#transgendersuicide

[jamiebaillie]

I have to go to the hospital to visit a friend of mine who is transgender today. She attempted to take her life.A lot of people think it's easy being Transgender and to get to where I did which is fully female I can tell you it isn't easy to get here and many transgender people don't make it and get lost in the system and don't get to be their true self and that is sad. My friend is at Grey nuns hospital here in Edmonton I can tell u when I was early on in my transition and I was in grey nuns hospital for the same thing I was lost in the system and getting no help in my transition and decided that if I couldn't transition I didn't want to live. I was lucky I made it but many trans people don't I have been in grey nuns hospital I can tell u it's a shit hole. In the cell they put you in with a steel toilet and a bed that is basically a piece of plywood platform with a mattress thrown on top and a steel sink it's a jail cell. I have been there at this hospital and I sat alone in there with no one coming to visit me. That's why I am going to see my friend today and see how she's doing. I hope she gets out soon. It saddens me to see my transgender friends in the hospital because they attempted to end everything because of not being able to transition or because of family who turn their back people because of who they are. There are a lot of things that can happen. They need to make the transition process here in Alberta Canada easier for trans individuals. I can tell you that even once you get to where I am which is fully transitioned you still face discrimination I just got pushed out of my home by Boardwalk REIT LLP AKA Boardwalk Properties a major apartment rental here in Canada due to the symptoms of my disabilities and because of my gender identity being Transgender. So even once you get to where I am you still face discrimination on the basis of who u are. Don't rent From Boardwalk they are scum! #transgendered #suicide #transgendercommunity #suicideawarness #stopsuicide #transwomenarewomen #translesbian #transgender #transgendersuicide #transmenaremen #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtq #hardknocklife #noteasy #discrimination #family #translife #translivesmatter (at Grey Nuns Community Hospital) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpSz5IOpjR_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#transgendered #suicide #transgendercommunity #suicideawarness #stopsuicide #transwomenarewomen #translesbian #transgender #transgendersuicide #transmenaremen #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtq #hardknocklife #noteasy #discrimination #family #translife #translivesmatter

[alwaystransalwaysme-blog]

Dear 16 year old me,

Today you are living, breathing proof that the saying “It gets better” isn't just a slogan, it's a reality. I know it was really dark and difficult place to be when your 16 and queer. I know it seems like you can't last one more day, one more hour, one more minute even. But I promise you if you find the strength to carry on things do truly start to slowly but surely get better.

When you transitioned, no one knew what the word transgender meant because no one could go home and turn on the TV to Orange is the New Black and have an example of what transgender was back then. Now kids come out and not only do schools know what it means but they have policies in place to protect them and make it easier to transition at school. When you transitioned, there were never gender neutral bathrooms or “family restrooms” at the mall, but now there are.

Things aren't perfect by any means, but very slowly bit by bit things are getting better, one piece of legislation at a time, one piece of policy change, one change to human resources regulation at a time. The changes are coming and you need to be around to bask in the glory of these wonderful changes. There are very few transgender elders left and the community needs transgender leaders to step up and help facilitate and speed up these changes that are making this world a better place to exist.

When you transitioned there was only the straight suicide hotline available and the Trevor project was just coming out. Now there is a trans specific hot line you can call when you are feeling unsafe. There are mental health providers who are familiar with and have been trained in working with transgender youth available in most areas now.  It's not like it used to be where you would have to drive an hour and a half to see someone who understood you were not a transsexual.

I know there are dark days and it's going to be really hard to get through them, but there is so much light here, I wish I could bring it you, so you can have some, and use it so you're world isn't so dark. I know it's corny but it truly does get better, not over night, it doesn't ever get perfect, a lot of things still suck, trust me, but little by little things over all get better over time.

When it gets rough reach out and ask for help, its there, I promise. If it doesn't happen the first try, try again. You're worth it I promise. Would you believe you made the Rachael Maddow show last week? Yes you did something worth while and fought for something you believed in and made it on to the Rachael Maddow Show. Like I said things do get better but you have to give it time. Take things one day at time, know you are never alone no matter how lonely you may feel, and never ever give up.

Love,

Yourself.  

#transgender #trans #transgendersuicide #queer #trans youth #self reflection #FtM Transgender #ftm #transboy #transman #MtF trans #trans woman #trans girl #trans* #transgender rights #genderqueer #genderfluid #tw: sucide mention #it gets better #there is hope

[latest-news-pm]

Breaking News: Transgender Ananyaയുടെ ആത്മഹത്യ; അന്വേഷണം പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച് സംസ്ഥാനസർക്കാർ

Transgender Ananyaയുടെ ആത്മഹത്യയിൽ അന്വേഷണം പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച് സംസ്ഥനസർക്കാർ. പരാതി ലഭിച്ച് 6 മാസത്തിന് ശേഷമാണ് അന്വേഷണം. #TransgenderSuicide #KeralaGovernment

#News18Kerala #MalayalamNews #SabarimalaLive #MalayalamNewsLiveTV #MalayalamLiveNews #News18KeralaLiveTV #KeralaLiveNews

About the Channel: -------------------------------------------- News18 Kerala is the Malayalam language YouTube News Channel of Network18 which delivers News from within the nation and world-wide about politics, current affairs, breaking news, sports, health, education and much more. To get the latest news first, subscribe to this channel.

ന്യൂസ്18 കേരളം, നെറ്റ്വർക്ക് 18 വാർത്താ ശൃoഖലയുടെ മലയാളം യൂട്യൂബ് ചാനൽ ആണ്. ഈ ചാനൽ, രാഷ്ട്രീയം, സമകാലിക വൃത്താന്തം, ബ്രേക്കിംഗ് ന്യൂസ്, കായികം, ആരോഗ്യം, വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം, തുടങ്ങി ദേശീയ അന്തർദേശീയ വാർത്തകൾ കാണികളിലേക്ക് എത്തിക്കുന്നു. ഏറ്റവും പുതിയ വാർത്തകൾ ഏറ്റവും വേഗം ലഭ്യമാവാൻ ഈ ചാനൽ സബ്സ്ക്രൈബ് ചെയ്യൂ...

Subscribe our channel for latest news updates: https://tinyurl.com/y2b33eow

Follow Us On: ----------------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/news18Kerala/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/News18Kerala

[whydyoudoittobeginwith]

Read before you do it.

Hi, my name is Logan. I'm 16 years old, and I live in Louisiana. I'm a competitive video game player, with an interest to end this worrying issue that is occurring today.

Things are really getting out of hand with the amount of suicides of transgender people. I'd like to put it all to an end, but it's nothing I can do alone. I honestly think that killing yourself in general is just plain stupid and here's why:

Before you decide to change your gender, you should actually think of what will happen afterwards. You might not believe it will happen to you, or want it to change, but the reality of it all is one of them is bound to happen to you.

1. Your parents might not like the fact that their son/daughter wants to change their gender. This can be as subtle as them not wanting to talk to you or more severe to the point that they don't even want you in their life anymore. Look at the situation in their eyes: Their beloved child that they've worked so hard to create and raise wants to change the way they were born. Not only do they worry about what will happen to your reputation, but they worry about what will happen to theirs as well.

2. People in school are not going to like the fact that you're a trans, and will bully you for it. Trust me, people find anything to bully anyone for today, and being transgender is like putting a giant target on your back saying, "Bully me, I'm transgender!". It may be only a few people or it may be the entire school, but there will always be one.

3. You might lose some friends, you may not, but reality is you might lose a few. While people bully you, they will also target your friends or people you hang around with. Some will want to get out of that chain effect, so they will want to stay away from you and remove all contact with you. Others may want to stay around regardless of the harassment they get for it, and those are the good friends, you want to stay around those friends for support, while others strive to be those friends.

Here's the fact of the matter: the world isn't all happiness and sunshine. People nowadays will push you to the dirt for just about anything. However, when they do, it's your job to get back up and stand up to those people. There will be SOMEONE out there who will tell you something about being transgender. Why? Because it's not normal in today's society, no matter how much you want it to be. If you can't handle what comes after changing your sex, then why do it in the first place? If you can't handle shunning from your family, friends, peers, and just society in general, then don't do it. It's not worth your life.

I'm not very famous, and hell, I really hope I don't get famous, the only thing I want to get famous is the words that are on this post. If you agree with this post, please, re-post it. Not many of you will, and I'll probably get a lot of backlash for this, but to me, it was worth getting off of my mind and adding my two cents. 

#transgendersuicide

[amazing-amy-w]

Transgender Teenager Zander Mahaffey Commits Suicide

Fifteen year old Zander Mahaffey committed suicide on Sunday the 15th of February, leaving a suicide none of the social network Tumblr.

Zander, who was from Austell, Georgia, posted a suicide note online that stated his mother as one of the main reasons for his suicide.  In a angry and gut wrenching final message Zander describes his mothers refusal to accept him and verbal and psychological abuse, along with being sexually assaulted, as the reason why he no longer had the strength to go on.

In his note Zander shared incidents of his mothers abuse and left messages of farewell to family and friends.

Despite being misgendered in memorial posts by family and friends, a number of his friends have set up a blog for people to leave their memories for the young man he really was.  Since his death the hashtag #HisNameWasZander has reached over 7000 mentions by people all over the world who want the world to know who he really was.

One can’t hear about Zanders death and not remember the tragedy of Leelah Alcorn, who similarly posted a suicide not online before taking her own life.  Sadly, suicide rates amongst transgender people are staggering, with a recent survey by Pace finding that 48% of trans people have attempted suicide.

With such high numbers of trans people attempting suicide, and so many transgender youths having to face difficult home lives I doubt Zander will be the last transgender teenager to die this way.

It’s important to remember though that there are many suicide hotlines that are capable of helping people in Zander’s situation, and some of these have been tweeted alongside the hashtag #HisNameWasZander in an attempt to raise awareness of the help available to those people who feel that they have no hope left to them.

Please, those of you who are reading this, take the time to look at the helplines that exist, share them with the hashtag #HisNameWasZander and try to help save the life of the next transgender child that looses the strength to carry on the fight alone.

Amy.

#HisNameWasZander #Transgender #TransgenderTeenager #Suicide #TransgenderSuicide