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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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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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Planned Action for LGBTQ+ & Allies in Response to Democrats Capitulating on Trans Rights (juliaserano.substack.com)

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Cutting to the chase:

I propose that on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 (the first day that both the House and Senate are back in session), all of us who are invested in this issue and have a platform (whether it be a blog, newsletter, column, podcast, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.) publish a piece with the shared title: “LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back.” Yes, I know, it’s a cheesy title, but it holds Democrats accountable to their own talking points and makes it clear that backsliding on LGBTQ+ rights is nonnegotiable for us.

So... a blog post and social media campaign.

No fucking wonder we aren't getting anywhere. This is some tragically weak-ass protest action.

We need to get creative and we need to get into people's faces.

We need to set goals and consider sidelining a few issues that we're getting beat on.

We need to show our allies how they can help. Hitting 'like' on a social media post doesn't count.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

We need to show our allies how they can help. Hitting 'like' on a social media post doesn't count.

That's all an ally has ever been good for. You're looking for accomplices.

Check the top post in this community, horizontal organising is the only real way to fight back against the state.

[–] Kayday 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We need to get creative and we need to get into people's faces.

Agreed. Do you have any suggestions? I do also think it will be easier to mobilize people if there is a successful social media campaign.

[–] WraithGear 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I have been pushing for Black Panther styled militia building. I am starting the process for that on my end, but the paperwork takes a wile

[–] WoodScientist 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's going to be damn-near impossible. The Black Panthers existed in a social setting that is completely different from the physical and social reality of trans people here in the early mid 21st century.

Black panther organizations were extremely local affairs. They were based in black neighborhoods and were built around engaging with those in the immediate area. That's the kind of setting that an armed militia actually makes sense in. The Black Panthers existed in dense, urban, majority black neighborhoods.

Compare that to trans people, who are a scattered 1% of the population. There are no "trans neighorhoods." Even the broader LGBT "gayborhoods" of the 20th century are now mostly memories. Now, if discrimination against trans people really did get bad enough, history suggests that you might actually start seeing some trans-specific neighborhoods form. But we're a long way from that point.

I mean, just think of the logistics. So you want to get a group of trans people together and form a militia. You find a group of people; they live scattered across a broad suburban metroplex. Where exactly are you going to patrol? What neighborhoods will you seek to protect? Where exactly, physically, is the home you're supposed to all be defending?

That's the problem with this. An armed Black Panther-style movement really needs to be confined to a certain geographic area. And there is no such area for the trans population.

[–] WraithGear 1 points 2 weeks ago

People don’t seem to find it hard to protest