...That make our lives bearable. Things like using the correct pronouns, having a birth certificate that reflects our correct gender.
As we see hate of all things LGBTQ increase around the world we see the hate coming from an unexpected source the LGB community but there are many champions from the LGB community and they are taking heat from others in the LGB community.
Many of my friends are lesbians and gays, they are open and accepting of trans people. I attend “game night” at a local avant-garde art space with a group of women most of them are lesbians and I would say that most of the cis women that I know are lesbians, many of the committees that I am on have mainly cis women on the committees, and in one group we are working to create a women’s space. Many of the coffees shops that catered to lesbian have closed their doors and many of the LGBTQ+ community centers seem to only focus on men and just do lip service for the younger lesbians and ignore the older lesbians.
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To me it seems like the LGBTQ+ community centers only have…
While the people I hang around with would much rather have an open mic night or a game night at a coffee shop in the early evening.
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Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populationsAffirming our gender identity makes all the difference in the world.
Science Direct
By Arjee Restara, Harry Jinb, Aaron Breslow, Sari L.Reisnere, Matthew Mimiag, Sean Cahill, and Jaclyn M.W. Hughto
SSM - Population Health Volume 11,
August 2020
Background
In recent years, Massachusetts (MA) and Rhode Island (RI) joined a growing list of states allowing residents to easily change the gender marker and name on government-identification (ID) documents. This was an important change for transgender and gender diverse (trans) residents, who face frequent mistreatment and thus for whom legal gender affirmation is critical. Little is known about associations between legal gender affirmation and psychological outcomes.
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Findings
Legal gender affirmation was significantly associated with lower reports of depression, anxiety, somatization, global psychiatric distress, and upsetting responses to gender-based mistreatment.
Conclusions
These data provide corroborate recent studies suggesting having pursued legal gender affirmation may be protective. Findings bolster calls to increase structural support for trans individuals, including enactment of state policies easing legal gender affirmation.
Their finding I think didn’t surprise any trans people, we knew it because we saw the changes in ourselves and in our friends. But they needed to see it for themselves.
4. Discussion
This study examined the relationship between legal gender marker changes and name changes and the experiences of negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and mental health outcomes of a sample of community-recruited trans residents in MA and RI…
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Mainly, our findings show that such legal changes on state IDs and passports are associated with lower reports of depression, anxiety, somatization, psychiatric distress, and emotionally upsetting response due to gender-based mistreatment among trans people in our sample. These results are particularly more pronounced when individuals have changed their gender marker and name on both documents. Findings suggest that enabling access to legal gender marker and name change may be an effective policy tool to reduce mistreatment experiences and negative mental health outcomes for the trans population.
As we see hate of all things LGBTQ increase around the world we see the hate coming from an unexpected source the LGB community but there are many champions from the LGB community and they are taking heat from others in the LGB community.
‘Unequivocal dyke’ Ruth Hunt admits to receiving more abuse for supporting trans rights than from homophobesWe humans have a tendency to paint people with a very broad brush.
The Baroness of our hearts, Ruth Hunt, has come out as an introvert and admitted that she didn’t expect to end up in the House of Lords.
Pink News UK
By Vic Parsons
May 18, 2020
The ex-Stonewall boss, 40, also spoke about growing up gay, still wanting a cigarette and her penchant for beautiful ties in a Guardian interview.
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Hunt, who was the fourth-ever out lesbian to join the House of Lords, in 2019, oversaw the inclusion of trans rights into Stonewall’s agenda in 2015.
It is a move she’s spoken about previously, and has received the most criticism for, which she stressed once again in the Guardian interview.
“Trans women are women, trans men are men and non-binary people are valid,” she said.
“The ease with which we dehumanise them is terrifying. I receive more hateful abuse from people who take issue with this than I’ve ever had from homophobes.”
Many of my friends are lesbians and gays, they are open and accepting of trans people. I attend “game night” at a local avant-garde art space with a group of women most of them are lesbians and I would say that most of the cis women that I know are lesbians, many of the committees that I am on have mainly cis women on the committees, and in one group we are working to create a women’s space. Many of the coffees shops that catered to lesbian have closed their doors and many of the LGBTQ+ community centers seem to only focus on men and just do lip service for the younger lesbians and ignore the older lesbians.
Mini [RANT]
To me it seems like the LGBTQ+ community centers only have…
A. Bar hopingAnd most of them start at 9 PM
B. Drag nights
C. Tea dance
While the people I hang around with would much rather have an open mic night or a game night at a coffee shop in the early evening.
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