General trans community.
Rules:
Follow all blahaj.zone rules
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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/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
It’s been good. Played games, celebrated a friends b-day and have freed my legs of hair for the very first time. They are so smoooooooth <3
Have my first meeting with a psychologist tomorrow, checking if they are the right folks to help me figure things out, so I am exited and scared.
How was yours?
Shaving my legs for the first time in over a decade made me feel awesome too lol. I wish it wasn't such a pain in the ass though. I've been getting laser and I was super excited at the beginning but I've learned pretty much all the hair removal methods suck in one way or another. Enjoy that feeling though it never stops being great. Good luck at the psychologist!
i've been having some fun this week. it is getting warmer and thus i've been dressing up with some uh more flamboyant clothing hehe
however, i've also been a little stressed, and haven't been eating enough. my pharmacy has been having supply issues with the type of HRT i use, not to mention trying to get my legal name change put through with my medical stuff has been dreadful.
i do have some hopefully enjoyable stuff planned that i'm super looking forward to though. in the meantime i've committed myself to making my room extra comfy!! :D
I've been dressing more flamboyant this week too! I was super surprised how far some well fitting feminine clothes went in making me feel like myself, it was like night and day. Hope the name change stuff goes well!
Had my SRS revision surgery this week. It was a very small surgery which is why they were able to do it just three months after my initial surgery. Three months to the day, actually! Everything went well and I had an okay time at the hospital. I was kind of annoyed by having to stay there for a few days again but I met a girl I met in December again and made some new friends among the other girls getting their surgeries so it was alright. I've now been home since Saturday and recovery is very easy. There's some swelling and my pee is spraying because of it but they didn't change anything about my urethra so I expect this will correct itself soon enough.
The weather is very nice here which means I can finally wear some cute outfits I missed wearing throughout winter. Tomorrow is my first day at my new job and I am already excited about it! It's just some meeting though, I officially start next week, but they asked me to attend this (time is paid!) so I said yes. I am noticing that I've been going through a bit of a small identity crisis because ever since SRS being trans or transitioning just isn't that important in my life anymore and now I don't really know who I am when I'm not struggling.
Phew good thing I'm not in the us. Jokes aside I'm feeling real bad, tho somewhat safe :/
My brain is broken.
I've had nose surgery and spent most of my week recovering at my parents house. I'm very thankful that I could just go there without having to fear being constantly misgendered or dead named or anything and instead just being cared for. The hospital and my doctor had also quickly adapted to my recent legal name change and everything went smooth there to.
The last confirmations from various places regarding my name change keep trickling in which is nice.
My nose still hurts but overall I'm doing pretty well.
Finally got a break in my blood test hunt. A local drug harm prevention group have set up a HRT blood testing clinic for those of us on DIY or otherwise too broke to monitor ourselves. They're gonna give me the tests I need to be able to start HRT with Imago. It was going to be just too expensive for me otherwise so I'm so happy.
They also provided these cookies: 