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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Transvestite prescriptively means a crossdresser, by the way. Literally, that is. "-vestire "to dress, to clothe" (from PIE *wes- (2) "to clothe," extended form of root *eu- "to dress").

I'm not gonna argue over how the terms was used in mid 20th century America, I wouldn't know. Just like etymology, don't mind me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Oh absolutely, and it meant that then because sexology was in the process of catching up with groups of people that medicine had recently gained the ability to make the differences between far more significant. They were also very prone to medical gatekeeping and treating transition as the absolute last resort for those unable to live a normal life as their assigned gender