I’ve got some new designs up at my shop, where all the March moneydollars (from the whole shop, not just these) will be going to orgs supporting trans youth.
Hey so I’m hyped that Trump’s gone and all but let’s just remember that things don’t magically get better from here on out - we have to keep working for them.
Keep supporting blm.
Keep protecting trans kids.
Keep welcoming immigrants.
Keep defending marriage equality.
Keep believing women.
Keep working to make our society more fair, just, and accepting of all.
hi I gained SO MANY followers in the last couple of weeks, so:
to all my fellow chaos queermos & gender explosions: when the terfs and transphobes show up tryina make you hate yourself, just imagine me whackamoling every single one of ’em. I gotchu. your messiness is welcome here <3
(the dETERMINATION is there, even if the actual sword skills are not) ((you hold swords like baseball bats, right??)) (((I’m not even the type of gay that knows how to hold a baseball bat lmfao)))
[image description: a cartoony illustration of the artist, wearing blue glasses frames, black jeggings, a light blue t-shirt, and classic chuck taylors, wielding a big and probably hilariously inaccurate sword like it’s a baseball bat. She has light skin, short messy brown hair, and a big ol’ scowl]
Hi, my name is Dr. Leo Panagiotakopoulos. I am working with QMed to provide gender-affirming care to kids, adolescents, and young adults across 13 states (and counting!!!). My passion is delivering much-needed transgender care to the most vulnerable of persons. Those with no insurance and families with Medicaid that are struggling to make ends meet and have to decide between groceries or medical care for their kids.
I want to dedicate a part of my professional time to provide care to those who cannot afford to access the care I provide. The funds will be used to reimburse for appointment costs, medication costs, and patient education materials.
$500 pays for one patient’s doctor visits and lab testing for a whole year.
$600 pays for one patient’s medications for a whole year.
$100,000 raised will provide complete care to 100 transgender pediatric/adolescent patients. The money raised will only be used for uninsured or Medicaid patients.
Please help me raise money to fund these costs for families and patients that need them the most.
️⚧️ What happens if your state won’t allow you to access gender-affirming care, like HRT?
Some states are stepping up where others are stepping back. Connecticut is the first state to pass a “safe state” law that will protect people who are seeking gender-affirming care or abortion care if it becomes illegal in their home state. Connecticut’s law also means criminalizing states can’t use out-of-state warrants to arrest parents or guardians for helping their child get care there, and would restrict other states from subpoenaing the medical records of families who sought gender-affirming care outside of their home states.
Some other states are on track to pass laws like this, too. While not everyone has the resources to be able to pack up and move, states passing “sanctuary” laws like this want to make it clear that we are welcome. ️⚧️
Mac Allen shares his story of how things got better - from comparing himself to others, to getting a life-changing haircut, to knowing just how much love he and all other trans people DESERVE. ️⚧️
The recent legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ youth have felt…overwhelming.
From Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill to families of trans kids being under fire in Texas, to multiple other states attempting to bar trans kids from playing sports.
OurYouth Voices shared their initial reactions to these attacks on teens like them, but also how they’re taking action!
“When I first came out at my high school, I was asked to use a single-stall bathroom reserved for those with chronic illness and complications that needed to be taken care of in private. And I am here to tell Alabama legislators this — I am not a disease. My transgender identity is not an illness, it is not debilitating, and the rhetoric you are spewing to paint myself and other trans youth as predators is disgusting. That is the disease — your dangerous, close-minded, and unruly ability to paint transgender youth as monsters” –
The action:
“I am getting involved by contacting my local representatives! To be frank, the most I can do right now to take care of myself is just to exist. To be trans, to be hurt, and to process it. To be me.”
-Hailey (she/her), age 17, Alabama
Read what all the Youth Voices have to say on the blog!
️ We wrote you a little letter to remind you that SO many people have your back:
On Tuesday, March 8, Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill passed the state Senate. If signed, which looks likely, “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade would be banned.
This is disappointing and dangerous. It sends a message to LGBTQ+ youth that they aren’t important, and that their stories and experiences don’t belong in the classroom. Every time one of these bills passes, we get angry. In fact, in the time it took us to write and edit this post and send it out to our email list, Idaho’s House approved legislation “that makes it a felony for a doctor to provide age-appropriate, gender-affirming care for transgender children,” according to the HRC.
The hits seem to keep coming, and they aren’t showing signs of slowing down.
But as angry and as frustrated as we are and will continue to be, we are equally inspired and encouraged by the hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and allies who are taking to the streets, walking out of schools, and standing up for the right to exist.
To the young LGBTQ+ people who are reading this, we hear you, we see you, and you are VERY important. We will continue to share your stories and amplify your voices.
There are so many ways the It Gets Better Project is working to create a world where all LGBTQ+ youth are free to live equally and recognize their own worth and power. Because you’re worth fighting for. Because your stories and your experiences matter.
Today is Trans Day of Visibility! to my trans friends and family: I see you and I support you.
To any trans person who is afraid to be visible because of family, community, or government oppression: Even if I can’t see you, I support you. I understand that it may not be safe for you to be visible right now. You are not letting anyone down if you are not out in public. Protect your self. We’re here for you when you’re ready. We love you.
Hey! Me and a friend are doing a fundraiser to help out Family Tree Clinic in St Paul Minnesota. Family Tree is a health clinic that specializes in sexual health services and LGBTQ healthcare. You can help by getting one of these shirts, designed by me!
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