Attn gaymers: For #TransDayOfVisibility, we’re teaming up with Riot Games to showcase trans streamers, developers, voice actors, and characters! 🏳️⚧️ Follow us now on Twitch and tune in for the livestream on March 31 at 12pm PST for game demos and discussions!
See more posts like this on Tumblr
#transgender #twitch #trans day of visibility #gaymer #itgetsbetter #riotgames #tyari the traveler #trans gamers #trans games #trans characters #rainbow arcade
🎾 For #WomensHistoryMonth, put on your tennis shoes as we learn about Renée Richards! A sports star all her life, Renée was offered an invitation to play baseball for the New York Yankees, became the captain of Yale’s men’s tennis team, and played competitive tennis while in the Navy.
.
After her gender-affirming surgery and HRT use was outed by the news media in the mid 1970’s, The United States Tennis Association required all female competitors to verify their sex with a chromosome test. Renée applied to play as a woman in the U.S. open anyway, and refused the test, denying her entry.
.
Renée then sued the USTA, causing a stir of controversy, but the ruling was in her favor, stating the chromosome test was “grossly unfair, discriminatory and inequitable, and a violation of her rights.” She was thus allowed to play in the US Open, where she made it to the finals in doubles. She eventually retired from tennis, now practices as an ophthalmologist, and was inducted in 2013 into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.
🏳️⚧️ What a beautiful day to spend with some TRANS VOICES! 👏 Happy #TransDayofVisibility - to celebrate being authentic, loved, and visible today (or even better, every day), you can:
1. Watch our Trans stories playlist on Youtube for amazing stories of trans strength and resilience, coming out, and glowing up
2. Swipe through our trans/NB playlist on Tiktok
3. Share our list of resources and organizations that specifically serve trans and non-binary communities
4. Tune into our Twitch livestream today at 12PST with Riot Games to learn why telling trans stories, and having trans characters, writers, and developers is so important in gaming! 🎮 Benefitting The Okra Project and GATE
▶️ Now on Youtube: Watch our stream with Riot Games for #TransDayofVisibility where we talked with trans gamers, developers, and voice actors on why telling realistic (and positive) trans stories is SO important! 🏳️⚧️
Feat. trans stories in game design with game designer Zara Berry, a discussion on trans character development in Legends of Runeterra with narrative writer Rowan Williams, and Tell Me Why voice actor August Black. Through this stream, we raised over $9,000 for the Okra Project and GATE!
🏳️⚧️🎮 League of Legends got its first trans character, so we spoke with the game’s creators to learn what went into developing Tyari’s character and storyline!
3 million views and 20,000 emails later, Councilman Joel Burns talks about the viral #itgetsbetter video that changed his life and the lives of so many others. ❤️ #10YearsBetter
We’ve got new comics in from Otis College of Art and Design! 🌈Meet Leroy and the Rainbow Squad and read the others here: https://itgetsbetter.org/blog/initiatives/otiscomics
🏳️🌈 Calling all LGBTQ+ students/activists/artists ages 13-18: applications are open for our next class of It Gets Better Youth Voices! Join the group chat, participate in Pride, tell your story, help us plan programs, and more!
Read about all the amazing things you’d get to do as a Youth Voice ambassador, see what our Youth Voices did this past year, and submit your application now at itgetsbetter.org/youthvoices. Can’t wait to meet you all 💜
Our transgender youth deserve better. And, we promise we will make it so. Take our pledge: itgetsbetter.org/pledge #ProtectTransYouth
nonbinaryresource
Anonymous asked:
I just want to share some positivity. I have a really close adult friend who I've known since I was 5 (I'm 18 now) and she's one of the only adults who's consistently been there for me so I see her as a sort of second mom. I came out to her as nonbinary and she took it so well! She's been learning and educating herself about the lgbt community but gender is a new hurdle for her, but she was so accepting of me without any hesitation. I may have cried, just a bit.
That’s fantastic! I’m so glad for you! Coming out is a difficult processes but I’m glad you chose to and I’m glad your friend is educating herself. I hope she only learns more in the future! : )
-Mod Zay
