My ex used to be the my makeup artist (for 8 years or so) so I’ve had to really knuckle down and try to get to grips with it. She supported me up until I got the call about actually starting hormones and then she was out of there lol.

July 2021 -> September 2026

Pour récapitulé, je regardait la saison 3 avec mon frère et dedans il y avait cette magnifique femme que je pourrais marier 🤣

Et a chaque fois que mon frère parlait d'elle il disait "il", a chaque fois !!!

Et je le reprenait a chaque fois et il me disait que j'etait chiante de le reprendre

Je trouve pas, enfin, je trouve ça un peu transphobe d'insister sur son ancien genre, non ?

For background, my family moved from the south to upstate New York because I'm a trans woman. The state laws are fantastic but culturally it's *very* conservative here. Both of my kids are cis but for some reason everyone here always calls my youngest son a girl; doctors, teachers, etc. He hates it, especially because he looks and dresses no different than any other boy. His hair is a little longer but not outside the norm of other boys at his school. Picture a 90s grunge kid.

Earlier this week he was having trouble creating a hall pass for the boy's bathroom on their class computer. His teacher helped him but stopped my son from selecting the boy's bathroom as the destination. So my son told the teacher he's a boy. The teacher told him "but biologically you're not" in front of other kids and made him select the girl's bathroom.

The state laws are extremely clear on this that even if he were trans he can use whichever bathroom. And there's NEVER a reason to suggest anything about my kid's genitals!Today my wife and I spoke with one of the principals. Apparently the teacher had already approached him about the situation and said he didn't realize my son identified as a boy. From the conversation it was clear they both still think he's trans in some way, even after we repeatedly said he's not. If it had just been another misgendering that would be one thing, but the teacher violated the law, was being a bigot, and did it publicly. Now my son doesn't feel safe going to that class.

I'm so freaking upset by this. The bigots that "are just trying to protect children" and "can always tell" are absolute morons. I wish I was shocked by the administrator minimizing this to two queer women but I'm not. I'm not a litigious person but this is probably going to change that. Fuck these transphobic jackasses.

Edit to answer some common comments:

• As of right now I have no reason to believe that me being trans has any weight in the matter. Yes the school can piece it together with the paperwork I've submitted but I haven't gotten the sense anyone has or would want to. We're a gay couple but fly way below anyone's radar. As I've said, this is a consistent problem with adults around here and I really don't get clocked. It seems like a genuine case of "I thought this cis person was trans" which is far from rare.

• The media is a last resort. It's still a small, predominantly conservative area. While I've had good experiences as an actual trans person, attracting local (and potentially higher) attention on my family is the last thing I want. We only want to stop this from happening to another kid, queer or not.

Second edit just to say how appreciative I am of all the support. I can't respond to this many messages but I've read them. Thank you all. 🩷

Edit 3: I didn't go into it initially but yes, we're going to bat for our kid here. It's been raised to the district level. We're very aware of our legal routes. I'm involved in a lot of community groups and have all the phone numbers. I appreciate all the support and advice.

For over four decades, Olivia Chow has talked the talk and walked the walk when it comes to her support for LGBTQ rights. From her anti-discrimination advocacy as a Toronto Board of Education member in the 1980s to her outspoken support for same-sex marriage and gender-identity protections as a member of Parliament (MP), Chow has been a longtime supporter of Canada’s queer community.

Chow, who became Toronto’s mayor in 2023, is in a tight reelection race that will take place on Oct. 26 against Brad Bradford, an urban planner and member of the Toronto City Council. Chow’s platform is centered on fighting rising costs, community safety, affordable housing and fixing the city’s public transportation system, while Bradford’s is focused on decreasing crime and transportation congestion and increasing affordability and city cleanliness.

Bradford’s LGBTQ track record isn’t bad: Earlier this week, he took part in an LGBTQ inclusion forum, where he said that “we need to make sure this is a city that comes together and rallies around unity and make sure that in all the spaces we are all seen, there is a place of tolerance and in fact celebration for all of us.”

Despite this, Chow—who appeared and spoke at an Uncloseted Media fundraiser in May—has put her allyship toward Toronto’s queer community front and center for nearly half a century. Here’s a timeline of her support for LGBTQ causes.

Just thought I'd make this after an event at work

(Transphobic coworker yapping about trans customer)

Hey gals! I'm CIS but I just thought I'd say that I consider you guys one of us, we gals protect eachother, and you are a gal just like me.

Some girls will not accept you, and that's okay, just know that they are the kind of people that aren't nice to anyone, Cis, trans or otherwise, not just you. It's a sign of their character, not yours.

You are just as valid as me, and there will always be allies here for you

Okay thats it, have a great day!

My daughter is 19 and opened up about a year ago about liking wemon. As mom, I could care less how she identifies herself. I just want her to be open and happy in life.

Basically, she is a firm believer in God and also openly a lesbien. That's is her struggle. How do I go about telling her she can he both?

Source: @morgana.steele Srs was at the wansiri hospital with Dr Saran, can confirm the results where amazing. Feeling so good being myself

I'm a 15-year-old girl and I've been lesbian for as long as I can remember. I live in a really homophobic country with strict Muslim parents, and lately I've been feeling so hopeless. My mom keeps talking about me getting married to a good man, and even though I love her and don't want to disappoint her, it feels so toxic.
Sometimes I almost convince myself to just give up and go along with it, even though I know that's not what I want. And I know I won't end up marrying a man. And I also know that I have to be financially independent and all that before ever thinking of coming out or anything.

I find so much comfort in hearing about other people's coming out stories the good and the bad ones. It makes me feel so much less alone, and it gives me hope that if other people made it through and built a life for themselves, I can too.
If you've ever moved out or came out, I'd really love to hear your story. I desperately want to know how it actually felt when you finally left a homophobic place behind and could just be yourself fully without people constantly up your ass about it.

Also, for anyone who's been to a Pride event, what was it like being surrounded by those huge crowds flooding the streets during Pride month?
How did that feel for the first time?

Any stories or perspective would mean the world right now.

Yeah life sucks right now. I got outed as trans masc/non binary and pan to my extremely conservative, abusive and narcissistic mother by my so called best friend.

I'm crushed and I feel betrayed, we've been friends since literally the womb. She herself is bi so I don't even know why she'd out me knowing the way my mom is. I always knew I was queer before I even had the language to describe it. I live in an extremely homophobic country where being gay is illegal, being trans (classified as cross dressing under the law) is also illegal and I go to a highly Christian school.

I just don't understand why she did that. I've deal that with depression since I started getting gender dysphoria at eight but my mom doesn't believe in mental health struggles. She just thinks I'm being dramatic and laughed in my face when I tried to open up in the past. I've had ups and downs with depressive episodes, I had an ED and struggle with self harm. She told my mom everything. I guess I can understand maybe it was out of concern because I finally got to courage to talk about being suicidal but it only made things 100 times worse.

My mom took my door, my phone (I'm using my school laptop to type this), my switch, and all my "boy" clothes. She didn't even yell or hit me, just looked disgusted and told me she couldnt believe she was harbouring a child of Satan in her house. And yeah she signed me up for conversion therapy at an organization she wouldn't tell me the name off. I didn't know those places still even existed. She signed me up for the three month programme and apparently I should be grateful because "she wants the best for me", "it will help be get closer to God" and other bs. I cannot call CPS or the police because child services and protective laws don't do shit in my country. I don't want to spend Christmas and new years in a place like that, I don't want to live somewhere else, I don't want to be brainwashed, I don't want to disappear on all my online friends and community, I don't want to miss so much school because I'm in an examination year. Nothing I can say is gonna change her mind, once my mom believes something nothing can make her falter. I've already tried to cry and beg.

My mental health is deteriorating but I’m closeted so I can’t ask for help. I’m crying at work and losing my mind. All I hear everyone angry at me. I live with my bigoted family so asking for help would just make it worse. I’m so sorry, I couldn’t edit the flair properly it won’t let me. I just need to get this out.

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Sou mulher, tenho 25 anos e a 4 anos sou casada com outra mulher, eu sempre tive uma vida privada, desde meus 16 anos me entendo como uma mulher lésbica, já tentei ficar com homens pois sabia que era isso que meus pais queriam de mim, mas nunca consegui gostar, sempre senti nojo e repulsa só de pensar. Por viver sempre de forma privada, minha esposa é a primeira pessoa que apresentei aos meus pais, até alguns familiares não sabem do meu relacionamento, escolha minha, achei que estivesse tudo ok, minha mãe não me xingou ou me humilhou por isso, até hoje...

Dias de sábado sempre venho a casa dos meus pais, que moram em outra cidade, venho sempre todo sábado trazer minha esposa para as aulas presenciais da faculdade dela, que são sempre aos sábados, então uno o útil ao agradável e já aproveito a viagem para passar o dia com meus pais. Sempre foi tranquilo, eu levava ela na faculdade e vinha para casa deles, nunca me trataram mal depois que fiquei adulta (quando eu morava com eles, sofria muita homofobia) achei que essa fase tivesse passado e que com a idade eles tivessem amadurecido. Eu estava enganada.

Hoje eu estava brincando dizendo que os pais sempre amolecem com o segundo filho (sou a primogênita) e que eles haviam amolecido com minha irmã. Ela vira e me solta que por ter me criado de forma dura hoje eu era uma mulher independente e que se tivesse me criado de forma frouxa hoje eu seria como minhas primas (vivendo de auxílio do governo e com muitos filhos) brinquei que eu até poderia viver de auxílio mas não teria filhos por ser "sapatão".

Foi aí que ela surtou e começou com as ofensas, dizendo que eu tinha era "desvio mental", que eu não era normal, que se fosse normal eu e minha esposa deveríamos ter filhos, que sou assim pois tenho problema de cabeça e que vou mudar, que eu sou assim por querer ser "diferente", que ela está pagando pelos pecados e que ela me criou para ser uma meninha e vai e eu viro "isso", que ela queria que eu tivesse nascido um homem aí vai e vem eu que não sou nem um e nem o outro. Enquanto ela me ofendia eu tentava me defender dizendo que por que eu iria querer ser diferente, se por ser diferente corro risco de morte só por ser quem sou, e que não é uma escolha.

Depois de vomitar tudo isso em mim ela está agora fingindo que nada aconteceu, enquanto eu estou distante tentando assimilar tudo, e com uma vontade tremenda de ir para casa. Se eu pudesse eu não voltava aqui nem tão cedo, mas infelizmente preciso, pois preciso levar minha esposa para a faculdade e não tem nenhum outro lugar para que eu possa ficar.

Tô chateada e triste e me perguntando se ela me odeia tanto assim, sendo que nunca fiz nada, sempre tentei ser uma boa filha, tirava as melhores notas, passei em uma faculdade pública, sou concursada, até comprei um carro e dei para eles... Minha esposa sempre os tratou bem, sempre ajudou tambem. O que eu fiz para merecer tanto ódio? Acho que isso vem mais da minha mãe, meu pai nunca me falou nada assim...

Não sei o que fazer, e estou muito triste para brigar e me impor, acho que nenhum filho deveria escutar isso dos pais

I had cheese pancakes and she had ham and cheese 🧀