r/TransVeteranPipeline

A snippet from Sparta.

BLUF: NDAA is about to contain two really bad provisions that pose long-term threats. Call your reps to stop it

Dont know who your Rep is?

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

1. Go to this link
2. Enter your zip code
3. There should be a link to email your Rep. Both email and call. Do one to follow up on the other.

"[Greeting of the day], [staffer who picks up]. I'm [your name], ***a constituent*** of [Rep's] from [your city/town if comfortable]. I'm greatly concerned about two provisions in this version of the NDAA and urge [rep] to vote no because these would be targeting a minority group.... [state the rest of your opinions here]"

Staffers are more likely to tune you out if you're cursing or yelling or may even block you, so remember its okay to disagree, but don't be disagreeable.

- your neighborhood politician

*constituent means that you're able to vote in their area and therefore, for or against them. Holds more weight and is a key word you wanna use

Today, one of the guys I served with happened to be passing through my AO, and chose to stop and share a meal and a couple hours worth of conversation with me before moving on. For me, it was the first time I'd seen anybody from my unit since I had turned in my s*** nearly two decades ago. We traded stories about deployments and training cycles,, memories of those we've lost over the years, and caught up on what we knew of those who still remain. I'm not sure I can put into words just how incredible that experience was, how nice it was to have that experience without the WTF about how I appear now, to still be seen as a person, still be seen as a brother. I suppose to some, it may seem as somewhat silly, but this was an outcome I could not have imagined receiving 5 years ago when I was contemplating the decision to transition. At the time I had looked at that decision with an understanding that choosing to transition would likely come with a loss of respect from anybody I had served with, and considering that they were the tightest family I'd ever had, that was a very painful thing to consider. The fact that I can be who I am now and still seen as a person and not just as a label worthy of automatic dismissal is so amazing. I realize I may still get that outcome from plenty of the others I served with, but for at least one person to see me as a person ..... absolutely blows my mind

Ps. Yes I know some would consider the fact I still wear my old BDU jackets as nekulturni, and that there are many ways I'm not particularly femme, but oh well, c'est la vie.. this is me :)

Well, I completely forgot just how slow the civilian world moves and kinda wondered if I was not hired, but today I got a call.

I am honestly kinda freaking out, lol, like why did past me do this to present me!🫣😭!

This is my first job as me and I'm nervous, and to make matters worse; my favorite manager will not be there for my paperwork so I will have to out myself to some random person I don't even know…

I am excited but also timid and scared, just yesterday I went to walmart and was kinda chased by one guy, and I had another creeping on me, he went an isle over and circled around to literally peek at my backside.

I can't imagine being stuck in a store and having to deal with it, however, my best friend said; welcome to being a woman, so I should probably suck it up and stop whining..

Either way I am happy, excited, nervous, scared, but also hopeful!

I will keep you posted on how showing my ID goes and how I feel about starting my new working life!

Thank you to everyone who has been following and to everyone who cares!

!!!💕💓🫶🏾💓💕!!!