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General trans community.

Rules:

  1. Follow all blahaj.zone rules

  2. All posts must be trans-related. Other queer-related posts go to c/lgbtq.

  3. 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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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'm curious about the makeup of this community. Might make a graph later.

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[–] EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Woman probably. IDK I'm kinda just vibing it out from my brain.

Also this guy

A picture of an opossum in front of a small bottle that could have liquor.

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 7 months ago

Binary trans woman? Binary feels like the closest fit, but at the same time, so much of gender is a construct, and I think I would probably have a different relationship with my gender identity if I was 20 years younger than I am, and grew up with more nuanced representation of gender.

[–] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 months ago
[–] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Definitely still figuring that out. All I know for sure is that there is some degree of fem in it.

Even though it makes no sense at all, it does feel like the clock is ticking sometimes. That I need to hurry up and figure it out.

[–] AnOceanAppears@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's okay and normal to not be 100% sure and to even change your mind entirely later. The important thing is you feel you have the agency to be whatever version of yourself feels right in the moment 💕

[–] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for your kind words!

I, myself am perfectly okay with who I am and my evolving identity (all of us are just Pokémon after all).

There's this anxiety that stems from never being entirely sure how your environment is going to react that is causing this to be a more personal journey for me. Somehow it feels like having a greater degree of certainty is going to make actually being who I am to the rest of the world a lot easier. Confidence is key I guess.

Having had some bad experiences being open about my feelings definitely doesn't help either. So until the need to do otherwise arises, I'll probably just be honest with myself and not entirely with my surroundings.

In the meantime I'm having lots of fun stealthily experimenting with everything not tied to the stereotypical masculine identity. And I'll continue doing so until I feel the need to make those elements part of my public identity.

[–] AnOceanAppears@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That makes sense! I definitely share in your experience of anxiety that comes out of wanting to be open and expressive but also protect yourself. I'm navigating something similar and, well, I don't have a good answer right now about what to do.

Generally, for people I know, I've found that I'm a very good judge of whether or not they will accept/embrace/vibe with my gender expression or be off-put by it and I know that influences the degree to which I mask (which I'm unhappy with, but working on). For people I don't know—generally they don't care as they have their own problems to work through, but I live in a socially liberal city so there's that 😅

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Right now it's something like this:

ehem

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

That fits snugly into the "???" Category

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cis man.

Most of my friends are queer, so I'm usually the outlier on that regard.

Also I wandered in here from browsing "all" so I'm arguably not in the community at all.

[–] bready2die@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago

welcome to the party we hope you enjoy your stay :D

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

dialup noises

Trans femme, leaning towards enby?

I want to see how I feel on HRT but it feels so far away... very much want to move away from my current state before starting to "really" transition.

[–] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

There's always going low dose and ramping it up when you leave. Low dose is more gradual and less people will notice as quickly, and you may get some of the mental health benefits from it.

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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

Way to relatable. Was thinking I'd like to build up some more savings, so I don't have to worry as much about finances. But thinking maybe I should just try.

[–] TheChooseUwU@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll put you under "???"

[–] interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago

Genderfluid trans enby, i like he/she/they/any.

My body is base model femme but my brain is rather teenage boy.

Toph from Avatar seems to share my gender, lol

[–] Jackie_meaiii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago

Nonbinary trans femme

[–] Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 7 months ago
[–] SquishedFly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago

Trans femme / A-gender gurl here to assist your data!

[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

female womanly woman womyn so binary im beeping and booping

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago
[–] Krrygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago

Binary trans woman, here 🫡🏳️‍⚧️

[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Didn't know there was gonna be a chart :o Kinda wanna buff up that enby slice but the transfem green is pretty close to my colour soooo...

Femby? 😅

[–] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna make another one don't worry

[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 5 points 7 months ago

Good that c/trans has an official chart crab :D

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cisgender heterosexual male.

I care about trans rights even though it doesn't affect me personally. The same way that I care about abortion rights even though I can't get pregnant.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Welcome! Ultimately transphobia is a cis problem, so it really helps when cis folks educate themselves and advocate to create change. Thank you!

EDIT: any cis ally looking to learn more, I found the Gender Dysphoria Bible a helpful resource.

[–] AnOceanAppears@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Nonbinary transfemme—using precise terminology for something I consider quite vague. I have a hard time calling myself a woman, but that's essentially where I'm headed. Maybe demigirl.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Trans girl/woman 🏳️‍⚧️

[–] Caitlyynn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago
[–] apprehentice@lemmy.enchanted.social 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Genderflux demigirl: I fluctuate between agender and girl. I never want to be called a man or its adjacent terms ever again, but I also don't want to be beholden by the confines of "woman." "Girl" is nice, though. I like being girly.

In other words, varying degrees of girl, but never man. To anyone to whom it may be too complicated, non-binary.

[–] onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Maybe trans woman? I just learned of the term demigirl from these comments and that seems to fit a little better. Some flavor of girl/femme 😘

[–] survivalmachine 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bros lathered from head to toe in Cisco. Don't let him outside in the summer

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[–] bready2die@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

binary trans woman reporting for duty :3

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Trans woman 🏳️‍⚧️

[–] Bloom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Trans girl checking in! 🏳️‍⚧️ 😇

[–] wh0_cares@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago

She/they trans fem trans girl/woman

[–] sleepybisexual 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Me is trans demigirl catgirl :3

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[–] lupec@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably late but freshly cracked trans girl here!

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 3 points 7 months ago

Nonbinary (AMAB)

[–] Ingvar@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Idgaf - i don't give a fuck, I'm me

I generally go with trans woman/girl (I refuse to acknowledge that I'm getting older), but mostly because I feel like that broad classification covers a fair amount of what other people would classify as demigirl or transfemme enby. Admittedly I also take the view that gender can be described as a zone of 3-d grid, with axes "femme", "masc" and "other" (although what "other" really is depends on the individual in question), and my own goes 80-90 femme, ~10 masc, 20-30 other (each out of 100)

[–] xilliah 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Trans masc, not sure where on the spectrum of binary/non-binary

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Agender trans-neutral

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