | M/M | no archive warnings
summary : In which Gellert realizes he is indeed not above falling in love after a duel ensues between him and Albus
I love this piece too much, I know it is INCREDIBLY short but I wished to repost it to AO3 <3 I also made an edit based on it, is how much I love this specific piece lol
going to finally try and do my interpretation of Ariana justice - ignore the fact I have around four other fanfics to write.
#ariana dumbledore#summer 1899#harry potter#wizarding world#I am so impulsive and have too many ideas that it becomes a problem in times like these#However this should be much easier to manage as it will by a diary style fanfic#Vampire and Crack!fic politics grindeldore fanfics will still be written do not worry#I need to stop having so many ideas and then starting them when I have not even finished ONE of my fanfics lol
MY RAPUNZEL | - GRINDELDORE FANFIC -
summary : Gellert had always adored fairy-tales since he was a small child, specifically the Tales of Beedle the Bard- however if it came down to it, he supposed the brothers Grimm were also acceptable stories, despite being born from muggles.
If he truly did have to choose a favourite he thought that perhaps it would be Rapunzel- he found the concept of someone having long enough hair to climb incredibly amusing, for reasons he himself did not know. He supposed it was most likely the utter absurdity of the story that amused him.
not enough people talk about how incredibly funny it is that mads mikkelsen and dan fogler ended up not only being in hannibal together, but also fantastic beasts, so whenever I re-watch hannibal my mind thinks : ' why is jacob kowalski here and wanting to get/obsessed with Grindelwald ' and I find that so funny.
A genuine question I have and have wondered for years. Would teenage Albus have internalized homophobia? ( If he did he would not when he is older I don't think ) however, one of the most scandalous things to happen in the 1890s while he was growing up was... you guessed it... the Oscar Wilde trial. I very highly doubt older Albus would have internalized homophobia, but do we think teenage Albus would? I mean, his relationship with Gellert happened fairly shortly ( a few years ) after anyway. Growing up when that trial happened would have been very distressing, if Albus even knew he like men by the point it had happened or even after the trial.
#albus dumbledore#summer 1899#grindeldore#wizarding world#harry potter#I never really see anyone consider how the trial would have impacted Albus as a homosexual man in the 1890s#which could defintely be explored more#Even if Albus did not have internalized homohobia from it it would still be incredibly distressing