since it is trans day of visibility, we should do more than just post selfies (and essentially copy blackout). today i will try to be posting resources, history, and transition stories. there’s nothing wrong with posting some selfies today, but please don’t make that the only thing we do today— this is a very important day, and is more than just selfies. blackout was a celebration of beauty our society often deems unworthy; trans day of visibility should be about making our community, history, and siblings known.
a small list of resources for the moment:
- trans people who are in a serious situation, such as being suicidal, or being abused, etc. can contact the trevor project. they have a lifeline that is 1-866-488-7386 and an online chat room.
- the trans 100 is a list provided by GLAAD of inspiring trans americans.
- we happy trans is a website that provides happy trans stories!
- a longer list of resources from GLAAD can be found here
- trans housing network
- mermaids.org.uk is a website that provides individual and family support for young people with differing gender identities.
- trans law center (TLC)
- Trans Youth Family Allies
- gender justice league ( specifically for advocating for gender equality within the LGBT+ community)
i will try to have more soon!! including stuff to good places to get things like binders and breast foams, clothes, make up, etc.
here’s a link you can give to cis people who want to be allies but don’t know the basics yet!
if you live in MA, the MTPC has some good resources
Les Love Boat and Underworks are both good places for binders, although Underworks isn’t as good if you’re a larger individual
Transbucket has tons and tons of pictures of trans surgeries (chest, genital, face) for all genders and is a great place to get an idea of both what surgeries you can get and which surgeons to get them from
Hudson’s FTM Resource Guide has some resources and info about top surgery, HRT, clothes, trying to present as male, etc. it’s sort of old school binarist (ew) but still has a lot of useful info if you can stomach it. if anyone knows of a similar website for trans women, please add! I hate that most of what I know is for trans masc people, since there are so many more resources for us than trans fem folks.
Here’s a whole website about top surgery for transmasc people
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