cowboycrustation

Yay, congrats!

Are they likely to reverse changes once they are made? Say I get my passport application/order in before he takes office. Is it still likely to go through?

Pretty sure voters cited their main reason in surveys as the economy

I'll give them a read. Looks interesting. Thanks.

Also, I understand what you're trying to say and that you put it in quotations but saying that culturally the south is 20-30 minutes outside of a population center is entirely inaccurate. Those kinds of blanket statements leave no room for nuance and feeds into stereotypes. A better thing to say is rural areas, red areas, trump territory, etc.

Another misconception about "the South" is that it is a monolith. Even in supposedly deep red states there are big areas that are blue and not all of them are urban. Unfortunately those areas tend to be heavily gerrymandered and do not have as much power as they should.

I see. I was guessing it meant that there would be a lot more active confrontation and resistance with the feds. That's disheartening.

It's so strange to be a young person who just became an adult to grow into this. I'm going to fight as best I can for a better tomorrow. We absolutely have to be as united as possible as a community in order to weather and fight this.

I have no fucking idea the path that my life is gonna take. Things were looking up and all I wanted was to finish the college of my dreams and enjoy my life. I have absolutely no idea what to do now. I do have citizenship in another country that I can flee to but that means leaving my friends, family, and education behind. What's gonna happen :/

There's also being uncomfortable/unsafe with legal documents. If your legal docs haven't been changed (or are impossible to change) then your employer can see all of that and can discriminate accordingly (especially in states that do not provide protection from discrimination based on gender identity). And legal documents are used for more than just that as well. I find myself avoiding things like voting, using my bank card, and looking for higher paying employment opportunities because they're all tied to legal docs and open up an opportunity (real or perceived) for discrimination. And don't get me started on the cost of treatment...

On god the day that trans youth don't have to go through what I went through in the US will be the day that I am happy

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Trying to get both my ADHD and T medication for an affordable price has been an absolute pain in the ass for these past few weeks and i dont know if ill resolve it or not.

On the bright side, I am about to start the process of changing my legal name and getting top surgery, so i'm happy about that.

College has been stressful with the workload and I'm still trying to keep my head above the water with that. I think I'm slowly starting to manage but it's a process. I've had some instances of transphobia which were very unexpected because the college I go to is a generally accepting place with a lot of queer people. Most people are okay, just a few bad apples. It doesn't affect me as much as it did before but still hurts. I've made friends that I trust and enjoy being around and who would give me the shirt off their back and that's what matters most to me. Still struggling with dysphoria sometimes but I think it will lessen as time goes by.