Notices by Lisa Melton (lisamelton@mastodon.social)

Two years ago today I came out as #trans to my wife. I wrote a little about that when I came out to everyone here on Mastodon some months later:

https://lisamelton.net/2023/06/22/my-coming-out-party/

Since then it's been a struggle with divorce, moving, surgery and not being able to have surgery. And now my government is trying to erase me and my siblings.

My only regret? That I didn't transition sooner. 🏳️⚧️✊

#TransJoy #TransRightsAreHumanRights

@Lana That. Is. Awesome! 😂🏳️⚧️✊

Oh god. Oh god. I'm in this post and I don't like it. 🤦♀️🤣

Name and gender change update! After getting a letter on Saturday, I purchased five "official" copies of my court order on Monday morning and then proceeded to Social Security on that very same afternoon to, BOOM!💥, change my vitals with them.

This morning was more waiting at the DMV for a new license, vehicle registration and title. But now, BOOM!💥, that's done too.

Your girl Elizabeth Anne Melton here doesn't just wait around for the paperwork to happen all by itself. 😁🥳😊🥰💖

@ryanhoulihan This. 💯

Guess what arrived in the mailbox today? A copy of a now-judicially-signed court order... RECOGNIZING MY NAME AND GENDER CHANGE!!!!! 🎉🥳💃🎊🎈🪅🎂🙌🍾🥂

It was in a hand-addressed envelope addressed to "Elizabeth Anne Melton." Who is now me. 😊🥰💖 Just thought you might want to know.

Now Imma hot-foot it to the court on Monday and pick up five "official" copies with the stamped seal. For a mere $200. And then start making the rounds to Social Security, the DMV, etc. It's always more paperwork. 🤷♀️

One year ago today I came out to everyone as #trans right here on Mastodon and also published this blog post:

https://lisamelton.net/2023/06/22/my-coming-out-party/

The reaction was incredible, which I documented with this next blog post:

https://lisamelton.net/2023/06/26/the-reaction-from-mastodon/

Anyway, I wanted to send you all another love letter. Because I continue to receive so much affirmation and support here. I'm not sure that would have happened anywhere else.

Thank you, again, awesome people. 😊🥰💖🏳️⚧️

@ljrk I certainly agree that moving to Swift would further isolate the development of WebKit.

And, yes, if there are still Objective-C components in the Safari UI, those could certainly be rewritten in Swift.

But the existing codebase of WebKit is already using a tight subset of C++. And it has strict memory management and error handling systems. My old gang has been working on this now for over 20 years and they kinda have it tuned by now. 😀

@fahrni @kdawson

@fahrni Let me be blunt.

It would be foolish and irresponsible to re-write the C++ codebase of Safari, particularly WebKit, in Swift. We're talking about millions of lines of code here.

There is little, if anything, to gain from such a venture and so much to lose. Doing so would also almost certainly stall or significantly slow development.

This is a bad idea.

So, your first instinct to admonish developers to not rewrite their software is the good one.

@kdawson

@WarnerCrocker That is gorgeous, sir. And striking.

Someone asked me how I was doing and I said, "You know, juggling dysphoria, dysmorphia and existential dread."

My self-assigned job here means I read a LOT of posts, many of those about current events. And often that information is just... a bit too much.

Lately, I worry that being #trans will soon be illegal or just practically impossible. Either way, that's a death sentence.

So, yeah, dread now seems like the heavier ball.

I suppose the upside is that I'm not as concerned about the others.

@ljrk Wow! Thanks so much for mentioning me in your list of absolutely awesome women! I am honored and humbled. 😊🥰💖

It's not enough that #trans people are welcome with you. The transphobes have to be *unwelcome*.

These people must be challenged, corrected and shunned for what they say and do. It doesn't matter to me if they're your co-workers, friends or even family.

You've noticed the hate out there, right? It's rampant and only getting worse.

If you want to be my ally, please realize that I need someone willing to be my advocate. Not just someone to provide me shelter.

Thank you. 🏳️⚧️💖

#pride

It's bad enough that MAGA thugs are bum rushing us to a Trump dictatorship and, you know, trying to eradicate people like me by stoking fear with the uninformed.

But do they have to be such whiny bitches about it all?

Bro, are your white christian privelges and spray-tan Jesus really that fragile? Are your feelings so hurt that all you care about is revenge?

This grievance shit is getting old and I'm tired of it. Let's vote so hard that these fuckers will truly have something to cry about.

@AskPippa Indeed! The Mastodon community is like no other. It's, of course, not perfect but, ZOMG!, the people here are so much more pleasant and helpful than those on any other social media platform I've been involved in.

@renchap @Gargron

@Life_is Oh yes! And you wouldn't believe how much that improves my boosting by making it much easier for me to evaluate which information is timely.

Please keep these great features coming!

@renchap @Gargron

The previous post is over four and half hours old, north of 600 faves and 250 boosts, sooooo... I just notice it's missing an entire word---the definite article, of all things---in the first sentence. Sorry about that!🤦♀️

@olav LOL! Well played, sir. Well played. 😂 @enmodo

Two weeks ago, a build of Mastodon's Web interface removed two features which impacted me, other power users and some folks with accessibility issues.

And many of us complained 'cause, well, it kinda sucked.

But @renchap and the developers listened to us! And they didn't just back out those changes. No, they restored the functionality integrated with other new features.

So, I wanted to publicly thank them for all that hard work and landing it last week. Y'all rock! 💖

/cc @Gargron

@Wufflekins Thank you! 🏳️⚧️💖