Trans
General trans community.
Rules:
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Follow all blahaj.zone rules
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All posts must be trans-related. Other queer-related posts go to c/lgbtq.
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Don't post negative, depressing news articles about trans issues unless there is a call to action or a way to help.
Resources:
Best resource: https://github.com/cvyl/awesome-transgender Site with links to resources for just about anything.
Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en
StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/
Trans resources: https://trans-resources.info/
[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map
[USA] Report discrimination: https://action.aclu.org/legal-intake/report-lgbtqhiv-discrimination
[USA] Keep track on trans legislation and news: https://www.erininthemorning.com/
[GERMANY] Bundesverband Trans: Find medical trans resources: https://www.bundesverband-trans.de/publikationen/leitfaden-fuer-behandlungssuchende/
[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/
[GERMANY] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität: They have contact information for their advice centers and some general information for trans and intersex people. They also do activism: dgti.org
*this is a work in progress, and these resources are courtesy of users like you! if you have a resource that helped you out in your trans journey, comment below in the pinned post and I'll add here to pass it on
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I spent more than is reasonable on farmer’s market strawberries, and goddamn it was worth every penny. And I got to pet someone’s puppy! Would have been a perfect 10/10 day if a random stall guy hadn’t misgendered me. 😔
It’s so frustrating because my dad had what was considered ‘long’ men’s hair where I grew up (past his ears), and that’s kind of where I usually like my hair length to be as well. And the misgendering drops down to 0% as soon as I get a hair cut! It’s nice that this is in practice a fixable problem, but I don’t want to have to constantly pull back from how I like presenting myself because it starts making others more likely to misgender me.
I generally keep myself clean shaven but may also go a day or two without shaving and have extremely obvious facial hair, so are you that unobservant? Have you decided I’m a cis woman with a hormone disorder or a trans woman? It’s very anxiety inducing, trying to both figure out what people are assuming about me and how/if I need to deal with it.
For all that venting, I actually do want to go back. That was one guy who didn’t know me and was only trying to be polite, so I do get it. It’s just one more straw for the camel, you know?
that's so weird, being misgendered like that - I wonder if you're right that they were trying to be polite if they thought you were a trans woman? Either way, I'm sorry 🫂
Thank you! It happens seldomly now, which I think is part of why it gets my goat when it does. Today I’m feeling pretty much over it and looking forward to going to the farmer’s market again 😊