ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

As a #transgender person, I have thought about what it means to be a gender more than any cis person can imagine thinking about it.
I cried, prayed, and agonized about for years.
I got so introspective, I had a council of voices in my head to debate with.
I wanted to die for a long time because I thought that would be easier than wrestling with my own identity.

When I read about all this anti-trans legislation being passed across the country, across the world, I think about how fragile my sense of self really was when I was just a kid. I think about kids out there, right now, questioning and terrified to say anything, thinking they must be wrong or broken because adults know what's best, thinking they are less deserving of love and acceptance.
These kids.
These beautiful, sensitive, remarkable kids.
They are being taught to hate themselves.
Self-hate leads to self-harm; it leads to accepting the worst because you feel like you deserve it.

We can't let this continue.

If I knew how to fix it, I would.
I would have already.
But I don't.

#Trans #Transgender #TransKids #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ

accidentally wrote "saad" instead of "saas" in a text to my partner; they immediately coined "Software as a Disappointment"

and honestly, where is the lie

Don't move to the Mission and call in noise complaints on venues that were there before you by decades.

We need more joy and live music and nightlife and good food in this city.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/mission-district-club-restaurant-17769564.php

Help! Moving our lab (@SuffolkLITLab) to Mastodon was a bet on #LawFedi. Now I need to show the university that it wasn't a mistake.

If you're into #LegalTech or know folks who are, please boost!!! Our annual conference is back: #LITCon2023 (4/3/23)

Focus: Collaboration at Scale

Conference site: https://suffolklitlab.org/LITCon/2023

Get notification when registration opens: https://forms.gle/WwG2H6DeZn4e1oah6

Pitch an idea for a rapid-fire talk: https://forms.gle/A2Hhq4rjpVHqcWb57

I'm telling you, this is the kind of content that keeps me on the Fediverse.

Your friendly reminder that the final drop of #TheLegendofVoxMachina is live… now.

That lamp looks PISSED.

@Talia_christine

Cool whip just scares the diabetic vampires.

I am a #blind early-40's long-time #furry #coyote living in #NS. I enjoy walks along the highway, things that taste good, and watching the moon rise. At least one of these is true. ;3

Being now non-visual in a visio-centric subculture is challenging, so I've turned to #FurryFiction in recent years to keep my paws in. #AltText on #FurryArt, memes, and pics is greatly appreciated. :3

#intro #introduction #introductions

Copied from my original instance as I have moved!

I am Michael and I'm an IT Techie from the UK.

My interests are mainly centred around most things computers, Formula 1 and Tennis

Since 2020 I have been involved with a few indie dev friends that spend their free time making small LGBT based games. I sometimes upload playthroughs to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIb6hq4NGnskPGDa3-yFMcg/

I often like to travel to Ireland, there's a chance I might toot about the view from there

I love to interact, so feel free to say hi! :)

#introduction #introductions

I am seeing a whole lot of people changing instances today. What's going on folks? #JustCurious

I swear, "it hasn't affected me personally" is the mantra of this present time. Nazis could be stringing people's neighbours up on the front lawn and they would be doing nothing about it.

If Putin really wanted to destroy Ukraine he’d put Elon Musk in charge of it

Good news for Britons (translated screenshot from Polish TV)

I just overheard a lady at the Home Depot garden center ask where the perineums are and I hope she finds everything she’s looking for and more.

#WFHlife what could be better than glancing down from your desk chair and seeing this?
#bunny