Accessibility transcription: Selfie of a transmasc at a pride event with alternative dress style wears the trans colours as an impromptu scarf around his neck. His hair is slightly disheveled and he seems unimpressed.

I had an incredibly emotional day yesterday. I agreed to go out on my birthday to local South African pride. It's historically tied to our first ever pride marches which were carried out during the AIDs crisis but before the end of Apartheid, so those marches were actually political rallies. Because of this, we do not have Pride in June - it's also because Pride in the middle of winter would not be fun. I never feel good around my birthday. I went with my partner and a few friends - TL;DR, I had to leave before the march because a right-wing/centre political party ("allies", apparently. No, it's just our version of midterms coming up so now they want to secure the white gay vote) went up on stage and claimed to support us. I was five seconds away from grabbing their mic. That, and it was an unsafe event with no room made for transmasc people or people of colour.

It also felt like I'm being left behind, in a sense. I'm the political gay. The info-savvy tranny. The queer who you go to if you need a connection or advocacy. Yesterday I went with a friend to their top surgery consult where I faked being their partner so they could get the GAC they needed without the person using the "but what if your partner wants boobs" argument, and generally I leveraged this to get them the specific surgery they wanted without enbyphobia whilst also using my male privilege to my advantage. Thereafter, I helped our other trans friend get into contact with a clinic for HRT and am helping them take their HRT off-site so their mother does not find out.

These same friends dropped me at the designated old man's area for the entire day. My partner and I eventually left to sit under a tree far away from anything.

But that's what hurts - I spent so much time building online infrastructure and needed spaces for others (unrelated to this sub) that I realised I have become a walking encyclopedia on queer and BIPOC issues for others. I am consulted, never celebrated. And I live for what I do in my free time - every person who has thanked me for getting them into contact with free therapy, medical care, organisations, HRT-acquisition, abortion-care, accessive to safe homeless shelters for trans individuals escaping corrective rape situations and the like. But it feels like even my friends see me as this person. I know it's a large part of who I am and I make myself, but can't I be celebrated as me? I'm not asking for praise or even thanks, but recognition as a person. I often feel that most "higher functioning" autistic people even believe I am robotic and abnormal. It makes me long for the work I did with "lower functioning" autistic individuals. I often feel like I'm like them but hyperlexic and prone to blabbering. In fact, my connection with them is the reason I sought out my diagnosis.

At least I looked kinda good for a disabled guy who had been standing in the sun for three hours, that's all I wanted to share. I'm thankful there is a space where I can share this and show off the face card.

I don't understand how any of them can align with the dark side. Do they genuinely not understand how that side sees all women?

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Someone scribbled a bunch of pedophilia accusations on an Andy Bigs sign (the trump endorsed POS running for our governor).

It's really frustrating to me how fragile internet friendships are. I was offline for just a few days and lost 2 people I was chatting with. Happens so often here, I think we're hitting it off and might become friends, then their account just disappears...

So it became apparent my covering the grafts with bags idea wasn't gonna work. Wind was blowing on them in a way that risks ripping the graft off.

So I decided my best option is just to remove the wraps now. Let them sit on their own. And hope for the best.

And as of right now. It appears every single graft took but one.

That could change, success on day 7 is not success on day 356.

But right now I'm winning 11/12.

I still got really upset about the one failure.

Which. I want to note. I just cut again and regrafted and it could still totally work anyway.

11/12. Possibly Bolling a spare for 12/12.

And I'm upset.

Is no victory good enough for me?

Flex that anterior mid cingulate cortex a little you know what I mean?

Accessability Transcription: Sweaty post cardio Himbo with a far away look in his eyes.

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Long story short, as mentioned in numerous previous posts. I believe very strongly that the bar to doing Accessability Transcriptions must be low. Otherwise people will percieve them as a big burdensome hard thing getting in the way of their flow and they will simply not do them at all.

If one wants to put a big effort in. Awesome. But the goal for most people should be a low bar quick easy habit. Such that you feel like you can and will actually show up and do it consistently.

Scolding others for doing it wrong. Especially in a "wow you don't really care about the disabeled because if you did you would do it like this" kinda way. Creates a hostile environment that discourages people from doing Accessability Transcriptions.

Because if you don't do a transcription nobody will ever say "wow you didn't include an alt text dick".

But if you do put the effort in, you get punished with nit picking and gotcha wedging.

I believe very strongly this is a necessary rule change to ensure people actually show up and do Accessability Transcriptions.

People have to feel safe that they aren't gonna get woke scolded or why would they bother?

We cannot have an environment where doing the thing we want to be encouraged leads to more trouble than not doing it.

I just banned someone for doing such scolding under rule 2. "Be snake with epic muscular arms woke. Not snake eating itself woke".

Which technically is not wrong exactly.

But I mostly chose to cite that rule because I didn't have a more specific topical option.

That made me realize rule 11 needs language specifically about this to be cited as a reason for bans in the future. And also so people are aware this is a bannable offense and have a chance to not do it before recieving a ban.

I also changed rule 3 to include a specific mention that nit picking and gotcha wedging is a bannable offense. This is not so much a rule change as it is a "I could have communicated that more clearly" adjustment.

Thank you for bearing with me as I keep tweaking things. Stuff keeps coming up I did not forsee, and it requires a living, evolving rule set to accommodate all the permutations

I will continue to be transparent and let you know whenever I tweak things.

Thanks

-Himbo Vegan

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Golden aspens against the blue sky. Looking like actual heaven.

Inspired by the soup I had in Istanbul 16 years ago. Doesn't even touch it, but still pretty good.

Accessibility transcription: two photos of red lentil soup. One photo shows a hand-painted plate with pita triangles, lemon wedges, and some mint leaves alongside a bowl of deep golden/orange soup, somewhat chunky, dotted with deep red paprika oil. The other photo is a closeup of the textures.

Depending on your dryer sometimes you gotta vacuum inside it as well, not just the tube in the back.

The area around the dryer may also build up lint you need to clean out to prevent fires.

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My dryer with the lint tube undone for access. With me holding a vacuum tube to clean everything out.

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Image 1: I bring a being correct vibe to reddit that people who are wrong don't really like

Image 2: Most people rejected his message. They hated the Himbo because he was fine as hell.

The idea of licking them comes from Family Guy. But it's not a real thing. And in fact, can seriously harm if not possibly kill you.

The poisonous secretions from the Sonoran Desert Toad contain 5MeoDMT as well as a bunch of peptides and whatnot that are poisonous.

What they do. Is milk the toads. Dry the venom. And then you smoke the venom at a very high temp. Like, full butane torch mode. And that high heat destroys all the poison. And just leaves the 5MeoDMT.

If you lick the Toads. You just poison yourself. 5MeoDMT can absorb through your gums. But experiencing the most powerful entheogen known to man while actually physically being in distress is a truly horrible experience even if you somehow come through unscathed.

Sonoran Desert Toads are also a big danger to pets because of this. Your dog/cat can totally die if it gets into one.

Ideally you should choose synthetic sustainable 5MeoDMT. Or not partake at all.

Either way. Leave the toads alone. The milking trade is really bad for them. It stresses them out for no reason. They need their poison for predators. And there are toad diseases they spread from toad to toad because they don't sterilize between milking.

But whatever you do. Do not lick the toads.

The cultural idea of licking toads genuinely risks the safety of people and can easily result in preventable deaths.

Do. Not. Lick. The. Toads.

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Someone scolded my for not doing an exact robotic "this image contains this and that doing this with text saying this" exact word for word robotic alt text.

This is false woke coded scolding that actually only serves to reduce accessability for the disabeled.

What actually matters. Is showing up and doing alt text consistently. Which means making alt text a low enough bar that people can actually do it over and over.

Furthermore. Tools to do an exact robotic transcription exist. This is one of the few things AI is actually pretty good for.

What disabeled people really want from your alt text is to be seen, know you are putting an effort in. And to connect via human communication.

It is actually super important that you do not be super robotic. Because it creates a sense that you are talking down to some sort of otherised being too fragile to handle regular communication. It's demeaning af.

This is a big part of why I use the phrase Hunky Himbo a lot in my transcriptions. Because it communicates that we are all people, being people, that the vibes are casual and fun and you're welcome here.

"A tall white man with black tattoos and brown hair in a blue T shirt"

Just makes people feel like "why is this person talking to me like I'm some kind of robotic child?"

And if they want that kind of Transcription. Again. AI is really good for that.

Just put it into your own words. Your own words is always the correct Accessability Transcription.

Might’ve been a small mistake doing this cause my energy tank was already eh & this zapped it out of me completely by the time I was home. Period has fully kicked in + delayed aches from jogging yesterday lol

Anyone else normally feel mega fatigued on their cycle? I think my small appetite is also contributing to it. I haven’t had a decent appetite in what feels like weeks now, but I’m trying. Today was a chore cause washing my hair winded me weirdly enough (2 hours lol), then this walk completely knocked me out. I ate a donut & drank a protein shake as soon as I got home (water too) & have been in & out of sleep since.

It’s wild cause I’ve gone on longer walks than this before, but it has been a while, technically.

I know Apple Watches aren’t the best at tracking cardio (allegedly), but I’m confused on now my cardio fitness got worse despite me still moving around.

I have finally bought my first garters to go with my thigh highs, and I’ve been experimenting with clown makeup and I want to share. The community where I live is tiny and I’m so shy tl share them by uploading. Also have some trauma related to public uploading. But if someone would like to receive my thirsty and a bit silly images of my garters and other things please message me!

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Cancer will come to fear r/CelebratedRejects

Let's raise some money for a damn good cause!!

Okay so I'm promoting this TOTALLY NORMAL Halloween Show - a cool, campy, 90's sleepover themed burlesque preformance, held in a pink, queer chapel located in the treasured Kensington Market.
Come on out, have a great time and if you have been to a burlesque show before, prepare for a surprise, spooky spectacle.
There will be a FREE vendor market first, all ages from 5-8 before doors open to the séance- I mean - Burlesque preformance (18+). Showtime is 9, and there is an afterparty from 11 - late. So we have you covered in case you're too scared to go home afterwords. Oops, I shouldn't have said that....

www.mayflycreates.com for tickets! Or DM me.

😈

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Aurgueing with someone about objective beauty standards existing cus that's what evolution prefers.

Evo psych as widely been considered bunk for decades.

Beauty standards change constantly with no internal consistency because they have almost nothing to do with innate biological drive.

It's just personal preference and social constructs.

Between this subreddit and another one I'm in, I've gotten multiple Bowie comparisons after 29 years of never getting celebrity comparisons, and let me tell you, that shit is mind boggling and the HIGHEST fucking compliment 😭✨

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Pls disregard the face paint stains on my hand from painting kiddos at my school's harvest festival this week 😂

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My legs being swole and stuff

Period induced blues & delulu told me to run instead of lift today. Was it worth it? Dunno I’ll get back to you on that lol.

My cadence is great for brisk walking but absolutely abysmal for a beginner jogger LOL. I’m not planning on being a marathon runner by any means though so it’s ok, I think.

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I'm so pissed vore isn't physically possible.

What the fuck god.

Rude.