Turned the photo around on the PC. You might want to zoom in a bit with the image in a new tab to see the full details, but if you find the cosonaut, you get a free trans mom hug. <3 #CoSoFamily #CoSoArt
To explain some of the color choices and the symbols haha well, look at the community we built for ourselves! We are inclusive, protective of one another, and strong! We love our animal friends, and plushies, but we also love science and the wonders of space! We admire the hard workers in the metal industry and those that work in agriculture but we embrace every walk of life without discrimination and work together to improve our world around us.
To me, being trans and proud, is an important step to embracing all that I am, all that is me, and all of the people that also share this journey with me. I'm not alone as a transgender individual here, but it can be very isolating and very frightening both. I wanted to point out that this place, is a safe place for all, even us transfolk. And yes, it means that much to me.
From me an uninvited opinion. It’s always better to be true to yourself. 🌈🌈
@Swainger And how! <3 🌈 🏳️🌈
@PaganMother Is it actually emotionally safe here to talk about plushies? I have a Moon Pal weighted plushie that is so good for my anxiety, and I love stuffed bears. But I learned not to talk about them because then I get treated like I'm not a real adult.
@weirdfizz It is, plushies are wonderful for helping ease anxiety, and give a sense of security when you have little else anywhere else. This is perfectly safe to talk about. <3
@PaganMother That's wonderful! I am an intense social masker. I'm unlearning it. But it's still hard not to just shut up the parts of myself I see being frowned at. Every day, CoSo gives me a little more "you can be yourself here".
@weirdfizz I know what you mean, I've had to do a LOT of masking over the years just to blend in and not draw notice to my mental health disorders and conditions over the years. I have a plushy teddy bear that I keep near by me, as well as a handful of beanie dragons because well, dragons are pretty damn cool!
@PaganMother I have a theory that dragons are autistic. So, yeah... totally cool!
@weirdfizz They could be, they hoard just about anything that captures their obsessions! :3 Yes, sometimes princesses. Haha!
I understand there were some upsetting remarks earlier in response to the trans colors chosen for the triple flagged pole representing the E, and I do have a good reason for putting that symbol of my own identity in there. You see, being trans and living out of the closet can be VERY frightening. There's a lot of hostile folks out there with misinformation about what it is to be transgender, and yall have made it easier for me to come out of my shell and grow into who I am on the inside.