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8 votes
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Why shaky data security protocols for apps put LGBTQ people at risk
8 votes -
Thousands rally in Northern Ireland in support of gay marriage
8 votes -
Nevada bans so-called gay and trans panic defenses
23 votes -
Rainbow Railroad: The organization saving LGBT citizens from hostile governments
9 votes -
Taiwan's government legalize same-sex marriage in first for Asia
15 votes -
Trump Administration to LGBT couples: Your 'out of wedlock' kids aren't citizens
27 votes -
Blurred lines: A pregnant man’s tragedy tests gender notions
11 votes -
China: Transgender people risk their lives with dangerous self-surgery
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'I'd rather go to heaven than live here as a boy': Inside the lives of Australian trans children
9 votes -
Remembering Jeanne Manford: 'The mother of the LGBTQ ally movement'
6 votes -
Queer Muslim women reflect on navigating their faith and sexuality
6 votes -
These LGBTQ Activists Don’t Want Queer and Trans People Serving in the Military
14 votes -
Brunei will not enforce death penalty for gay sex following backlash
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‘I try to spread the joy’: The trans pastor battling intolerance in the Deep South
11 votes -
US President Donald Trump issues ‘freedom to discriminate’ healthcare order
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Being Nikki Smith - The climber known for those photos and bylines and first ascents is not the same person on the inside. That person isn’t called Nathan at all. Her name is Nikki.
9 votes -
Gay-friendly towns in red states draw LGBTQ tourists: 'We're here to be normal for a weekend'
20 votes -
Stonewall changed the course of queer history. These artworks captured the aftermath
8 votes -
Armenian MPs call for trans activist to be burned alive after historic speech
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This queer ballet company is putting their classes online for everyone
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Academic claims she's discovered anal suppository 'cure' for homosexuality: A semen-eating worm is supposedly the cause of being gay.
8 votes -
Gender dysphoria isn’t a “social contagion,” according to a new study
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We will not be shoved back into the closet: A statement from trans protesters in Kansas City
7 votes -
The Supreme Court just took up a set of very big cases on LGBTQ rights
11 votes -
Gentleman Jack’s hidden history: A new HBO series tells the story of Anne Lister, "the first modern lesbian"
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Kenya's first lesbian pastor: Jacinta Nzilani (TV interview)
8 votes -
Transgender woman Colleen Young's dream of being who she wanted was her secret for more than 80 years
8 votes -
Looking for assistance for professional or personal development? There is an opportunity to receive a coding scholarship through Lesbians Who Tech!
7 votes -
A high school expelled a girl for kicking a boy who entered the girls' bathroom to "protest" against a trans student
14 votes -
California National Guard defies Trump on transgender troop ban
12 votes -
Very sad news has come through to us today. Mardi Gras 78er Ron Austin passed away this morning. Back in 1978, it was Ron who said "why don't we have a street party?"
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The messy heart of London drag still beats in Sink The Pink nightclub
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All-male historically Black Morehouse College will admit transgender men
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The idea of being trans has my head in a scramble
This is going to be a bit of a ramble. I'm not even sure where to even start. Browsing r/egg_irl has me confused. Am I trans? What does it mean for someone currently living as their...
This is going to be a bit of a ramble.
I'm not even sure where to even start.
Browsing r/egg_irl has me confused. Am I trans? What does it mean for someone currently living as their birth-assigned-gender to be trans? Would I be happier as a woman? Or non-binary? I don't feel major bodily disphoria. I don't dislike my body. I am curious what it would be like to have a female body.
When I was a teenager I read Commitment Hour, by James Alan Gardner. It's about a village where young people switch back and forth every year (go to sleep as one, wake up as another), until they turn twenty and have to choose one or the other. I loved it. I fantasied about what it would be like to quickly switch back and forth. I liked the idea of finding out what it's like to have a female body without having to permanently commit to it. That fantasy has tempered a bit since then, but I wouldn't say it's completely gone.
I've been growing my hair out, but I've also grown my beard out. Both started as laziness. I didn't feel like bothering to get my hair cut or mess with shaving my face. I hate shaving. Now it's something of a security blanket. I feel exposed without them. Another reason I grew my beard out was because there were a couple of times when I was a teenager that a stranger thought I was a girl and it made me uncomfortable. I grow hardly any chest hair and I like it that way; but I have a lot of leg hair, and I like that too.
I've never been the macho type or had much use for machoness.
I don't know If I would like being female, or if I just like the idea of it. There have been other things that I liked the idea of but not the thing itself. How can I respond to others seeing it as a phase if I'm not even sure myself if it's a phase.
I don't like the social stigma around it. I come from a conservative family. I don't know how they would react. I live in a small predominately Mormon community where everybody knows everybody and gossip runs rampant. I don't know if being female is what I really want, but I at least want the space to experiment and find out.
I don't know what I want and I hate not knowing. Even deciding whether or not I should even type this out, let alone post it, has been a major mental battle.
I've been on Tildes a while, but I created a new account because my main account could be connected to my real identity and I'm so not ready for that. Even putting this out there anonymously has me terrified.
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Ryan O'Connell is revolutionizing queer, disabled representation on TV
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How a T. Rex named SUE became a nonbinary icon
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Folau set to be axed: Rugby Australia unable to contact Israel Folau following anti-gay post and intends to terminate his contract
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Queerbaiting - exploitation or a sign of progress?
11 votes -
The future is non-binary, and teens are leading the way
21 votes -
What it's like to be illegally gay in Myanmar
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Emoji keep getting more inclusive. So why is there no trans pride flag?
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'Trauma is a slow burn': Mormons seek healing as church eases anti-LGBT policy
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LGBT people a 'fundamental part of the fabric of rural American communities'
10 votes -
I’ve been a lesbian my entire life, but I only realized I was a woman this year
21 votes -
Brunei introduces death by stoning as punishment for gay sex
11 votes -
It’s not enough for JK Rowling to say her characters are queer. Show it to us
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Finding femme - The quiet resistance of a small-town stylist for trans women and cross-dressing men
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We Talked to Muslims in the LGBTQ Community About Standing Up for Queer Youth
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[David Matheson, the Mormon] ‘Gay conversion therapist’ comes out: Exclusive interview [to Channel 4]
8 votes