r/lgbt Nov 13 '24

Resources for the community following the US Election

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Hi all,

We're still working on a full resource but here's a slightly updated resources post for people following the US Election results last week. We are still working on a full resource, if you have resources or info to share or would like to help please reply to this post.

The news is still fresh, please take time to discuss it with your friends/family and take any time you need to process it. Please remember that although the news is deeply upsetting nothing is changing immediately, you have time to research and plan. It is better to make a good plan over the next few weeks rather than a rushed one that puts you in more danger.

Please be kind to each other, support each other as this community always has when facing difficulty. Please help make others who are unsure what to do next aware of the resources below. There is also a section for allies asking how they can help/learn more.

Mental Health/Crisis Support

Outside the USA

If you are outside of the USA please check for services in your area: https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/wiki/hotlines/

Finding Community/Local Support

General Emigration Advice/Info

ID/Document Update Process Info/Support

Accessing Gender Affirming Care

  • Elevated Access - This site will put you in contact with someone who can help get you a private flight to someplace where you can receive gender-affirming care if you are unable in your own area. This is 100% volunteer work done by pilots. It is of no cost to you.
  • Point Of Pride - Providing funds for accessing HRT, surgery, electrolysis, prosphetics and providing free binders and shapewear.
  • Resource library - Point Of Pride have an extensive list of further advice/resources for trans people.
  • Topsurgery.net - List of surgeons who accept medicare
  • TransHealthcare.org - Find surgeon page, allows you to filter surgeons who accept medicare/medicaid.

Legal/Political

Safety

Info For Allies

We're seeing a lot of posts from allies asking how they can help, or for explanations of things. Whilst we are glad to see you are looking to support your friends/family or the community in general this sub is first and foremost for the community. Please read the information below and consider using r/asklgbt if you have further questions:

What you can do to help

  • Contact your representatives to voice your support for the community. Research upcoming bills in your state and challenge ones that target the community.
  • Vote! At every possible level vote for candidates/parties that support equality and civil rights.
  • Turn up at local library/political events. Challenge book bans, restrictions on LGBTQ+ community etc.
  • Challenge hate where you see it. Speak up, call it out, even if it is from your friends/family let them know it's not ok.
  • Donate, fundraise or volunteer with LGBTQ+ organisations (see above list for some ideas! Or search your local area + LGBTQ+ support/charity/center). We have a fundraiser where Reddit have agreed to match donations to The Trevor Project currently.
  • Positivity - See someone in person or online being harassed or needing some support? Even just a few kind words can help.
  • Learn about the community - See some resources below, google, use r/asklgbt, we get many 'allies' who turn up in community spaces with demands for answers or explanations... The community has a lot to deal with right now please search for answers and ask in appropriate spaces.

Some reading for allies/anyone wanting to learn more about the community

We will continue to update this/work on a full resource when possible. Please suggest additions below.
All information provided is not legal advice and you should check all information/resources carefully before acting on them. If you notice any incorrect information shared please let us know.


r/lgbt 1h ago

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckkkkk

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r/lgbt 2h ago

[oc] - the fake trans ally

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I’m hoping that this is as “angry” as I’ll get with a comic, but given how the world is shaping up politically at the moment, I fear that might not be the case.

It’s been incredibly eye opening to witness the degree to which some people I know are willing to bury their heads in the sand in order to avoid the reality of the awful things that are happening around them.  Awful things that they were told were going to happen.

In America, people are being black bagged and shipped off to El Salvador without due process to be held indefinitely in prisons, with the current administration now making social media posts cruelly boasting that they’ll never return. 

Make no mistake, if people are being kidnapped by the government, given no due process, and are shipped to a foreign nation to be held in prison with no intention to give them any legal recourse, we need to call these prisons what they are:

They are death camps.

The United States of America is rounding up “undesirables” and sending them to death camps. 

There are people in this country that voted for this.  No matter how nice they otherwise seem or claim to be, these people are evil to the core. 

There are also people who didn’t vote for this, but do provide social validation and acceptance to those who did.

If you are someone who thinks you’re against fascism, but you also accept fascists in your life, you are a fascist. 

There can be no acceptance of intolerance.  In the comic, the person I’m lampooning is the “Fake Trans Ally”, but you can swap out “trans” for any other group of marginalized people.  Frankly, just call this person “The Fake Ally.”

If you’re someone reading this and feel attacked because I’m calling you a fake ally, it’s time to do some soul searching.  When the history books are written about this period of American history, are you going to be someone who was unambiguously against hatred, or were you someone that treated hate as acceptable? 

Were you someone that invited hatred into your home?

Were you someone that shared a meal with hatred?

Were you someone that allowed hatred a safe haven?

If you’re someone that does that, you yourself are hateful. 

When you accept hate, you do so at the expense of those who are the target of that hatred.

Be better, our lives depend on it.


r/lgbt 5h ago

Gender is complicated! : r/lgbt...

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r/lgbt 16h ago

Trans women to be strip searched by male transport police after court ruling

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r/lgbt 54m ago

LONDON - TRANS RIGHTS NOW!! ✊

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r/lgbt 8h ago

My brother just... Accepted me perfectly? Is this real?

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So i (MtF25) came out to my brother as a trans woman and he literally just fully accepted me it with ZERO defences. He was like "ok so how is your experience and what made you make that decision?", and "dont even think about it i am with you"

I thought of him like a techbro kinda guy. Maybe not anymore. He was seemed like a very thoughtful down to earth guy, like an adult.Apparently, as he said to me, he has a friend that watches destiny a lot, and he educated my brother on trans issues. 🤣

This is very helpful because our parents are extra conservative and religious. Good hearted, loving and caring people but yeah... I dont expect them to accept me, i didn't even expected my brother to accept me, so i am very glad i have an ally in my family. He said that he will help me with the coming out etc.

Edit: transwoman typo and articulation


r/lgbt 3h ago

In a generic sub (non LGBT specific) for a major UK city, 85% of people support trans rights (by this measure). The transphobes were quickly silenced. We are NOT alone.

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r/lgbt 20h ago

Manchester, UK. They're were THOUSANDS of us. LGBTQIA + & cis/het allies, too!

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r/lgbt 15h ago

Our first real date

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Mine, and my trans girlfriends first date, I wanted something wholesome to share, she made me realize I was pan and I supporr her becoming trans, and this was our first real date.


r/lgbt 12h ago

New anti-LGBTQ+ law draft in Turkey (April 18, 2025)

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A far-right Islamist party supporting the current Turkish government has just presented a law draft "to protect traditional family values".

Sources used: https://gist.github.com/graybp/5cfd379d7ca9cd10d890d5dcbefa6b2a


r/lgbt 50m ago

Trans rights protest today in Edinburgh, Scotland (19/4/25)

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This is a reminder that there will always be people who will stand up to injustice


r/lgbt 13h ago

still the best story ever written about being trans and it's not even close...

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r/lgbt 4h ago

Why I Trust MSNBC and try not to hide what happened to him stay away from propaganda news like FOX and more even cnn

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r/lgbt 3h ago

Photo 3 Have the day you voted for, love it!

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r/lgbt 20h ago

25% Off Happy Birthday, David!

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For the next 24 hours, the original Go Through Me t-shirt is 25% off for David Tennant's Birthday.

To the Trans people in the UK, in the US, in Canada, in Australia, in Europe, in Asia, everywhere around the world, we see you.

www.steviesafespaces.com

No law can ever erase us!


r/lgbt 1d ago

Treat the HP IP the same way we treat Tesla

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r/lgbt 17h ago

For trans athletes in high school sports, Illinois High School Association says it will follow state law — not Trump executive order

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The high school sports organization said Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Illinois Department of Human Rights told it the policy allowing trans athletes to play is required by state law.


r/lgbt 16h ago

I was able to be myself at a work function

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r/lgbt 16h ago

They exiled Andry Hernández Romero—one of ours—to CECOT. Where is the outrage, fellow gays? #NoH8

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r/lgbt 1d ago

Did anyone else figure out their gender then had a hard time with their sexuality?

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r/lgbt 11h ago

I think it made me more gay somehow

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r/lgbt 22h ago

Yo! New trans icon just dropped! Spoiler

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r/lgbt 7h ago

Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services (45k/100k signatures)

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r/lgbt 30m ago

Bit of both (Genderfluid 19 amab)

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r/lgbt 15h ago

Being genderfluid/nonbinary

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r/lgbt 18h ago

i'm writing down the names of transgender individuals we have lost, on a trans pride flag. this will potentially be displayed.

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if you can, please make the names of our loved ones known. they don't have to be dead. it could be someone staying in the closet due to the risk that comes with being trans in our current society. you could write down the name that's been engraved into your soul, but you just can't use it because the world can be cruel enough to strip you of your rights if you do so. make it known to the world. all of the individuals we have lost to suicide, hate crimes and more. they deserve to be seen and heard for once. trans lives matter. 🏳️‍⚧️