#transgender support
Hey look! My family had my art printed on a t-shirt! It’s my new favorite
Olliana’s Transitioning Journey, organized by Olliana Soriano
Here is a link to my gofundme for transitioning. I hope to receive donations and assistance for my journey.
Most people won’t even believe me when I say this, but yeah, my birth mother tried to abduct me and take me back to Arizona.(I’m in Tennessee now) Why? Because she thinks I’m fucking up my life by “pretending to be a boy.”
My mom’s ignorance caused a ton of negative effects ranging from me having to temporarily leave my future adoptive parents, who are basically my whole world to me attempting suicide, again. Because of her actions, I cut myself so badly I had to be in the hospital for days following multiple blood transfusions.
The point of this (other than having a legit excuse to vent), is despite all that happened over the last few weeks, I’m lucky that I don’t have to live with my transphobic parents anymore, and I’m beginning to think I’m lucky I didn’t kill myself, but there are so many other youth out there that have no choice.
Parents do have a choice.
They can and should support their children even if they don’t agree with them.
Most people know people who are transgender are more likely to commit suicide, but did you know that when those kids have supportive parents, they are 82% less likely to commit SUICIDE? 82 percent. That’s huge.
Think about it.I’m here if anyone wants or needs to talk. You’re not alone.
Hi there! It’s Rev. Michael Cardamone again.
Tonight July 1, 2021 at 630 PM EST we will be having a Zoom group meeting specifically for transgender people facilitated by a gay-ish transgender man (namely me). This is for anyone who considers themselves trans anywhere on the spectrum and at any point in their trans journey (whatever that journey means to you).
This time we are studying Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke. This book is available on Kindle and Paperback. If you don’t have a Kindle, you can download the Kindle app for your device (including desktops).
If you are transgender and wish to attend this meeting with me to discuss lovely trans-affirming Christian literature, please feel free to hit up our inbox.
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Mod Rev. Michael Cardamone here. I am a bisexual transgender man and I have an important announcement today.
Jesus People is happy to announce that we are starting a brand new Zoom meeting on Thursday nights at 6:30 PM EST. This meeting will strictly be for (and by) transgender persons across the gender spectrum. (We will schedule learning opportunities for cisgender persons separately at a later date.)
Euphoria is a weekly group by trans people for trans people concentrating on trans-affirming Christian literature and living joyfully in our true and truly God-given gender, not the World’s expectations for our bodies and lives.
This time we are studying Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke. This book is available on Kindle and Paperback. If you don’t have a Kindle, you can download the Kindle app for your device (including desktops).
First meeting will be an icebreaker meeting where we can discuss the author, our expectations for the book study, and peek at the intro. I plan on breaking this down into 8 weeks.If you’re a trans person and interested in this meeting, feel free to message this page and I will get details to you.
Stock photo of a butterfly from Dreamstime for visibility.
Tonight’s the night! Be sure to message us if you’d like the Zoom link.
For the first meeting, don’t worry if you don’t have or can’t get the book at this exact moment. We’re just getting into the intro and speaking about what we expect to gain from diving in.
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The other day, my girlfriend and I were discussing why people need to pry at Trans-folks’ deadnames. Why they need to know what’s in their pants, and why people feel the need to misgender them intentionally, when really someone’s “trans-ness” is none of their business.
She had said “They demand respect, but never give it to those who need it most” and I felt like it took the words right from those people’s mouths.
So what can cishet people do to make transgender folks more comfortable? Coming from a trans person, here are a few things:
- First off, this isn’t actually part of it. But if you’re cishet and you’re trying your best to respect your trans friend; Hats off to you! You’re an amazing person for trying! Don’t beat yourself up too hard when you accidentally misgender them, it happens! But be sure to ask questions (the productive kind), learn what you can so you have a better understanding of them! You won’t be able to comprehend everything, but acknowledge and accept that.
- Don’t ever ask about genitalia. Don’t ask about birthnames (we call them deadnames). It’s none of your business. It doesn’t affect you if their genitalia don’t “match up”, in your opinion.
- Don’t say things like; “Why would you ever do that?” “Why would anyone want/not want boobs?” “Surgery is a dangerous thing for something so optional.” These things only tear others down. Your goal should be to build them up.
- NEVER share their deadname to others, even if the trans person isn’t present.
- RESPECT PRONOUNS! They go by he/him but don’t look like a guy? IRRELEVANT!
- RESPECT pronouns even if the person isn’t around!
This is just kind of a starter kit to get you well on your way to making your trans pal happy and comfortable!
