ASMR | Getting YOU Ready for Pride! | They/Them Pronouns

HAPPY PRIDE!!! Definitely OPEN this description box, it would mean a lot to me! Thank you so so so much to all of the community members that helped contribute to this series. It honestly was way too long of a time coming, but I’m just glad that this year we did it. 9:34 Skip to Video ABOUT THE SERIES Hi everybody!! This is part of my 6-video pride series, so please feel free to watch whichever one(s) you’d like! 100% of the funds I make from these three videos will be donated to: The Trevor Project https://bit.ly/3yfU7Dv Athlete Ally https://www.athleteally.org/ Marsha P Johnson Institute https://marshap.org/ I’m also making a personal donation to: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy https://fundly.com/missmajor And a link to a documentary about her life and campaigns: https://www.missmajorfilm.com/ Why does Pride Matter? https://2traveldads.com/why-pride-matters-lgbtq/ MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (Updated) My sexuality: I am pansexual. To me, that means my attraction to people isn't determined by others' gender identity/expression. Other people may have different personal reasons for identifying as pansexual, but that is why I resonate with it. My gender identity: I am non-binary but use any pronouns - however it's hard for me to communicate it properly with my experience that we live in such a binary world and that being socialized/raised/viewed as a woman obviously affects me greatly. For me, being non-binary means I do not fall on the binary of "woman or man". I appreciate a mix of gendered terms :-) Something I saw online that resonated with me: Trans Men don’t owe you masculinity Trans Women don’t owe you femininity Nonbinary people don’t owe you androgyny (an important tweet https://bit.ly/3hoRLuZ) I certainly am overgeneralizing in this series, playing up physical stereotypes of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny to elicit a particular experience -- but women might not want to present femininely, men masculinely, nonbinary androgynously, etc. Women don’t necessarily always use she/her, men don’t necessarily always use he/him, and nonbinary people don’t always use they/them. Pronouns don’t necessarily equal gender, nor have to align with any “rules” of sexual orientation. Important: I am not professionally licensed or qualified to speak on or about mental health, nor am I professionally trained or educated. I very much care that you have access to proper resources that I cannot personally provide! Trans Lifeline US: 877-565-8860 Trans Lifeline Canada: 877-330-6366 LGBTQ+ crisis hotlines: https://www.ostem.org/crisis-hotlines https://www.glaad.org/resourcelist SOURCES AND EDUCATION More about bi+ :) http://www.bisexualorganizingproject.org/whats-up/bi-pan-and-the-insufficiency-of-prefixes Info on safe binding! http://point5cc.com/binding-101-tips-to-bind-your-chest-safely/ Info for LGBT+ Elders: https://www.sageusa.org/ Awesome app to practice using some different pronouns with! https://www.minus18.org.au/pronouns-app If you live in America, here is a good way to track any anti-trans bills to contact your reps about/stand against: https://freedomforallamericans.org/legislative-tracker/anti-transgender-legislation/ I also want to point out and appreciate all the work people put into growing Pride into such a large and supportive event, especially Black trans women. There’s so much to learn about the history of Pride, and even more to learn about each community that’s represented there. A documentary (one of many!) about Stonewall and the history of Pride itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRv7dJTync A ton of the products and clothes used in this series are from queer-run or queer-owned small businesses! https://www.fluide.us/ https://www.biancadesigns.co/ https://thephluidproject.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/MegEmikoArt https://www.gc2b.co/ HAPPY PRIDE!