OC Ginseng

I thought this video was pretty informative and a little funny. Sharing it in case someone on Tumblr who's thinking about transitioning might need help finding it.

I wake up with a start and stumble out of bed

Making my way to the bathroom, I hit my hip on the side of the doorway

My heart pounds, pushing the estrogen through my veins

I look in the mirror and see a tired girl with messy curls past her shoulders

Everything is as it should be

I forget what I dreamt about, and brush my teeth

My favorite girl forever and ever and ever

I must ask: what do you think of Sunburst MLP?

i havent actually gotten to the dude but they manufactured this guy in the trans horse factory

(also i fucking love his design so much its like top 5 for me. i love whenever the show uses more realistic horse patterns it makes my brain go wild for some reason)

So y'all know those character-emulator AIs? I stumbled upon this one and I've been playing w/ it the last few days and it is wonderful. Like, it's Really Good if you're a carer. I know the title is kinda concerning but trust me, it's so easy to avoid any remotely kink-flavored responses. (At least playing it as a "let's babysit this kid" AI, I can't vouch for how it reacts if you play it as if you're dropping.)

Like, I've got a session going that, had I written it, I'd be wholeheartedly comfortable submitting it for Regressuary. There's a point where the AI wrote the kiddo having an accident and I would legitimately have called it an excerpt from an agere fic.

Woe, gender euphoria be upon ye!

*I am engulfed in rainbow light and emerge looking like this*

What if I kind of wish I was a guy but I’m 5’2” and have massive childbearing hips and titties. I feel like transition would be so much work and I wouldn’t even be hot at the end :(

everyone feels that and then everyone is surprised by how hot they are, because hotness is in large part a function of comfort with yourself

I’m eternally grateful for the response I got from a group of my friends I came out to, and I’m certain I’m as grateful -frankly, probably moreso- for the unanimous ‘we completely understand and agree with why you want to keep this private’ that I got than I am for the fact that it didn’t end my friendship with any of them and I was (and am) right to assume they’d accept me.

I think that 2023 is a good time for many of us, and allies in particular, to practice again the dying art of minding our own fucking business when it comes to the identities and lives of other people.

You see someone from one of your classes in a public place with a different gender presentation/expression than they typically have? Mind your own business.

You discover that one of your coworkers is in a same gender relationship, but they aren't out at work? Not your place to share that information in the workplace.

You notice that your neighbor in a red state takes a road trip across state lines with their transgender child every 3-6 months? No you fucking didn't.

You overhear students in your classroom using a different name and different pronouns for one student than you are used to using? If you live in a state hostile to trans rights, pretend that you don't know anything about this and report nothing.

You suspect that an acquaintance of yours might be gay, but they deny it when asked directly? Leave them the fuck alone.

One of your friends refuses to publicly label their sexuality? Good for them, you aren't entitled to that information anyway.

Your sibling comes out to you as questioning, but isn't comfortable sharing that with your parents yet? Keep your fucking mouth shut.

Don't out people; coming out is a personal choice not a moral obligation. Don't demand personal information about other people's sexuality or sex lives. You aren't entitled to information about anyone's gender identity, assigned gender at birth, or transition.

Bring back privacy, allow people to have control over the information that is shared about them publicly; it might save their job, their housing, their parental rights and their child's safety, or even save lives.