Welcome to Trans Summer School! This series is meant to be a thorough guide for trans, non-binary, and other gender nonconforming folks (and for everyone else) to learn about all the different ways one can be trans. Check out the introduction above, or skip ahead to one of the sections below!
Trans Summer School: What's the Deal With Gender?
We've got more genders that you can shake a stick at in Trans Summer School, but what goes with who, where, when, and how?
Trans Summer School: So I Think I Might Be Trans. Now What?
There are lots of safe and fun ways to explore gender expression while you figure out who you are. So let's have at it!
Trans Summer School: Gender Expression Gear
A guide to finding items to help you express your gender.
Trans Summer School: Let's Bust Out of This Closet!
Coming out as trans doesn't have to be scary, as long as you have a little help from your friends.
Trans Summer School: Say My Name, Doc, and the Administrative Side of Coming Out
Who would have guessed that coming out involved so much paperwork? The deets on changing your records from the doctor's office to school files.
Trans Summer School: The Magic of Hormones!
The ins, outs, whys, and what fors of hormone replacement therapy and blockers.
Trans Summer School: The Wide World of Surgical Transition
What's the deal with "the surgery"? Learn your phalloplasty from your metoidioplasty and find out about the ins and outs of gender confirmation surgery.
Trans Summer School: Dating While Trans, Yes You Can!
The lowdown on how to date and have sex as a trans or otherwise gender nonconforming person.
Trans Summer School: When Things Go Wrong
Sometimes, bad things happen to you because you're trans or otherwise gender nonconforming. What can you do to get through them?
Trans Summer School: Am I Trans Enough?
In the final chapter of Trans Summer School, we take on a tough question many trans people encounter: Am I trans enough? (Spoiler: You are!)
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i dont think abled people understand that it’s not cool to use things reserved for disabled people even if it is legal to do so.
for example, if there’s seating on a bus meant for disabled and elderly people, you shouldn’t sit there because you think no one else needs it.
not all disabilities are visible- in fact, the vast majority are not immediately clear!
if you don’t need to use something reserved for physically disabled people, please don’t. those spaces are there for us for a reason; many of us can’t go out if we can’t rely on having those spaces available.
one of the reasons why i use a wheelchair is because i don’t always know if there will be seating available for me when i go out. if i cant sit when i need to, i pass out. a single instance of standing for too long can cause my symptoms to flare for days.
if im not using a wheelchair or don’t have my (now retired) service dog with me, most people decide that im not disabled based on initial judgements. this means they won’t move out of seats reserved for disabled people, or let me avoid standing in a long line when there’s a stall reserved for disabled people. however, if they knew what chronic conditions i have, it’s unlikely they’d continue to deny me access to disabled reserved spaces.
this is true for many, many disabled people and it would be super cool if abled people understood that and let us have our spaces.
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"We at Scarleteen hope that every time you open up to someone about your truth they respond with love and kindness. But we also want to make sure you're prepared in case they don't and give you some practical strategies and tools to look after yourself if that’s what happens. It can hurt a lot when people we love and look up to or rely upon let us down, for a whole range of reasons, but you are not alone, and you can get through it."
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“Honestly, I feel like all of the mad dogs are some type of queer-coded, and I shall now give my Rise hcs :)”
Raph : she/her transfemme whos aroace.
Leo : she/he enby pansexual.
Donnie : nonbinary they/it enby bisexual who goes by techie neo pronouns.
Mikey : genderfluid gay any neoprns you could think of.
April : she/he/they enby lesbian.
Splinter : cis he/him bisexual.
Draxum : he/him transmasc whos gay.
Big Mama : she/her transfemme straight.
Gonna give more later! 👍
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