SRS support

[wiserube.livejournal.com]

Not so long ago I read a post with info on a group that is working towards providing financial support for SRS. Does anyone have this link, or remember who posted the link?

opposition to gainesville charter amendment one ... WON. woo!

[pikake.livejournal.com]

As follows is a press release from Equality Florida... :)

**** Victory In Gainesville ****
Voters Reject Fear Tactics and Discrimination

March 24, 2009

(GAINESVILLE, FL) Equality Florida joins with local leaders in
Gainesville and fair-minded people across the state and nation
in celebrating today's decisive victory over discrimination and
fear embodied in Gainesville Charter Amendment 1.

Voters rejected the amendment tonight by a vote of 58% to 42%.
If passed, Charter Amendment 1 would have repealed existing
civil rights protections for Gainesville's gay and transgender
community.

( read more here if you wanna... )

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I didn't think that the charter amendment *would* pass, but I was still cynical and skeptical, to say the least. I don't live in Gainesville [I live a few hours away] but we were watching this one pretty closely all over the state. I'm super proud of all the folks who worked hard on building the opposition to the amendment. <3

Attraction to trans people? (Controversial-ish?)

[lightningxsnow.livejournal.com]

I'm bisexual, and I'm kind of genderqueer, but mostly female, and, as I was assigned female at birth, I live a mostly cisgendered life. So, I'm cis, for most intents and purposes.

Lately, something I'm struggling with is that I seem to be attracted to trans people fairly often. I live in a big city with a strong queer community, so I'm exposed to queer/trans people a lot, so it might just be a probability thing. I'm not attracted to every trans person I meet, obviously, and not everyone I'm attracted to is trans.

However, I hear, and totally understand, trans people's complaints about cis folks sexualizing or exoticizing them. This is what I worry I'm doing - although the trans people I'm attracted to, I'm not attracted to them because they're trans. I find myself attracted to these people because, like anyone else I'm attracted to, they're beautiful and charming and interesting and intelligent.

Still, I worry that I may be unconsciously fetishizing or something. Is this possible? I mean, I see how some people in the lesbian community talk about trans men ("OMG, trans guys are so hot!"), and quite frankly, it annoys me a lot. But I worry that I may be doing the same thing. Am I just overthinking this?

What are your perspectives on cis folks who are attracted to trans folks fairly often?

(no subject)

[elegancewaves.livejournal.com]

I love having a supportive mother.

I've been discussing transitioning with her a lot lately. I'm not sure if everyone remembers a few months back where I was unsure where I fit in the gender spectrum. Well, I had been talking to some people and a counsellor (not a therapist, just someone who I pay to listen to me talk and she inserts advice now and then) and we decided that my confusion was based on my not wanting to lose my boyfriend, because he was very much against me transitioning, and this abandonment issue I have and the fear of being alone. At any rate, I decided my relationship with myself was far more important and needed some working on, so my boyfriend of two years and I broke up. I'm doing fine on my own, far better than I expected, and my head is a thousand times clearer than it was. Although my mom still wants to give my ex a good swift kick in the balls.

Anyway. I went in to town with a friend and we popped by my mom's house and we again started discussing transitioning when my mom gave me $100 (she wanted to contribute towards the breast forms I plan on purchasing, to help pass more easily as female).

The conversation sort of went like this:

Mom: Did you get my last e-mail?

Me: What'd it say?

Mom: That while you're in recovery, I'll help take care of you and you can stay here.

Me: Oh yeah, I got that. Well, I've been thinking of getting the actual surgery in Thailand and I'd probably end up staying there the first month. (I had been doing some research and saw a few documentaries that lead me in this direction).

Mom: Oh ok. So will I be staying in a hotel there or the hospital? 

better word than "transition"

[sebastian-bound.livejournal.com]

I really hate using the word "transition" for what I'm going through. I don't feel that it describes what is actually happening. "Transition" implies a change, whereas, I feel like I've always been this person that I am. I think "transition" describes it from a cissexual's view, not mine.

I like "gender affirmation," as in , "I'm going through gender affirmation, and would like for you to start calling me [blank]."

But when I look up "gender affirmation" in google, I see that a group of homophobic, pray-the-gay-away "therapists" use it to describe some of their therapy. (See also this video.)

Did anyone else use something else besides transition to describe their journey?

UK private MtF hormone prescriptions

[lindsay40k.livejournal.com]

What sort of price range is likely for a trustworthy supply?

EDIT:

Also, is it an idea to get a private diagnosis to open the option for NHS prescription without waiting years for the diagnosis?

Myself and the friend (who is the one considering this route) are unemployed northerners with little in the way of local NHS resources to rely on :/

Have you ever been harassed in a public bathroom because of your gender...

[gendercrash.livejournal.com]

Let Us Pee
http://letuspee.blogspot.com/

Have you ever been harassed in a public bathroom because of your gender, perceived gender, gender expression, or perceived sexual orientation? If so send me your story and I will post it anonymously. Email it to letmepee@gmail.com

Why?
Because I have heard countless stories of GLBT people or people perceived to be GLBT being harassed in public restrooms... for what you might ask? Just trying to pee...

This is counter to what the anti-GLBT & radical right groups say, which is that, particularly if non-discrimination legislation for gender identity/gender expression legislation is passed it will compromise the safety of women and children in bathrooms.

Everyone deserves to be able to use the restroom in peace and without harassment or violence.