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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![Katy's Shit Cartoons
@KatysCartoons
Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be
hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this
worldview just because of a handful of
exceptions
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@KatysCartoons
Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be
hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this
worldview just because of a handful of
exceptions
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Image:
Types of atom in the universe
[Pie Chart: Hydrogen 74%, Helium 25%, Other 1%]")
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
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The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Discrimination #Racism #Transgender #TransRights #Students #DEI #Diversity
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. On this day we remember our trans siblings who are no longer with us due to transphobia and anti-trans violence. We honour their memory and remind ourselves to fight for the living. We will keep working until all trans people can live happy and fulfilled lives free from transphobia.
#TransDayOfRemembrance #TDOR #TransAwareness #Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #Equality #Discrimination #Transphobia #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBTI
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
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A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NIH #Science #Research #Funding #Trump #Law #Transgender
June 14th
Flag Day and Narcissist’s Military Parade Day is also the birthday of my late friend Bebe Scarpinato - LGBTQ activist, teacher, performer, and sassy bitch extraordinaire. She loved Mardi Gras and I’m sure she would’ve thought a parade in her honor was long overdue.
I know what I’ll be celebrating on that day.
https://zagria.blogspot.com/2015/10/bebe-scarpinato-1951-activist-teacher.html
TRANSITION TIMELINE!!!
one decade apart! so many things have changed, but i guess i've always loved cool hats lol :3
#TransitionTimeline #trans #transgender #TransJoy #vantaselfie
Why Will Ferrell wanted doc about friendship w. trans woman to release before US election
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/why-will-ferrell-wanted-a-doc-about-his-friendship-with-a-trans-woman-to-release-before-the-u-s-election-1.7055977
Comment: wasn't greatest W.F. fan, SNL B.O.C. cowbell skit excepted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHTe2_b8uEA
* h/e much respect for Ferrell's support of trans friend/rights 🏳️⚧️ 🙏
Will Ferrell: If Trans Community Is a Threat to You, It Stems f. Not Being Confident or Safe w. Yourself
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/will-ferrell-confronts-transphobia-trans-people-not-threat-1236156663
Will Ferrell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferrell#2020%E2%80%93present
[thread] Title IX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX
* landmark U.S. fed. civil rights law
* part (Title IX), Education Amendments of 1972
* prohibits sex-based discrim. in any school/educ. program receiv. fed. gov't funding
* 2021, Biden: Exec. Order 14021
"Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free f. Discrimination
on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity"
* reversed Trump1 changes limiting scope to sex only, excl. gender identity/sexual orientation
Reminder to people in #Europe and #Canada that there are a lot of #transgender and #disabled people in the US who could use your help right now. There are a few #charities which are going to need some heavy funding over the next couple years (the Trevor Project and ACLU come to mind), and we also have a #MutualAid hashtag right here on Fedi. Please also consider that servers in the US, like this one, are talking about relocating to a safer country, which may change our financials.
If, per chance, you'd like to help a particular transgender disabled moderator who may need to relocate in the next year, my KoFi is at...
OK so we're on #Trump 2.0 day nine
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #DEI" ?
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #Immigrants / #AsylumSeekers" ?
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #Transgender people" ?
#DonaldTrump hates all of those things, and more
But don't lose sight of the big picture: Trump is conducting nothing less than the wholesale destruction of the entire #USDemocracy -- piece by piece as he can -- in full service to #VladimirPutin and #Russia
Remember this: Trump and Putin at Helsinki 2018 and the famous "whipped like a dog" photo
It speaks volumes
Fucking #FASCIST! In Dutch we have a word for this, 'kinderbeul'. In English that translates literally to 'child executioner', although it has a slightly different meaning. But this time it's not far from the truth. This week is clearly showing what he is; A FASCIST DICTATOR!
For everyone having a #transgender child or teenager as a family member or friend, or being a transgender child/teenager yourself, if you somehow read this: You have an immense number of allies! 
We've got your back! 
Never forget! 🏳️⚧️
The Guardian: *Trump signs executive order to curtail gender transition for people under 19*
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-executive-order-transgender-transition
"Donald Trump has signed another executive order aimed at the transgender community on Tuesday, this time prohibiting gender transitions for people under the age of 19. …"
[Sorry for using the Guardian, but I couldn't find anything reliable non-US so fast. I say this because the Guardian had some negative (opinion) articles in the past.]
Children’s Wisconsin hospital reinstates gender-affirming care for trans teen after canceling in wake of Trump’s executive order
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
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The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.
#News #Education #Trump #Trans #TransRights #Transgender #Students #Government
[thread] Resisting Trump2/GOP fascism
#HumanRights #SocialJustice #resistance #CivilDisobedience #ConscientiousObjection
#transgender #TransRights #TransLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter
#Trump #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #autocracy #extremism
#HeritageFoundation #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #whiteSupremacism #antiLGBT #transphobia
#misogyny #paternalism #sexism
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #SelfDetermination
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #libertarianism
A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest
https://www.out.com/gay-athletes/trans-woman-swims-topless-england
What is the difference between honest ignorance (which we all have on any number of topics, and if we're humble, we learn) and prideful ignorance ("I know everything already, shut up")?
This man
He came to the #Wisconsin state legislature to speak against #genderAffirmingCare. Instead, after listening to testimony, he apologized and said he learned a lot
😲
On #socialMedia we are drowning in #bigotry
But, sometimes, you can educate those who will listen
![@2025 maaike.hartjes
[two women conversing outside the women's restroom]
"All those discussions about transgender people make me scared to use the bathroom..." says the first lady.
"because there could be a trans woman inside?" asks the second lady.
"No --- a TERF!"
[A dark figure with vampirical looking teeth and gaunt eyes with the initials JKR bursting forth from the women's restroom with a camera]
"YOU! YOU LOOK MASCULINE! SHOW ME YOUR GENITALS!"](/proxy/post_attachment/120073/da021e0b42.png "@2025 maaike.hartjes
[two women conversing outside the women's restroom]
\"All those discussions about transgender people make me scared to use the bathroom...\" says the first lady.
\"because there could be a trans woman inside?\" asks the second lady.
\"No --- a TERF!\"
[A dark figure with vampirical looking teeth and gaunt eyes with the initials JKR bursting forth from the women's restroom with a camera]
\"YOU! YOU LOOK MASCULINE! SHOW ME YOUR GENITALS!\"")
Queremos seguiros a todes, así que recomendaciones e impulsos son muy bienvenidos. 💐 💙
👋🏼 Si eres trans o nb, interactúa con este mensaje para que te veamos (o haznos una mención privada si prefieres).
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I hate #BigTech and #surveillance and love #FOSS and #sewing. I am a non-violent #anarchist #vegan and politically engaged in #uspol and my local community. I've been a #hacker and #autodidact my entire life. I love learning. Very #queer and #transgender.
I've zero tolerance those who deny the genocide in #Palestine. I am rabidly pro #Ukraine.
I don't talk about my family, friends, work, town, or local organizing. #WeKeepUsSafe
Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People
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A 167-year-old statute requires trans people to publish their old and new names in a newspaper. Families and advocates worry the requirement now poses a risk as President Donald Trump has attacked transgender rights.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-law-transgender-name-changes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wisconsin #Trans #LGBTQ #Transgender #TransRights #Trump
My new article for @assignedmedia.org is a celebration of #TransHistoryMonth in #SanFrancisco.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/history-of-trans-history