"It's interesting to me how clearly this isn't a choice for her. She doesn't waver."
As a bonus on my Patreon, I shared excerpts from my recent interview with an #Austin mother of a #trans teen girl:
(this one is totally free, no login needed)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-interview-133908707
#LGBTQIA+ #politics #USpol #news #healthcare #health #MentalHealth #transgender #SCOTUS #Republicans #fascism #news #Texas
“Our country is really headed in a direction away from caring about individuals, and it’s still so shocking.”
New today at Austin Free Press: I spoke with the ACLU of #Texas, and the parents of local transgender teenagers, about the impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling which upholds bans on gender-affirming care for minors. https://austinfreepress.org/supreme-sadness/
#SCOTUS #Austin #trans #transgender #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ+ #news #politics #USpol #healthcare #gender #children #transphobia
my own two cents for Fedi Admins about moderation and fedi drama/meta, RE: subpost; commentary on harassment and drama within the queer community
Ich frage mich, ob das coolste an der #FOSSGIS2025 in #Muenster die ausgezeichneten Vorträge waren oder diese genialen, trans*-farbenen #OSM-Sticker, die ich am OSM-Stand ergattern konnte.
I am trans
I am queer
I am here to stay!
You are NOT going to force me back into the closet unless you kill me first
Boost if you are the same #LGBTQIA #Transgender #Transwoman #Transman #Transfem #Transmasc
Transgender USPOL
To be crystal-clear:
Topics like #TransRights #Trans #Gender #Queer are no afterthoughts, they are the foundation of the whole endeavor.
#SafeguardingResearch started with me (@lavaeolus) cloning GitHub-repos of 'Mapping the Gay Guides' (with their consent) on January 15th.
After that, I asked my buddy @micr0 to write a scraper for academia.edu, inspired by @bookandswordblog, to download as many things mentioning #transgender #nonbinary #intersex #queer etc. as possible.
The rest is history.
Instead of an #introduction post, I'm just going to put a whole bunch of tags in here:
subpost; commentary on harassment and drama within the queer community
OK so we're on #Trump 2.0 day nine
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #DEI" ?
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #Immigrants / #AsylumSeekers" ?
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #Transgender people" ?
#DonaldTrump hates all of those things, and more
But don't lose sight of the big picture: Trump is conducting nothing less than the wholesale destruction of the entire #USDemocracy -- piece by piece as he can -- in full service to #VladimirPutin and #Russia
Remember this: Trump and Putin at Helsinki 2018 and the famous "whipped like a dog" photo
It speaks volumes
What is Hormone Replacement Therapy? (Download and archive this video.)
A hormone is a chemical messenger made by your body to send signals to some or all body cells. Some hormones are made in other bodies or through chemical processes, like other medications.
HRT is a medical treatment for certain conditions, including menopause for some people, or precocious puberty for others.
(Mostly) Older men and women also use it to affirm their gender experiences.
HRT has certain side effects on your body. You may find these desirable or unpleasant.
Any medical intervention can have therapeutic effects and side effects. Different people experience different outcomes.
Do you want or need to biohack your hormone levels to affect your body?
Please learn more from your GP, family doctor, primary care provider, or another trusted clinician with access to your personal medical records.
Some of the waiting lists can be quite long, or involve more steps than you may expect. So ask early, please!
copy of links in video description: https://lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/113876807351799423
https://nebula.tv/videos/lilyalexandre-diy-hormone-therapy-everything-i-can-legally-tell-you/
from the vid: gender affirming care is suicide prevention. It's also preventative care against diseases of despair.
Time for a new #introduction post! I just migrated to toot.lgbt, and hoping to see all the familiar faces! I'm a middle-aged, partially closeted trans woman. I write software for a living and lead a team of engineers. I do a lot of art and if you see me boosting anything from mastoart.social, it's probably me, but for safety I'm keeping the two accounts mostly separate for now. I'd like to be fully out before the spring, so fingers crossed.
Anyway, hello!
A transgender woman in China has won a record amount of compensation from a hospital that subjected her to several sessions of electroshock conversion practices without her consent.
【拡散希望】
李琴峰さんおの記事が見れなくなったようですが、チェックしたらアーカイブで記事が読めます。
もし記事を読みそびれた方がいましたら、是非。
李琴峰「トランスジェンダー追悼の日」アウティングされ声明
https://archive.is/v4KHf
https://fedibird.com/@rumihayami/113520728775279241
#トランスジェンダー #Trans #Transgender #TrangenderDayOfRemembrance #トランスジェンダー追悼の日
We are literally going to be a wall against hate and bigortry! Our allies must be the support that holds up the wall and even fixes it whenever it gets even the slightest bit damaged! We shall never surrender! Whenever hate thinks we are at our weakest is when it lowers its guard to deliver what it believes to be the finishing blow!
To quote Abe Lincoln, "A house divided cannot stand," and our community is that house. When united we can be the place that offers protection, love, support, and family to those who are trying to weather the storm of hate. We got this!
#LGBTQIA #Queer #Transgender #Trans
RE: https://catgirl.center/notes/a09uzvljlcin03w2
Now more than ever it is important for those of us in the queer community to stick together as one solid unit! Hate likes to defeat via division it cannot win if love is united! Those of you who are minors DNI think about allowing queer minors to interact with you, since they might literally be looking for someone to vent to or help them feel better. We are stronger when we are one big happy, loving family!
Together we can stop fascism no matter how many countries it tries to control! Remember We Are Queer and We Are Stronger Than The Phobes! 
And for the cishets out there who claim to be our allies, PROVE IT by being there for those of us in the queer community! We will be depending on you guys more now than ever before!
#LGBTQIA #Queer #Trans #Transgender
Reminder to people in #Europe and #Canada that there are a lot of #transgender and #disabled people in the US who could use your help right now. There are a few #charities which are going to need some heavy funding over the next couple years (the Trevor Project and ACLU come to mind), and we also have a #MutualAid hashtag right here on Fedi. Please also consider that servers in the US, like this one, are talking about relocating to a safer country, which may change our financials.
If, per chance, you'd like to help a particular transgender disabled moderator who may need to relocate in the next year, my KoFi is at...
“We’re seeing a rise in anti-LGBTQ crimes in the state because of the culture wars that #Republicans are fighting.”
Experts on #LGBTQIA+ and human rights say an alarming rise in anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation leads directly to a rise in hate incidents, including deadly violence. I used GLAAD data to analyze incidents in Central #Texas over the last few years: https://austinfreepress.org/legislating-intolerance-anti-lgbtq-legislation-tied-to-massive-rise-in-hate-incidents/
Also if you are having trouble finding a good name, then feel free to look up websites with good names (even if they say they are good "baby" names.) Those websites are a fabulous resource, and you should definitely use them! #Transgender #LGBTQIA
] Chishiki611 (moderation tool builder arc) 
(trans edition 
:neofox_flag_nb::sway_manjaro: 
