Leah Teague 🏳️‍⚧️

It's the two-year anniversary of my egg cracking! 🐣 And so, as is tradition, I will re-post a link to the thread that did it. bsky.app/profile/magi...

Zinnabelle@magic.swordsz.in

hey guys: so you've thought about gender and decided that, although you aren't particularly attached to being "a man," you don't think you're trans because you don't "want to be a woman." i know that feel. here are some symptoms of dysphoria that were present in nearly every aspect of my life:

I also cannot say enough in thanks to all of y'all beautiful trans, queer and gender-nonconforming people on here. Your lives and your stories and your before-and-after threads (!!) showed me that it's possible, and I literally wouldn't be here without you.

Don't read this. Unless you can't not read it. I wish I hadn't. I'm glad I did. Make sure you're sitting down first.

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frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...

FEELING REAL CALLED OUT HERE

Dave Kellett@davekellett.bsky.social

COMIC: Unnecessary Pedant!

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David Roberts

@volts.wtf

I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Random thought - it is en vogue to tailor a campus website entirely to prospective students. I think that's a mistake. If I want to get to know a campus, I want to read about the resources at the LGBT+ center. I want to see the campus calendar. I want to look at the Student Code of Conduct. 1/2

Having these "internal" campus pages be publically available inspires trust. It rounds out the picture I can get from the website. And the more I see that I want to connect with, the more excited I get. 2/2

18 Sept

In Wisconsin, it's not pizza, it's farm implements 🤣 Mills' Fleet Farm vs. Blain's Farm and Fleet.

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16 Sept

Some art arrived from England today. I am having trouble putting into words how it makes me feel, but I saw it and knew I had to have it.

etsy.comLickedbyRoxiePrints - EtsyShop Queer Punk-Artist creating queer punk art by LickedbyRoxiePrints located in Bristol, United Kingdom.

16 Sept

I am grateful that I have the resources to buy art that moves me and to support queer artists. I don't think Roxie is on here, but here's her Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/Lickedb...

16 Sept

Also, those pink corner protectors? Ripped out of a Harry Potter book 🤣

14 Sept

"nope I was just a trans kid who didn't know it" there I fixed it

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journals.asm.orgAs a component of aseptic technique, Bunsen burners do not universally decrease deposition of microbe-containing particles | Microbiology SpectrumThe ability to manipulate and control microbial presence in built environments is imperative to research and medicine. The lack of documented evidence relating Bunsen burner use and airborne contamina...

25 Aug

I always thought this was magical thinking on the part of my microbiologist colleagues.....

Alex Bisson@archaeon-alex.bsky.social

Yet another myth collapses and joins Ethidium Bromide. Next one will be "having dedicated RNA bench and pipettes" journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

25 Aug

When I needed a sterile workspace, I bought a HEPA-filtered laminar flow bench!

8 Aug

I was clocked at a shopping mall coming out of a women's restroom today by a guy who just *had* to say something about it. I ignored him and walked away. That was probably the last he thought of it. I haven't stopped since. 1/

The queer folks who follow me have heard or lived this story. But if you're cis, and you are in a position to advocate for bathroom facilities that don't make me and my queer siblings make this choice, PLEASE DO SO. 5/

8 Aug

I hold my breath every time I use a single sex space. And I'm getting real, real tired of it. /end

I walked out of the mall with my keys in my hand, worried he was going to follow me. For the first time in my life, I'm thinking about starting to carry a can of mace. 3/

@mbeandoodles.bsky.social

8 Aug

I also clocked a couple of trans gals walking in as I was walking out. They, however, were projecting femininity. Dresses, hair, makeup. I'm in a cami top and shorts 'cause it's fuckin hot outside. Would that dude have had the balls to say something to them? I bet not. 4/

I do the mental calculus each time I need to use a restroom in public. I'm more likely to be assaulted in a men's room, but I'm more likely to be assaulted coming out of a women's room. And trust me, what flashed through my mind was absolutely "what will I do if he escalates?" 2/

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MBeanDoodles

17 June 2025

Trans lion mini comic

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Sophie Labelle

@assignedmale.bsky.social

20 June

Let trans kids play sports (if they want to).

13 June

I had a similar experience with my gender transition. All the sadness and discomfort and abuse that I endured and DIDN'T NEED TO.... it lands on you like a ton of bricks.

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social

Like Nome, I started meds late (age 43 for me) and I will also warn you that after you take your first dose of the med that works for you (which is not always the first med you try!) it is very common to have an utter meltdown over how fucking long it took and how long you were struggling!

texasobserver.orgI Am a Trans TexanA state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

11 June

This thread is a GODDAMN MASTERPIECE of synthesis. Required reading.

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Douglas Adams: > Anything in the world when you're born is normal, ordinary and a natural part of the world. Anything invented between when you’re 15-35 is new, exciting and revolutionary and you can get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things. 1/

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gwen howerton

@kissphoria.bsky.social

6 June

this is one of my favorite essays @texasobserver.org has ever put out

Texas Observer@texasobserver.org

Pride Month repost: @aprilcicada.bsky.social, a resident of a small town in Texas, comes out as transgender in our pages, and shares what it was like to grow up in the Lone Star State.

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Caldatelier

@caldatelier10.bsky.social

5 June

I painted the trans sea.

5 June

He always struck me as a kind and generous person. What a loss.

💀 skeletori amos 💀@rivalconga.bsky.social

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

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kim

@kimmymonte.bsky.social

3 June

the way the dog turns his head halfway in sent me

3 June

Half way through the fourth Matrix film and it is a HARD watch.

3 June

I blame @tillybridges.bsky.social obviously.

1 June

YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. If my egg hadn't already cracked, I'm pretty sure these stories would do it. Happy Pride!

why did you transition, right answers only Y'all kept posting before-and-after pictures and the wave of longing that swept through me was something I couldn't ignore. What would it be like to intentionally make a "me" that I loved? I finally couldn't wait any more to find out.

🎃 Killy Witches 👻@tillybridges.bsky.social

why did you transition, right answers only i knew she was in there and keeping her hidden away from the world was too painful to bear

I walked by this Minneapolis church today and it sparked a memory. A few years ago I went with a friend to see @assignedmale.bsky.social speak about THE TRANS AGENDA (ie, "a normal lifespan") at this church. I bought a book, and when I went up to ask her to inscribe it I was TOTALLY TONGUE TIED. 1/

I spent much of the next day sobbing on my couch. For the life of me, I could not figure out why I was so emotional. My friend pointed out that this was likely the first trans space I had ever been in, and maaaaaybe that had something to do with it? 2/

Sixteen months later I came out as trans my own self. But the signs were already there. If I'm being honest with myself, they always have been. /end

27 May

The best damn burger I've ever had was at a place called Cured, now sadly closed. It was served on a metal rimmed tray with a piece of butcher paper. Plain bun and a bare patty and it was A REVELATION.

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18 May

I am enough of an institutionalist that I still generally believe that the facts reported by "old media" are factual, while saving my skepticism for what they choose to report or not. But this is gross. Clear and convincing evidence of an editorial double standard. Just 🤮🤮🤮.

Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC@mattnegrin.bsky.social

The NYT removed the "um"s in Trump's answer on Taiwan, but put "um"s in AOC's answer on Taiwan to make her look dumb Trump said "Um, I would say 'like' is maybe too strong a word...um, no, I'm holding that in abeyance and it depends on China, depends, it's a, it's a.." L: Trump R: AOC Video below

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🌈Dr. Frizzle

@swilua.bsky.social

12 May

you only have a short while, make your fall worth it (we all fall) @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social

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parafilm is cool dot com

@parafilmm.bsky.social

Take it as a compliment. I am assuming (a) that you are doing it unintentionally, and (b) will want to modify your behavior if I point it out. If I'm not confident in both, I'm not going to say anything.

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