• Bob@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I legitimately can’t imagine how awful it must be to be trans in Russia. Well, pretty much anywhere really, now that I think of it. Trans people just can’t catch a break. I feel so bad for them.

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      1 year ago

      You and me both, fam. I can’t even imagine how it must be for a trans person to live in the US south - it is just mind-baffling to think of what it must be in other countries that barely even recognize any of those rights or are even outright hostile to the identity.

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        1 year ago

        I can’t speak for every trans person in the South, but for me, it’s pretty fucking awful.

        Part of it is my area(lot of old white conservatives). They really don’t give a fuck. I have had to listen to 10 minute rants about gender politics because they want a pink gender reveal cake.

        We did multiple cake variations for Valentine’s. All stick figures. We “dared” to put rainbows on a couple of them. We had to get rid of them because people complained about STICK FIGURES under rainbows.

        I have to make sure I’m in a safe place to even begin feeling like myself.

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I have no idea what it’s like to have gender dysphoria, but I’d imagine they’d just not come out. But idk how that works, or if they’re willing to get bullied by like every Russian ever.

      • セリャスト@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        It can affect everyone differently but not coming out and getting things done can lead to terrible mental health and depression, leading to suicide. Transitionning is the only way we know to supress those symptoms.

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          1 year ago

          That isn’t entirely true. Transitioning is very recent idea. Being trans and transitioning is also intimately tied to pharma capital complex.

          There were many ways of being queer and trans which have been erased over time. Simply consider the native American stuff and also Indian motions of hijra.

          Though not this precise point a good text to read : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testo_Junkie

      • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        For the record, I tried not coming out for about 25 years and it wrecked my mental health and increased my depression. :(

    • vendetta@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      most of russian people doesn’t support lgbt whatsoever

      and it’s prohibited by law to promote lgbt