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Best resource: https://github.com/cvyl/awesome-transgender Site with links to resources for just about anything.

Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en

StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/

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[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map

[USA] Report discrimination: https://action.aclu.org/legal-intake/report-lgbtqhiv-discrimination

[USA] Keep track on trans legislation and news: https://www.erininthemorning.com/

[GERMANY] Bundesverband Trans: Find medical trans resources: https://www.bundesverband-trans.de/publikationen/leitfaden-fuer-behandlungssuchende/

[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/

[GERMANY] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität: They have contact information for their advice centers and some general information for trans and intersex people. They also do activism: dgti.org

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Is it even worth it to try to change my sex on my birth certificate now (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 22 hours ago by Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/trans@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Idk if that dogshit executive order applies to birth certificates or if it's just passports and other federal identity documents. As far as I'm aware birth certificates are managed by the state and I live in a blue state (Minnesota), so I'm thinking maybe I could but idk.

I'm planning on using my passport that I got a few months ago as one of my supporting documents but I'm worried that it might get confiscated. (My passport has an F on it, my birth certificate currently has an M on it)

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 hours ago

Changing some documentation from afar can be difficult, for example for a legal name change you might have to file the court petition and attend a hearing in-person. Some courts have remote options, but not always. Being able to go in person and ask questions helps.

So it depends on the document and what is required. I know someone who had to travel across the U.S. just to attend a court hearing to update their birth certificate, whereas I was able to update mine easily by mail. Either way, I don't encourage people to wait to get their legal documents in order, I encourage all trans people to get their documents updated ASAP (even before Trump won the election, every year seems worse for trans folks - now is probably better than later).

I guess my point is that it's not that simple, each person will have to evaluate the risks and rewards.