friendly reminder that:
- you are not weak if you want meds for your disorder
- you are not weak if you relapse once
- you are not weak if you relapse a thousand times
- you are not weak if some kinds of therapy don’t work for you
- you are not weak if some kinds of meds don’t work for you
- you are not weak if you have a mental disorder.
I would change that to simply “disorder”
I need to be honest. I’ve been lying a lot for the past couple of weeks. I can’t even say how many times I’ve said that I am okay. I’m not. I am not okay. And I just want all of you guys to know that.
My hips are injured very badly again. I can’t really walk and I am in an overwhelming amount of pain. I’m afraid. The last time this happened it was 3 months and the doctors didn’t know what to do.
I just needed to let everyone know. No, I am not okay. Things are really bad right now. If you ask me, I might lie. But the truth is that I am not doing okay and I haven’t been and I’m not sure when I will be.
I’m going to post this everywhere so that people know. I’m very sorry if I lied to you. It’s not that I don’t trust you. It’s that I am scared right now. I’m not doing okay and it might be a little while before I will be.
#EhlersDanlos Awareness Month! This is one of the best explanations I’ve found of my condition! #eds #lupus #marfans #hms #pots #dysautonomia #imsick #chronicillness #spoonie #spoons #awareness
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.
forever shopping at Target
