MEXICO: STREET ART & ILLUSTRATION: SR.CALAVERA
Sr.Calavera a.k.a Mr.Skull a.k.a Hugo Rivero Rice is an illustrator, street artist and tattoo artist. According to his Facebook page, his work is influenced by “sacred art, graffiti, comics, b-movies, Chicano art, tattooing and Mexican folklore” in case you couldn’t tell!
Trans men are MEN. Not special edition sparkly vampire fluffy unicorn womyn-space-compatible men-lite. It is utterly, utterly, utterly fucked up to even suggest that they should be allowed in womens’ spaces, especially at the expense of trans women.
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freedominwickedness (via kiriamaya) ^^^^^ (via wintergrey) Hey, fellow trans guys, be mindful of the space we take up and our male privilege especially in solidarity with trans women and other amab trans people. |
Fear frequently keeps trans* people from working out and participating in athletics. I am interested in trans* athletes. I know that we do work out. But what are the barriers? How do we operate in gendered athletic spaces?Why yes… we do. Or we would like to. Personally I’ve been told I can’t join some gym’s because they don’t have ‘adequate’ facilities for me to shower/change in… so yeah.
Yes, some of us try. Weight rooms are stocked with the worst kind of heteromasculine cis men, and in order for me to feel safe in a gym and especially any locker rooms/bathrooms I have to bind. And binding during exercise as an asthmatic is both painful, sweaty and moderately dangerous. Gender neutral locker rooms and staff sensitivity training would help, but as long as cishet men take up so much space many trans people will be unsafe. Queer nights or queer/trans work out groups help with that nasty problem.
Also most older pools, and many modern facilities, only have entrances through gendered locker rooms. Some pools have rules against rash guards, which essentially bans me and others who bind from access. And again, lifeguards can be gender police along with patrons.
If you accidentally misgender someone
Do:
-apologize quickly once
-correct yourself
Don’t:
-apologize profusely
-ramble on about how you’re actually really accepting
-keep apologizing
-tell them about your trans* best friend who you’re so very supportive of
-apologize some more
-talk about how you never do this
-apologize even more
Add: “I’ll try but its really hard because I knew you before, you have to be understanding” to the don’t list
HRT clinics with informed consent
hey a while ago someone on reddit compiled a HUGE list of clinics and providers that will prescribe hormones based on informed consent:
http://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/jzubd/worked_tonight_on_the_informed_consent_provider/
Thanks!
-MTFB
DUDE! Just … just … DUDE!
It only seems to have US and Canada locations listed, but, yes. Awesome if you live here.
Oh man, wish I had this before! I’d add Dr. Duval at Ohio University Campus Care in Athens Ohio. You don’t have to be a student to see her.
