Cosmo @bright_helpings@mspsocial.net

via twitter:
The Census is coming. For any LGBT+ person who is not out you can over-write any information submitted about you via a http://gov.uk individual access code at https://census.gov.uk/en/request/access-code/individual/

No-one in your household will be notified about your changes.

https://twitter.com/LGBTChelt/status/1366836747808755720

The Gender Construction Kit has come on a long way since the last time I visited. If you’re looking for info and resources on transitioning in the UK then it’s a good place to start:

https://genderkit.org.uk

Having been from one side of #Seattle to the other and back, I can say with confidence that the Cherry tree bloom is starting. This should continue throughout the entire month of March.

#FlowerWatch

there's a certain amount of appropriation of oppression (cause that gets you points in our christian influenced culture) that I see sometimes in trans communities. the biggest example is where white trans women techworkers will talk about statistics about trans women murders and just completely not internalize that most of them are black and in a very different socioeconomic status. Worse is when they use being oppressed to deflect from their racism.

Not that I get mad about this every 8 minutes or anything

waking with dinosaurs says that diplodocus is the biggest animal that will ever walk the earth and I feel like that's very pessimistic.

Look at this picture. It's perfect and untouched and I want to take it again

girls do podcasts called 'wine crime' where they pretend to be drunk, call serial killers hot and appropriate aave. boys do podcasts called 'the penis cheney experience' where they talk about aocs feet and use an air horn sound effect 'ironically'. they both should be banned.

Fedi has perhaps lost a bit of its whimsy of late, but so long as we still have an instance where you can practice writing without the letter "e" (oulipo.social) and one where you can ONLY use the letter "e" (dolphin.town), I think we'll be alright.

also, i have been saving all my commission monies for my surgery (for the most part shop monies pays for my meds) so if anyone wants some art hmu

https://commiss.io/felixsunflower

It's #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth and I'd just to tell people to stop using brain injuries as a metaphor for evil, incompetence, or another undesirable trait. People with brain injuries spend lots of time and money rebuilding our lives, and we face plenty of medical discrimination.

Here's an important survey for parents of trans kids, from @reubsjw@twitter.com, researching mental health in trans children.

http://transkids.nl

There's now a crowdfund for Mouayed Bashir's family to find justice for his murder at the hands of the police here in Cymru. I've donated, and if you have the money, perhaps consider doing so too.

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/black-man-dies-under-police-restraint/
#Cymru #Wales

when will my dopamine return from the war

Me, folding a weighted blanket: “is this CrossFit?”

Kimberlé Crenshaw (author of "Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color") has a podcast called Intersectionality Matters

if, like me, your understanding of intersectionality is in a fairly nascent stage, this is a good place for intersectional analysis of current events (primarily usa-focused but the critical approach is transferable)

https://www.aapf.org/intersectionality-matters

(it's also available on spotify, soundcloud, apple etc)

#WomensHistoryMonth