LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[KikiDeAnime]

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Of all days for me to wake up with a cold, it just had to be today when I was supposed to get the ducklings....
Thankfully the breeder understood me canceling

 

[TOMTE]

Hi everyone Surprised I haven't come across this thread yet!! I'll read back a few pages soon and see what's been up recently. Hope everyone's having a good day/night!

Should I introduce myself? I can. Or you can read my about. Or both.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hi everyone Surprised I haven't come across this thread yet!! I'll read back a few pages soon and see what's been up recently. Hope everyone's having a good day/night!

Should I introduce myself? I can. Or you can read my about. Or both.

Welcome to the thread! No pressure to say anything about yourself, you can or not, you can just join in on the conversation too!

 

[TwoCrows]

Of all days for me to wake up with a cold, it just had to be today when I was supposed to get the ducklings....
Thankfully the breeder understood me canceling

So sorry to hear you are sick, I hope you start feeling better soon. So many of us are too. Myself as well, going on week 2 and still feeling lousy.

 

[All squabbled up]

I was one of the lucky ones. No one treated me like anyone but ME, my status as trans was accepted even by my Mom. Although I did need to explain to her what it meant.

"You know how you're a woman, and inside you feel like a woman? It's normal for you to act and dress like one? Well, inside I'm a man, and I'm uncomfortable trying to act like anything else because that's what it is, an act."

That's exactly how I tried to explain the way I felt to my mom too. I even tried to give her some science behind it, like how hormones can influence whether your brain is more male or female in the womb. I also observe a lot of gay and trans type phenomenon's in my farm animals. I mean if you think about it if gender is partly determined by how much of x hormone you receive in the womb, then of course there is going to be opportunity for variants....its nature, and that goes for changes in the brain too independently of the body. I argue about this with my mom (very conservative) WAY too often. She just says I'm imagining it or making it up, and I should not act the other gender. "God didn't design you that way."
But like you said with the acting, it feels the other way around.

One of the biggest argument with trans people is that its a social contagion. They try to argue that it was influence that made me think I wanted to be the other gender. But I am living proof that it is not that case, or a least not always that case. I was home schooled I never went to public school or even any kind of home school co op. We live out in the country and the only person to leave the house regularly was Dad to go to work. We live on a busy road so you can't walk anywhere. Growing up I mostly just did work around the property to pass the time I.e. caring for animals/ baling hay. My mom was very "feminine" my Dad was very "masculine" stereotypically. Despite that I still knew this about myself from a very young age (3-4). So when she says its influence, I just want to say "if the influence is that contagious then shouldn't nearly everyone be trans by now?" Plus I have three siblings that I grew up with; we spent a LOT of time together. Non of my siblings ever felt in the wrong gender, or even had hints that they ever questioned their gender identity.
So yeah, I guess I kind of went off on a rant there but basically I can relate.

Welcome to the thread!

You’re trying to take care of yourself. That’s not selfish.

The other peeps on the thread have given you advice I can’t personally give, as I’ve never experienced gender dysphoria. I truly hope it makes you feel more yourself in your own body .

It’s very sad that many LGBTQ people still have to be quiet about who they truly are in order to stay safe. The amount of hate we (and even more so the trans community) receive in relatively privileged countries is astounding. Creates so much division and fear in an already broken society

Thankyou!!! I know I understand what its like to feel shame for something you cant help, and have to hide. My heart breaks for the people that have to feel this way. I really hope one day something changes. We humans can do better.

 

[All squabbled up]

Our senior hen is going to be 9 years old this year. It's crazy to think that we've had her this long.
Fun fact: She's one of the last hens that my parents bought when they were still buying new birds.

Reading this reminded me of our old first chickens.
I was 11 back then. It felt like things were always going to stay the same. We recently moved out to the county and brought home our first chickens. It was so exciting, there was so many good times with them. Everything felt so much more simple back then and seemed brighter too.
UGH!, nostalgia really gets me.

 

[TOMTE]

Hi!! I am using an alias account to write this, to avoid my main from being stigmatized on here. (Some of you might know who I am) I'm not worried about the people specifically in this thread being mean, as I know you guys are very understanding and excepting of different people. I'm mostly just worried about other members on this forum and my reputation being ruined. I hope this doesn't come off as selfish.

But anyway, Does anyone have any tips or tricks for coping or helping to lessen the feelings of gender dysphoria in anyway? I have always delt with gender dysphoria from as far back as I can remember being alive. In recent years though as I age and mature the dysphoria feelings have just been getting worse. Its been especially hard lately, almost unbearable at times having to watch my body develop in ways that are against my gender identity, changes that are opposite to the gender I internally see myself as. I don't know if that makes any sense. It all makes the dysphoria so much worse. I worry about having to live the rest of my life with every permanent change that my body does. I wish I could stop it now, before the damage gets worse. I already wish I could have done something earlier. (I know, explaining gender dysphoria is very tricky) But anyway I can't take any steps towards transitioning now, not until I save up more money and become more independent. So I guess I just wondered how you guys cope with dysphoria before you can take steps to transition? (if your trans of course) And how do you live with yourself being in a body that's changing against your gender identity?

Pleas excuse me if I sound very ignorant on describing this. I was raised in a very conservative anti lgbtq+ house hold, and I'm not very use to talking about this subject with people.

So I guess I just felt more connected to fellow chicken keepers and that's why I asked on here. So I don't know if this is going to be removed or not. I hope its ok, but if it isn't, I didn't mean to post in the wrong place.

Dysphoria is so real, and can be so hard to deal with. I can only say what helped me:

There is no such thing as a male body or female body. It's just a body. Okay, society doesn't make it that easy, because we live in a cisnormative world (overall). Unfortunately. But hey, I have boobs, and I'm a dude. I'm just a dude with boobs I may not want them, and nothing would make me happier than having them lobbed off so I can walk around shirtless, but whatever. That's something I can hopefully do someday! And if not, I only need to remind myself: my body is a man's body because I am a man.

Being trans isn't all about dysphoria and suffering. That's a common misconception and one of the strongest anti-trans arguments; how could you support something that's causing people to hate their bodies, to be depressed? But being trans is about love, and joy, and community. Those are the things we bring to each other. So try to focus on that as much as you can. If physically transitioning is what you want, then I hope you get there someday

 

[TOMTE]

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas!
I got bored the other day and attempted to make a fictional animal art doll type thing...
This is it so far. I'm thinking of changing blue eyes for red, and making him albino. It's just the vibe I'm getting from him.
He is fully posable and kinda silly looking lol.
Im yet to finish the face and legs. Any thoughts or improvements? I don't hate the blue eyes but I feel like red/pink would pop more with the white fur. Biggest question is to ear or not to ear... and what sort of ears?
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He is just a silly little guy and his name is Jingle Bells.

I need one! WOW!! You're talented!!

 

[Canadian Wind]

But hey, I have boobs, and I'm a dude. I'm just a dude with boobs I may not want them, and nothing would make me happier than having them lobbed off so I can walk around shirtless, but whatever.

Got mine lobbed off and I tell ya, that was a weight off my chest!!!

Seriously though, lost about 7 lbs in less than a day. Always hated those things.