victor-the-ricther:

gender-queer:

TRIGGER WARNING: CISSEXISM

homemadepepsi:

washingtonpoststyle:

“I’m not transgender. I. Am. A. Boy.”

Meet Tyler.

Photo by Nikki Kahn (The Washington Post)

i cannot abide shit like this. i love children. i work with preschoolers and am in a graduate program to become an elementary school counselor. i really like little kids because they are not as screwed up and self-absorbed as adults. kids need our help and guidance. being entrusted to help a kid grow, whether as a parent or a teacher or a counselor or any other adult influence is a huge responsibility. as adults who are in positions to help kids, we have the obligation to not set them up for a world of hurt and rejection by putting deluded, stereotyped ideas about gender into their heads when they are at a time of such immense and concentrated development that those ideas will stick with them for a lifetime.

no little kid should be this preoccupied with gender, and thinking about SURGERY. these parents sought the easy way out, settling on overly simplistic answers to complicated challenges. “oh, our child is a boy because she says she’s a boy. we have no responsibility to guide her and let her know that she can play with whatever she wants and wear whatever she wants while still being a girl. there’s nothing wrong with her fixation on gender. we’re just going to pander to the ideas of a 5 year old and see how that goes. now grab the hair clippers!”

You’re a cissexist piece of shit. That is a beautiful little boy. You know NOTHING about how that little boy feels. You know NOTHING about how it feels to be a boy, because you aren’t one. Shut the fuck up.

I can’t believe you are going to be working with children. All people, children included, have autonomy. They know themselves and you have NO RIGHT to pass judgement on trans people, or this adorable and self-aware baby boy.

I LOVE how cissexist/homophobic people have this mental image of children as dumb little impressionable dolls with no autonomy or sense of identity beyond what is supposedly fed into them By evil non-hetero/non-cis people who want to corrupt them because …um… reasons !*dun dun dun*
Seriously kids aren’t dumb, they may not know the full works of Shakespeare but they usually have a pretty good idea of who they are when they are allowed to develop naturally instead of being punished for being “different”.
Identity is something that develops as we grow and sometimes changes; the parents have accepted this and said that they will support their child because this is what they need to feel like themselves and be happy at this point .
THIS is what is important more than anything - your child’s HAPPINESS  as a person, not what the neighbors might think . This is what being a good parent is about - Loving and accepting your children and teaching them to do the same. Not Judging them based on your opinions and treating them like shit 

If they even watched the video they would see that the therapist basically tells them to roll with whatever happens. Right now he’s a boy, he may change his mind later on and be more feminine, he might change and be genderqueer but there’s a larger chance that his mind is made up and he is a boy. No amount of coercion is going to change his mind, only he can do that. It’s better to be having these thoughts earlier, because it’s easier to react to their wanting surgery or hormone replacement, so that can get underway before puberty limits their options. Childhood is very much the time when you are preoccupied with gender and all that entails. You’re growing into the person you’re going to be when you reach adulthood and beyond. Be it a girl, boy or inbetween, you form your identity during these years and discover the roles you are comfortable with. 

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5 days ago  /  185 notes  /  Source: washingtonpoststyle

This is what is wrong with the world

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1 week ago  /  30,321 notes

So damn true!!! xD

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1 month ago  /  7,961 notes  /  Source: theamericankid

colorofmagic:

In typography class yesterday my teacher showed us this TED Talk and discussed how doodling is wicked productive, and people can actually learn more if they are allowed to doodle. It’s a really cool concept. And one that is completely untrue for me. I decided to doodle during English class today. I don’t know what the hell happened in class. But I kinda like the doodle. Plus, I know that a lot of people listen better when they doodle. So… doodle on, friends.

2 months ago  /  6 notes  /  Source: colorofmagic

Best advice ever ;)

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2 months ago  /  29,328 notes  /  Source: badasschris