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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says
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Growing up broken
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1980s interview with Christine Jorgensen, one of the first publicly trangender women in the United States
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X runs unblockable ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film
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A Japanese court rules it's unconstitutional to require surgery for a change of gender on documents
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T-shirt collars ride up on neck after top surgery?
Hey all! Long time no see. So, I'm dealing with a problem that I can't find many other people having online and I thought I would ask you very well informed people. So, I recently got a double...
Hey all! Long time no see.
So, I'm dealing with a problem that I can't find many other people having online and I thought I would ask you very well informed people.So, I recently got a double mastectomy, went from I believe C cups to an extremely flat chest.
Since then, I've had quite the trouble with shirts, specifically t-shirts.They never did this before, but now, the shirt collar rides up on my throat every few minutes. It doesn't seem to matter too much what the size is, large or medium(the 2 sizes of shirts that I regularly wear).
Of course, they also fit looser, but I expected that.
Is this causing the shirts to ride up? Is there any way I can fix this?
Additional, may or may not be relevant details:
I have been on testosterone for 2 years, so could it have something to do with mass increase around my shoulders/neck?
My weight is around 210lbs, and I'm 5'7/5'8.If anyone knows anything, or could point me to a better place to ask this question I would really appreciate your insight!
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Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it wants religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws—and is going after trans rights.
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Trans identity and the gender binary
Hi! I would like to take a moment to expand my understanding of an aspect of queer culture that I have some trouble with. I'd like to preface this by saying that, while I consider myself to be...
Hi! I would like to take a moment to expand my understanding of an aspect of queer culture that I have some trouble with. I'd like to preface this by saying that, while I consider myself to be queer in the broader sense, I also pass as a cishet male. That being said, I'm going to express myself honestly in the hopes that someone will be able to give me an honest to what might read as bigoted. Putting everything else in a detail box:
Questions on the 'validity' of trans identity
Basically - I understand gender to be social construct based on expected roles for biological males and females undertake in a traditional society. While there is some validity to the stereotypes on a biological level, I figure that most people should be able to understand that they exist in many places on the spectrum of masculine to feminine traits. People who are queer generally do not fit into these stereotypes and experience ostracization from those who cannot escape the mental paradigm of the gender binary.Is trans identity more than a product of societal gender roles? I don't understand where the root of the dysphoria could be other than not fitting into the stereotypes of your assigned gender. How could someone come to understand that their body feels "wrong" to them without learning that from something outside of their internal experience (i.e. perceiving gender roles and feeling like oneself is more aligned to the opposite pole than the one they're assigned to?) What is the benefit in choosing to identify as transgender (which reinforces gender roles through buying into them) versus choosing to eschew the gender binary entirely and identifying with / presenting as genderfluid or non-binary?
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UK PM Rishi Sunak applauded for being openly transphobic in speech
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US appeals court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors
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Joe Biden administration grants Seattle Children's Hospital $240K for LGBT sex education tool
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Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
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Gainesville, Florida is giving trans punk legend Laura Jane Grace a key to the city
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French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims
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Hyprland is a toxic community
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Bad-faith coverage of trans issues — who does it serve?
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Trigger warning: Faced with professional discipline and a requirement to take training to keep his psychology license in Canada - Jordan Peterson shares his beliefs re trans people
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'Project 2025' and the 'Mandate for Leadership'; the conservative plan for America
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Inside one family's decision to move from Texas to California to protect their transgender teenager
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My experience of transphobia today: "Ew, fucking gross, that's a man"
Said to my friend while we were minding our own business yesterday when walking from A to B in the city. For this old bigoted man that we happened to walk past, simply (gasp) looking at a trans...
Said to my friend while we were minding our own business yesterday when walking from A to B in the city. For this old bigoted man that we happened to walk past, simply (gasp) looking at a trans person was too much for him. How dare she go outside while being transgender? Nope, gotta call that out! Gotta tell this stranger that I find her disgusting! That's super important and I am doing the right thing..!
At least, that's what I imagine his train of thought was like. Who knows.
Blows my mind that people can't just keep homophobia/transphobia to themselves. For reference, there was no pride event or anything, like we weren't dressed in kinky outfits, we weren't waving dildos around or something. Not that being dressed a certain way would have excused his behavior, but it's just to say we were wearing very normal clothing and looked decidedly ordinary and neutral. The only thing that revealed to this guy that my friend is trans is that she hasn't done voice training. She passes perfectly fine outside of that, and so do I - we've both been on hormones and transitioning for 3-4 years.
So perhaps the crime we committed was to make him think we weren't transgender? And then he heard her voice, and felt fooled? I suppose to him, it's the end of the world if he was accidentally attracted to a trans woman if even for a second.
My friend thankfully doesn't let this kind of stuff get to her. She grew up extremely conservative (her family still has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy for example) so she's always had nerves of steel to deal with everything, and I'm glad for her that she can shut this kind of stuff out. I really admire her for how strong she is and how she's able to always persevere. She's probably already forgotten about it but for me, I need to work on similarly not letting this stuff get to me. The man wasn't even talking to/about me but I think the reason I'm so upset about it is that it may just as well have been said to me.
I'm trying to focus on the good, and to not let one vile person ruin it. Because me and my friend had such a nice day together.
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The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website Kiwi Farms
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Lesbians being anti-trans is a lesbophobic trope
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Senator admits "Kids Online Safety Act" will target trans content online
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Kansas officials are no longer required to change trans people’s birth certificates, judge says
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Judge denies request to halt Missouri’s gender-affirming medical care ban
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California is suing to stop schools from outing trans kids to their parents
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Evidence undermines "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria" claims
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Why do Japanese games handle trans characters so differently?
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Lesbian group seeks human rights exemption to exclude trans women from Melbourne event
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The false gospel of conversion therapy: "I went to sessions every week in high school. I came out as trans anyway."
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Midwestern US cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats
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US Ninth circuit court of appeal upholds preliminary injunction against Idaho law banning transgender girls and women participation in women's sports
I haven't yet found a news article, but will add if I find one. Here is the ruling. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/08/17/20-35813.pdf
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Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds
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Even with the reactionary backlash, trans acceptance has been the one good news in this millennium
I sorta think pretty much everything else have been a downward spirel since this millennium was kickstarted with 9/11. Just a random thought! The speed with which trans women moved from being...
I sorta think pretty much everything else have been a downward spirel since this millennium was kickstarted with 9/11. Just a random thought! The speed with which trans women moved from being perverted men to moderately tolerated members of society is staggering. Anyone here know why and when it happened?
If we look at Google Ngram for 'trans people' we see an upward curve after 2000 (the internet I guess) but it really took off somewhere after 2010.
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High school administrators trapped a student in a Kafkaesque nightmare. They gave her the option of being suspended or face the threat of rape and assault. Her family is now suing the school district.
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"Body of Mine" puts users in a virtual body of a different gender
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Jamie Lee Curtis’ bottom line on her trans daughter: "Love is love"
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Five myths in the US House of Representatives anti-trans hearing against gender affirming care
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Kellie-Jay and the Neo-Nazis
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Two cisgender people were killed in separate attacks motivated by transphobia in the US
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Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors to go into effect for now
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The top five US states to be transgender in 2023
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As a cis het white male, how do I better understand trans and trans issues?
I'm pretty high on the cis het side of the scale, but I'm an understanding and individual freedom loving person. I believe "to each their own" and support that strongly. I'm an elder millennial....
I'm pretty high on the cis het side of the scale, but I'm an understanding and individual freedom loving person. I believe "to each their own" and support that strongly.
I'm an elder millennial. While we used LGB slurs casually, I never really meant them as slurs against the community. It's just how my peers spoke. Trans was never on my radar at the time. (Maybe a little, but I figured it was much rarer than it appears to be)
Homosexuality was always easy for me to understand. From a particular instance: "Do you like girls, Jackie? (Nod). Me too. That's cool." End of need to understand. Plus it was about a butt, and a butt is pretty sex/gender nonspecific.
I also always felt honored when people came out to me.
I just feel like I'm having trouble empathizing with trans individuals. I cannot imagine myself in that position like I can with homosexual or asexual individuals. The pronoun thing also wracks my brain. I'm more accepting of "they" as an object, but "they" as a subject for an individual feels so horrid to me.
First and foremost, I don't personally know anyone trans. I'm not sure how to change that without being weird.
Thanks for your support in my learning!
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Hair removal tips needed!
Hey all, so I'm a trans woman and, like a lot of other people, my biggest point of dysphoria is my facial hair. I've been going through electrolysis for the past five months. I love it when it...
Hey all, so I'm a trans woman and, like a lot of other people, my biggest point of dysphoria is my facial hair. I've been going through electrolysis for the past five months. I love it when it works, but the speed of the process is really getting me down. I do one hour every two weeks (I'd do more if I had the money), and after five months of solely working on my upper lip the progress just isn't where I was hoping to be.
What are y'alls experiences with electro, and what was the regiment that worked for you? Did you do something other than electrolysis, how'd it work out? Other general hair removal tips to look as clean as possible?
I'll share one of my own:
- The Finishing Touch Flawless Razor (Walmart link) has been the best, and most affordable electric razor I've found that gets an extremely close shave without too much skin irritation (I have the most irritated skin in the world). Highly recommend!
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Barriers to transgender health care lead some to embrace a do-it-yourself approach
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Saying hello!
It's empty in here, so I figured I'd break the ice. Hi. I'm "Albinanigans" bumbling around (and a recent deflector from Reddit... but you probably guessed that). I am a transgender non-binary...
It's empty in here, so I figured I'd break the ice. Hi. I'm "Albinanigans" bumbling around (and a recent deflector from Reddit... but you probably guessed that). I am a transgender non-binary Black person who likes to ramble on the Internet.
I have a question for the floor: what do you do for gender affirmation? What gives you gender euphoria?
My answer: I recently received a hysterectomy, and it was pretty affirming! It is one less thing to cause dysphoria. I also like mixing and matching femme and masc clothing in my outfit.
So, yeah, happy to be here! Hope to talk more soon.
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How the pandemic hatched a new generation of transgender people
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Your synthesizer is trans (and other stories)
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How Australia fell in love with 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'
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