"Jim! Jim come over here! Look at those trans people, how happy they are. What the fuck is their problem?! Jim, we gotta get to the bottom of this. "
that is one hell of a headline to read the moment i open lemmy
Yeah, all those trans people, I don't know how they can be happy. Very suspicious, they must be taking drugs or something. /s
Honestly I think that's a large portion of it.
They know if they treat us with respect, just let us exist, we'll do so much better. And it's our own choices and decisions that lead to that happiness. We face an obstacle and despite odds can overcome it.
But we're dealing with some thoroughly miserable, sociopathic individuals IMO, who can't feel good until they know someone else hurts. They need targets, scapegoats -- and here we are overcoming centuries of stigma. They see our gains as their losses, when in reality we can all do better.
The more I think about it, this is the only explanation that makes sense for the irrational fear and hate toward trans people.
My mother used to say that there's people who lay awake at night afraid that someone might be happy.
General trans community.
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All posts must be trans-related. Other queer-related posts go to c/lgbtq.
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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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