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General trans community.
Rules:
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Follow all blahaj.zone rules
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All posts must be trans-related. Other queer-related posts go to c/lgbtq.
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Don't post negative, depressing news articles about trans issues unless there is a call to action or a way to help.
Resources:
Best resource: https://github.com/cvyl/awesome-transgender Site with links to resources for just about anything.
Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en
StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/
Trans resources: https://trans-resources.info/
[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map
[USA] Report discrimination: https://action.aclu.org/legal-intake/report-lgbtqhiv-discrimination
[USA] Keep track on trans legislation and news: https://www.erininthemorning.com/
[GERMANY] Bundesverband Trans: Find medical trans resources: https://www.bundesverband-trans.de/publikationen/leitfaden-fuer-behandlungssuchende/
[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/
[GERMANY] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität: They have contact information for their advice centers and some general information for trans and intersex people. They also do activism: dgti.org
*this is a work in progress, and these resources are courtesy of users like you! if you have a resource that helped you out in your trans journey, comment below in the pinned post and I'll add here to pass it on
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In Minnesota, afaik, getting a letter of ACT only requires a year of hormone therapy (there are exceptions for people who can't or don't want to afaik) and, for updating documents, is only necessary for amending the sex field on a birth certificate. I know many other states, primarily red states, have stricter requirements, or they just don't allow it period, so I consider myself lucky. I'm not aware of any states that let people amend their sex on their birth certificate without a letter of ACT though.
At this point in time all of my documents say I'm female except for my birth certificate and all I'm currently waiting for is my ACT letter and my other supporting document to come in the mail.
In my state the letter is optional but the court order is mandatory. The take away for anyone reading is that there is going to be red tape and you should get on this asap if it is important to you.
Regardless of what state you live in there is probably, almost certainly, an org in said state that at a minimum has a website with all of the relevant info and likely will assist you through this as well.