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Self
Medical Transitioning
A quick guide to top surgery for transgender and non-binary folks
A short reference (with a link to a longer one) on what to expect for top surgery for trans and non-binary folks.
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Self
Medical Transitioning
Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy for Children & Adolescents
If you are a parent of a trans child or if you are a transgender person that is under the age of 18, here is everything you need to know about gender affirming hormone therapy.
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Self
Medical Transitioning
Preparing Yourself For Gender Affirming Surgery
Preparing for your gender affirming surgery can be both scary and exciting. Let us try and help make it a little less intimidating by giving you some tips and the kind of information you should seek out.
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Self
Medical Transitioning
Detransitioning & What it Entails
Thinking about de-transitioning or just wanting to understand what the process is like? Click here!
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Self
Medical Transitioning
Understanding Adult Trans Masculine Hormone Therapy
Trans masc folks! If you are looking to have a better understanding of what gender affirming hormone therapy is all about, click here!
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Medical Transitioning
Understanding Adult Trans Feminine Hormone Therapy
Trans femme folks! If you are looking to have a better understanding of what gender affirming hormone therapy is all about, click here!
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Community
Getting Started
Beyond Binaries, Toward Belonging
I was born in the spaces between words non-binary, kothi, uncontained. Yet even here, questions clawed at my skin, and silence built its walls. Acceptance was framed as transition alone, while caste, colour, and labour quietly exiled many. I saw trans men unwelcome in trans women’s spaces, and trans women shut out of their own…
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Community
Reflections
All that is colourful is not Queer
This is a self-reflexive piece that blurs the lines between essay, poetry, and rant. It explores what it is like to live through an existential dread while trying to figure out being queer, feminist, and radical in this day and age.
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Community
Operationalising
You Can’t Help Others If You Forget Yourself
As a transgender man activist in Nepal I always said “yes” to everything helping the community, doing public speaking, being in the media while ignoring my own well-being. I learned the hard way that we must take care of ourselves first, speak up when we are struggling and build organizations where well-being is taken seriously.…
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Self
The Politics of Passing…and the Dangers of Not
How important is “passing”? While it’s something some folks really care about, for others it’s not that big a deal. For some though, it can affect their safety. Debbie Das shares her thoughts and experiences.
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Self
Tips on coping with being visibly gender non-conforming
Society is so fixated on the idea of conforming to gender ideals, it makes life harder for those that don’t fit in the box. Here are some tips to make it a little easier (and safer).
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Self
Looking for a trans-friendly lawyer
Looking for trans-friendly legal assistance can be a tricky process. Depending on where you live, the legal system itself may not be trans-friendly. You may have to go through several preliminary meetings before deciding on a lawyer. And when you do find one, they may not be well-versed in trans issues, so you’ll have to…
Find whom to reach out in your journey
Our friends have helped us collate, verify, and compile the list of gender affirming healthcare service providers and trans rights movements from around the region.
Try our curated toolkits
Our journeys are interconnected
“One day, you could look back to your past with peace, knowing you’ve made this far to discover yourself.”
From: CJ (Fiji)