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Is there any hope? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works to c/asktransgender@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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2026 Saw a bunch of states end the ability to update gender markers, with Kansas even revoking driver's licenses. The attacks from the Right are constant. We are being dehumanized and I just learned what V-Coding is....

The horrible things they're doing to our sisters in Federal Prison...

I fear in Trump's America, we are set to be dehumanized, criminalized, mocked, and sexually exploited. I worry that the fight for trans rights can only end in failure as the public turns on us for being too strange and too small in number to be worth caring about.

They call us pedophiles even as more of the Epstein files come out and reveal this is only true of Trump himself.

Leaving the country even seems unlikely as we're not allowed to have passports.

Is there any hope that we prevail in the future? Or are we absolutely fucked with the only hope that MAYBE, just MAYBE, Canada allows us to seek asylum.

I'm trying to hold on, but I'm beyond terrified and I just don't see any happy ending for us.

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

and to be honest, it was much worse in the US merely decades ago - people are alive now who remember a time when transitioning was much more unthinkable and trans oppression was much worse

compared to the rest of the world, the US is still a much better place to transition, and trans people here have far more rights now than in the 1970s, or even the 1990s

my advice in general to trans folks is to focus on improving your life - move to a safe state, update your documents, get access to care, etc. Protect your peace, take care of yourself, and be happy - live your life.

if the political situation is bothering you severely and you have the excess time, money, and energy to give - then engage in activism and help create the changes you want to see

If you can't afford that right now, then I don't think there is much value in dooming about the situation right now. Protecting your mental health is more important than spiraling.

We need to be practical about how we spend our energy, including our fear and anxiety - if the anxiety isn't helping motivate you to make necessary changes, then work on letting it go and replacing it with more useful feelings.