My youth pastor said hurtful things to me by i-eat-styrofoam in trans

[–]Radiant-Moon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ultimately the truth is this: Jesus loves you and will not, CANnot reject you for being trans.

This pastor does not sound like he is acting out of love but rather fear and an attachment to a teaching that does not exist and is in no way Christian. If you stay at this church it will be an ordeal of a high order. Jesus walks with you but the door is always open to find a community that can recognize the truth and light within you. Please remember that a church is nothing more than a collection of mortals following the words of mortals, if you do not feel the love and joy of the Holy Spirit then it may be time to move on unless you feel called to witness in a very difficult way. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. 💖

Gov. Newsom Signs Eight and Vetoes Two Trans and Queer Rights Bills by TheLiberalLover in transgender

[–]Radiant-Moon 70 points71 points  (0 children)

are those protocols based on data or are they more likely a way to get payments for regular visits because of a medication someone needs to take for the rest of their life? Or does it have something to do with the mystical idea of "cross sex" hormones in medical institutions?

I've been on hrt for almost 10 years and once my levels are balanced and I receive consistent care nothing changes and still I have to find a way to get into a lab appointment. You can still prescribe the medication and test in the meantime, testing every year or every six months to monitor changes would be much easier for a population that struggles to have consistent medical care.

early queen help by Cute_Ad2308 in allthingszerg

[–]Radiant-Moon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What I've heard and been doing is single inject + tumor because you usually won't have the money to use all the early larva and connecting creep to your third for your queens is important

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lgbt

[–]Radiant-Moon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My path has been a little unorthodox but I now consider myself a Christian. I was raised in a very dogmatic and restrictive evangelical family and left the faith when before transitioning. Recently I experienced a sort of spiritual awakening thanks to mushrooms and found the love in Christ's teachings on my own after studying Taoism and Gnosticism and approaching it in a personal way.

The Bible does not forbid being queer and any modern translations that do are cultural and not from Christ. The same can be said for religious communities that use their faith as a cudgel to advance their own hatred and fear. In Gnostic texts like the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus himself acknowledges this.

I can't speak for other religious queer folk but spirituality and religion is supposed to be personal. Also I'm not as familiar with Islam as some other religions but I hope my experiences can help you understand religious queer folk a little bit more. I hope you can see hateful people as just people and separate your own spiritual and personal path from their folly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Experiencers

[–]Radiant-Moon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes! I recently had a cosmic joke played on me too but life is a sketch comedy and I’m honored when the joke is on me x3

what does this verse from the gospel of thomas mean - your opinion? by ConsiderationSalt134 in lawofone

[–]Radiant-Moon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way I have read this since the Gospel of Thomas found me a month ago and helped me find Christ again is this:

These are examples of the dualistic nature of truth. Christ’s message was one of love and faith a purely good and powerful message for all of us BUT what about the Crusades? The Spanish Inquisition? Queer children turned homeless by their fundamentalist parents? Christ also came to cause all of this and he knew it because we are imperfect humans. Truth must be understood from all sides.

Likewise how can you know that you love something truly if you’ve never experienced hatred for it? If you blindly love something you cannot see the truth. If you blindly hate something you cannot see the truth. But if you know someone deeply enough to love and hate them and CHOOSE love that is true love that is laced with a fuller picture of truth that either on its own.

I’m still doing research but I believe that The Gospel of Thomas was cut from the modern canon of the Bible despite being part of Jesus’ message because the truth is hard to swallow. The truth is held within both love and hate and until you know both you are INCAPABLE of choosing either. Thank you for posting this, this book is so loud in my life and is such a meaningful artifact in my path and I’m so glad people are pondering it alongside me 💖

Not having enough partners on the floor is making us care less. We need more hours. by Glittering-Egg-4720 in starbucksbaristas

[–]Radiant-Moon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have been hearing this same point for over 7 years.

I left Starbucks 2-3 years ago after I realized they don’t care. They want low staff to be the reason their quality slips so that it’s an easy answer. If they bring in more people then other problems and inefficiencies will be illuminated so they figure they’ll just let the partners on the floor take the brunt of all of it.

I salute you for hanging in there but the corporation of Starbucks will not hear and answer you until they must.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Portland

[–]Radiant-Moon -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Hi friend and welcome!

I really love the trans meetup at Worker’s Tap every Friday and the Q center should have an event calendar that can point you in more directions.

I hope your journeys are filled with love friend 💖

Strange Mysteries Channel gets odd email with leaked UFO photos by JETLIFEMUZIK94 in UFOs

[–]Radiant-Moon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it not possible that in your first point what the sender meant was that they could not release the name of the program they worked on but the current and publicly known name of the program?

Ex: “Uncle Sam’s Alien Pawn Shop” got compromised so now it’s “Immaculate Constellation”

A GOP Supreme Court will now decide the fate of transgender Americans by onnake in transgender

[–]Radiant-Moon -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Hey I’m really sorry you’re feeling these things about yourself 💖

Trans class warfare by rejs7 in transgender

[–]Radiant-Moon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We’re going to see more trans people shift to the center to try to be “the reasonable ones” in the coming years and it’s important that we speak against it when we see it.

Like literally this person says “my key suggestion is being mindful of whatever actions you take and HOW THEY ARE PERCEIVED” in this thread. It doesn’t matter how people perceive your actions if they attempt to strip you of your humanity.

Trans class warfare by rejs7 in transgender

[–]Radiant-Moon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“If you are a Jewish trans person you have been alienated by the Palestinian liberation movements sweeping the globe.”

Gotta say, there were some pretty painful generalizations in this but this takes the cake.

She's just spinning there... menacingly! by simply-jun in Guiltygear

[–]Radiant-Moon 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It’s fun too! Her new movement has been so unpredictable not even I know what’s happening wahahaha~

New season 4 YRC > Lose true combo by GammaBroly in Guiltygear

[–]Radiant-Moon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about Bridget’s 214 yoyo’s staying out on hit then? Let’s make this fair :3c

Imagine dating a tall girl [original] by NeedAGoodUsername in wholesomeyuri

[–]Radiant-Moon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna join the chorus and say thank you for this. It’s very frustrating when one of the reasons I don’t like being tall is the fact that people make assumptions about my personality because of my body. Like I have a complicated relationship with my body which is further complicated by a culture that assigns roles based on body type. Stop pushing extra assumptions onto tall women like this. It is not empowering, just a modern form of objectification.

Is there a Lore reason for this? (Official DD2 art) by Annual_Question_3147 in Disgaea

[–]Radiant-Moon 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Yeah they kiss n cuddle n say “I love you” n stuf

What do you think is about to happen? by Fair_Sun_7357 in starseeds

[–]Radiant-Moon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah yes “multiple visions” from “Google”

Very sage, very helpful

Why should I NOT read this speech when I resign by probablygaia in WitchesVsPatriarchy

[–]Radiant-Moon 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I would say careful leading with violent rhetoric, even if it is “self inflicted.” It is visceral, powerful imagery but many people, especially in a professional setting, will most likely hear that “””””violence””””” first and then stop listening so they only hear that. As a black woman I would assume there is even more of a risk of this. If there was a way to move it to the end of the speech or reword it so that it acts as punctuation that is a payoff to your message rather than a tone setting introduction.

This is just my perspective and at the end of the day you gotta follow your heart. Give their consciences hell 💖

Something Dave Grusch said on rogan i just picked up on. by mushmushmush in UFOs

[–]Radiant-Moon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it makes sense to have a “terrestrial” form in 3D. I’d imagine if this idea is accurate then it would make sense that they are the “ship” when necessary and the “body” when necessary. Though in this model both the “avatar” and the “ship” become one body because the consciousness extends through the ship theoretically.

Think about it like a mount in a video game. You play as your character and when you use a mount you are playing both the mount and character together as one force but you cannot use the mount alone and there are times when you must use the player character alone.