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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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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Haha, I feel this. When I finally figured myself out it wasn't like "yay, I'm trans!" it was like "oh shit. I am trans..."
I guess I figured it'd be easier and come more naturally, the way I perceived trans people before. I'm learning that it can actually be a lot of work, especially if you're like me who never developed a sense of fashion, isn't motivated to train my voice, too scared to get on hormones... I'm still working on a lot of things and it's been a few years.
I'm also thinking I'm more-so non-binary than full-on transfem. There's a lot of aspects about myself that are traditionally labeled masculine and I don't want to get rid of those aspects. Took me a while to sort that out and come to terms with it.
Whatever your story is and whatever's ahead of you, good luck to you :3
ahaha this is too real 😅
I started quoting parts of your comment to answer to, and then I noticed I had basically added all of it so >.<
Yeah, all of that is basically how I feel, maybe except being excited about filling in the gap in my missing fashion sense, and the voice training itself. As soon as I get out of where I live right now.
Being amab, honestly, having masc euphoria still confuses the fuck out of me. It kept me thinking "I couldn't be trans" for so long.
But recently, I've started perceiving enby-ness as the option that it is, and it's liberating.
And there's something funny about not realising sooner, and staying locked into thinking binary cis-trans are my only choices.
I mean, my whole life, when I see some stranger on the street and I can't tell their gender on the first glance, I've been instantly attracted to them.
Also, 2 out of my 3 relationships were with (closeted) non-binary people. How did I not get the hint 😅
It goes to show, I think, how these things are all emotional realisations, so they happen at their own time, when we get the right experiences. I still feel like my default sense of self is powerlessness, and that really informs how possible, I feel, acting on my options is.
But I try to remind myself that those options are there. Life is not built on predetermined tracks.
Same to you ^^ Hope you have fun on your journey as well :D