Shame them:
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Cleo Fields (LA-06)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Eugene Vindman (VA-06)
Hi! The admins will just have to let me know if this is the wrong place to post, i’m not an avid reddit user so i’m a bit unsure where to post this.
Either way, my name is Ash, he/him, 21 and i’m norwegian. I’m very worried about how the government are treating my fellow trans siblings in the us, and i was wondering if any of you know how us who don’t live in the states can help you guys out?
I work in politics here in Norway, and i’m trying my best to use every possible resource i have to help the situation and help the trans people i already know in the us, but i want to do more! Any advice, gofundme, campaigns or whatever is very appreciated. I’d also love to get to know you all, i’m going to New York this fall to attend the UN general assembly (excited to see if they’ll let me in or not since i’m trans lol), but i’m hoping to get to know people and organizations i can visit while i’m there!🤍🏳️⚧️
You are all so strong, and i want you to know that we see you, we see what’s happening to you and we are fighting for change for you, but also for us all everywhere! Stay strong my dears 🤍🫶🫶
(Again, if this is the wrong place to post this, please excuse me and kindly let me know where it would be appropriate to post something like this!)
FCC wants to institute a trigger warning when LGBTQ people appear on screen
Not a bigotry showcase, because there's a form to submit your comments to the FCC regarding this
I'm looking for the recent Tennessee HB 0754/SB 0676. If that's not how it's written, sorry. It's in the news that Tennessee are going to have a list of trans people. I've seen coverage of this but I want to read the actual bill. I can't access it because of my location. Does anyone have the document that they could share?
OU Health sent out this email to providers tonight.
OK Legislature has decided they know better than medical professionals. They're now dictating what care doctors can provide, and made it illegal for doctors to administer care they determine is medically appropriate for their patients.
Even if you don’t support trans rights, you can still recognize legislators are not doctors. There is no reason they should be overriding physician judgment and directly dictating medical care.
Illinois claims to have a process for petitioning a court to issue an order to correct birth certificates in the stupid states where a court order is necessary (in my case, arizona). However, there is as far as I can find on the internet absolutely no resources about how to actually go about this. Has anyone done this and can tell me if there is something that I am missing, or if i will have to consult with a legal expert?
Thanks!
Before and after photos night before photo is in 2020 that is just doing makeup with facial feminization makeup tricks and techniques. Thought I was doing a great job. However, after FFS surgery and that’s what no Makeup I really see the differences what are your thoughts? Golden State dermatology, doctor Rahul Seth is the best in my opinion
Happy Mother’s Day; MOTHER!!
I’m MTF! Happy and healthy and fabulous
Hi everyone!
My name is Matilda Delgado and I am a clinical researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA. I’m writing to share some information regarding a research study that we are currently recruiting for. We are actively seeking transgender women and gender-diverse individuals to study how an at-home resistance exercise program can prevent decreases and muscle mass and muscle strength in those starting estrogen-based gender-affirming hormone therapy.
You would be assigned to either a 12-week exercise program that you can do at home or encourage to work-out on your own during this time. You would also participate in two visits at MGH (a baseline and then a final in approximately 13 weeks). The study has been approved and is monitored by a research board at MGH. Participants are eligible for up to $480 in compensation. Additionally, for each visit, we cover any transportation (within the Greater Boston area) and parking expenses and provide you with a meal ticket. If interested, please contact me at (617) 643-5807 or email our study team at mghstrengthstudy@mgb.org, or you can click this link to learn more about our study https://rally.massgeneralbrigham.org/study/strengthstudy.
The federal government is trying to erase trans people. We are a team of trans, queer, and allied researchers who are fighting back! We are conducting a survey and follow-up interviews with trans people about their experiences navigating Medicare and the healthcare system. Please consider taking the survey so that findings can be used to advocate for better healthcare for trans communities. You can click here to learn more and take the survey go.Brown.edu/TransResearch or call us at 401-863-6999. Name and content info are not required to participate. Data are only accessible to the study team, and we have extensive security protections, including a certificate of confidentiality, to ensure the privacy and safety.
📢 Please read and share. This one matters.
I want to tell you about someone in our community who needs help getting out.
His name is Rayford. He goes by Ray. In ten years, his parents have never once used either. They call him Rae — a feminized nickname tied to a version of him they refuse to release. When his father died, Rayford had no say in how he appeared in the obituary. They used Rae. They used photos of him as a child in a flower girl dress — not a single image of the adult man he has become. He found out after the fact. He was told, not asked. Even in grief, even in a document that will exist forever, he was not allowed to be himself.
His parents are and were emotionally abusive. His father is, as previously stated, recently deceased from cancer. The threat and sometimes follow-through of physical abuse cowed him and silenced Rayford for years. And right now — because he has no driver's license, no vehicle, and no way to reliably get to and from work in a rural North Carolina town — he has no way out.
Last October, Rayford survived a suicide attempt.
He is still here. And he is still fighting. But he cannot keep fighting from inside that house.
Here's the part that stopped me:
While he was going through all of that — the abuse, the isolation, the October that almost took him — he was building a mental health platform. For us. For people like him. Rayford suffers from Bipolar II disorder, ADHD, CPTSD, PTSD stemming from a violent bar parking lot assault that left his right ankle crushed and needing surgical repair, autism, and anxiety. He understands the struggle of mental health and navigating the mental health system and lifestyle. The app he developed could change how people interact with and support their own mental and emotional well-being. It's called MindFull Nest, and it's real: encrypted journaling, a 34-emotion check-in system, AI mood analytics and relationship support, crisis routing to 988, domestic violence support groups and LGBTQ+ hotlines, grief support, and peer communities for marginalized groups of many kinds, including individuals suffering from substance use disorder. Built by a trans man with lived psychiatric experience who refused to believe our community or ANY community deserved less than what he could give us.
He didn't build it from a place of stability. He built it from the floor. At his most vulnerable and broken, he asked himself what he needed most and created an app that could help him survive. Only when the dawn broke did he realize this app could help so many others climb back up and dive back in for another round of life.
He has a plan. He has mining certifications and real job prospects in Nevada. He has a partner there who is his chosen family. He has a dog named Bo — his emotional support animal and, by his own words, his reason to keep going on the worst days.
He needs to get there.
His goal is $5,000. That covers a one-way flight, first month's rent in a pet-friendly place, and enough of a buffer to get employed and cover transportation to/from work before he runs out of ground and takes off flying on his own.
If you've ever felt like the world was trying to erase you and you built something anyway — this is that person.
If you've ever needed someone to guide you through to the other side of something, this is his desperate plea for your guiding hand.
Please donate if you can. Please share if you can't. Please tag anyone who needs to see this.
Every dollar over goal goes directly into MindFull Nest — launching this platform to marginalized communities across multiple environments, including our own. You can find demos of the platform linked below. They are available on YouTube but kept private for his personal reasons. Please be respectful of his work and mindful of how it is shared.
https://youtu.be/B2LoU5fVgnw?si=-cVnfxKInyt7ZjGx
https://youtu.be/ys66s7hpTSw?si=jdDKckN2hmpEeMMm
#TransSupport #MutualAid #LGBTQCommunity #MentalHealth #TransRights #MindFullNest #HelpRayford #TransRescue #TransEscape
