Trans kids and parents of trans kids living in Texas: The Governor just issued a dangerous order declaring all forms of gender affirming care as child abuse under existing law.
Under this directive, all persons working with children, including doctors, teachers, counselors, and caregivers, are required to report any child believed to be transgender or face prosecution. Parents may have children removed from their homes and placed in state custody.
This is an extremely dangerous situation. Parents of trans children: leave the state now. The user below has offered assistance to those looking to get to a safer place. Please reach out to her if you need to. Important information will follow.
Please be safe out there, all of you. I love you and I am so sorry these things have come to pass. Let’s get through this.
I would personally like to urge those currently working in law in the state of Texas to begin fighting this directive immediately. Trans children and their parents will no doubt need legal representation as the fallout from this begins to emerge. If you are under threat from governor Abbott’s order, I encourage you to reach out to the ACLU of Texas at this url:
To those living in Texas, whether you are in the line of fire or not: now is the time to begin contacting your representatives. You can find who serves your county using this web form:
If you know anyone who could be endangered by this order, check in with them. Give them your support and be there for them. I’m standing by if anyone out there needs a signal boost for their situation.
Again, hang in there and be safe. When threats like this come out, sticking together and protecting one another is crucial.
Here is a consolidated list of the current gofundme’s from the parents of trans kids who need immediate relocation from the state of Texas.
Trans kids and parents of trans kids living in Texas: The Governor just issued a dangerous order declaring all forms of gender affirming care as child abuse under existing law.
Under this directive, all persons working with children, including doctors, teachers, counselors, and caregivers, are required to report any child believed to be transgender or face prosecution. Parents may have children removed from their homes and placed in state custody.
This is an extremely dangerous situation. Parents of trans children: leave the state now. The user below has offered assistance to those looking to get to a safer place. Please reach out to her if you need to. Important information will follow.
Please be safe out there, all of you. I love you and I am so sorry these things have come to pass. Let’s get through this.
I would personally like to urge those currently working in law in the state of Texas to begin fighting this directive immediately. Trans children and their parents will no doubt need legal representation as the fallout from this begins to emerge. If you are under threat from governor Abbott’s order, I encourage you to reach out to the ACLU of Texas at this url:
To those living in Texas, whether you are in the line of fire or not: now is the time to begin contacting your representatives. You can find who serves your county using this web form:
If you know anyone who could be endangered by this order, check in with them. Give them your support and be there for them. I’m standing by if anyone out there needs a signal boost for their situation.
Again, hang in there and be safe. When threats like this come out, sticking together and protecting one another is crucial.
Over the past week I’ve raised hundreds of dollars to purchase gender affirming producers for AMAB and AFAB Black trans and gnc people over 14 years old and from the US, including:
breast forms
bras
gaffs
binders
packers
other gender affirming products,m
Email [email protected] if you’re Black and interested and PLEASE spread the word!”
Today is transgender day of remembrance. I’m sure plenty of people are seeing posts go by about remembrance, better said than I could manage- and so, I’d instead like to ask people to spare a thought for the lives, work and struggles of people still living, too. It’s a commonly repeated refrain that it is easier to “remember” the most vulnerable among us once they are gone than it is to pay them mind when they’re alive. It’s also very true.
Want to help people still alive? Particularly groups helping those who face the brunt of violence, such as transgender women of color? Check out these places:
Lambda legal (committed to LGBT and HIV+ legal work, does trans outreach specifically)
Trans lifeline (suicide hotline by and for trans people in the US)
A similar guide geared towards trans women/ transfeminine people (though not really sexual orientation specific) is “BRAZEN: Trans Women’s Safer Sex Guide.”
So we want to drop a reminder to share our Get Help page, a database of over 1,000 resources and orgs that serve LGBTQ+ youth that you can filter by issue and location.
️⚧️ Plus, we have a list specifically for trans/gender non-conforming youth resources.
Remember: you’re valid, you’re strong, you belong here.
The eighth annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 10th March 2021.
After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.
If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, retweet this tweet,boost this Mastodon post, check out this post on Reddit, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks like Facebook. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 24,000 responses last year.
The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.
Just so yall know, there’s a great website called transbucket where people can post before and after pictures of their top and bottom surgeries with info on who their surgeon was, what the cost was, how they like it, and a place for more detailed comments. It’s free. U gotta create a login to view the pictures and post, which is kinda nice for privacy reasons. Oh and I think it’s mostly for americans, but I could be wrong
If ur like me and driving urself crazy trying to find a top surgeon but ur fat then look at transbmi. Its a short list of surgeons with high or no BMI limit (some surgeons are listed as having an unknown limit - be extra wary of them as they dont guarantee a high limit)
So like if you’re transgender or considering transitioning I would 110% recommend getting a job @ starbucks! I just got off the phone with our HR benefits center & basically the most I’ll have to pay for anything involving transitioning is $5,000! That includes hormone replacement therapy, facial feminization surgery, top surgery, bottom surgery, therapy, laser hair removal, voice therapy & some other shit! With my plan I get 70% coverage w/ a $650 deductible or something like that! Idk I’m just really excited & relieved that I’m not gonna have to make a go fund me or take out any loans or anything like that
Mind you ffs can run you about $40,000 & srs is $23,000 @ the cheapest!
