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This is my final response to a discussion I was in about accepting transgenders and whether it exists at all:

''I read this before I went on a trip to learn more about myself. It's been a while, I know, but I just want a closing word in before I leave it as it is.

I am only going to say this, no matter whether it's a mental state or if it's biological, if you believe it exists or not. People who feel like the opposite sex they are born in exist. The reason for this no longer matters, what matters is giving people the very basic respect someone needs in order to fully live their life without feeling completely miserable. Saying Miss to someone who is a transfemale, instead of calling them sir, can make a whole world of difference and takes no effort at all. If you see someone clothed like a certain sex, adress them as that sex. If someone needs a form to have other options, let them have that option. It won't affect you in the slightest, but it can make a world of difference for them.

There is naivity to be found in claims that indicate nature is perfect, nature isn't and identity not matching the body isn't so farfetched if you consider all the wonders and errors in this world. But in the end, it's all about respecting your fellow human being, regardless of what they identify with. Just be nice to someone who feels different than you do. Open yourself to believe that the person in question, just wants to be themselves. Give them atleast the smallest ounch of respect you can give someone. Call a person how they want to be called.''
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I saw a journal post of some who I watch about the definition of gender, this is what I responded. I'll take this moment, to officially come out to the web as Bisexual and Transgender. Especially the last part is something which I have only accepted recently, and I am still figuring out what it means for me. As I feel as both genders and identify myself with both of the genders. It's still a journey of discovery for me, but that blog post helped me to think about it some more.

This is the link: mortalshinobi.deviantart.com/j…

This my reaction:

This has turned into an essay, if you are really interested in it. I hope you read it ( the caps are not because I am mad, but just to emphasize, albeit a bit frustration perhaps of the world in general, ill post this on my journal as wel)

You know, I was keeping this a ''between me and some people'' kind of deal. But looking at these comments.. I dunno, there's work to be done I guess. I am someone who has since years, but only recently accepted the fact. That when felt faced with the issue. That when a form requires me to fill in a blanc and asks me about my gender, I want to fill in both. 


QUOTE: ''so for me, I don't believe in multiple genders beyond two or three since i base it on the physical sexual beliefs.  so what about cis gender and binary gender, you ask?  well, to use myself as an example based on definition,  I do not think as the "stereotypical male".  I hate sports, hate mechanics, politics bore me, I am submissive, I hate cars.  Does this mean I think of myself as a woman and not a guy?  not really based on my definition.''


I always thought myself as not a typical guy, like you, and some other people in  the comments. I thought myself as weird (go figure) and dismissed the fact that there was anything else going on for me than just not being according to the norm. I was just a nice and emotional guy and I was proud of this fact. THing is. It isn't about what you think of yourself, or about what you think about specific genderbased stereotypes in society  or even about what your personality is.

It's about how you feel, and how you use those feelings to identify yourself.

For me, despite that I just like you and others could just try and accept myself as a different kind of man. It quite simply is NOT who I am. It might be who YOU are, but not Who I am.  People DO NOT BELIEVE they are something, they simply ARE.


I know this, not because I act different or THINK myself as different (though offcourse there is part in this, as I do feel and think differently) . It is how I feel, instinctively in different situations, that I AM different.  I do not think myself as exclusivly as a man, I do not think myself as exclusivlely female ( I have still only accepted this recently, so I have not had time to completely discover who I am).But for now I am stuck between genders, in my mind.

If you do not feel this way, you cannot possibly understand how it feels or what a person, who is transgendered thinks. That is exactly the problem in society in general. If it isn't part of you, it's easy to think that it isn't part of anyone else either. Considering you can only go by about what YOU feel, not what someone else feels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_….

This effect is exactly what causes people to form (negative) opinions of things they do not understand and develop,what they believe and their thinking process, as fact.
(Stephen Colbert actually invented a word for this, called truthiness (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthine…). Couple of examples: ‘’because I am not attracted to men, homosexuality is wrong’’ and ‘’because I think this way and do not feel like a woman, people who think they feel like one, must be mentally ill’

The world in general, is not black and white, our minds however demand it to be . So we can make sense of the world around us. We use this black and white thinking to create cubicles of ideas and opinions about everything and eventually it grows into cultural norms and ‘’set in stone’’ definitions about who and what is what.  

That does not change the fact, that it is NOT  that way. It’s NOT reality. Reality is the fact, that in this world there are numerous ways about how a person can end up being born. Transgender (and the other letters LGB+, which actually is NOT tomato tomato) are not a social construct, ones gender (mentally) and sexuality are not defined by social contructs of culture, it’s something that has always existed, thoughout different parts of the worlds that have never met and throughout nature itself.

The native americans knew transgendered people as two spirited (Which I identify most with), people in india have had transgendered people mentioned throughout history aswel. And please note, that it was thus far far apart, that Columbus went to the wrong continent and called the Native Americans, indians. In other words, Native Americans and people from India are worlds apart and they both have transgendered people. There are also countless example of homosexuality in animals and even transgenderism (animals who insitcintlvly act like the opposite of their assigned birth Sex, proving that it’s very much real AND biological  AND according to nature.

The only thing that is a social contruct, is how we perceive people that are transgendered. The Native Americans accepted transgendered men and they had their place in the tribe, taking care of the children with other women when the hunters were away.

Which leads us to what should change, And that is peoples perception.


The reason that there are so many definitions of different kind of genders, is because of that same need to categorize everything. They want to define themselves, this has gone overboard somewhat. However it’s how this process simply goes.

The only way to get transgendered people accepted, is if it becomes part of cultures (again). This includes the seperation of the definitions of Gender and Sex. It’s not people who should change, it’s definitions, grammar, norms and ESPECIALLY black and white thinking.

 In this specific case, it’s the forms that need to change with either a Sex option ( Which asks about biologically assigned features) or a Gender ‘’other’’ option. You don’t even need to have it specify.
You can even have both questions to explicitely state the difference. When you go the doctor, the only thing that might change, is how he calls you if you are transgendered. There is nothing confusing about that, especially not when people learn and accept the difference and accept people of all kind.

Which is what LGBT rights activists and LGBT’s  themselves (sometimes the wrong way, by being aggressive towards those that do not understand), try to do.

I believe the basic right of life, is to be who you are and get accepted for it. (As long as it does not hurt other individuals offcourse).  I am who I am, just like other people are who they are.

What other people belief I am or the fact that they think they know what I think or believe I am.

 Is not how I am defined.

I am defined by myself only and I reserve that right as much as cisgendered and/or straight people have the right to define themselves.
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First of all, let me thank Bleagh :iconbleagh: , for the amazing rendition of Max, a character from the novel Grimmreaper I was/am writing. It's been in the pipelines for a long time now, mostly put to halt by life, personal problems and my education. I was planning on picking it up again the coming months and after seeing that image  bleagh.deviantart.com/art/Max-… , I want that to happen sooner rather than later!

I have always been a bit wary of showing my original characters to other people, and posting them on the web even. Because I realise, that before I have even finished a project. It might have been stolen and used somewhere else. Now Max is generally a generic character, I mean she is from a novel. So it isn't a concept that one could classify as a highly original concept, she is a human. A person. The only thing that sets her apart is her story, what is/will be written about her. I feel like posting my OC's and leaving the essential parts of them out, might actually be an ok move for my paranoid mindset.

Seeing my character come to life feels great, not only to see it being executed so good. But to see an interpretation from written text. Granted I gave a small reference image, but I did give a short description of her. When you read a novel, one tries to picture how a character looks. So this actually felt really great! I am more open to other people drawing my images now, might even commision at one point or organize contests around my OC's or the novel itself.

I am wary however on drawing my own characters still, as now, how a characters looks is open for interpretation. Something which I did not even consider, people like to imagine how the character looks for themselves. It's the most common argument for reading books first as opposed to their moviecounterparts. Therefore my interpration might have to be put on the sideline, in order to make the novel more interesting. I will probably draw her for my personal pleasure, might even put different concepts online though. That might be an idea aswel.

Anyhow, after a period of gigantic stress and ongoing issues, it's cool to have somehing like this brighten my day and bring inspiration all around. Another thank you to Bleagh, and contact me if you wish to give your own rendition of a character of my mine :)

With kind regards,

Soulsaint
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Hey, long time since last update.

I won't be organizing the 50 Dr who project, I will however continue and try to make 50 myself. however, I feel like I shouldn't constrain myself to it.

Also quite busy lately, and will be for a while

I will update some more soon enough though!

Stay froody folks!
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Hello Everybody!

making one of my triumphant returns, like I tend to do quite a lot. Anyway I have been travelling, through time and space, beyond the stars and back. I have been doing that for quite some years now and it is all due to a man they call the Doctor. Considering his anniversary was recently, I took it upon myself to honour his adventures by capturing him in art 50 times.

I have already began working on some stuff and I like to extend this to you, my dear reader, aswel.

I am organizing (albeit slowly, long time and space travels tend to make you be somewhat insomniatic) a Doctor Who project for you the artist.

The goal is to capture the Doctor, his enemies, his companions and his adventures with the blue box known as the Tardis (More specifically the capsule 40 model with broken Chameleon circuit). The max entries per artists is 5, the goal is 50 artworks, making it a collaboration of at least 10 people. It might however be so that if enough interest in the project is garnered that I might do a second project.

The deadline is the anniversary date, I leave with more information of the first forum I coined this idea:


In honour of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, I will attempt to draw anything and any from doctor who, 50 times. The time ( :rolleyes: ) limit I have set for myself is until next year 23th November. This mean 50 seperate drawings, ranging from traditional to digital, sketch to concepts to complete works. probably even environmental artworks.

While mostly a personal project, I thought it might be interesting to extend this project to others as wel, obviously I understand that not everyone will draw doctor who 50 times (but I secretly hope they will). However, hopefully I can reach enough people to fill another 50 slots of Doctor Who.

 

I will try and categorize some slots, in order to make sure that we don't get 50 David Tennants, however I have yet to decide the artist limit entry.. I suppose 5 per artist should be the max (Though I would feature the rest aswel). So I can atleast try and get atleast 10 different artists. It's gonna be a challenge for sure, especially for me organizing it. But also for those participating!

Who amongst you is brave enough to accept this challenge and claim the first dibs?

The Doctors
1st Doctor - William Hartnell

2nd Doctor - Patrick Troughton

3rd Doctor - Jon Pertwee

4th Doctor - Tom Baker

5th Doctor - Peter Davison

6th Doctor - Colin Baker

7th Doctor - Sylvester McCoy

8th Doctor - Paul McGann

War Doctor - John Hurt

9th Doctor - Christopher Eccleston

10th Doctor - David Tennant

11th Doctor - Matt Smith

12th Doctor  - Peter Capaldi

 

Companions/Allies

Any is acceptable, keep it it from the show though, special mentions:

K-9

Amy Pond

River Song

Lady

Rory Williams (Centurion)

Strax

Jenny

Donna

Rose

Martha

Captain Jack Harkness

 

Daleks

Davros (Inventor of the Daleks)

Classic Dalek (any before reboot)

Modern Dalek (Coloured sleeker ones etc)

Dalek without armour

Dalek Sec (Human-Dalek variant)


Other Races
Zygon

Sycorax

Cybermen

Weeping Angel

Silence

Ood

Sontarian

Rhino creature, ill look up the name later :^) (doing this mostly out of my head)
 

Enemies

The Master (any of his forms)

 

Items/Objects

Tardis new exterior (interior is under environments)

Tardis classic exterior (any of the older versions)

Sonic Screwdriver (Any of the versions)

 

Environments

Tardis Interiors (Any of the Tardis interiors)

Gallifrey

Satellite 5

 

To be updated, note the list will exceed 50 slots, but only 50 need to be filled.. this is for variety and the ability to choose what one may draw. Obviously all the doctors, a tardis and a good variety of creatures need to be present at the very least.

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