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heavyweightheart:

i mean, big surprise, food insecurity correlates with disorder around eating & the body. so all these poor ppl are suffering not only from food deprivation and the absolute havoc that causes in the body and brain, but also from one of the deadliest and most life-controlling mental illnesses, which diagnosis has never been permitted them bc it’s only seen as affecting affluent white girls. eating disorder treatment is some of the most expensive in all of mental health… how does a mother who can’t feed her kids get help? is any relief available to people if they continue in poverty, even if treatment were accessible? these questions are almost nonsensical bc poor ppl are so thoroughly barred from the multifaceted help that is needed to recover from disorder. material security is the most basic requirement. but that’s a long term goal… what can we do in the meantime? how do we bring eating disorder informed practice to community mental health care, for the people who need it most?

sinidentidades-blog:

People starving when tons of unsold food is thrown away globally because people couldn’t afford to purchase the food, that’s violence. 

People dying and going bankrupt to pay for their healthcare, that’s violence. 

People being evicted from their homes when there are more houses than there are houseless people, that’s violence.

Food insecurity and eating disorder pathology

heavyweightheart:

Consistent with hypotheses, participants with the highest level of food insecurity (i.e., adults who reported having hungry children in their household) also endorsed significantly higher levels of binge eating, overall ED pathology, any‐reason dietary restraint, weight self‐stigma, and worry compared to participants with lower levels of food insecurity. Contrary to hypotheses, compensatory behaviors also increased as level of food insecurity worsened. Overall, 17% of those in the child hunger food insecurity group reported clinically significant ED pathology.

This is incredible–the first study of its kind, looking at disordered eating behaviors, internalized weight stigma, and levels of worry in people experiencing food insecurity. These figures are very high as compared w the general population. The final Discussion section is so worth reading; they touch briefly on the question of how to make ED-competent care available to poor people, which is THE question for me. It starts with identifying the problem, and this study is a significant step in the right direction.

Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Far-Right Elected into Historic Queer Organization

makingqueerhistory:

“We’ll make her understand clearly that she’s in the wrong place and she lacks the expertise. With her pseudoscientific theses, she is unqualified for this office. We will see that we continue to support the purpose of the foundation and concentrate less on provocation.”

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Source: makingqueerhistory.com

datgenderqueerboi:

I had a top surgery timeline posted here with one pre-op picture for comparison and then a picture of my newly flat chest every few months post-op to show my healing. I also had a before/after picture of my areola resizing.

And they were flagged as “adult content” so I appealed because @staff said “exposed female-presenting nipples in connection with […] health-related situations, such as post-mastectomy or gender confirmation surgery” would still be allowed.

And they denied my appeal, saying it contains sensitive content- even though it’s a health-related situation such as post-mastectomy or gender confirmation surgery.

Their post says “Starting on December 17, 2018, any post(s) that have been flagged will be reverted to a private setting viewable only by you.” I knew this hellsite was going to take away our transitioning resources, and here we are. 

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An email sent to me that reads: “We took another look at https://datgenderqueerboi.tumblr.com/post/171331611684/i-am-documenting-my-top-surgery-recovery-process and found that it does, indeed, contain sensitive content—which means it’ll stay hidden from minors and people who are using Tumblr in Safe Mode. Anyone who isn’t using Safe Mode can still see it just fine.” 

Another email reads: We took another look at https://datgenderqueerboi.tumblr.com/post/176071439164/im-9-months-post-op-from-inverted-t-incision-top and found that it does, indeed, contain sensitive content—which means it’ll stay hidden from minors and people who are using Tumblr in Safe Mode. Anyone who isn’t using Safe Mode can still see it just fine. /End ID.”

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profeminist:

UPDATE TO TRANSGENDER STYLE GUIDE: AVOIDING INVALIDATING LANGUAGE TRAPS

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Title: The Radical Copyeditor’s Style Guide for Writing About Transgender People: 2.8-2.11: Avoiding Invalidating Language Traps

Speech bubbles contrast the following phrases under the headings “Invalidating language” versus “Validating language”: “Women and trans women” versus “Cis and trans women”; “Students who consider themselves ‘non-binary'” versus “Non-binary students”; “Zed, who identifies as agender” versus “Zed is agender”; “her secret was exposed” versus “her history was publicized”; “closeted,” “stealth,” and “passes” versus “private” and “nondisclosure”; and “an out trans man” versus “openly trans” and “public.”

earthhboyy:

earthhboyy:

Also on other trans realted issues

I’ve heard that i should get a hysto after a year or 2 on T but i also have seen guys online 7+ years that haven’t had issues and had to get it removed. So I thought eh it’ll probably be okay and we’ll worry about it if it becomes something to worry about… Well it’s something to worry about for me. I’ve been in a great amount of pain for about a year and ofc didn’t want to see a doctor about it bc i knew it would be like a “women’s health” type doctor. I finally went and it was a Women’s health doctor and it was very uncomfortable. But besides that, I found out i do have to have surgery. I got an ultrasound and basically 1 of my ovaries has destroyed itself and we can’t even really find it on ultrasound (looked like a deflated alien balloon) and the other has some questionable things going on with it. I got some medicine to try to help ease it and control my hormones (basically my hormones have been fighting each other and in turn destroying my body inside). I got a 3 month script and in the meantime supposed to be trying to get things situated to have surgery.. Which is incredibly expensive and I’m currently lucky if i can afford food. Ive been under a lot of stress and i hate to even do this but if anyone at all would be able to chip in, message me for my paypal info. Anything is appreciated. Much love, Kayden.

https://www.paypal.me/kaydenreece96

vivichip:

klapollo:

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love these definitely in-good-faith questions being asked by these and 500 other news outlets for reasons that have nothing to do with stoking the public’s hatred for trans and gnc people for social media traffic

This is exactly what I’m saying. I can assure you, like 15-16 people worldwide out of 7 billion are upset with Santa’s gender identity. News outlets just love to use articles like these in order to make the comments bicker about how transgender people are out of their mind and post impact bold font memes from 2008 about identifying as a sofa.

doodlingbookworm:

kayrowhitesyrup:

whatsnew-lgbtq:

fallingstars5683:

whatsnew-lgbtq:

whatsnew-lgbtq:

Not to get controversial or anything but can we stop with making fun of women being abused by their husbands and playing it off as ‘straight culture’

I lost 10 followers for saying we shouldnt make fun of domestic abuse victims.

can we also please stop making fun of men being abused by their wives thanks

Good addition

Can we also stop acting that domestic abuse is just a “straight” thing?

It’s literally teaching our baby gays that any same sex relationship their going into is safe and they don’t need to be worried about being abused and controlled.

Another good addition

patrexes:

patrexes:

happy international day to end violence against sex workers this evening i went to a vigil and then talked about the inclusion of disabled sex workers in activism and i started that conversation with “hey, i’m avia, and i’m gonna keep this short and sweet because i have to go suck a dick in the alley in ten minutes”

if you were unable to attend a vigil or protest today, here are some things you can do:

  • find a local harm reduction & decriminalization outreach center in your area and donate to or volunteer for them! nswp should be a good place to start for those resources
  • donate to a local bail bond fund and/or the commissary funds of incarcerated sex workers! swop behind bars would be a good place to start there
  • donate to individual sex workers important to you in some way! i’d personally prefer you fund someone’s commissary than send me money, but if you wanna do both my ko-fi is here
  • call +1 (615) 741-2001 to demand gov. bill haslam afford cyntoia brown clemency. #freecyntoiabrown
  • start pen-palling with or even just writing holiday cards to incarcerated sex workers! swop behind bars is, again, a great resource to start with for that
  • push your local lgbt+, queer, anti-racism, anti-classism, and anti-ableism organizations to fight for sex workers rights, decriminalization, and prison abolition! this is a fight that affects all of us, and pretending whorephobia isn’t a You Problem™ harms everyone