shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

I’m not a transmedicalist I don’t care if you change your body I’m a trans solidarityist if you’re actively anti-trans and perpetuating transphobia then I don’t care if you yourself are also trans I won’t claim you. I’m saying choose a side. Similar to how I don’t care if a log cabin republican is gay. Like sure whatever maybe you’re sucking cock but I wouldn’t say you’re in our community or a part of it right? I couldn’t claim you. You clearly didn’t choose us so I won’t choose you.

And if you think I’m talking about you then like ask yourself if you are “a transphobe with no trans friends who does not side with trans rights and actively attacks us” because if that’s not you then I don’t think my stance is as invalidating as you think it is. Like if you’re not Cathy Brennan or her liberal counterpart then it’s not about you and you should ask yourself why you think you have more in common with Cathy Brennan than a transsexual


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in reply to @shel's post:

In re the gay comment there, this is one of the reasons I think gay as an identity (as opposed to homosexual, the literal description of being attracted to the same sex) functions closer to a gender than a sexuality

Nobody has actually said anything anywhere that I can see it. but also I have pretty exclusively used the word "transsexual" in my bios on all social media to describe myself for years I'm not a transmed like other people can be trans too but it is not new information that I identify as transsexual it's not a joke in my bio I identify as a transsexual woman and I have for like 6+ years.

boy do i feel this right now after gettin' punched in the guts by an acquaintance going full transmed and being reactionary about it earlier this week aha

glad she picked her side i guess