I get violated by the TSA every time I fly, as a trans lady. Consequently, I tend to fly a lot less after coming out. It’s not fun to cry at airports but or to be so publicly violated. Read more

Absolutely nothing. That is correct. Imagine if this model was a real human instead of speculation fodder; you’d feel pretty bad meeting her in real life and calling her “Scarlett!” Read more

Super agree. I guess Luke sees what he wants to see.  Read more

Also I just wanna point out — even if they could track where they were going in hyperspace, all they say is that they can be tracked while in hyperspace, not like they get to see the end destination on the map. I see this more like seeing the car move along its route TO the destination, but not like in Uber, for… Read more

I always see this one like the two keys required for a nuclear launch — perhaps the captain is the only one who has the authority to do this, because in every scene (star wars, star trek) like this, they always tap a bunch of stuff into a keypad really quickly and then assume full control of the ship. Think of it like… Read more

I gotta say, I honestly just wonder when Nintendo is going to fold the 3DS capabilities into the Switch, like a Switch pro, kind of like they recognize that some people want the utility and the mobility that the more powerful hardware offers.

If they DO decide to kill off the 3DS at some point, it seems way more likely… Read more

Thanks for this comment! I struggled with trying to translate the idea of how I feel on a daily basis into something other people can really relate to, and this is the best thing I’ve come up with. Read more

I totally agree, but it looks like the US is a long way off from that. Read more

Hiya!! I’m so sorry to hear people mistreated you, too. <3 Here’s hoping it can get better still, right? Read more

I’ll be honest — I struggled with a lot of the same stuff for a long time before I made the decision to come out. I never cared about my personal appearance, but after coming out, I just take so much pride in my transition that grooming and makeup are like second nature at this point. Read more

Thank you so much for this comment. I was nervous all night about posting such intimate details about my own life, to be frank, so it’s very comforting to hear that it’s not a post that just went out into the internet to die. <3 Read more

I’m not honestly sure what the ratio in the population is, or really why that’s relevant to THIS article.

I also can’t really speak for anyone else’s experience other than my own. I know plenty of FTM transgender folks, though, and I can assure you—they definitely exist. I know that if you’re looking for trans… Read more

Government: Trans people are okay in theory, we’re just not too sure about them yet.
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So. They just need their own time to evaluate things, because they’re just not sure about trans soliders. Read more

But it’s a chain-linked fence and not a solid oak one between the two, so I can see your confusion. Read more

*eyeroll* It’s not about a single actor’s spending, dummy, it’s about the collective spending pipeline and how it needs to dramatically expand. Read more

“Bad union reps” give unions an uphill battle they don’t deserve, and it seems like *everybody’s* got a story about one.

I do, you know? I still agree with unions in principal, but in practice, in a lot of the country unfortunately — mostly because they’ve been so viciously de-fanged — they end up unable to do anything… Read more

My heart breaks because she’s so right to be terrified. Read more

Everything is a parade with 45. Only now are people realizing that we gotta leave the ignorant would-be-emperor standing naked in his invisible clothes. Read more

As evidenced by all the glorious election wins we seem to keep manufacturing as a party, right? Keep dreaming. Read more