Danielle Muscato (she/her)

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders @Grebeshkov84 I thought she looked so happy… so comfortable in her femininity. Since I can't transition with hormones until I have this heart surgery, I decided to commemorate that feeling, that happiness and comfort in her body, with a tattoo. I want that feeling for myself, someday. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

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Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TSHaileyBennett @TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I'm sorry you experienced that. I wish your journey had been easier. But why attack me? We are supposed to help each other. I *want* hormones. I need heart surgery first. Why attack me? Seriously, take a breath here. This isn't right. This isn't how we should treat each other. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TSHaileyBennett @TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I'm not playing a victim. I AM a #DomesticViolence victim! How dare you? Because I'm not wearing a wig? I have 1 in my car. If I put it on, will you be more kind? What on Earth did I ever do to you?! It's just bigotry. It's not logical. It's hate. I don't have time for this. https://t.co/LNoZlVGJpY — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TSHaileyBennett @TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders Also… you just told a disabled, homeless, domestic abuse victim, recently recovering from back surgery, to "stop whining." It's not logical. It's bigotry. It's hatred. Where is your compassion? What did I do? I'm a woman! Ask my doctors! Check my ID! What do you want from me?! — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TSHaileyBennett @TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I'm glad you brought it up! I wear a headscarf, it was a gift from my ex-Muslim friend Sam. She was forced to wear hijab in her former home of Pakistan. She hated it, and when I came out, she gave me this pink headscarf! It's very special to me. I have tried wigs, I prefer this. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I have a court date about my denied ex parte order of protection. I have to find a lawyer because, you guessed it, my dad and I use the same lawyer, and she's going with him because he's rich, so I need to find someone to help me now. To stay safe from my abusive dad, Dr Joe. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders You will never believe I'm a woman. It's not logic that got you here. You just hate me because you are a #TERF and I'm a #trans woman. #Queer people are a non-judgmental lot. It's not a bad thing. You need to chill out. It's none of your concern. And I don't have time for this. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders like what I said, so he started screaming at me, he grabbed my arm, it banged on the edge of the cabinet, injuring me. I yelled at him "let go of me, don't touch me!" I can't use my cane because my wrist is fucked. I just had back surgery, okay? I'm homeless. What do you want? https://t.co/A0L4qCi4p9 — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I'm being abused. I'm disabled. I'm on Medicaid. I applied for benefits in 2021. I wish I could take hormones. I wish I could get plastic surgery. I wish I could go home and see my cat. I'm scared. The last time I saw my dad, he overheard me say something to my brother, he didn't — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I'm doing my best. I wish I were pretty! I wish people looked at me & knew to use she/her pronouns. Another reason I'm a homebody is that I hate getting misgendered. Who wouldn't? Unless you're trans and closeted. I'm a woman. I have my ID & everything. What do you want from me?! — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I have a form of OCD, dermatillomania. It means that I compulsively pick at the skin on my face. It hurts & makes social interaction awkward. I'm mostly a homebody because of my looks, okay? Can you imagine this at a job interview? Stress makes it worse. I'm being abused at home! https://t.co/kO0SbSDdsr — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I'm doing the best I can, okay? What do you want from me? Do you want me to transition with hormones? Me too! I need heart surgery first! First I need housing! My PayPal is https://t.co/mt2eqgtRlr You want me to get laser facial hair removal? Me too! My Cash is @daniellemuscato! — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders Right now, living in a hotel… I'm more concerned about my cat, where I'm going to live when I run out of money. I applied for disability benefits 19 months ago… My medical & mental evaluations are in 2 weeks/1 month. Finally! I've been disabled from chronic back pain for years! — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders My cell phone is in his name. My car insurance. My mail goes to his house. My CAT is there. I can't get away from him. He screams & throws things & blames ME for it. I have PTSD because of him. It's not my fault. I'm just trying to live my life. I had back surgery 2 weeks ago!! https://t.co/gkS1sTJnes — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I really don't have the energy for this. I'm recovering from back surgery. My wrist hurts. I tried to file an ex parte order of protection against my dad on Friday, and they told me today that it was denied! He has complete control over me. We have a joint bank account! I'm 38! — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders What would convince you that I'm a woman? I'm telling you I am. The govt says I am. Multiple medical doctors have personality examined me as their patient signed in writing that I am. What would convince you? It's just bigotry. It's just hatred. You're #TERF's. It's he truth. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders My best friend, the first person I told, was my tattoo artist! We went to high school together, we've been friends for 22 years now! katy_did_that on insta. I highly recommend her, she did my whole sleeve! https://t.co/Oe533Sdsec https://t.co/s2l1WKfqw5 — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders When I learned it wasn't safe for me to transition medically, I was devastated. I eventually decided to get a tattoo, to take ownership of my body: a caricature drawing I commissioned based off a photo of a model named Anna, by the photographer Aleksandr Grebeshkov @Grebeshkov84. https://t.co/c1HfbOJhzg — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I went to doctors FIRST. Medical professions. A psychiatrist FIRST. Two MDs agreed in writing after examining me as their patient that I'm actually female. What more do you want from me? I wish I looked more femme. Just this evening I had a convo with my friend about this pic! https://t.co/PVK7sUre13 — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders Look how miserable I look in that photo. I knew I was trans, my psychiatrist & endocrinologist & cardiologist & therapist & best friend knew, but that's it. I was so unhappy pretending, a role assigned to me, a man, that I knew wasn't right. That's what being #trans means. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders So what is it? Why show THAT pic with my quote? I stand by what I said. It's not about my looks. It's not about any woman's looks. you can't call a woman a man just because you think she's ugly. If she says I'm a woman, who are you to argue? If she shows you her ID? What then? — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders There's nothing that would convince you that I'm a woman. You just hate me because you are a #TERF. I don't know what else to say, you know? It's not my DNA. Even my doctors don't know what chromosomes I have. I've never had my DNA tested. Most people haven't. It's not XX vs XY. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders Where do you go to medical school, hmm? Do you think you know better than my actual doctors, I mean I'm their patient, what I am? You've never even met me, you know? Maybe trust the doctors & my govt issued ID on this one, you know what I mean? It's not logical. It's just hatred — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I changed my legal name & gender. My doctors, MDs, 2 of them, signed a form saying they have examined me, & in their professional medical opinion, the doctor who identified me as male when I was born was incorrect, I am actually female. That's why my license says F on it now. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I went to the police, they're still investigating. He's not going to get in any trouble. He's really rich, like multimillionaire rich, he's got GREAT lawyers, he'll get away with this completely. He's a cis straight white rich male retired doctor and his son is a high-up sargeant — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders Look what he did to my wrist. I'm a guitarist and guitar teacher! I just had back surgery 6 days before he did this! I can't use my cane on the correct side recovering from BACK SURGERY in a HOTEL BY MYSELF because he did this to me!! I had to leave my 19 year old cat behind!! https://t.co/PmVdfvDKAP — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I left, in a hurry, & came to a hotel 2 weeks ago, I was so scared of him. Dr Joe Muscato is his name. He's very well respected & connected, his son/my brother is a police detective in the same town. He's been abusive for 20 years, but my brother makes sure he doesn't go to jail. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk @BernieSanders I'm literally living in a hotel right now. I had been living with my parents, while I was recovering from 3 back surgeries & a heart surgery. I had my 3rd back surgery 2 weeks ago, & I still need 1 more heart surgery. THEN I can take hormones!! My dad is a domestic abuser. Okay? — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TessHope3 @BlakeBlakebabee @volker_turk I WISH I had better health coverage. I need a heart surgery called a catheter ablation before I can transition with hormones. I came out 8 years ago!! I WANT #MedicareForAll. I voted for @BernieSanders and gave him money and campaigned for him. I don't WANT to be broke & homeless — PolitiTweet.org