Friday dumps: It's the 2 year anniversary of my hysterectomy & I have a new essay published about it! To Nonbinary complexity & euphoria in every sense. To the loved ones that built me up as I mended! “I received a “Congratulations, you’re pregnant!” parting gift basket from the hospital. Another parting gift: they found a plum-sized cyst in my lower right pelvic region. We named the mass of blood and tissue “Cystina,” a jab at the frequently intimidating poetic form, because what is being queer but making new names for the things that grow inside you?" — From ’Different Scars, Same Gender’ published by @them & edited by marvelous @msclickbait with gorgeous art by @peach_doggo! To read more, link is in my bio. ID: 1) Illustration of a short haired round person with glasses & blue speckled hospital gown. Glowing subtle lights emit from their body, lights are butterfly shaped. While he sits in a hospital bed, a glow butterfly perches on his finger. 2) white text with illustration glow background: I am still trying to figure out how a catastrophe and a blessing can happen at once, can be held in the same hand, lived in the same body. I’ve come to believe euphoria is as fluid as gender; that even while the removal of my uterus wasn’t affirming as it is for some, it doesn’t have to be. My elation need not fit any specific script. How my body pivots can be its own kind of illumination. 3) brown round queer stands overlooking a window with an ice pack on his belly. nyc buildings at the window. 4) same person spooned out after surgery wears lilac cap & glasses in bed, about to eat sushi. 5) a Black femme takes care of a labhound on fire escape with plants. 6) an Asian Nonbinary femme with mask on crouches to pet same dog at a table. 7) brown round boi at the beach a couple days before surgery. Wears sunglass, cane, & leather robe. 8) same person with Black Light brown queer Nonbinary femme take silly selfie together. 9) meme illustration of a frog with blazé face being held. Text above: You have to be male or female! Text below: Bro relax I'm literally just attractive. _____ #Nonbinary #Spoonie #Hysterectomy #Transgender #Disability #Essay