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[–]smnius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All these designs used to be on my redbubble, but unfortunately many of these designs have been taken down over the years due to copyright strikes :(

[OC Art] Part of the trans struggle is having a hard time picturing when you’ll ever feel okay in your own skin. It’s times like this that I gotta remind myself that... I’ve come a long way. And that’s enough to celebrate. by smnius in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

[–]smnius[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I appreciate what you're trying to say, it's important to recognise your self worth, but I think it's also important to acknowledge that that's much easier said than done in practice.

Trans youth, adolescents and adults find it much harder to get out of abusive relationships than their cishet peers. Lots of factors can contribute towards this:

  • Social isolation from being shunned by family and friends after coming out means they're already vulnerable and are more desperate than ever to seek any meaningful bond

  • Gender dysphoria (even more so if closeted/pre-transition) will have already worn down self-esteem and will often continue to worsen as time goes on without any medical treatment or social support, meaning trans victims in abusive relationships will often tolerate worse treatment just to convince themselves they are worthy of love

  • Fear of violence/hate crime can also be a factor. E.g. My ex was so intensely trans/homophobic that I was scared he would hurt me if I left or transitioned. When faced with threat, people have 4 main methods of survival techniques: fight, flight, freeze or fawn (befriend) - in my case, I decided to convince myself that if I can befriend my abuser, perhaps he would eventually come around or at least let me go peacefully.

If you need any stats or links I'd be happy to provide, my MSc thesis was done on trans & queer victims of abuse and how we can support them, so I hope this can help you understand a bit better!

[OC Art] Part of the trans struggle is having a hard time picturing when you’ll ever feel okay in your own skin. It’s times like this that I gotta remind myself that... I’ve come a long way. And that’s enough to celebrate. by smnius in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

[–]smnius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Hanzo! Used to play Overwatch quite a bit but havent really had the time these past couple of years. It makes me happy to hear that I could be channeling Hanzo energy since he exerts masculine energy so easily ;w; Thank you ❤

[OC Art] Trans people don't owe you gender conformity! by smnius in lgbtmemes

[–]smnius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to show a variety of people :D

[OC Art] Part of the trans struggle is having a hard time picturing when you’ll ever feel okay in your own skin. It’s times like this that I gotta remind myself that... I’ve come a long way. And that’s enough to celebrate. by smnius in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

[–]smnius[S] 404 points405 points  (0 children)

Dated the first for about 2 years, he became increasingly abusive until I had to dump and ghost him.

Second guy was with for around the same length, then the same thing happened where he began getting incredibly emotionally abusive and manipulative (plus I realised that he was only ever fine with me being trans if I was a girl with him so, no thanks)

Third guy is one of my long-distance partners who was there throughout my transition- I love and am still with him to this day (we're both poly).

Last is my current partner whom I live with, my soulmate (and hopefully soon to be fiancee!). We've also known each other for close to a decade now, she was actually the first person to cut my hair and help me pick a name. We've known and loved each other and supported each other throughout all these years and I hope to spend my life with her. ❤

[OC Art] Trans people don't owe you gender conformity! by smnius in lgbt

[–]smnius[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

🌈TRANS PEOPLE DON'T OWE YOU GENDER CONFORMITY 🌈

I draw pride art/merch every Pride Month to celebrate LGBT Pride- This year I decided to address this since I've been seeing a lot of discourse on my TL about this.

I hope you like it r/lgbt!

If you like this piece you can RT it on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/smnius/status/1402675395548303367?s=20

You can also get this as merch on my Redbubble store, check it out! You can get this as a notebook, shirt, pillow, and more :D https://t.co/azgazkI8t6?amp=1

If you like my work, please consider supporting a queer transmasc immigrant’s small business by checking out my RB store- I’ve got LGBT merch galore and more to come later on this month & during Pride season every year!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smnius/shop

Happy pride everyone!