Non-binary gamer here. Bump of solidarity I feel the same ambivalence about TDoV since visibility can often also mean violence, but equally it can be the thing that lets someone see a future for themselves. Wishing you safety, excellent games, and the strength to keep fighting.
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Solidarity, yo ✊🏽
Thanks for the well wishes and same to you 💝
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Bump. Good luck on further fight with depression and anxiety.
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Bump. Good luck. I have no objections at all to sharing.
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Great video. Thank you nice to see point of vue and people stories and concerns
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A bump for visibility. I hope you find more support than hate in your life moving forward. You were never worthless, but be proud of bringing yourself to a point where you can embrace your worth. Thank you for this important thread the the giveaway.
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A little something positive maybe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43605840
...and for context in case anyone is unfamiliar with Izzard:
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/06/16/eddie-izzard-opens-up-about-coming-out-and-hails-role-model-laverne-cox/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Izzard
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I can't be apolitical because who I am is for some reason politically charged. We're not policy that's going to change your life. We're just people all around you who want to live a peaceful life.
Amen to that, sister. They can't take who you are away from you. And they wouldn't try if you were worthless. Stay safe and keep your head high.
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As far as I can tell the visibility of trans people and their issues has improved tremendously over the last 10 years, but there's still a lot to be done :/
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Really sucks to see humanity hasn't evolved to respect one another. Instead we got this constant media consumerism, pegged with stupid old mentality. Traditions and people's feelings shouldn't be confused. One doesn't null the other.
It's sad that others have to suffer/beaten or killed, because our society thinks it's a sin (or whatever).
What kind of humans are these people? What right do they have now to judge others?
Wish you joy in life. F*ck what others think.
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You've come an incredibly long way since I first encountered you here on SG, Jenn.
Keep going, and don't let anyone stop you.
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Today is Trans day of visibility, which I'm not sure how I feel about. It's supposed to be more positive than trans day of remembrance, but the real world ain't always positive. Being trans is the indirect death to a lot of us. But it's also the reason we're alive.
Being my real self has allowed me to engage with the world. I mean, I'm still crushed by my depression, and suffocated by my anxiety, but now I have a job, girlfriend, and friends (well sorta). I'm not worth much, but I am no longer worthless.
Not hiding who I am is amazing, but it's also fucking dangerous. As free as I now am, I'm also limited by how other perceive me. I can no longer use public restrooms, I've been berated and questioned for trying, and others in my area have been assaulted. Some have been killed for being trans in my area.* I've had to become an activist not out of a sense of purpose or cause, but merely out of self preservation.
I can't be apolitical because who I am is for some reason politically charged. We're not policy that's going to change your life. We're just people all around you who want to live a peaceful life.
I assume all y'all have at least here of transgender people through the news the last few years, but I suggest you actually look at what we actually are.
If anyone has better/more links, please pt them in comment.
http://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-transgender-community
http://www.hrc.org/resources/transgender-faq
A Normal Lost Phone is a very nice small game about gender identity and a trans person. - thanks to oursmenusier
Headspace 2017A short film that glimpse into the trials and tribulations faced by trans folk on a daily basis. - thanks to Orlarte
Tschuess! ✌🏽
Ga for celebrating
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/s6c9K/aviary-attorney
*Where I live it's only a handful a year instead of a handful a month like in other places. It's still way too much, and I'm not gonna talk about the places that are even worse because I can't relate to them really. Just thought I should say because of last time.
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