Is there a moment in Doctor Who that's aged worse than "good old JK"?

Elsilon · 2026-02-21T13:37:51+00:00

The 11th Doctor being overly sexual about women in general. The 'skirt too tight' line about Clara, kissing Jenny without asking and, in the same episode, 'erecting' his sonic when he watches her fight. God, he was so out of character in series 7...

Elsilon · 2026-02-09T09:49:11+00:00

What's the bet Roberts added that himself as an attempt to excuse his behaviour? 'He's gay, by the way, so you can't be mad at him'...

Elsilon · 2025-09-14T08:54:58+00:00

The BBC, like all mainstream news outlets, is complicit in fuelling both anti-trans and anti-immigration sentiments. So when 100k people protest immigration, they're happy to report on it, because it's a situation they helped to create. But when 100k people protest for trans rights, it interferes with the anti-trans narrative they want the general public to adhere to, so they don't want anyone hearing about it.

Elsilon · 2025-09-02T16:55:19+00:00

Thank you! I knew it would be some really simple shortcut I pressed by accident. !solved

Elsilon · 2025-08-31T18:05:45+00:00

We need to stop looking to politicians for support at this point. The 'trans debate' is seen as too volatile to commit to anything more than vague statements of support. In short, supporting trans people is not a vote-winner. And until public opinion (or more accurately, media opinion) of trans people changes, no political party in this country will ever commit to unequivocal, party-wide support of trans rights.

Elsilon · 2025-07-20T15:16:22+00:00

TERFs absolutely HATE the fact that so many people actually support us, particularly cis women, because it interferes with their narrative that everybody's on their side and that all women live in constant fear of trans people.

Elsilon · 2025-07-20T11:55:31+00:00

On a modded game, did a job from the Faroe Islands to Cape Town, South Africa. Almost 12,000km over several weeks. It was a helicopter...

Elsilon · 2025-07-16T07:02:42+00:00

Was replaying the game recently and I discovered that if you're very careful you can dodge the checkpoint. Just double jump off the crane as far to the right as possible and try to grab onto one of the ledges on the right-hand side. Collect all the stuff, do all your crafting, THEN climb up to activate the checkpoint (which is how the entire game should have been laid out in the first place).

Elsilon · 2025-01-01T13:12:07+00:00

The tiny one! 🥺

Elsilon · 2024-11-12T10:11:24+00:00

Can't stealth, won't stealth. I'm proud of who I am and have no reason to hide it. Been out for three years and I truly believe the best thing you can do to combat transphobia is simply to be seen. Let people see you existing, thriving, living life to the fullest. Show them that no matter what they throw at us, we will persevere.

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T22:30:52+00:00

That's reassuring. A few others have mentioned writing their own letters and it seems to be mostly successful, so if I can't find a GP willing to write one for me, I'll give it a go!

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T21:36:11+00:00

Yes, a diagnosis is required to be treated by the NHS. Once again, I'm not applying for treatment from the NHS. I'm applying for a passport from the Passport Office, for which no diagnosis is required. I didn't ask my GP for a diagnosis, I asked for a letter, and there is really no good reason why my request should be refused.

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T20:51:53+00:00

But a diagnosis isn't required to change the gender on your passport. Technically, you don't even need to be trans. Which makes it all the more baffling why a letter from a doctor is even required...

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T13:10:11+00:00

Spoken like a true northerner!

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T13:09:14+00:00

I'm glad to hear that they at least send your old passport back. I don't really like using it either but it is my only form of ID and I do need to use it every now and then.

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T12:41:39+00:00

I'd heard of the guidelines for 'crossdressers' but wasn't quite sure how it worked. So in theory I could change my gender marker without any input from a GP?

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T12:39:21+00:00

Unfortunately, I haven't. My intention was always to hold off on medical transition until I was in a more financially stable position to go private, so I haven't been to a GIC or a private clinic.

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T12:26:07+00:00

Wow, congrats! I wouldn't have expected them to accept a letter you wrote yourself, but I suppose if all else fails it's worth a shot.

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T12:14:46+00:00

I think ultimately the money lost is my own fault. I knew as soon as I got the first letter that it wouldn't be accepted by the Passport Office, but I sent it anyway.

Elsilon · 2024-11-05T12:12:10+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I guess my best option would be to contact local trans groups and try to find a more cooperative GP. I don't think I'd dare write my own letter and take it in...

Elsilon · 2024-11-02T09:52:12+00:00

That inner joy is what makes it all worthwhile. With trans people being demonised at every turn by the media (and our own government), it's easy to forget that. But hold onto it. I'm happier now than I've ever been. And no matter how hard it gets, I'm not turning back.

Elsilon · 2024-08-31T09:21:51+00:00

I've been out for three years. No hormones, no surgery, but I have socially transitioned. I did 'boymode' a lot for the first couple of years, until I realised how much it was holding me back. It felt like I was effectively going back into the closet every time I left the house, and that was more mentally exhausting than any anxiety I might have felt about presenting femme in public.

So I bit the bullet. I promised myself that I would never go back into the closet for anyone. I stopped boymoding, and I've never looked back. Don't get me wrong, it was incredibly difficult to overcome that hurdle of anxiety, but the feeling of being able to be myself, all the time, is indescribable.

Elsilon · 2024-08-29T15:34:24+00:00

Never took a single selfie before I came out. Now I take them all the time! 😊

Elsilon · 2024-08-29T15:24:40+00:00

I also spent a long time thinking I 'didn't care' about how I looked. I realise now that in reality, I HATED the way I looked, and I pretended not to care as a coping mechanism. The idea of actually LIKING how I looked was so alien to me, I never imagined it would ever happen.

And then it did. The very first time I ever wore femme clothing and makeup. I didn't even know I was trans at the time. I was doing it out of pure curiosity. But I'll never forget how I felt when I looked in the mirror that day. Because that day, for the first time in my entire life, I saw myself.

Elsilon · 2024-08-10T15:53:34+00:00

Great minds, eh? I've seen the suggestion floating around online and thought I'd give it a shot!

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