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  • How gender dysphoria manifests differs from individual to individual, people experience it in different way, particularly in regards to what someone struggles with: Someone may feel more dysphoric in regards to their face; others in regards to their chest;… And yeah, yearning for different genitals is definitely something that meets the criteria for gender dysphoria.

    Does that make you trans, nonbinary, something else? That’s something nobody can tell you, because we do not know how strong your feelings are, how much they define you and what you make out of them. That’s why the trans community usually avoids telling other people if they are trans or not - or deny anyone that label who claims it.

    If you wish to be trans nonbinary, then you are. If you think, these terms do not fit you, then you are not.

    Personally I struggled with similar feelings when I was younger. Fast forward and I am now fully transitioning, because I realized it was “not just that.” I wanted it all. But that’s my way to deal with my feelings. You may chose whatever path suits you and on that path you can try out what this thing or that and cast them off again if they do not feel right. It’s a journey of self-discovery and - for better or worse - it’s all up to you to discover.












  • squirrelto196it's always been a piperule
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    4 days ago

    For those who want some context: Theosophy has always been a huge part of the New Age movement and the founder of Theosophy, Madame Blavatsky, was a white supremacist. She taught her followers about a “Great White Brotherhood” (aka The Masters) who were racially superior to others. She was also convinced of the existence of superior “root races” (one of them being the Aryans) and various “sub-races”…

    Unsurprisingly Theosophy would (for example) merge with the Völkisch movement in Germany (the precursor of the nazi party).

    Theosophy with its belief in a secret underground realms, ancient high cultures, lost continents, superior alien races and so on and so forth, was one of the big influences on the late 20th century New Age movement.









  • Bundesbeamtengesetz § 63

    (1) Beamtinnen und Beamte tragen für die Rechtmäßigkeit ihrer dienstlichen Handlungen die volle persönliche Verantwortung.

    (2) Bedenken gegen die Rechtmäßigkeit dienstlicher Anordnungen haben Beamtinnen und Beamte unverzüglich bei der oder dem unmittelbaren Vorgesetzten geltend zu machen. Wird die Anordnung aufrechterhalten, haben sie sich, wenn ihre Bedenken gegen deren Rechtmäßigkeit fortbestehen, an die nächsthöhere Vorgesetzte oder den nächsthöheren Vorgesetzten zu wenden. Wird die Anordnung bestätigt, müssen die Beamtinnen und Beamten sie ausführen und sind von der eigenen Verantwortung befreit. Dies gilt nicht, wenn das aufgetragene Verhalten die Würde des Menschen verletzt oder strafbar oder ordnungswidrig ist und die Strafbarkeit oder Ordnungswidrigkeit für die Beamtinnen und Beamten erkennbar ist. Die Bestätigung hat auf Verlangen schriftlich zu erfolgen.










  • squirrelOPtoTrans MemesWhy It Sucks to Be Transgender
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    16 days ago

    I don’t know where I heard this, but it’s a lesson I have taken in: Nature does not strive for perfection, all it requires is a “good enough”.

    And that may very well be one of the reasons why so many people (the worst kind of atheists and christian supremacists among them) are challenged by the existence of queer people: They consider humans to be the pinnacle of creation/evolution and the messy reality of queer people’s existence undermines the core of their beliefs. Yet humans are flawed, inherently messy creatures and in that messiness grow strange, often beautiful flowers.





  • squirrelOPMtoGhaziDon’t Expect Art To Save Us
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    26 days ago

    No, I agree with you. The biggest amount of work in regards to fighting climate crisis, fascism and creating resilient social structures is done on the fringes of society and hence rarely mentioned outside equally fringe publications. While people can learn a lot by joining solidarity networks, their work is often (in my experience) scrappy and inconsistent, because even they are lacking knowledge. Besides the need to balance their own interests with the demands of the capitalist society around them.

    I see a big potential for art in that space: Spreading knowledge and positives visions of a livable future without being overly dry and preachy. The Solarpunk genre serves this purpose to a certain degree, but - I think - it isn’t hard to introduce similar concepts into other genres, if done with respect, conviction and a basic curiosity to learn from others.





  • squirreltono context@lemmy.worldPIC
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    What I find interesting in this picture: Women freaking out to music in public was still such a rare occurrence at the time that the women in the back really don’t know how to handle it. By now it has been normalized so much, nobody considers it particularly noteworthy. And the world is better for it.