{"id":27359,"date":"2024-06-18T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=27359"},"modified":"2024-06-20T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:17:50","slug":"cartoon-why-cant-trans-people-accept-their-bodies-as-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=27359","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Gender Affirmation Isn’t Just For Trans People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Note: This one got revised a lot<\/em> after I first posted it. If you’re curious, you can see the first version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It’s unusual for me to do a single-panel cartoon, and when I first wrote this cartoon it was four panels long. But the more I worked on it, the more it seemed like I was just having extra panels for the sake of having extra panels. It got simpler and simpler with each revision, until I wound up with this.<\/p>\n

I played a bit with adding a background, if only to have a place to stick in some chicken fat. But with all the captions, a background just made this cartoon hard to read. I thought I’d have to do without any chicken fat at all, but then I remembered that tattoos exist. :-)<\/p>\n

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Literally this minute, as I’m preparing to post this on “Alas,” I realized I didn’t include “makeup” in the cartoon. And I’ve just posted it on seven other sites. Aaaargh!<\/p>\n

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Trans people are constantly attacked both for altering their bodies and for following gender norms – two things that many or most cis people also do. There’s a constant double-standard for trans people, in which things that are routine and accepted when cis people do them – like wearing a skirt, or makeup, or cosmetic surgery – are reason for condemnation when trans people do them.<\/p>\n

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON<\/strong><\/p>\n

This single-panel cartoon shows two people, standing and talking directly to the viewer. There is a blonde woman with glasses and a nice layered haircut swept to one side; she’s wearing a blue jacket over a black blouse and a yellow skirt with tiny red dots, and wedge sandals. And there’s a redheaded man, rather muscular, with a red mustache, a striped izod shirt, and jeans. He’s holding a book and his arms are tattooed.<\/p>\n

The two of them are surrounded by about twenty little captions with arrows pointing to specific details.<\/p>\n

WOMAN: Why can’t trans people just accept their bodies as they are?<\/p>\n

MAN: “Gender affirmation” is woke crap! Normal people don’t do that!<\/p>\n

CAPTIONS POINTED AT WOMAN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Used to be brunette<\/p>\n

Botox<\/p>\n

Not her original nose<\/p>\n

Nair<\/p>\n

Makeup<\/p>\n

Plucked brows<\/p>\n

Boob job<\/p>\n

Liposuction<\/p>\n

Pieced ears<\/p>\n

Spironolactone (reduces hair)<\/p>\n

Spanx<\/p>\n

Shaved legs<\/p>\n

Heels<\/p>\n

CAPTIONS POINTED AT MAN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hair Transplant Surgery<\/p>\n

Finasteride (pointed at hair)<\/p>\n

Carefully tended stubble<\/p>\n

Not his original chin<\/p>\n

“Old Spice deodorant for men”<\/p>\n

Gynecomastia surgery (male breast reduction)<\/p>\n

Keys for giant truck with never used cargo bed<\/p>\n

Testosterone injections<\/p>\n

(Pointing at the book he’s carrying): “Super Testosterone” by Andrew Tate.<\/p>\n

Calf Implants<\/p>\n

CHICKEN FAT WATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Chicken fat” is a long-dormant cartoonists’ term for unnecessary but hopefully amusing details in a cartoon.<\/p>\n

In this case, we just have the man’s tattoos. They include a tattoo of a steaming mug of coffee; the mug has “unimportant details” printed on it. There’s also a happy striped snake, a hot dog, and Bender from the TV show Futurama.<\/p>\n

On his other arm are tattoos of a teddy pig (like a teddy bear, but a pig) and Barry the cartoonist, both smiling and waving hi.<\/p>\n

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Why Can’t Trans People Accept Their Bodies As They Are? | Patreon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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