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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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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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Amazing. Especially the social part. Like, I finally just get it and how I feel like I want to communicate just fits right in. With guys it just felt kind of stunted somehow and I could never live up to their social expectations.
For example as kids the guys would ask me what football team I was for. Ajax, pvc or feijnoord (I am sure I have the spelling wrong). Well, I didn't care, but I showed some interest. I remember seeing the logos and just thinking about their visual style, color combinations and so on. But they were all so pretty in their own right, so I couldn't choose in the end because they were all pretty.
It's like trying to connect two cogwheels but they just don't line up right.
And as an adult this created so many issues. I absolutely adore going to the market and striking up conversations. Of course guys do that too, but somehow it just didn't work? Like I don't know, it was as if they felt I wanted something from them and they were confused. So I couldn't really explore it, even though I knew it made me happy.
And now it's so simple. I'm constantly making good contacts, especially with women. And the connection with kids is off the charts and finally it's just simple and straightforward.
Like it was as if before I had to hold back all the time. It felt terrible.
Now the long journey of detangling and unknotting my emotions starts. It's causing me to dissociate and go numb, and it's hard to focus on them with all the stress in my life.
Didn't think I had any more egg left to crack, but I'm feeling very called out here! Generally unable to keep up with guy-talk, but get on really well with women and children. And you say transitioning gets you more of this? Bring it on!
🤠 "Yah so I used to run iron mans and one time I punched someone while swimming. Omg at the finish line I totally had to keep going otherwise we'd definitely have gotten into a fight!"
😐 "..."
🤠 "I'm a survivor I once ate a duck because I was too proud to take the food from my friends"
😐 "..."
🤠 Stares at someone's ass "Raaaawwrrrrrr"
😐 "..."
(disclaimer: based on reality but of course just extreme examples)