• theposterformerlyknownasgood
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    6 months ago

    The fact that gender reveal parties aren't a trans thing is a failure on the part of trans and cis alike

    • silent_water [she/her]M
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      6 months ago

      it's cause trans people are generally terrified when they're coming out and ready to pull a deer and bolt out of the room at the first sign of trouble. now that I've been out for years, coming out is whatever and I could handle a party, but I couldn't have handled it was fresh.

      • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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        6 months ago

        Would you be less terrified of possible transphobic pushback if you had rigged all your interlocutors up to explosives with an explosion in the trans colors

        • silent_water [she/her]M
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          6 months ago

          hmm, I think I'd be terrified of accidentally setting them off if it turned out they weren't transphobic but I got too fidgety or excited at their response. can I leave the trigger in the hands of a trusted trans mentor?

          • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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            6 months ago

            I think that would be fine. But I think you're socially obligated to help others rig up their explosives at that point.

            • silent_water [she/her]M
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              6 months ago

              ofc, at this point I'm the trans mentor more than the baby trans anyway

    • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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      6 months ago

      Okay so we have a group of people building improvised explosives to send up pink and cyan smoke into the air, to reveal a gender identity and it's not trans people

    • roux [he/him, comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      I'm cis but if I was trans and came out you bet your sweet ass we'd have a reveal party with cake and cocktails.

      • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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        6 months ago

        I'm always down for cake and cocktails whatever the occasion

        • roux [he/him, comrade/them]
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          6 months ago

          At this point in my life, they'd probably be vegan pot brownies instead of cake. Unless someone can find me a solid German Choc vegan recipe. There's still be pot tho. And Yellow Tail cab because I'm poor.