Takahē

18d

Streaming and content creation; needing to find a source of income due to risk of long-term unemployment; seeking feedback, advice, and thoughts

This post is largely aimed at anyone -- largely our longer-time followers -- for whom any of the below apply:

Follows us and finds our posts useful or enjoyable.
Caught any of our Twitch streams before we went on hiatus
Considers us a friend and misses hanging out.

We've been out of work since the beginning of May, and -- for a number of reasons -- we're facing the very-real risk of long-term unemployment

Whilst England technically has a benefits system, it's a particularly shitty one, and there's a very good chance that we'll be denied anything until we've depleted our limited savings

As such, we figure we need to start making content -- streams and videos -- to try to bring in some form of income and to try to keep our mood from spiralling, especially whilst we're currently acting as a primary carer for our wife.

We'd been wanting to get back to streaming games anyway, but we're thinking that we need to also generate some kind of video content. We're just not sure what folks would actually watch if we made it.

There are already plenty of trans+ and non-binary creators out there, producing a range of different content.

Some read memes (often alongside the epic OneTopic) or do silly skits.

e.g.,

Alice in Wonder1and
YukkoEx
AvaThroughFire

Others are doing high-quality videos covering a variety of topics, such as media analysis, current events, offering advice, or trying to inspire other trans+ and non-binary people:

Jamie Lotun-Raines
Lynn Saga
Jessie Gender After Dark
Hannah Phillips

Whilst we're AuDHD (which seems to be very common, especially among fem content creators and streamers), ours is technically combined type ADHD and leans towards inattentive. We lack the hyperactive ADHD manic energy that we often see in many popular trans+, non-binary, queer, and neurospicy folks.

We guess we don't know what content we'd enjoy making and that others would enjoying consuming.

We know a lot about DIY / homebrew HRT / GAHT, but we can't really do videos on that without breaching TOS on Twitch or YouTube and getting banned.

We talk a lot about mental health struggles, neurospicy topics, and our own transition, along with our issues with NHS England, but would people watch that?

It's not like we're pretty (like F1NN5TER or ICKY), particularly entertaining, have an amazing voice, or are particularly uplifting... at least in Evie's opinion. (Our headmate Hannah disagrees on at least some of these.)

Guess we'd at least give some plural representation, but we'd probably cause division there too, where we're a median system, which some folks do not consider to be a valid form of plurality 😞

Plus, as is probably evident from the above, we struggle a lot with imposter syndrome 😅🤦‍♀️

We are genuinely asking for thoughts and feedback here, but naturally we hope folks will be kind, even if they're not telling us anything optimistic. We prefer grounded realism over toxic positivity.

Also, just to clarify, by content creation we are not talking about OnlyFans 😅 (For reasons we won't go into, it's just not an option for us.)

#streaming #ContentCreation #Twitch #trans #transgender #transition #TransFem #enby #NonBinary #queer #neurodivergent #neurospicy #AuDHD #AskFedi #MentalHealth #NHS #ImposterSyndrome

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It’s been a year! So, here’s a re #introduction.
I’m late 30s #enby #lgbtq person, I live in #Finland with my partner and our two #cats.
I play and post about #VideoGames a lot. #Pinball is a very dear hobby.
I’m a chef by profession, so sometimes there’s #food related stuff. I wish I had a green thumb, I dabble with #plants.
I do #crafts, I do #knitting, #crochetting and #CrossStitching.
I love to #travel.
I enjoy #StarTrek, #Batman, #cycling, #coffee and making friends with likeminded people.

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347d

Thinking about the absorption of hormone gel.
wondering if there is any influence by washing with hot/cold water and optionally soap beforehand.

kinda tempted to collect data on this.

Question: Would you contribute data? (obviously anonymous/pseudonymous, details on what i imagine collecting in following post, answers only for people already using (or starting within the next year) hormone gel and thus able to contibute)

#trans #hrt #Gynokadin #transfem #transmasc #enby

22% for one blood test Estrogen HRT
67% for multiple/all variations Estrogen HRT
11% for one blood test Testosterone HRT
0% for multiple/all variations Testosterone HRT

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318d

#TransMusicMonday

Artist: Bridge City Sinners (Libby Lux, she/they)

Why? Mix country and metal vocals, add in bluegrass and folk instrumentation, and run wild with goth, emo, and psychobilly themes. This is the unique magic that is Bridge City Sinners.

Where to start?

One of my favorite songs and just a gorgeous music video is "Devil Like You." It tells a campfire scary story like a folk song, while also bringing in themes of the dangers of heteronormativity and more.

https://youtu.be/ZDgp1Z3EPVU?si=Oh_XGCznCYip5ZRM

Their latest album centers themes of living with mental illness, decentering neurotypical norms. Many of these songs highlight the possibilities of this distinct musical creativity too. "Doubt" speaks to my disordered heart while being a tour of the breadth of their talent.

https://youtu.be/3cu1dDFjH0M?si=T51cTG3Gsy4Xf5gK

"Crazy" is another one of these, it's both fun and affirms "maybe it's okay" we'll never be okay.

https://youtu.be/pIc7THicdtk?si=IMPoeyYD137Rhr6x

#TransMusic #NonbinaryMusic #Nonbinary #Trans #Enby #TheyThem

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This is really exciting! I'm absolutely delighted to announce that there's an upcoming re-edition of my novel The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights!

Scheduled for release by Bywater Books in May 2024, the re-edition comes with an introduction written by me, and an afterword by queer author Meg-John Barker!

A touching comedy of #polyamory and #nonbinary life, The Giddy Death explores the ultimate boundaries of #love and #gender.

#books #lgbtq #enby #queer #trans #gay

A book cover featuring a beer bottle, the label reading 'The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights' followed by 'Redfern Jon Barrett'

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1y

My #enby mugs are now available on my etsy shop:

https://purringjenn.etsy.com/listing/1697958835

#non-binary #pride #mugs #FediGiftShop #ForSale #Handmade

5 non-binary flag mugs with unique mosaic patterns put next to each other. The two side ones are cropped, but the unique mosaic patterns are visible

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1y

Time to share my newest art!

"Enby wave" painting #225, Acrylics on A4 sized canvas

Permalink: https://kittenme.ws/art/gallery/225

If you like it, I'd appreciate a boost.
If you want to buy me a coffee and if you're able to, you can tip me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jglauche

If you are interested in the original, DM me.

#enby #pride #art #MastoArt #ArtForSale

A painting in the colors of a non-binary flag. A huge wave, the water depicted in purple, roars in the shape of a half circle covering the painting side to side, the middle section is filled with rounded cubes behind a white background, chosen as an abstract style. On the bottom of the painting, the purple transitions into black with a few speckles of white, on the top the horizon is yellow with a bit of sunlight shining through the the left tip of the wave which is splashing outside of the canvas

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1y

here's a short #introduction to me!

my name is taco, my fursona's name is #aeolusviridis. most places i'm known as `@chirpbirb`. you can call me taco.

i'm an #sre / #sysadmin by day, #enby #demi furry tinkerer by night. i like #gaming, #anime, #music, #furry, #tech, the whole nine yards. you'll probably see me beeping about #selfhosting and #linux stuff a lot, so get ready for that.

i'm also #latino / #latine ! my blood comes from the gran #colombia. #ecuador #venezuela

( ' v ' ) 💚

a transparent digital drawing of a small green gryphon with its tongue sticking out

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1y

okay let's try this #introduction again
hi i'm niko they/them
me in three words: #deaf #enby #furry

likely have #ADHD and #autism but undiagnosed right now

i dabble a bit in #embedded (and a lot more not-embedded) programming with #rustlang

i take #photos from time to time, #photography is certainly one of my hobbies and i'll likely post some of my photos here (please let me know if i forget to add alt text)

#skiing from time to time as well (wish i could do it more but alas)

most of my time is spent behind a computer running #linux (i use arch btw)

originally migrated to linux for #privacy reasons and now love it for so many reasons, all of my systems run linux (except for my mobile devices on #iOS)

you might also see me talking about being #deaf with #CochlearImplants (which i like to say makes me a #cyborg) from time to time

at some point i'll stop rambling about stuff :3

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1y

TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE FRIENDS:

Since coming to terms with your gender, how often have you wished you were just a regular cis person of your gender? (E.g. trans fems wishing they were "just another cis girl")

And if you could reply, I'd love to hear why you have those feelings or thoughts. 💜

#Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #Queer #Enby