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Dear trans youth:

I am sorry.

I am so sorry you are facing more and more hatred nationally, which I’m sure is emboldening the transphobes in your life to express more and more hatred personally. I’m so sorry your right to safely exist is seen as “controversial” in so many places. I’m so sorry laws are being passed that serve no other purpose than to harm you.

I’ve always been cis, so I can only imagine how it must feel to have your life mocked and dismissed and so often threatened, targeted as a talking-point by bigots who promote violence against you because it “polls well”. 

I’m horrified by the literal, this-is-not-a-joke, actual goddamn genocide already gaining steam in the Northern Hemisphere’s taint-stain I mean South, the US South. I hate that I am watching human rights get rolled back with every election cycle. I am more ashamed of my country every day.

As a Californian I feel like I can’t do much politically, except vote and sign petitions and write long emails to various representatives (find yours here), but I can at least tell you about some resources I know of:

The Office of Transgender Initiative is a San Francisco-based national resource with just, like, pretty much everything. And if they don’t have it, they’ll know where to get it.

This Texas-based nonprofit has counseling and crises guidance.

This Atlanta-based youth group has a crisis hotline, as well as a bunch of other hotlines.

This Maine-based advocacy group can hook you up with everything from literature to social events to legal advice.

This advocacy group has tons of information and counselors, with FAQs for many relevant topics including surgery prep.

This online support group discusses the ins and outs of medical transitioning.

This discord server has several LGBTQIA+ groups.

This risk assessment map can predict just how bad your state might get in the next two years.

This nonprofit can help you find safe housing, free food, legal council, and even a job.

This organization can help you if you’re about to be homeless.

This hotline can help you find a safe place to sleep tonight.

These folks, and these folks, and these folks, can give you free legal advice, including help with emancipating from your parents if you’re a minor.

These folks, and these folks, and these folks, can also give you free legal advice, including help with seeking asylum or refugee status.

This Lifeline is a wealth of suicide prevention resources.

And every word in this sentence links to an online support group.

I wish I could do more. I wish there were more resources out there for you. (And if you know of any more, please reblog with them!) I wish we lived in a better world.

I am so sorry you have to face all this, but please, please remember that you are not facing it alone. You have allies.

We see you.

We are fighting for you.

Please don’t give up hope.