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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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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I just wrote a full post and proton just straight up deleted it when I previewed it TnT So I'll repost the short version I guess :
Have been on HRT for 7 months, love it. However I went out "as fem" and it felt very violent. The looks were the ones like they saw some disgusting trash-covered monster emerging from a sewer. Especially when I'm alone and people can hide their hatred in the crowd.
While this is expected transphobia... well, I thought I passed a bit better. I've been told, I pass a bit better. Not 100% but, eh, pretty ok. I worked hours on my voice, on my wardrobe, my make up, my posture... and it's just reduced to nothing in front of strangers' look.
So here I am, asking you the question : Does it get any better ? Do I have to feel the breath of shame of 90% of cis people all my life now ? Or is HRT gonna come down like an angel from the sky and offer me the passing I dream of ? Or at least, do you learn not to care (and how to learn such magic) ?
Sorry if it sounds like panicking, but it kind of is. After yesterday's hangout with the local trans association, I went home and could sleep for days. I felt exhausted by the looks. I just want to live my life...