Notices by 🌈Tilly Bridges 🏳️‍⚧️✨ (tillybridges@mastodon.social), page 3

the New York Times is so very responsible for the state of trans rights in the US right now due to their concerted effort to promote and normalize anti-trans bigotry and propaganda

it was INTENTIONAL, like we’ve been telling you all along

https://transnews.network/p/a-directive-from-above-former-nyt-editor-lays-out-how-the-paper-pushes-anti-trans-bigotry

heyyyyyy if you’re going to see family this holiday season

trans people really need you to not brush off your transphobic relatives just to “keep the peace”

our lives are more important than making bigoted people uncomfortable

nothing’s gonna change until cis people as a group decide to change it

https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/05/trans-politics-1-cis-people-stand-up-for-us/

also it’s about more than just reading a lot

you need an intimate understanding of structure, theme, and character, and how best to serve those and help the writer accomplish what they set out to do

you also need to be able to figure out why something isn’t working the way it should

the writers you work with are part of your team, you’re all in it together

seek out underrepresented voices because nothing will ever change if you don’t

advocate for them and their ideas to the publisher

good editors are a true blessing and a writer’s best friend 🩷

i dunno this is weird, why categorize them by rank

especially since everyone higher than a lt. once WAS a lt…

nvm overthinking is done, the answer’s always gonna be Dax

it’s been a minute and my brain’s fried so let’s open these back up (or ask in the replies if you don’t care about being anonymous)

trans stuff, writing stuff, representation in media stuff, Trek stuff, derby stuff, pizza stuff, it’s all fair game

whatcha got?

https://ngl.link/tillybridges

there are always people in this world who will think we should be someone that we’re not

but why do angry wrong people get to be the boss of you? here’s the secret nobody tells you:

they don’t get to be!

and there are people who’re gonna LOVE who you really are

and those are the ones that matter

there is little in this world better than a really good vanilla

not that cheap crappy stuff, but the fancy kind with flecks of real vanilla in it? that shit’s the best

i also really love strawberry, both with real strawberries (perfection) and artificially flavored (terrible with lovely nostalgia)

it’s as easy as this

no aliens, no half and half, no “whatever,” and it’s accessible

basic respect is easy actually

hey cis friends

when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally

this is what i mean

(this article is moderately transphobic, which is no surprise given it's from the BBC, but it's the action of the cis woman who's the focus of it that I'm talking about)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3epyl4pddwo

this has been a VERY hard year for trans people

so let me just say

to all of you out there who stood up for us and soundly rejected transphobia in this election

thank you for protecting us

PLEASE KEEP IT UP WE NEED YOU and there’s still a long way to go

but

THANK. YOU. 😭🩷

given that it thankfully, blessedly, rightfully seems like transphobic propaganda bullshit is a losing issue for republicans

~AGAIN~

i expect 500 of these filled out and on my desk by tomorrow morning

(graphic by Gillian Branstetter)

being a smart trans woman in 2025 means knowing you have to put makeup on AFTER crying because the world broke your heart again, not before

chasers gonna chase

APPARENTLY

cleansing your timeline

WIF A CUTE BAFF

right wing bigots have admitted

- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue

- the “trans women in sports” issue and

- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue

were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY

are you paying attention?

heyyyy do I know anyone that can read Latin and could maybe translate a short passage for me?

CALIFORNIANS!

Governor Newsom has TEN LGBTQ+ protection bills awaiting his signature right now, and time is running out for him to sign them

https://transnews.network/p/california-lgbtq-rights-bills-2025

today is my birthday and I’d love nothing more than for everyone to help fight the darkness with kindness

do something kind for someone today (this includes yourself, you are Someone)

and tell me about a kindness someone did for you! let’s celebrate some goodness in the world 🩷

cis friends we NEED YOU TO CALL YOUR REPS and yell at them to protect trans healthcare

Dems have got to hold the line on this, again, even when it’s hard

our right and ability to exist is on the line

PLEASE HELP WE NEED YOU

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/