So... if I drink from a mug with a dinosaur on it at work, or have a dinosaur emoji on my status etc etc

Alter one to just have the ring on it and wear as a pendant?

Look what arrived Now I can wear a 'statement' without distressing my hoodwinked dd.

Wish I could figure out a way to wear three at a time, but I only have one piercing in each ear. And I'm not getting any more - not even for this.

Qwertee do a Legosaurus t-shirt; one of herbivorous dinosaurs; & poor little T-Rexes having hug!fail.

Snorg Tees have quite a range, including the glorious velociraptor equation, which I have been quietly coveting for some time.

Sass & Belle have an assortment of dino things - if you’re not working from home & thus planning a festive dinosaur backdrop for your Zoom calls, just scroll down for stationery, a glasses case, & lunch things.

Lots of what Rex London have to offer is children’s-party-type-stuff, but if you’re after a microfibre towel for the gym (or wherever else); snack boxes; plasters; pencils… you’re sorted.

For people who are on a limited budget Claire’s Accessories have a selection of dinosaur earrings - don’t know if they’re also marked down in shops. (Probably worth mentioning here that Qwertee, as well as being cheaper than similar sites to start with, often run flash sales - sometimes seemingly completely at random - that make them MUCH cheaper.)

Got my tea-Rex pin displayed on my handbag at work. (In the police station shhhhhhh)

Sainsburys have dinosaur plant holders with plants in this week. They green ones and purple ones. Would make a lovely combo on an office desk.

I guess I’m being too simplistic, I just want people to be taken as they are not what others think they should be. And for no one to feel threatened by another group gaining an equal footing.

That isn't what's happening. You are being too simplistic, yes. And naive.

It's not as simple as '' Er, yeah, but trans''

It's nothing to do with gender identity. For most people it is that simple. They either fancy the opposite/same sex or they don't.

Also, dildos feel nothing like penises. Penises bend during sex, for starters.

So pleased I found this thread, I've treated myself to the Tea-Rex pin!

It reminds me of some advice I was given once about enforcing boundaries with people who don't respect them. If you enforce a boundary and they say "You're being really selfish." you can calmly say "Yes, I'm being selfish, the boundary still stands though." and it takes the power out of the accusation.

"You are a rights-hoarding dinsosaur."
"Okay fine, I'm a dinosaur. Now what about those rights?"

JellySaurus
Unlike the tweeters, I didn't read that cartoon s as a man dating a boy, but s as a man dating a transman. IE vanilla heterosexual, spiced up with a bit of roleplay and dildo anal.

It is supposed to be a depiction of a man in a relationship with a transman, yep.

I believe it is meant to depict a transman. The character does look very childlike though. I don’t care to speculate what the intention is with that.

My dinosaur masks arrived as well 👍🏻 in time for FiLiA this weekend!!

My new tshirt [Sugarhill Brighton via Ebay]
I'm a happy little plant today

[quote PurgatoryOfPotholes]Moving on to gay men now...

twitter.com/dottys_friend/status/1448247334475870211?t=Jet4XYg8gdXiN09hA4aJkA&s=19[/quote]
Unlike the tweeters, I didn't read that cartoon s as a man dating a boy, but s as a man dating a transman. IE vanilla heterosexual, spiced up with a bit of roleplay and dildo anal.

@BringPizza

No apology necessary, we are not the bad guys the TRAs try to make us out to be.

@sashh I know now. I didn’t this time yesterday. I thought I was being ‘nice’ but I had no idea about all of this. I’m sorry for any offence I caused.

[quote BringPizza]@PurgatoryOfPotholes cute, no he’s not all 4 he’s just gay

Ref the cotton ceiling, no I’d not heard of it but 2 wrongs don’t make a right. I guess I’m being too simplistic, I just want people to be taken as they are not what others think they should be. And for no one to feel threatened by another group gaining an equal footing.[/quote]
You do know that TRAs believe your son is transphobic if he refuses to have sex with a trans man, eg a woman who has decided she 'feels' she is a he.

Nothing to do with whether your DS finds the person is attractive, is in an exclusive relationship with someone else or is just not in the mood for sex. If he refuses sex he is labelled a 'transphobe'.

That's what we are critical of.

It's usually transwomen wanting to have sex with lesbians but the same rules apply.

Trans women, 90% of whom have had no surgery or hormone treatment winning women's races, women's scholarships, awards for business and writing.

This might be the most blunt quote on the subject:

I'm so sick of the fucking gaslighting. I want to tell these people to fuck off and see a therapist. My prostate isn't there for your goddamn validation.

twitter.com/artymortyarty/status/1448368317979365376?t=ThocoLOR1yU28P7r9SgKyQ&s=19

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Let me just clarify this point. We have multiple gay men on twitter, as you would have seen when you clicked through, saying that this cartoon and the way it caricatures their sexuality is offensive. Multiple gay men who find the idea offensive that they should see no qualitative difference between sex with a female human using a sex toy and sex with a male human.

Your position is that they are wrong?

And to back your opinion up, your evidence is that you, as a straight woman, think you wouldn't see or feel any difference between experiencing vaginal penetration from a dildo held by a female partner and experiencing vaginal penetration by a penis attached to a male partner?

Or is this an experiment you've already carried out to know?

Can you work out why I might read your post and think "Holy conversion therapy, Batman"?

The idea that men shouldn't be able to tell the difference between a male partner and a female partner, and that they are wrong to say they prefer a male partner is traditional homophobia.

[quote PurgatoryOfPotholes]Moving on to gay men now...

twitter.com/dottys_friend/status/1448247334475870211?t=Jet4XYg8gdXiN09hA4aJkA&s=19[/quote]
Just read that and a bit WTF
I'm not gay, but it's the same principle as me being a straight, c*s ie biological woman.
I'm into fancying men sexually, if someone has had surgery and looks like a man appearance wise why would I not automatically be interested?
It's not as simple as '' Er, yeah, but trans''

Moving on to gay men now...

twitter.com/dottys_friend/status/1448247334475870211?t=Jet4XYg8gdXiN09hA4aJkA&s=19

@Cwenthryth from a quick Google, I think there might be two meanings - one is a graphic t with a message on it which will start a conversation. The other appears to to be a shirt with a repeated pattern on it. But it's not that clear!

I think the whole 'cotton ceiling' thing was one of the first things that made me think 'what the actual fuck'. Lesbians being shamed, harassed and intimidated and their body autonomy being disregarded.

My t-rex earrings arrived today - very pleased.

Aaaaaanyway

That turned into a nice exchange overall there though Thankyou @BringPizza for opening your mind. As a bisexual woman, wearing purple and green dino earrings in solidarity with my fellow feminists is not hating anyone, and it’s fucking infuriating to have someone who clearly understands so little about the issues at hand waltz in and tick us off about “being kind”, it is very refreshing for you to be humble enough to actually listen. Hashtags and memes are insufficient arguments. Please do hang around, read, post, ask questions, learn. There a lot of us “LGBT people” on this side of the fence/pie.

Did we get anywhere on what a Conversational Shirt is?

Found this on Shein.

As for the rights/pie analogy - not only is the T taking women's pie, they are smashing it to a pulp, sweeping it back into the dish and going "what's the problem, I've not taken any of your pie"