(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it’s lib)
In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was “Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone”. The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the “Publick Universal Friend”, describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as “a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named”.
From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 (“thou sayest it”). Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to “the Public Universal Friend” or short forms such as “the Friend” or “P.U.F.”, and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied “I am that I am”, saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend’s manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, “there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals”).
editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We’ve been around forever and we’ve been doing variations of this forever. It’s really beautiful
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benjamin, lord tennyson is british ben 10
Cis people with bathrooms are wild. Oh its progressive to have the lobby of the building be a lkeypadded gender neutral bathroom (one person occupancy) while having every floor just have the typical 2 gender bathrooms
supermarket meal deals are british bento
I love how many transgender people have a secret extra set of pronouns they divulge as you get to know them.
Question for my trans comrades:
I’m visiting a water park with the family. They have gendered communal changing rooms. In addition to that they have a changing room with a ♿ and a ⚧️ symbol as well as a text saying that the room is for "guests with special needs"as well as for parents with larger children “of the opposite gender”. Is this a good way of doing this sort of arrangement? How would you prefer gendering of changing rooms to be done?
Lmao I got banned from r/bisexual because my autism still makes every joke I expect to not be offensive offensive to other people.
Sometimes in a relationship you have to take a firm hand
PFLAG and WPATH sound like environment variables
This gender incongruence thing sucks.
Who invented this shit? Why do I keep drinking it??
I want curry so bad but I’m not paying 30 dollars for a meal I can finish in five minutes because the portion is for kids
I will teach the secret of Danny DeVitos first name
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Daniel. Daniel DeVito
GAY CUDDLING
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I’m shopping for gender affirming clothes tomorrow 😳 . Going with a friend. Ughghgh I can’t wait
Deleted because I’m stupid/Catholic/wilding/I just wanted friendsI thought I was describing gender envy and my sort of freeze response in social situations, but I made people mad
I wouldn’t tell a Hexbearian to “grow up” or that you think “like a teenager”. So it’s confusing to be called out in that way, I guess. I thought talking about this stuff with other queer people would be constructive, but like some of you said, I have reflecting to do.
Next time you break it to someone that their Catholic upbringing has rendered them unable to function, I’d ask you to be a bit friendlier as you drive my jaw into the curb. Thanks!
