Taking down our stories, would be like burning the books for them. We will not comply in advance. As a fellow parent of a genderfluid child I stand with you!
We have all pulled in on what we write. Hesitant as to where we are headed or a repeat of history. Most of us have never imagined we might be on the doorstep of unimaginable restrictions. Myself I’ll keep writing my experiences, maybe it inspire others, maybe it’s my last chance to let others see what this community lives and sees through their 👀 eyes . Kudos for everything you’ve done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏼🏳️⚧️
Thank you for this. I'm happy you provided a safe place for your daughter to work things out. I'm very far Left ⬅️ compared to most people and I believe that transgender children should be given care and attention and minimal restrictions to blossom (yes w/ supervision of course).
Transgender and gender non-conforming children need a chance to get care and guidance from people who are supportive and from the LGBTQ community. This cannot not work in a fear environment. Such care, and recognition with support, did not happen for myself. So life turned into a quite, long, drawn out situation. This included severe depression with many hospital inpatient psych visits and suicide attempts. They say "let kids be kids". I agree. But let trans and non-binary kids be kids also. To face their own reality (not conforming to everybody else's). Yes, being transgender is fairly rare. But it occurs. We don't make this "choice" it happens to us. When I gave my self a female name which is now my (new) legal middle name I was four or five years old. When I stood in front of the mirror and repeatedly hid my genitals between my legs at a very young age there was nothing (adult) sexual about it. I did not like the anatomy I was given. Nobody put this into my head. The truth is I was born this way and there's too much evidence to support my being transgender. Now, we have a government that will not accept that reality.
As somebody retransitioning and still transitioning now, I am concerned about my footprint and how much I want to put out there. I don't think it's unreasonable to think they could come after me. They have all kinds of ways to find out who is trans and not. I already signed papers with the state of Florida in order to see a doctor when I started getting hormones instead of buying them from overseas. I'm in a database thanks to Governor Ron DeSantis. Even prescriptions say things like "transgender woman" as the indication for the medicine. They can easily find us and group us. I can't help but be scared. I believe they're going to go after people's medicines. If I stop transitioning again I know I'll kill myself. Or become an alcoholic and drug user again. But I do think I'm going to be scared no matter what I do. So like you, I might as well just stay in the game with everything. I won't be surprised if Substack is targeted somehow. I don't write much now because I struggle too much. My real world transgender groups are going to be my focus in the short term. These are safe places. Good luck and thanks for being an ally.
Taking down our stories, would be like burning the books for them. We will not comply in advance. As a fellow parent of a genderfluid child I stand with you!
We have all pulled in on what we write. Hesitant as to where we are headed or a repeat of history. Most of us have never imagined we might be on the doorstep of unimaginable restrictions. Myself I’ll keep writing my experiences, maybe it inspire others, maybe it’s my last chance to let others see what this community lives and sees through their 👀 eyes . Kudos for everything you’ve done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏼🏳️⚧️
Good for you Dana! All power to us!
Thanks Larry! 💜
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Thank you for this. I'm happy you provided a safe place for your daughter to work things out. I'm very far Left ⬅️ compared to most people and I believe that transgender children should be given care and attention and minimal restrictions to blossom (yes w/ supervision of course).
Transgender and gender non-conforming children need a chance to get care and guidance from people who are supportive and from the LGBTQ community. This cannot not work in a fear environment. Such care, and recognition with support, did not happen for myself. So life turned into a quite, long, drawn out situation. This included severe depression with many hospital inpatient psych visits and suicide attempts. They say "let kids be kids". I agree. But let trans and non-binary kids be kids also. To face their own reality (not conforming to everybody else's). Yes, being transgender is fairly rare. But it occurs. We don't make this "choice" it happens to us. When I gave my self a female name which is now my (new) legal middle name I was four or five years old. When I stood in front of the mirror and repeatedly hid my genitals between my legs at a very young age there was nothing (adult) sexual about it. I did not like the anatomy I was given. Nobody put this into my head. The truth is I was born this way and there's too much evidence to support my being transgender. Now, we have a government that will not accept that reality.
As somebody retransitioning and still transitioning now, I am concerned about my footprint and how much I want to put out there. I don't think it's unreasonable to think they could come after me. They have all kinds of ways to find out who is trans and not. I already signed papers with the state of Florida in order to see a doctor when I started getting hormones instead of buying them from overseas. I'm in a database thanks to Governor Ron DeSantis. Even prescriptions say things like "transgender woman" as the indication for the medicine. They can easily find us and group us. I can't help but be scared. I believe they're going to go after people's medicines. If I stop transitioning again I know I'll kill myself. Or become an alcoholic and drug user again. But I do think I'm going to be scared no matter what I do. So like you, I might as well just stay in the game with everything. I won't be surprised if Substack is targeted somehow. I don't write much now because I struggle too much. My real world transgender groups are going to be my focus in the short term. These are safe places. Good luck and thanks for being an ally.