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#London people! "Trans Kids Deserve Better" are occupying the Department for Education in Great Smith Street, Westminster, and they're asking for #trans allies to come along and show support!

https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/teenage-trans-activists-occupy-dfe-hq-in-for-trans-rights

#LGBT+ #Activism #Trans #TransKidsDeserveBetter

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In our magazine: Weeks after a transphobic attack, dozens of #trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming folks gathered on the “free side” of #Austin’s Barton Springs to swim, celebrate, and fearlessly take up space.

Kit @oconnell was there to witness this moment of #queer joy and resilience... https://www.texasobserver.org/protect-trans-joy-barton-springs/

#LGBTQIA+ #water #Texas #photography #CentralTexas #culture

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The Department of State’s Website Is Now Threatening To Revoke Trans People's Passports

https://transitics.substack.com/p/the-department-of-states-website

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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The BBC has long held a reputation for being bias-free. And that has always been one of its greatest delusions.

Alastair Campbell says senior BBC staff 'in the JK Rowling camp'

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/alastair-campbell-bbc-trans-bias/

#BBC #mediabias #journalism #trans #LGBTQ #press

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2y

Trump just REPEATED his crazy lie that schools do #GenderChanging operations on kids.

We must use this pattern against him.
1) He makes crazy comment
2) His surrogates & staff say "What he meant was.. "
3) The media #sanewash the comment & leave out the crazy detail. LIKE THIS HEADLINE "Trump taps into culture war issues, seeks to energize base at Moms for Liberty event"

When he doubles down on a crazy comment that's our cue to repeat it.
VS the MSM's response "the base loves it."
#Trans

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PSA for any trans+ person looking to start, or currently doing, any kind of voice training

Seattle Voice Lab has broken their silence over a former employee of theirs (Jimmy Chen), who set up his own voice coaching service called Trans Voice Lab.

We need to address Trans Voice Lab.

We highly recommend watching / listening to the whole video, but here are some key points within their video:

Jimmy's employment was terminated for "manipulative teaching practices and dishonesty towards" their students.
He downloaded their bespoke training materials (SVL's intellectual property) and client lists (!!!), then used these to set up his own voice coaching service and write a book.
SVL didn't want to have to make the video, but has felt obliged to do so.
SVL is pursuing "legal counsel" over Jimmy's actions.

tl;dr

Avoid any videos or guides from Jimmy Chen.
Avoid using Trans Voice Lab at all costs.

Boosts and crossposts very welcome, as we need to make more folks aware of this

#trans #transgender #enby #NonBinary #voice #VoiceTraining #VoiceTherapy #VoiceCoaching #VoiceFeminization #VoiceFeminisation #VoiceMasculinization #VoiceMasculinisation #SeattleVoiceLab #TransVoiceLab #JimmyChen #PSA #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #BoostsWelcome

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2y

Will Ferrell goes on a road trip with long-time friend Harper Steele, former SNL head writer and newly out trans woman.

As a kid, I could never have imagined trans people just being out in movies and TV. What I would give to see all these trans people when I was 10.

I'm not crying, you're crying 😭

#Trans #Transgender #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRZ1ELeGepo

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trans healthcare advice (US-specific)

PSA for my US trans friends: there's a Telehealth HRT clinic called QMed (QueerMed) that serves adults and minors in 47 states (excluding DC, unfortunately). They accept lots of private insurance (but not medicare/medicaid), and also offer a payment plan that covers appointments and lab tests for people without good insurance.

Their program is great for people going stealth or living in unsafe environments, as they don't need referrals or anything else from your primary doctor. They send all lab orders to a LabCorp location of your choice, and prescriptions are sent to any pharmacy. (including mail-order pharmacies and chains like Walgreens and CVS that will ship your meds for a small fee.) If necessary, the entire process can be private and zero-contact except for the labs.

They work with transfem, transmasc, and non-binary people, and many of their staff are themselves trans! They follow WPATH SOC-8 and target modern (cis-equivalent) hormone levels, while still being flexible enough to work with whatever your personal goals are. In my experience, their target seems to be "whatever makes you feel best within safe limits". With me, they've been willing to explore non-standard doses, injection schedules, and hybrid approaches as long as I can provide research showing it's effective or at least safe.

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I can't speak to the transmasc experience, but I first started seeing them as a fem-aligned non-binary person who was already on oral Estradiol, Progesterone, and Spironolactone at mild doses. They had no issue with that, and later helped me increase those doses as I explored whether more "female" hormone balance would feel better. (still as part of a "non-binary" hormone plan!)

When I eventually realized I was binary transfem, they were just as understanding and helpful. They suggested changing Estrodiol forms to stabilize my levels at higher doses, and later helped me transition to injections when Spiro stopped working and other T blockers weren't an option for health reasons. (side note: they were actually willing to prescribe puberty blockers as an anti-androgen, but insurance wouldn't cover them and I couldn't afford the cost. I still think it's cool that they were forward-thinking enough to even offer that option, though!) I want to emphasize that I was not an easy patient for injections. I had severe needle-phobia, was clueless about the process, and proceeded to freak out many times over non-issues as I slowly learned how to inject. Through all that, they were patient, supportive, and never made me feel bad for panicking. Eventually I figured it out and even cured my needle phobia, for which they celebrated with me.

Now that I've finally achieved stable levels at the dose that feels best to me, they've let me transition to long-term HRT maintenance. This means 12-month prescriptions, infrequent tests, and minimal appointment requirements. This is something I was rather worried about, as my last provided never allowed long-term maintenance for various reasons. But with that, I'm now fully onboarded into the program and can speak to the whole experience. My overall opinion: QMed is the best HRT provider I've used, and the entire process has been smooth, flexible, and affirming.

#HRT #Transgender #Trans #PSA #Advice #Transition #Gender #GenderAffirmingCare #QMed #QueerMed

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Today is the third anniversary of Stained Glass Woman, and to celebrate it I'm publishing, a day early, the first article in a miniseries on how you can make your own Stained Glass Woman!

But, as with all things: safety first!

#Trans #MtF #FtM #Enby #StainedGlassWoman

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/kaleidoscope-safety-gear

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“Trans visibility is important, but also trans people deserve to have fun.”

For @TexasObserver magazine, I teamed up with photojournalist Harmon Li to document a "Trans Takeover" on the free side of #Austin's Barton Springs swimming hole. It was a moment of queer and #trans joy that came weeks after a violent attack. https://www.texasobserver.org/protect-trans-joy-barton-springs/

#LGBTQIA #queer #culture #photography #Texas #CentralTexas #transgender #water

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The Right Is Now Transvestigating Charlie Kirk and His Wife, Erika

https://www.them.us/story/charlie-erika-kirk-transvestigator-trans-transvestigation

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/not-in-our-name-trans-awareness-week-good-law-project-cisgender-anti-trans-fight/?utm_medium=social

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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I spotted this #writing prompt for #trans people on #Medium: What are your plans for making it through the holidays, whichever ones you partake in?

https://medium.com/lost-in-transitions/writing-prompt-trans-holiday-survival-guide-eb9883e9b28b

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#20n #transgender #transgenero #trans #fediverse #mastodon #fyp

Bandera transgenero con unas velas y un texto que dice "#20N Día de la Memoria TRANS".

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Velas con los colores trans y un moño como los que se usan cuando alguien fallece, y un texto que dice "Día de la Remembranza Trans 20 de noviembre".

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‪It's official! I can announce that I'm now the Newsletter Writer and Contributor to Big & Bright from The Barbed Wire (https://thebarbedwire.com/category/culture/big-bright/)

I'll be creating a twice-monthly newsletter and regular stories about the highs & lows of #LGBTQ+ Texas life, with an emphasis on #queer and trans joy.

🏳️‍🌈⭐👏 Subscribe for free: https://thebarbedwire.com/subscribe/

#journalism #Texas #LGBTQIA+ #news #culture #queer #trans

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In today’s article for @assignedmedia.org, I interview Dr. Clair Kronk, a #trans scholar working to collect and preserve #LGBTQ data.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/preserving-data-history-clair-kronk

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https://notinourname.org.uk/petition/not-in-our-name-women-in-support-of-the-trans-community/

It's the one-year anniversary of the anti-trans supreme court ruling today. If you're a cisgender woman, please read this open letter and sign. They have 200 sigs to go to get to their goal of 100,000 on the anniversary.

If you can't sign, like me, please share if you can 💜

#trans #petition

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Pretty Princess :3

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1y

We refuse to behave like some NGOs that promise help they know they won't be delivering.
When our backlog reaches about 90 days, as it is now, we stop intake.

What this does, and does not, mean:

https://transrescue.org/closing-intake

#TransRights #transrightsarehumanrights
#trans
#mutualaid

This message will be pinned , and removed when we re-open intake.
We need funds, we have people moving, and need help:

https://transrescue.org/donations/donate

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just coming to say hi! I'm trying to join a social network after years of being offline, and mastodon seems to be a interesting place to be.

I'm from BR, work as a software engineer, linux/books/movies/anime-addicted, and my dream is to live in fully automated luxury communism.

#introduction #tech #linux #anime #trans #lgbtqia

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“I am part of the queer community and the queer rights movement. I am an anti-fascist; I’m not neutral about fascism. I’m not neutral about genocide. I’m not neutral about the environment, and many other topics.”

I'm so excited to share this: a profile of my career is out today in the Columbia Journalism Review! I've been waiting to share this for months, and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/kit-oconnell-austin-movement-journalism.php

#journalism #nonbinary #LGBTQIA+ #Texas #politics #trans

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