Dear trans youth:
I am sorry.
I am so sorry you are facing more and more hatred nationally, which I'm sure is emboldening the transphobes in your life to express more and more hatred personally. I'm so sorry your right to safely exist is seen as "controversial" in so many places. I'm so sorry laws are being passed that serve no other purpose than to harm you.
I've always been cis, so I can only imagine how it must feel to have your life mocked and dismissed and so often threatened, targeted as a talking-point by bigots who promote violence against you because it "polls well".
I'm horrified by the literal, this-is-not-a-joke, actual goddamn genocide already gaining steam in the Northern Hemisphere's taint-stain I mean South, the US South. I hate that I am watching human rights get rolled back with every election cycle. I am more ashamed of my country every day.
As a Californian I feel like I can't do much politically, except vote and sign petitions and write long emails to various representatives (find yours here), but I can at least tell you about some resources I know of:
These folks, and these folks, and these folks, can give you free legal advice, including help with emancipating from your parents if you're a minor.
These folks, and these folks, and these folks, can also give you free legal advice, including help with seeking asylum or refugee status.
I wish I could do more. I wish there were more resources out there for you. (And if you know of any more, please reblog with them!) I wish we lived in a better world.
I am so sorry you have to face all this, but please, please remember that you are not facing it alone. You have allies.
We see you.
We are fighting for you.
Please don't give up hope.











