Chel 🏳️‍⚧️

Utah just banned police from forcing rape victims to take lie-detector tests before they're allowed to report an assault. One victim "failed" a polygraph, and officers dropped the case-letting her rapist walk free, where he went on to assault more women for two more years.

A limited series about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein is in the works with Laura Dern set to star.

What thing was ruined because it turned into a rich person's hobby?

I’m getting exhausted, so I’m just going to rip the band-aid off here. I have zero interest anymore in being a trans rights activist. It’s become clear to me in the past week that I was nothing more than a mouthpiece and a convenient human shield for many of you to avoid harassment from transphobes and terfs. The moment that I showed who I am on a personal level, not as an activist. Many have abandoned me, have sought to harass me, and have excommunicated me. All because of "the company that I keep." I’m a binary person. I am an early onset dysphoric transsexual, Type VI if that even matters. I believe in assimilation. I have held these feelings and beliefs throughout the entire 15 years since I started my transition. Yet, I still advocated for the rights of all under the transgender umbrella. And by advocate, I mean I did real work. I didn’t just play on social media all day. I lobbied politicians, I lobbied healthcare CEOs, I wrote op-eds, I gave college lectures, I did Q&As, I helped people get on hormones, I helped people DIY HRT, I’ve organized protests, I made connections to academics, to journalists, to medical professionals. All in the name of bodily autonomy and freedom for everyone under the trans umbrella. I’ve done my time as a trans rights activist. I’ve done more than most can claim. If people don’t want me to be in the community because I have transmedicalist beliefs and friends, then that’s fine. It’s the community’s loss. Thank you to all of you who have supported me through the years. It meant a lot to me, and I won’t forget it. If you feel the need to unfollow me, block me, or excommunicate me. Fine, I understand. But I'm done feeling like I need to feel ashamed of my transition experience, my beliefs about transitioning, and for the sisters in transition that I associate myself with.

It seems like I'm getting 'cancelled' by the trans community. It wouldn't be the first time this has happened to me. Last time it happened was in 2014. Im glad that all the sacrifice, all of the harassment I've had to endure, and doxxing meant nothing to the overall trans community. We are not a monolith, yet those of us with a platform are expected to be a caricature of a specific type of trans person. Im not sorry that Im my own individual person and that I had to live and persevere through experiences in transition that most of you will never have to endure because of people like me came before you and changed the process. Feel grateful you didnt have to do a Real Life Experience test. Feel grateful for those of us who fought for 'informed consent'. But yes, go ahead and 'cancel' me.

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A limited series about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein is in the works with Laura Dern set to star.

you can look. just behave.