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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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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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Is 'serving fish', a metaphor I'm too sheltered to understand, or is that like, you're serving fish on a tray for humans to eat?
originally "fish" was a misogynistic slur used by gay men to refer to cis women (to show their disgust for vagina as smelling of fish, etc.), and from that developed the phrase "serving fish" which means someone looks or seems like a cis woman (usually applied to drag queens and trans women in a positive and affirming way - it's a compliment) ... it's admittedly maybe a more popular / common phrase in drag and gay subcultures
the context was that I didn't want to be in photos, and as I moved away from the camera, the group started complaining - they thought I was avoiding the camera because I thought I was too ugly / not passing (fair assumption), so the transmasc guy was trying to reassure me by saying I was "serving fish", and others chimed in that "you're fish, get in here", etc. thinking that this would convince me I should be comfortable having my photo taken.
That sounds like a really unpleasant term either way, but maybe I don't hang around enough gay men for it