Quinn, they/them. I do RQG and shenanigans. And I write sometimes. [Icon ID: A photo of a palomino horse and rider standing in the middle of a grassy field. The rider is a thin white person, and is almost completely covered by a progress pride flag wrapped around their shoulders and draped down the side. They're looking at the camera and smiling. End ID] [Header ID: a photo of two horses running towards the camera in a field. The horse on the left is a palomino and is looking directly at the camera. The horse on the right is a chestnut and is looking at the palomino. End ID]
If you’ve got 5 minutes to spare, could I interest you in a short survey about titles? Everyone of any age, gender or location is invited, and it’s open until at least Monday 14th August 2023.
gender and sexuality is a fickle thing. sometimes two gay cisgender men will be dating for decades and one of them will turn out to be a transgender woman. a lot of times that won’t work out but sometimes it will. her partner may still choose to identify as gay. She might even identify as gay, and they continue to be happily in love. Queer politics isn’t going to get any better if you don’t accept that situations like that happen every day.
[ID: Three paintings of cats with video game controllers. In the first, a chubby white and brown cat lies on its back with the controller on its chest and an open bag of Fritos under its armpit. In the second, an orange cat lies with its head and paw resting on the controller, a human-sized set of over-ear headphones on its head. In the third, a small tuxedo cat splays on its back with its hind feet sticking up and its front feet resting on a controller on its chest. End ID]
[id: a tweet by Redda (@fragoles) reading “ok ok just had a talk with my bf where I was like ‘sometimes I get so excited while reading my eyes… skip over entire paragraphs? n then I have to like force myself to stop reading and go back to read the parts I missed’ n he was like (caps) ‘no one does that’ (/caps) pls tell me I’m not alone”. end id]
It’s been a while… my new job has been a lot to get used to, so I haven’t really been able to finish any pieces recently, but here is this. I’ve been meaning to catalogue my gratitude for my low-dose T. Before I went on hormones, I had been fighting my body in the background for so long without noticing, and T made me realize it only after it stopped really being a problem.
And while I am not transmasc, of course people who are transmasc can (and likely will) relate to this! I added that second panel because I want people to stop calling me or my experiences transmasc in my notes when it is incorrect and makes me uncomfortable. Thank you.
ID below thanks to @/rjalker!
[ID: A comic done in mostly black and white, titled, “A Love Letter To What Testosterone Has Given Me” with four hears in the colors of the nonbinary flag, yellow, white, purple, and black, lined up vertically next to it.
The panel next to the title reads, “A note: I am nonbinary, genderqueer, & maverique. I do not identify as transmasc or relate to transmasc experinces. Please don’t refer to me as such!”
The five remaining panels are the comic itself:
The first panel shows a drawing of a person mostly offscreen, black shirt, dark hair, sideburns, and glasses just visible, and reads, “To the sideburns I knew I wanted since I was 14.”
The second panel continues, “To the arm hair I never knew I needed”, showing a light arm with dark hairs on it.
The third panel continues, “To the broader shoulders”, showing a bare-chested person from behind with arms partly lifted.
The fourth panel continues, “& thin mustache”, showing a smiling person’s lower jaw and neck, covered with sparse hairs.
The fifth panel concludes, “& to the realization that people don’t have to spend their lives fighting their body for peace.”, and shows a person wearing boxers and a bra, with hair legs, arms, and belly, one hand on hip and looking with a small smile towards the camera. At the bottom are two small trans and nonbinary flags.
[ID 1: A photo of a horse that’s been heavily edited so he looks extremely fat, with an unrealistic body shape and tiny snout. There is text that reads, “welcome to horse hursday”
2: The same picture, except now the rainbow flag is over it and the text reads “welcome to GAY horse hursday”. End ID]
[ begin id: a digital drawing of a small black and white, horned cow sitting in a bunch of tall white and pink flowers. Leaves around the cow and flowers are various shades of green. The background is cream. / end id ]
