#trans survival

[transsolidarity]

I recently returned to the United States after traveling throughout Asia. Last time, I wrote about my experiences in Indonesia. Here are my takeaways as a transgender man visiting China.

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Trans Travel: China | A Trans Man’s Guide to Laws, Censorship, and LGBTQ+ Travel

Trans travel China from a transgender man’s perspective, covering laws, censorship, LGBTQ+ realities, safety, and cultural insights from Bei

[victusinveritas]

Field Guides – Trans Army

Download printable PDF guides covering protest safety, legal rights, mutual aid, and more. Empower yourself and your community with actionab

Anyway, here's this. Some of you might need it or know someone who does.

[gwydionmisha]

Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling

In private collections and public libraries, the pages of these handmade publications hold a wealth of queer history and community.

[mayabrain]

prog day 1 review, i just slept 13 hours so there's that lol

[mayabrain]

being able to help other trans folks navigate their journey I would argue is a very important part of being trans.

trans folks stick together - community and support are so important.

[mayabrain]

Feels weird that it's happening but hey ho, here's to step 1 of getting divorced

[mossycircuits3]

things are getting better, community is critical to survival

[mayabrain]

There was a time when I felt lost—scared, confused, and desperate to just be a girl. I wished I could have been born that way, spared the struggle, the doubt, the fight. But instead, I buried those feelings deep down, convincing myself that if I tried hard enough, I could be the "manliest man" possible. I thought if I could just perform masculinity well enough, maybe I could silence the ache inside me.

But the truth has a way of breaking through, no matter how much you try to suppress it. Eventually, I realised I couldn’t keep it up. The weight of pretending was crushing me, and when I finally admitted who I was, I was met with a new kind of fear—one that came with stepping into the unknown, with coming out, with facing the world as my real self.

That first year was brutal. The self-doubt, the pain, the moments when I wondered if I’d made a mistake, if I was strong enough to do this. But I kept going. And now, I refuse to live any way other than authentically.

I am a trans woman. I am still here. And I will keep fighting for myself and for others who have struggled, who are struggling. Because we deserve to exist, to thrive, to be true to ourselves.

Soon, I’ll be getting a tattoo based on The Simpsons episode with the “Do it for her” sign. Except for me, her is me—the version of myself who fought so hard to get here. But her is also every trans woman who didn’t make it, whose life was taken from them—whether by violence or because the world made it too hard for them to go on. This is my reminder that I keep going not just for me, but for them too.

This is about survival. This is about resilience. This is about being me.

Death before Detransition. Do it for her.