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I am shy and geeky and shortsighted and tall and not-quite-skinny-enough.
I pretend that I’m happy whilst at the same time nurturing my Issues so they become big and strong.
I was going to title this ‘Who am I’ but I’m not going to tell you that.
* My photos
* My ramblings
* My band (Free EP download!)
* Ask me things. Go on, I'll be nice :-)
I pretend that I’m happy whilst at the same time nurturing my Issues so they become big and strong.
I was going to title this ‘Who am I’ but I’m not going to tell you that.
* My photos
* My ramblings
* My band (Free EP download!)
* Ask me things. Go on, I'll be nice :-)
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By the end of the year, I will actually have been to four weddings and a funeral during 2013.
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I seem to be going through a really destructive, self-hating phase at the moment. I don’t really know why. It’s really not fun.
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Sometimes everything just feels wrong, regardless of all the good things that are happening. And then the wrongness just compounds itself because there’s nothing to feel wrong about, so it’s wrong to feel wrong, and then you feel worse because you should be fine and you’re not and you can’t explain it to anyone and they’re trying to understand but they can’t, because you don’t understand, so how can you possibly explain it to anyone else?
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Prediction: Nadine Dorries will publicly defect to UKIP, saying Cameron has lost his way and she can no longer in her heart stay with the Conservative Party under his rule. She’ll say UKIP are standing up for real Conservative values. And Nigel Farage will cream his pants.
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It probably shouldn’t, but it does tickle me slightly that I can follow the status of Dan’s divorce on the internet. It’s a little bit like ordering a pizza.
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People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.
I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.
A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?
It is a big deal because i’m a transman.
It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.
Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.
At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.
At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.
TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.
Target has had its share of problems, but their willingness to hire LGBT folks has always impressed me. I live in an area with a large LGBT community - all four of the letters well-represented. And the staff at my local Target reflects that. It’s so nice and sadly unexpected to see large companies stepping up like that.
Wow, go Target. That’s really awesome.
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Don’t tell us that it’s impossible and that there is no budget for glitter. Give us a wheel to reinvent. … We are more than the sum of our parts. We get presidents elected.
Wonderful manifesto for the creative class, a term coined by Richard Florida in his 2002 modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class. Second only to the cinematic Holstee LifeCycle manifesto.
Pair with 5 manifestos for the creative life.
Amen.
This. Watch this.
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My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack” is out now. Details are here.
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