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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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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from what i heared ican give you assumptions.
i believe it stems from a deep existential insecurity. if a doctor gives them a diagnosis, that's a great excuse to transition: they dont want to .. it's a medical neccessity.
if a lot of people then 'self diagnose' and are taken as valid by society, that erodes this institutionalized legitimacy. suddenly people think they transitioned, because they wanted to. now all the burden of making decisions falls back to themselves.
on the other hand (or also?), they fear to be ridiculed. they fear 'unfounded' trans people will be a whole in the defense, when the backlash comes.
it's fear, i guess?
edit: i just realised i wrote this was about trans transmedicalist specifically. i think the structure remains in cis transmedicalists as well: trans people choosing to transition means cis people can not identify their gender and their anatomy that easily anymore. it shows them the contingence of their own identity. scary stuff, tbh; but something one can deal with, as proven by the existence of trans people. ;)