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@safetytree

hey! donate to uk trans charities today because it’s gonna be a rough one

Folks in the UK, could we have some trusted links to charities?

There's Mermaids which is always a great option, and then Scotland-specific there's LGBT Youth Scotland, to give you just a couple. There will absolutely be more that other people can suggest though!

switchboard.lgbt and akt.org.uk are two i regularly support, and there’s always stonewall !

Gendered intelligence is a trans-led charity that works to improve the lives of trans people in the UK

The Outside Project is an LGBTQI+ community shelter and centre.

Small Trans Library has Glasgow and Dublin branches.

I encourage people to look through the notes because there are more in there!

My edo period samurai roommate keeps telling me how i’ll bring shame and dishonor to our apartment if I keep forgetting to wash the dishes. Like whatever dude, I’m not the one carrying on a passionate yet illicit affair with the daimyo’s daughter whose hand has already been promised to another.

also what is with people tossing out support for nonbinary people when the nonbinary person is a celebrity. as soon as demi lovato changed their pronouns from they/them to they/she everyone, including supposed allies of the community, IMMEDIATELY dropped the “they” part of “they/she” and started referring to them as a woman again. then when “unholy” by sam smith and kim petras won a grammy people talked about how kim petras (just her) made trans history by being the first trans person to win a grammy. and yes this is something to be celebrated, but is sam smith not also trans by virtue of being nonbinary? did they not also make history? or do you not see them as nonbinary because they’re amab and not feminine enough to cross the man threshold for you? and yes nonbinary celebrities are not going to see you referring to them as if they were cis but your trans acquaintances sure as fuck are

So much truth. People really love slagging off Sam Smith (whilst misgendering, too) and it hurts my heart every time. I've tried to correct people in comment sections about the pronouns of Demi and Sam and it's always a dreadful, demoralising experience to see the responses.

And then people say Demi "gave up" or "was just faking it/pretending" when they opted out of being exclusively they/them. Like... if I'm exhausted FOR them, how exhausting isn't it to be living that constantly every day??

Literally. It's the same for Lil Uzi Vert too, the comments under videos featuring them and articles about them are sickening. Just because of the pronouns they use and the fact they are a visible enban in society. People slag them off too, saying they've "gone crazy", "fell off bcs of this woke shit" and "will always be their AGAB." It's just painful.

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