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@alice@lgbtqia.space Oh my gods are you saying people who compliment my hats or pins are potentially opening up to flirt at me?
Like, I know they might not be, but. Wow. Okay. That's eye opening. And fun.
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Banner photo is the queer villain pride flag. Profile picture is a pixel art portrait of SecUnit (from Murderbot Diaries) in its armor with opaque faceplate, with the nonbinary flag in the background and highlighting the portrait.
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Primary Pronouns:
it/its
Other Pronouns:
sie/hir, he/him, they/them
Other other pronouns:
she/her, ne/nem, ze/zan
I don't have a problem with change! I just have... like... multiple scripts I can apply in case something fails due to differences or changes. And a separate set of scripts for responding positively to certain kinds of change. And I miiiiiight sometimes go on a rant and start freaking out when confronted with some changes BUT I have a system of dealing with those too and therefore I totally don't have a problem with change.
What the hell is a fault tree.
(Does not apply to all autistics. More likely relatable if you're late-diagnosed and high-masking.)
"Average enby critter uses it/its pronouns" factoid actualy just statistical error. Average enby critter does not use it/its pronouns. Hoard of enby critters belonging to or befriended by @jacel@m.prettyshiny.org the dragon and includes 10,000 enby critters who use it/its pronouns are an outlier adn should not have been counted.
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@codinghorror@infosec.exchange Getting onto disability and no longer having to worry about my income has done SO MUCH GOOD for my mental health and stability. Which has been significantly more stable now. I wish everyone could have this sort of security in their lives, everyone.
Also I'm fortunate that my disability income fits my needs but I know it doesn't work for everyone, but that's the point: income that works for everyone and then the disabled or otherwise extra needful of additional supports should be able to have those as well.
I bought a Medela breast pump. >:3 Hands free. Electric. A very top of the line pump. I have been considering it ever since I saw I could pay in a few instalments instead of all at once.
Will have to see how it works with my fuzz. I might need to shave my tits. That's okay though.
It's not entirely guaranteed I'll be able to induce lactation after my reduction, depends on what they took out. So we'll see if I can do that. But considering how pleasurable the sensation is for me anyways I'm going to enjoy the hell out of this toy either way.
I've been researching what folks most recommend for inducing lactation, soooo. I've had my eye on this for a long time actually. Even before I wanted to try inducing. I follow a couple people who got themselves one of these a year or two ago and I'm like. Hmm. Yes. That sounds fun.
Anyways it should be here on Sunday. If you all promise to be on your best (worst) behaviour I will post photos of it in use.
2SLGBTQIA+ support line shift in 15min! <3 My first in a while. One of many more to come.
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@Willow@chaosfem.tw I was in my 30s when I started and I have been on for nine years now. I started and continue to take a "typical" dose of injection T.
I was warned that my periods might not stop right away but mine sure did. I felt pretty elated from the first day I started it but I think that was (mostly) psychological. My voice started dropping in a few months, mostly I started losing my upper range but I practised a lot of singing at the time in order to feel out my voice changes and I was able to start going fairly low from quite early, it just wasn't the most reliable to start. The hardest part was finding my "mixed voice" where you use head + chest, but learning to resonate in my chest was a lot of fun.
My sex drive was pretty high to start with but having been depressed for a while it did noticeably go up. I didn't find that hard to deal with though.
A little bit of acne, that went away after a few years.
I just started feeling... better, mentally. That's continued.
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@alice@lgbtqia.space With me, yes, with me. That is what I meant tow ritw but obviously not what came out. xD
So for one of my gaming groups we've been playing the Fallout TTRPG lately. And the one GM ("Controller") started a new game, and in a new book he had you could make an assaultron character. So I made one that is SecUnit/Murderbot coded.
Yeah it's an assaultron and not a protectron but I felt it being a literal murderbot would fit the theme better.
It's been really fun to play. I've never made a character from a pre-existing concept before. None of the folks in the group know MBD or that I use it/its pronouns, but I have been using it/its pronouns for my character. It also doesn't tell anyone its name, it just asks to be called Assaultron.
They have tried to determine if Assaultron is a boy robot or a girl robot because that's what robots in Fallout are like but this has not yielded any success. xD
All it wants is radio/holo plays and comic books.
Anyways I'm having a great time with it.
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@gwynnion "I sleep in a big bed with my wife."
-Homer Simpson
"I share my writing with other actual people writers, who share their writing with me, and we edit each others' work and cheer each other on."
-Critter Unit
My fellow facilitators at my job are so nice. I really appreciate as well that I can be openly and authentically myself while doing this job and that helps me to do even better.
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@storm@swingset.social Yesssssss HRT saves the day again
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I've got it! This show is basically a zombie movie but with cats instead. xD
Oh I guess with that name it makes perfect sense.
I learned some cool stuff about metoidioplasties today that I didn't know before, and it has me... thinking... a lot.
LOL, two for two. Nobody came to the meeting tonight for work either. Oh well! I had a lovely time connecting with the other facilitators, and we're still compensated for our time. My next shift is on this upcoming Sunday and I expect there to be a lot more people attending that one. :ablobfoxbongo:
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@Willow@chaosfem.tw Also I did in the first few months or so start getting some bottom growth but I never did get very much, also I was pretty small to start with. I never had some of the problems other folks on T can get where it sticks out and maybe you get some chafing, but that's not unusual for folks to have a problem with penises too, is my understanding.
It became more sensitive and I would get distinct "hard on" tingling sensations at various stimuli, usually something that made me think of something sexual but also sometimes intense adrenaline? So.
My roommates are surprised I finished the book so quickly, meanwhile I know I went through it really slowly, I went grocery shopping, I went to bed at a normal for me hour last night, I did some other things today, plus while I was reading I was taking notes of my reactions to everything and lines I liked and then every few chapters I posted to some liveblogging threads in one of the MBD Discords I'm in. xD
Now I'm halfway through the audiobook. I might listen to it one or two more times before doing the full cycle again. I mostly only listen to it while going to bed and just after I get up in the mornings, so I can actually go focus on other things. xD But today I have been dedicating so much time to The Book.
Tomorrow I have to do some Tasks mostly over the phone, a little bit of emailing. And Thursday I am very busy, psychiatrist and volunteering on the support line and working.
I'm so glad I took today to dedicate entirely to Book. :'3
Participating in the read-a-longs on one of the MBD Discords, I have become *very* aware of how frequently the word "foyer" appears in the books.
Also, I have learned that apparently Canadians (or at least some of us) pronounce it differently from Americans. And I do mean anglophone Canadians, but we seem to follow essentially French pronunciation rules for it.
"Foy-ay", not "foy-er". Otherwise we mostly seem to pronounce it the same.
I never noticed this before, and it amuses me to know it now.
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@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw I've noticed the same thing in the common documentation for my testosterone and transmascs. 🙃 It's all "not for use in females" blah blah blah. No mention of trans HRT.
Which is wild because IIRC some very low dose T is sometimes given to post-menopausal women? Although in that case I suppose it's probably not the injection kind. I haven't seen documentation for gel yet.
I HAVE FINISHED THE BOOK
I will say nothing else of it here, yet. Other than that I loved it and I'm so happy to have experienced this new book while participating in the fandom, so I've been squeeing along with other people about every chapter as I went along.
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@sky@thetransagenda.gay Awwww!!! Love her.
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@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social OMGs I had heard he was in the movie but didn't know who he was cast as, this is so fucking cool, I love that he's been cast as Achilles!
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@IsDaGany@meow.social 🫂🫂🫂 You'll be okay.
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@memnus@swingset.social Orb!!
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@pathfinder@beige.party Yeah I'm diagnosed now, although it wasn't because I was assessed, and I still struggle with recognizing some of the traits about myself.
I am also auDHD, and I figured out the ADHD first, and I learned about it partially from books that included coping/living strategies. I very much remember how often I read those pages of strategies and was already doing half or more of them on my own. Precisely for why you've said. I spend a lot of effort on making sure those problems are no longer problems.
Shift done! No callers, but that's okay. I frequently use my waiting time on the support line to chat with other queer and trans people online through here and Discord anyways. So I'm sometimes doing more informal peer support while I wait for calls to the line. x3
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@cf@todon.eu @Willow@chaosfem.tw Ah, yeah. Okay. Yeah if bottom growth is long enough to stick out from the labia majora and hood then I could see that being a similar problem. It wasn't a problem for me though. But that's also not quite an early thing.
I was hoping I'd get more growth but I'm happy I got some!
So that thing recently where one separatist organizing group got copy of The Republican Party of Alberta's copy of the viewer registration list, and then made it accessible to volunteers working for them (apparently it was a searchable database in an app they downloaded?), well, the UCP (current political party leading Alberta) may have known about it for weeks.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11831942/dangerous-violation-jason-kenney-alleged-centurion-project-leak/
Danielle Smith and the UCP are supposed to be the "United Conservative Party" but separatist and far right groups like Take Back Alberta (mentioned in the article) are a main reason Danielle Smith got the premier spot and they are a powerful portion of the current voting base of the party itself. Smith pretends to not favour the separatists and far right but it's pretty obvious that she's close to them, so finding this out in the article isn't surprising.
I've also seen some articles mentioning that there may not be a legal way to go after those responsible, currently
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@cocaine_owlbear@retro.pizza Aaahhhhh I hope you enjoy!!! I read the whole ebook already and now I've got the audiobook and I'm listening to it!!
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@NoraByte@tech.lgbt I know a number of people who've done or are doing a series re-read before they tackle the new book! I think you should! :D Or whatever you like, if you want to read the new one then read the series again, or any order you want. xD
Me, I have been obsessed since I first read the series last year summer and have all them as ebooks and audiobooks and I've been listening to them on repeat for several months now.
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@literalgrill@sakurajima.moe I'm so sorry that happened and is happening to you. Both the surgery results and the treatment from what should be your community after.
A friend of mine got top surgery and found himself dysphoric after the fact, though it took him a while to figure that one out/admit it to himself. He still identifies as trans but more genderfluid now and I have talked with him about preferred pronouns and where he wants his transition to go and everything, because he is still my friend and he is still a part of my community. But he's had some terrible treatment from other trans people, calling him detrans (as if detransitioning would be an inherently terrible thing to do) and treating him badly and shunning him.
Trans Day of Visibility is definitely for people like you and my friend too.
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@Melezioh@mstdn.games I am now extremely hairy all over except for my head. Nine years on T.
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@sky@thetransagenda.gay I love The Locked Tomb!! For my Thirsty Sword Lesbians game last Saturday one of my players said we should name our planet that the story was taking place on, planet John. So I called the King and his son also John. xD I was also going to have John Sr emit the occasional meme, but we ran out of time and I had to do the end really fast. xD
I'm still totally obsessed with The Murderbot Diaries but now I also want to write some fanfic where one character is a necromancer and another character is a cavalier.
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@jacel That sounds very pleasant. <3
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@memnus@swingset.social Owww. Hope you're able to get some restorative rest!
Appointments booked. Audiobook listened to. Work messages tended to.
I might also have to escort D to an appointment tomorrow morning but he likes booking his physio in the mornings now so that'll work well for me, just means I'll be super busy all day tomorrow. I think I'll listen to Platform Decay one more time, heh.
I have a short virtual appointment booked for Friday, and then nothing. So plenty of recovery time after tomorrow.
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@memnus@swingset.social Have a good weekend!!
I now have the audiobook. Have added it to the rotation and am starting my cycle over with it. xD
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@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca As someone on disability I wholeheartedly agree.
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OMGs what if Murderbot Diaries x Nyaight of the Living Cat crossover fic? SecUnit saving humans *and* in close proximity to adorable cats.
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@storm@swingset.social Yes please!!
pregnancy and lactation kink
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In the first chapter I kept having this feeling like I was reading a really good MBD fanfic.
And I don't know if it's because I've been reading so much MBD fanfic, or just her writing style, but I'm not the only one who was having that feeling. Someone else said "it feels like she is a huge fan of these characters & story too!" which, yeah, exactly.
There's also, right away in the first chapter, so many callbacks to previous books in the series. Not in a boring or repetitive way, I feel.
I also had the thought a couple times "wow her SecUnit voice is perfect!" before realizing oh, yeah, it would be. xD
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@memnus@swingset.social This is so cool!!