Eldritch Mlems

Seriously. It's kinda hitting hard right now.

I guess I've always had body image issues; I think the whole going through male puberty thing does that. But they've really started getting bad this week.

I've kind of gotten past the whole comparing myself to AFAB people thing, because I want to have a realistic mindset about transitioning. I guess that's how I logic'd my way out of this feeling until now.

This is going to sound ridiculous, but I saw a trans woman earlier this week with just an amazing figure. Historically, I'm bisexual; So I have, like, feelings toward women, dude. But instead of any type of attraction, all I felt was a deep sense of never being able to make it to the point where she's gotten. Of never being beautiful.

Which is probably a load of baloney, but what's the difference between never being beautiful and never feeling beautiful?

I'm not in a state where I'm spiraling, but I do feel a little bit like a teenage girl and I'm frustrated that I'm not able to get past this. Obviously, I'm self-critical as hell. Ya'll have any experience/advice you can share?

EDIT: I'm so sorry, I should have prefaced with this. I'm married and I have a super supportive wife who makes me feel loved every day. I'm not like in a super dark place. But that doesn't stop the body image issues. I guess I don't necessarily trust her, or even other people, when they say I look good? This may just need hella therapy.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/54426119

A broad coalition of 47 anti-LGBTQ+ organizations announced this week the launch of a campaign to end marriage equality in the U.S.

As People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch reports, the coalition announced their explicitly anti-equality “Greater Than” campaign on Wednesday via the Heritage Foundation’s The Daily Signal.

The campaign’s core principle is that the sole purpose of marriage is to raise children and that the constitutional right of same-sex couples to legally marry in the U.S., as established by the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, violates children’s rights.

I took this pic a few months ago (5 months on HRT at the time). I've been too nervous to share it but fuck it, we're here :3 🏳️‍⚧️

Edit: Holy cow, you're all so sweet 😊 Thank you so much for all the love. It means more than I can put into words 🥲

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My cat will play fetch for as long as I throw her little mouse toy. She'll even let me throw it from bed and she'll bring it right back up for me to throw again.

Has anyone tried this game? It's yet another take on modernizing OSR, which apparently has gathered a few enthusiastic players.

I've heard that it doesn't do anything new, but what is there, it's excellent. I've been feeling the itch for a dungeon crawl for quite some time now (all my parties have been playing narrative-heavy DnD5e/5.5 and it's becoming a bit stale tbh), so I wanted to master something different. Do you have experience with Shadowdark? Would you recommend it? Is there something I should pay attention to? Tips on how to run OSR?

Was going to cancel the visit because he improved a lot but I took him in anyway because it was scheduled. Felt a little silly, but I'm new to FIV! They did some baseline blood work instead because he had never had any before.

I have been giving him lysine powder every day for the past week. Maybe that has an effect idk. The vet said I can just give that to him forever if I want and it shouldn't hurt anything.

Verdict is that he will likely always have one watery eye, possibly due to a mild anatomic abnormal. And he might have very mild allergies or very mild asthma which does not really affect his life too much.

But I guess he needs to lose 1-2 pounds so we'll work on that next! He also has some tartar buildup so I'll have to see if I can get him to use dental chews.

Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion practices, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal

I edited a photo of my dog because he looks just like that girl.