it’s uncomfortably easy to focus on your own country’s needs, considering just how many people are affected in the united states.

donating to american - based transgender visibility funds is excellent, but there are international missions to contribute towards as well ! 

SAHODARI — established in 2007, aimed toward supporting the education and legal welfare of transgender ( and intersex ) youths in india.  

GENDERDYNAMIX — a cape town, south african transgender human rights program. established in 2005. their work spans the support of trans education and the means for allies to educate themselves. 

GENRES PLURIELS — a belgian trans, fluid, and intersex advocacy group established in 2007. it’s aim is organizing high - visibility activities within the public to spread awareness of harmful medical, psychological, and social practices upon trans, fluid, and intersex people. 

TGEU — transgender europe is a broad hub for european transgender activism. it was established in 2005, and as of 2016, connects supporters in 42 countries. 

Here’s  a  list  of  some  other  trans  /  nb  people  besides  me  who  y’all  could  donate  to  if  you  have  some  extra  bucks  to  spare:

Makoto,  Rome,  Somewhat,  Rocky,  Pascal,  Silas,  Bibi,  Neo,  Luker

anyway so i’ve been on this site for over 5 years now, and never felt the need or desire to come out on tumblr. only 3 people on tumblr know, 3 people i trust deeply too, and it wasn’t shared haphazardly. even then, i’ve really never had someone i felt comfortable discussing it all with, or that i felt could appreciate what i was saying, and that was a bit discouraging. it’s one thing to accept me, and quite another to ignore me being trans. i don’t wanna be ignored anymore. so i thought today would be a good day because first, i’ve just scheduled my top surgery, and second, i think that while i’ve been talking on black issues with people, there’s another facet to the conversation i’ve had to weed out, and it’s been dfficult. so i really decided that a) if someone dont like it i dont care and b) for the people like me, i want yall to know you aint alone, there’s a light at the end of this long ass tunnel, and you WILL get where you wanna go. i’m a black trans male. i’ve been transitioning medically for almost 2 years. i started hrt in sept. of 2016, and it’s been a rocky road. but i had a family that was at the very least respectful and accepting if not completely supportive at times, so i’m a lucky one, and i know that. but either way, it’s rough. im payin out of pocket for this surgery, 3 years of savings all gone at once, but i know it’ll be worth it so there’s that. and i know i’ll be okay after, you know. i know that in the end, there are things more important, and the sooner i’m comfortable with myself, the sooner i can do more for those who are still trying to make it there. anyway there you have it.

HAPPY TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY !

anyway so i’ve been on this site for over 5 years now, and never felt the need or desire to come out on tumblr. only 3 people on tumblr know, 3 people i trust deeply too, and it wasn’t shared haphazardly. even then, i’ve really never had someone i felt comfortable discussing it all with, or that i felt could appreciate what i was saying, and that was a bit discouraging. it’s one thing to accept me, and quite another to ignore me being trans. i don’t wanna be ignored anymore. so i thought today would be a good day because first, i’ve just scheduled my top surgery, and second, i think that while i’ve been talking on black issues with people, there’s another facet to the conversation i’ve had to weed out, and it’s been dfficult. so i really decided that a) if someone dont like it i dont care and b) for the people like me, i want yall to know you aint alone, there’s a light at the end of this long ass tunnel, and you WILL get where you wanna go. i’m a black trans male. i’ve been transitioning medically for almost 2 years. i started hrt in sept. of 2016, and it’s been a rocky road. but i had a family that was at the very least respectful and accepting if not completely supportive at times, so i’m a lucky one, and i know that. but either way, it’s rough. im payin out of pocket for this surgery, 3 years of savings all gone at once, but i know it’ll be worth it so there’s that. and i know i’ll be okay after, you know. i know that in the end, there are things more important, and the sooner i’m comfortable with myself, the sooner i can do more for those who are still trying to make it there. anyway there you have it.

HAPPY TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY !

When black people are discussing or posting about issues that are a direct result of racism, there is very little in way of helpful commentary that non black people can add. Reinforcing how you feel about the issue and how harmful it is is fine, but when you start trying to whitesplain our own issues to us it’s extremely inappropriate. There’s literally nothing you can add to the conversation that we don’t know so your ‘insight’ is often you trying to speak over black folks or trying to earn your ‘certified woke non-black person’ card. We can see right through it and you’re not slick.

When black folks are discussing things that are prominent in our culture (from as big to how black people tend to raise children or as little as a meme about funny things that black hairdressers say) it’s inappropriate to chime in with “BUT MY FAMILY DID THIS TOO AND WE’RE NOT BLACK” or “uhm sweaty everybody does this” like bruh literally nobody cares. NOBODY. Let us have our space to laugh about how we don’t use measuring cups and save every plastic bag we use.

The next worse thing you can do is talk about the issue as if it’s not a race issue to avoid leaving your lane but still feel justified in writing a miniature essay about it. And while I’m at it, I just want to say that the black delegation does not give a hot shit if you 'can’t believe this is still happening today’ or 'you would never do something like that’- like ok we get it you’re a certified 'woke yt’ and we still don’t care.

Honestly, some discussions just don’t need your commentary. And I know someone is going to have an issue because y'all were coddled as children into thinking that everyone is entitled to an opinion but honestly it’s not true. So I won’t make this public because I’m really not in the mood. Just know that your 2 cents are worth less than that in certain spaces and sometimes it’s best to shut up and let us have space to exist. - Artemis Todd

i haven’t been on this blog because it’s exhaustion i cannot handle but imma just say this on some real shit. i keep quiet about a lot of shit on this website. i keep my circles small and dont really venture out of it. i’ll have conversations where i feel them worth my time, and i’ll block / unfollow otherwise because i deal with enough as it is out here without worrying about these ignorant ass lil kids in here speaking on shit they know not a thing about. now, the good news is that for the most part, i’ve managed to avoid the worst shit people on this site have done but hear me out. especially NON-BLACK POC hear me out. 

first off, don’t try using that POC card with me. people always wondered why i had an issue with the term and it should be easy to figure out now. i was raised by my mexican side of the family. i know how non - black poc can be. they loved me to death, but they hated THEY HATED THEY HATED MY BLACKNESS. they hated it. they still hate it. to this day, they still don’t want my little mexican cousins dating black boys or making black kids. to this day !! and dont care how i feel about it !  im 26 !! now imagine when my mom came home with my black dad and a black baby in her stomach. what you think was the first suggestion? from my nana, a woman who practically raised me was willing to never see me born for what i was ! for what i couldn’t control ! they hated my blackness so much they wanted to stomp it out. i hated myself and my blackness for most of my life, and my dad wasn’t there to tell me it was okay to not hate it. that i could love myself. and so dont expect me to just take your “oh im POC i cant hate black people” at face value because i know for a mufuckin fact that dont mean shit. if anything, it’s more fucking dangerous. 

so anyway don’t pull that shit with me. you may be able to pull that shit in your IMs and private chats and use “ POC ” and say you’re including black people, but i know you not most of the time. there’s a reason i don’t say much on tumblr, and it’s because i don’t TRUST y’all. when you advocate, you use blanket terms and beat around bushes and pick and choose what battles you down for, and it’s tired. it’s tired, and it’s disgusting? who you tryna fool? i’m a black man in america, i don’t trust just anyone who puts “ally” on their resume. you earn that shit, and right now, you ain’t earning it from us. which is funny because my next point is this:

i see my people out here going to war for yall. lgbt people, jewish people, latinx people, etc. and i’ve personally seen / experienced antiblack shit from each of these groups despite being part of a few myself. but i see black people out here risking their mental health, their energy, their comfort for yall, and then when we need help, you wanna play that “thoughts and prayers” shit then move on because it don’t affect you? naw, i’ve been known that tumblr is full of performative allyship. i know half yall just dont wanna get caught in the crosshairs ( metaphor, y’all, im not threatening you ) and you are so outspoken and bold and flamboyant about the shit that it comes off fake half the fucking time anyway. none of it sincere, so now i never trusted most of yall. i’ve probably unfollowed more of the fake shit than any actual problematic people because that’s who i find on my dash more somehow. it’s easier to avoid the racists / sexists / homophobes / transphobes etc. than it is to avoid you fake ass allies ! what do that tell you? 

look, you wanna show up? show up. step the fuck up. i ain’t sayin we dont need the help. have conversations. call your people out. google some shit. educate YOURSELF like black people had to all those years we weren’t given the privilege. don’t make your daily tumblr advocate obligatory psa then move on. because we out here puttin in work for yall and you wanna act like when we turn around asking for respect, we puttin you outta house and home. let me tell you this. if you have the luxury of smothering out black people until you need them to come bat for you, you have no idea what it’s like to be truly helpless. and one day, we gon stop coming. one day, we not gon be there to hold you up. so think about that the next time someone comes for us, and you wanna watch from the sidelines until the fight’s over and all you gotta do is like a post or reblog the shit.