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Oh, thank you! That whole sequence was a piece of music that fell out of my head at about 2 AM one Saturday night. So then I made the video to go with it. All the images are stock, free images, but I wanted to use real people instead of AI-generated. It seemed most appropriate! I did spend a lot of time synchronizing images to the music, so I'm glad it landed with you! 💜💜💜

Cool! 10 out of 10 is quite high praise! I'm glad you felt it was a good representation. I know Will Ferrell is suddenly a big advocate, and that can't be bad. 💜

@@amethystaherrick 10/10... just a tad biased though... 😉

Everyone should feel safe to be who they are. Miss Amethyst discussed a similar concept recently and I was pleasantly surprised when the subject came up in a conversation with one of my besties. My friend is a hoot and has a very…”out there” sense of humor that she has to tone down at work. We talked about how wonderful it is to have friends and a. Immunity where we can be wholly ourselves without having to wear a public mask for other people’s comfort. Sorry, I’m rambling. Yes, trans people are beautiful and I am grateful for their courage in being true to themselves. I hope we can all feel safe in the world. 🩷

@HelenCamile63 transgender people have just ss much a right to feel safe as anyone. They are fellow human beings. Just because they are transgender they still have a right to feel safe

@@LiamODonovan-l6e Amen 🩷

@@HelenCamile63 I will always be a trans ally

Oh, thank you! I love...sort of baiting people with this title, but coming in saying the opposite of what you might think. No doubt I'll get plenty of hate on this over the weekend! P.S. - I mentioned you in the Transgender Joy video that's publishing shortly!! 💜💜💜

@@amethystaherrick What?! I can’t wait to watch it. 💜

Thank you! Plus you have Link as a profile picture - I like you already!! 💜

I get a kick out of saying something that SOUNDS like I'm disagreeing when I'm vehemently agreeing, just in a way that restates things. You saw that on Medium, I'm sure.... I think I want to start a trend - #GenderGamut is the new hotness! 💜💜💜

Both Musk and Rowling act only as introduction, although I understand your point - I chose marketing over science. I do identify as transgender, obviously, but I wonder if the reason most gender specialists do is because cisgender people never feel the chronic pain transgender do. If there is no reason to explore a field, you are unlikely to become interested in it. WPATH is about Transgender Health. I'm not sure I understand your comment - captured by transgender people? That seems sensical to me.

I don't know how many women you've known with implants. I've spoken with many, including somebody I know who got them done before 2000. None of them has had complications that required them to be removed. Thank you for your concern - I appreciate you sharing your story.

Ooh...this is a really good question, and I'm so glad of all the stuff I said there, you pulled that bit out. Let me answer your question first, then I have a bit of how the sausage is made... I used that phrase - "without the interference of social expectation" - to refer to reading in particular. Watching a video or a movie is a different kind of stimulus that colors what we get from it. We see what the director saw, not necessarily what we would have created. But reading...you have to use your imagination to see the actions characters take. I've heard that called "Theatre of the Mind," which is a lovely phrase that conjures up the level of engagement we have to take when reading words. I agree stepping out of our culture, values, and mores is difficult unless we have a blank canvas upon which to paint. Reading is as close to the blank canvas as I think we get, because the Theatre of the Mind can't be seen by anybody else. We're safe when we create it, and the resulting introspection - the "trying it on" - allows us to sit only with our thoughts, not those of others. -- OK...a bit of meta-discussion! When I'm writing a script, I have to try to balance making a point with keeping it short, especially when I'm doing it with my phone. I didn't like that phrase without the background I had around it, but I decided to run with it instead of make further revisions. I'm glad it stuck out - that makes me think my stylistic choices are at least kind of clear! 💜💜💜 - PPP

Far better to be late and supportive than only to feign support. Thank you, Sister... 💜💜💜

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I'm so glad! I look forward to hearing how my work lands with you - let me know if I stop spreading love. 💜💜💜

Thank you for sharing your story like this! You've brought up a fascinating point...because as it stands, I tend to pass in public pretty well. But if asked - and many times even if I'm not asked - I will tell people about having transitioned gender. I feel it gives me the ability to tell the story of who I am, and who knows? Maybe it would even educate somebody! That said...I guess I *am* one of "those people," so the difference between us makes some sense. But one of the Holy Grails of Gender Transition(TM) is to pass. So it's interesting to me that cisgender people are accused of being transgender and deny it vehemently...then transgender people try hard to appear cisgender, but tell everybody they meet about transitioning. I don't seem to have a real point with this other than to say "Thank you." I could have been a bit less verbose, though. 💜🏳️‍⚧️💜

I hope this grants me the opportunity to do more for our community! Time will tell... 💜💜💜

@@amethystaherrick Transgender Ambassador... 😊👌

And yet I continue to get hate for this very topic!! Many people want to vilify what they don't understand, leaving the real problems unsolved. I hope we can address this moving forward without having to resort to hate and political compulsion. 💜

@@amethystaherrick please keep on doing what you do, your wonderfully calm style is great for education, I think!

I will, then! Thank you for the encouragement!! 💜💜💜

Oh, gosh! This is such a wonderful comment - thank you SO much. I appreciate your support! 💜

💜💜💜 Thank you!!

This is a great point, and one that makes more clear what I said. For the purpose of defining "sex," the only categories that make a difference are "capable of producing gametes or not" and "the specific gamete produced." This is why using sex as a classifier is too blunt of an instrument - am I the same as a jackal if we produce the same gamete? No. When we get to "gender," the roles we play in reproduction are far more important. I can't reproduce in jackal society - I'm older, I've had gender-affirming surgery, and - last, but not least - I'm not a jackal. Gender is where our particular stage in our particular species lifetime makes a difference. I don't know precisely to what sentence you're reacting, but I hope this explanation helped.

@@amethystaherrick Ok, so it was the vegetative and generative stages you were referring to. Idk if it applies to humans, but to plants it does - to be in the growing stage or the reproductive stage. And then we have the gamete, sperm and egg, so there is those two - you were trying to say it's not only two..? I was a bit confused tbh xD I know we also have hermaphrodites, but they tend to fall to one or the other, so still two - man or woman. In my perspective we have our physical/biological body, our emotional/energetic body and our spiritual (soul) body - not completely finished with that definition on being human - but biologically there are two humans; man and woman. It seems to me you want to teach that there are more than two, is that correct, or am I not getting it? xD I don't get the gender thing. To me it sounds like you want to break the social norms because of political systems are bordering you? - we can take this on discord, if you prefer.

Ye-es...sort of. I hesitated to agree with you on "vegetative" and "generative" because some plants can go through long periods of dormancy to return to flowering. We see that every Winter in some cases. Since I was trying to relate this to all species (and particularly to humans), I didn't want to use those terms, which would be inapplicable. But yes...I think I am kind of talking about it! Part of the reason I wanted to make it general is because most species create only two gametes - most plants included. But the gametes a species can make is different from the individuals within a species. A hermaphrodite is an individual and follows the rules of individuals, not the abstraction around a species. Your last point - YES, I think humans are far more than sex. What gamete we create has little to do with the individual expression each of us has across the physical, cognitive, behavioral, and spiritual - as you noted. Individual expressions, however, are in the definition of sex. Those are in the definition of gender! If you want to continue on Discord, I'm game! It's hard to respond to a huge wall o' text like I just dropped!

Wow...this was a stupendous way to consider myself. I agree - the feel is far more important than how my brain responds to my sight of myself. It's so much more obvious to use the sense least filtered. Thank you so much. I learned a very good lesson today. 💜💜💜

@@amethystaherrick That makes me happy. But remember , there are also push up bras.

...oh, I remember! I love wearing the pushup bras I have! In fact, I love wearing them almost as much as I love taking them off at the end of the day... 😹

And believe me, Sister...I am so joyful to have met you and had the opportunity to interact with you. I am fortunate in many ways, and you've helped me experience them. With love...PPP P.S. I have a business kinda in the works, with TH-cam serving as a midwife at the moment. The business name includes the word "Purplepaw," which has a meaning I'd rather link below than try to explain here. The way I always abbreviate it in my handwritten journals is "PPP," and seeing the applicability to your moniker (which I adore) and my long-range business thoughts delights me. genderidentitytoday.com/feral-cats-make-me-a-better-woman/ genderidentitytoday.com/earning-my-warrior-name/

Thank you! We're still not completely through the process, but I'm excited about the idea! 💜💜💜

Now if only we can get everybody to agree that joy can come even when the people who are joyful are not identical to us! It's the next step...and I hope we get there. 💜💜💜

There are some very frightened people out there, aren't there? Shame on their political and religious leaders for frightening them that badly! 💜💜💜

Ooh...thank you for that reminder! At least part of me believes I can do all the advising along with all the content. But I'll keep that in mind - I still only have so many hours in the day. 💜💜💜

Thank you!! 💜💜💜

Thank you! I'm still just gobsmacked by the whole idea. I feel very fortunate...and I hope this means I can help the transgender community even more! 💜🏳‍⚧💜

Oh, wow... Such praise...I'll do as you've done and just say thank you. I will do my very best. 💜💜💜

@@amethystaherrick I'm very emotional and verbose today, so you got an extra positive praise because I got really excited about this news!

Ha! I found this pretty comic! Thank you for your praise - the mean comments are only hard when they get very abusive. Luckily, those are far less common than comments like yours that lift me up. 💜💜💜

Thank you so much for this support! I hope I can help many, many people. I feel like I'm starting down a new path in what I'm doing, which feels exciting. The content supports direct work with people...it's an exhilarating idea! 💜💜💜

Thank you! So far, things have been amazing. 💜💜💜

Very true. Is there a particular topic you are referring to?

@@amethystaherrick There is people out there that is willing to destroy people for them self to feel and look better. Sociopath, maliniant narcissists and sadists. And if you as a spiritual person can’t pick up on the betrayal, and run thers errands… you’re fucked

I understand and agree - and I would add to the list even more innocent-appearing people who engage in what John Michael Greer calls "recreational outrage": those who hate who fun. I don't believe it takes psychological dysfunction to suck the magic out of the world. 💜

Thank you SO much! I had a lot of questions when I began this whole process, and I've learned much more than I ever expected. On the note of everyone who wants gender-affirming surgery, I have an interesting announcement today. Thank you again! I highly appreciate your love and support. 💜💜💜

OK! I posted a link to my article about Blodeuwedd on my Community page - I hope you get a chance to read that. More to your point, I agree - there are many myths that teach us about the richness of the human experience, and I'd be delighted to talk through some of them. Thank you for the fabulous idea!! 💜💜💜