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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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 had a few signs growing up, but I wasn't really dysphoric until I hit puberty age. I had a trend of identifying with characters who were men and not women, I would try to copy my dad when I was really little because I wanted to be like him, but when you are five that stuff can be pretty flexible. I also loved femme style dressup, so there wasn't a huge reason to think I wasn't cis.
I should have realized when my mom gave me her college bio textbook as her way of giving me "the talk" when I was 13. It mentioned puberty blockers for trans people and I asked about it. Trigger warning for transphobia here: she told me being trans was when gay men wanted to have sex with more men, so they would change their bodies to look like women. My first thought was "That makes no sense, being a woman is awful, why would anyone want that, I would give anything to be a guy."
I didn't get my lightbulb moment until college. Attended an educational drag party and decided to go 'in drag' as a guy. Bound my chest, used makeup to contour my face and give myself a moustash, the works. I didn't like how I looked because I thought I didn't pass. But I did pass, to several people, and each time they would gender me as a guy, I felt that gender euphoria. I also learned that you coukd be a trans guy and do femme drag, which helped, because I do love femme fashion.
It would be a couple of years before I was able to start my transition, but almost 10 years later and I am so happy I decided to do it.
Ive also experienced identifying with men (male characters in media) more than women, back then i assumed it was an attraction thing which definitely never was the case lmao