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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15h

I do think we should give cis people as little power as possible to define us—at every scale. There are ways in which their snowflakey laws to shore up their fragile ideas of immutable gender affect us, and I want to fight those, hard. But I don't want to give them an inch of power to define me. 6/6

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15h

I can say that my own journey, transitioning in my 50s, has been to never correct strangers, but to express gratitude when people ask. It isn't b/c I don't want to be gendered correctly; it's because I don't want them to have any power over me. This isn't a 'you should' - simply my view. But... 5/

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15h

....*really* resents being told to care. In hindsight, I wish for less focus on pronouns and the like. But to be clear, this isn't a Sarah McBride-style scolding of (mostly) young folk for 'going too far.' How were we to know? I think it's the job of (mostly) young people to push the envelope. 4/

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15h

...just how little attention most people pay. I'm very bricky and get called "sir" *a lot*. But if I'm in certain contexts, strangers have no problem calling me "ma'am" or similar. I don't think most of the former group are malicious - they just don't care. And that group...3/

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15h

...in endless "you're a ____" type comments on social media. Or the notion that our identity rests on whether another "reinforces [our] delusion." Obviously, nothing an incurious cisbot believes/says changes our identities. Misgendering is annoying—for me, it's annoying mostly because it shows... 2/

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15h

Musing this morning about misgendering and pronouns and how those (in)actions became a focus of resentment for so many people in this country. One unfortunate takeaway seems to be that it empowered trans-hostile people to think *they* had the power to define our identities. One sees it ... 1/

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

@mitildide.bsky.social

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 2d

Public service announcement from a middle-aged trans for young'uns : if you have access and can afford it, start your (laser) hair removal when you are <~35 yo. Laser does not work on grey hair, and electrolysis is NO FUN.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 3d

Just watched the Lilith Fair doc; it's great. I went to Lilith Fair in 1997 - 26 years before I transitioned. It's an interesting experience to watch this history and connect with the palpable woman/feminine energy retroactively, to feel that within my past when, at the time, I was in deep denial.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 5d

Jebus. I cried just hearing someone with political stature fighting for us clearly and unequivocally. Such a balm after listening to reactionary centrists scold us for not having a big enough tent to include transphobes.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 5d

'Reality TV' might be enjoyable to me if it was just regular people doing stuff, even competitively, without the character-making, cardboard-cutout drama, forced narrative arcs, etc. I miss real cooking shows about cooking where you learn things other than how much David irritates Rebecca.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 9d

Miss Chief Eagle Testickle is the supernatural gender-fluid superhero we need right now.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 9d

10/10. Amazing exhibition. www.mbam.qc.ca/en/kent-monk...

Kent Monkman History Is Painted by the Victors | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Discover Kent Monkman’s exhibition at the MMFA from September 27, 2025 to March 8, 2026. Book your tickets online, and save $2.

www.mbam.qc.ca

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 10d

I’m not closely following all of the Bluesky moderation stuff closely, except that I thought the CEO doesn’t seem to hold themselves to a standard I would consider professional. But I am looking forward to @transrights.northsky.social being a place I can migrate to.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15d

I wouldn't be shocked if RFK Jr. said we should replace water with Brawndo.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15d

Watching Idiocracy again; I think President Camacho might be an improvement right now.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15d

I'm gonna always deadname the Dept. of Defense.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 15d

Team Ta-Nehisi.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 16d

Yes! Kids have lost a path to slowly-growing age-appropriate independence - being able to walk to the store alone, bike to the park alone, bike to friends' houses alone - during their ~~10-15 years - and we have just accepted the consequences of that on their mental health.

Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 16d

I hope that people will see Ezra Klein's endless apologia for his Kirk hagiography, his big tent to include MAGA stuff and understand that he's just as wrong about trans 'issues.' I hope people will see MAHA insanity and realize these are the same people fearmongering about gender-affirming care.

Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 16d

It should be a guiding principle for our urban design - can a 10 year old get to school without being chauffeured? Can an ~80 year old get to the grocery store by themselves (safely) ? This isn't just a big city problem; small towns have no sidewalks with massive school campuses outside of towns.

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 16d

I fervently believe that the fact that children and elders lead lives of isolation in cities and towns (absent daily efforts of their caregivers to ferry them around) should make plain what a terrible job we've done with building cities over the last 70 years.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16d

New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 16d

The Piss Police, the Genital Gendarmes, the Toilet Tactical Squad, the Shitter SWAT, the Crapper Cops

Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 27d

I made an alternative cover for JK Rowling's new book, The Toilet Constable.
Coming soon to a bad bookshop near you...

Print file can be downloaded from my website: www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/single-post/...

Photo of a Robert Galbraith book with the title changed to The Toilet Constable, a policeman holds his hand out stopping a woman from entering a public toilet.

Back cover of the book. Text reads:
Praise for The Shite novels.
“The best book this year by the world-leading
expert in stranger’s genitals.” - Daily Telegraph
“Galbraith/Rowling lays out his/her dream society where not only toilets, but femininity itself is violently policed by both the state and concerned vigilantes.” - Sunday Times
“In an interesting narrative choice, our protagonist spends half the book crouched in a toilet cubicle waiting for a woman with short hair to yell at.” - New York Times
“Every page seethes with paranoid obsession.” - Financial Times
“In a shock twist ending the author Robert Galbraith
uses the wrong toilet and is punched in
the balls by a transphobe.” - Guardian

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Sevonaut @sevonaut.bsky.social · 17d

Oooooooo. Ordered!

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 17d

I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...

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