this blog is for anyone who wants to get information about trans people and the rest of the LGBTQ community. richard would love it if you wanted to be an admin of this group, just leave your email address in the ask box!
The Trans Youth Sexual Health booklet was produced by trans people aged 16-24 at Gendered Intelligence, in partnership with Terrence Higgins Trust. The project allowed young trans people to get together as a group and learn about sexual health, and also to discuss how to make sexual health information more relevant to trans people. As a result, a group of young people produced this information booklet, which is aimed at trans youth and their partners.
Check out the full pdf here. Hard copies can be ordered here.
Love this! Sex information for trans youth.
(via genderqueer)
Tom Gabel of Against Me! Comes Out as Transgender
Singer reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone
Against Me! singer Tom Gabel reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone. Gabel, who has dealt privately with gender dysphoria for years, will soon begin the process of transition, by taking hormones and undergoing electrolysis treatments.
Gabel will eventually take the name Laura Jane Grace, and will remain married to her wife Heather. “For me, the most terrifying thing about this was how she would accept the news,” says Gabel. “But she’s been super-amazing and understanding.”
Gabel only told a handful of family and friends about her plan to transition before talking to Rolling Stone. Because this is the first time a major rock star has come out as transgender, the singer made a point of speaking openly about it. “I’m going to have embarrassing moments,” says Gabel, “and that won’t be fun. But that’s part of what talking to you is about – is hoping people will understand, and hoping they’ll be fairly kind.”
The full story of Gabel’s transformation is in the latest issue, on newsstands this Friday (May 11th). In it, the singer tells Josh Eells about her history of gender dysphoria, the specifics of the transition process and what becoming Laura Jane Grace will mean for the future of Against Me!
Congratulations to her, and I hope that people are respectful of her.
That is awesome. So much respect. I always wondered if that line from Ocean was literal : “If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman. My mother once told me she would have named me Laura I would grow up to be strong and beautiful like her”
A video I feel is extremely important about transitioning.
I do understand that some of these things could be controversial. Especially my discussion of testosterone affecting your body. Just know that I am only speaking from my experience. If I can help at least one guy out, that is all I am striving for. You need to be prepared.
5 Things No One Told Me About Transitioning.
(via grrski)
ten months OFF t.
this is the funniest thing i’ve seen in a long time hahaha this guy is awesome
Don’t tell me that you know how it feels to be trans. You don’t. No matter what hardships you have encountered, you don’t know what it’s like, because it’s different than being a racial/ethnic minority, a gay man/lesbian/bisexual person, etc. Trans people are different in our struggles. Take this information with some humility, and quit trying to tell me you know what I feel like.
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
