(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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hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i’ll add you to the list!
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Hate that it feels like you have to walk on eggshells around so many cis people. You never know who is gonna take it as a deep personal insult if you politely request them not to say certain things.
the second to last episode of a season of Bojack Horseman, except it’s just how things are now
Light brainworm related yapping
I was thinking about the brainworm place and other spaces like it, and I arrived at a thought: the thing where they decry anyone having fun with ‘catgirl’ stuff as like, “anime cringe” or whatever is born out of A) the same ableist judgemental sludge that causes cringe culture to be a thing, but also B) the usual like, transphobic/transmisogynist motive for any of the other gender/sexuality policing they do where they do not want trans people to do anything but assimilate. These losers have a vested interest in you not enjoying being the pretty kitty.
Think about it…
There is a part of me that thinks it’s not right that they gave Kirby he/him pronouns, way back when…
I have three fashion styles:
-gremlin in big hoodie and tracksuit pants, just wearing the comfiest clothes
-genderless adventurer on some kind of quest
-nude
Has anyone here heard the term queerplatonic relationship, or have any experience with QPRs?
Where do I get the estrogen that will give me
I’ve got the stupid kahoot song stuck in my head
cw reddit/fashion brainworms
I am wearing skinny jeans today to spite the whiny people I saw a few years ago on Reddit complaining that they were out of style.
Spite wearing is kinda fun actually, I dig it.
spoiler
insecurities at a high the last 2 days mostly laying in bed, staring into space, trying to pick a youtube to watch
don’t really kno what is ok to say or not. obviously i made generalizations and i have reflecting and reading to do. much of my staring into space is related to this
why do i talk, expectations, ideation
everyone memes about freezing up and not knowing what to say, but speaking on that earnestly is not something people wanna hear. if someone had explained to me in explicit detail how to outgrow these things as a teenager, i literally would have. and i only say that because people make it seem like changing is easy, like it doesn’t require a 1v1v1 Battle With Executive Dysfunction and Established Logic. i’ve made multiple comments about feeling trapped on rails, etc.
it is frustrating to see other people speak on their issues and have more positive outcomes. maybe that doesn’t matter. maybe i literally shouldn’t expect anything.
what i don’t get is how having zero expectations from the world is different from the void i was staring into before i realized that my issues were related to gender and sexuality, and i kinda just wanted to be dead. because i really thought i was straight, i thought i was a guy, and that it was the end. and even typing that is hard.
if i go back to lurking, it’s not personal. i just ran out of jokes.
dreams, sex
Had a normal kinda dream devolve into me having anal which was cool I guess, then I had a far more interesting sex related dream but I can’t remember any of it :(
transphobia, introspection, bit depressing I'd say
it’s funny that I used to worry so much that I’d never be a real woman. I know very well that I am, but now I also know that I threw away what was actually my ideal body and will never truly he happy with it again
this is a funny thing, because otherwise it would be harrowing
involves nsfw, suicidal ideation
took a picture in similar thigh highs and underwear to pictures I have saved before surgery. I’m so flat down there now.
it makes me want to kill myself
worked out 
What is happening today in gender, ya’ll?
