How did we miss Tony's uper important Ted talk?
Q: Can you give a short preview of what your TED talk will be about?
A: “Absolutely. So, first of all, I’m going to be talking about the fact that trans people have a history. We have always been here. We are as old as humanity itself. And I think that that’s important to talk about to start off with, because so often the news around trans people and the reporting around transgender people are that we are somehow this new thing. That we have exploded onto the scene out of nowhere, but the truth is, we are as old as writing itself. The very first human author Enheduanna was writing about the priesthood of Inanna, which is a priesthood of transgender, third gender and gender nonconforming people, so people whose assigned sex at birth did not match their gender identity or presentation. And so the first time that symbols were placed down onto clay tablets and somebody signed their name, they were talking about transgender people. We’ve always been here, [and] we’re part of what it means to be human.
The reason why I like to start with this is because, whenever we establish that we have been here for so long, we can then talk about why it’s important that we be allowed to coexist in society today. And I will take all of this history and connect it to the situation today, the way in which we’re living today, the laws that target us, as well as the things that we’re able to do for the first time in history.
I’m going to close off with a discussion about how people are finding community and safety, and my hope is that, in the future, whenever they look at this day and age, they see that despite everything that was happening right now, people felt more free than ever to come out and be themselves.”
TEDxBinghamton University 2024: Erin Reed
I'd love to hear Tony explain how historical figures could have been troons before troonery was even medically possible in the easrly 20s and 30s. He is such an ignoramous.
What a stunning and brave troon! Also, troonery is not healthcare.
"A: “Five years ago, whenever I first transitioned, I had to travel three hours in one direction and three hours back just to get my health care. And I live in the DC area — it’s a place where trans health care is actually very good. It was hard to find that information, and so I sought out to map out all of the gender-affirming care clinics to make it easier for people."
Tony just knew he was such a super duper importany tranny that he quit his job to run a shitty fan fiction blog.
"Eventually, I, a year and a half ago, decided that 2023 was going to be a very difficult year for trans people and so many people were depending on my reporting by then that I left my job. I had two months [of] income saved up. I didn’t know if I would be able to do this continually, I thought I might have had to find a new job. But I wanted to write. I wanted to just write as much as I can. I learned about Substack and I started a Substack, a newsletter there, and just started writing every day. It blew up. People started following my work and they depended on it for information and I’ve been very blessed to be able to do this work now to where people do look at my writing and see it is very important for knowing what’s going on.”
He looks like a hideous Ryan Gosling in that second one. Fix those hinged gnashers, Tony!
