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General trans community.

Rules:

Follow all blahaj.zone rules
All posts must be trans-related. Other queer-related posts go to c/lgbtq.
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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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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Who are your trans role models? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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This can be someone in your personal life, a celebrity, fictional character, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

For sure. Queer (and specifically trans) history has been erased and minimized for too long. It's more than comforting to know that there were people who came before us, and we won't be the last to come, either.

I recently came to a realization that I've been lied to via omission for the entirety of my life. The only thing I learned about the AIDS crisis in school was that it was a disease that primarily affected gay men but now everything's fine because of PREP. Nobody ever told me about how it took gay activists fighting tooth and nail just to get the president to mention the word publicly, let alone do anything about it. I was never taught about stonewall. There's still so much I don't know.

Also, mad respect to you for being an elder trans person. It takes a very, very strong person to make it this far and face those things being hurled at you from externally and internally and still find the courage to live as yourself.