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CDC: One In Four Trans Kids Have Attempted Suicide In The Past Year

This is where we are now. This is abominable.

According to a new study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in four transgender youth attempted suicide in the past year. Of those, 10% required medical treatment following the attempt.

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Drag queen Pattie Gonia may sue Trump over anti-trans ad

Pattie Gonia has used the moment to raise awareness and support for gender-affirming healthcare, encouraging donations through a link in her bio. “I’m going to do what queer people always do—turn our pain into something positive,” she said in her post.

#Election2024 #DJT #bigotry #trans #trangender

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Trans Texans could be about to lose their licenses entirely - INTO

Despite how awful this already is for trans Texans, it’s getting worse. A letter from the Texas DPS Director, Steven McCraw, to Paxton details where this could all end up. McCraw expresses concern in the letter that the DPS might have “altered many governmental sex records in mistaken reliance on court orders that either lacked any basis in law or authority.” Beyond from continuing the fallacy of Paxton’s own “concerns,” McCraw wants to know if they can undo the gender marker corrections trans people have made in the past, noting that “when DPS has made an erroneous entry to a person’s records, the agency has on its own initiative corrected such a mistake.”

McCraw, here, is asking to open the door to tearing away valid ID from trans people who might have had their gender marker corrected years before. One such person, is TikToker @MamaMephistopheles, who spoke about her concerns in a recent video.

#Texas #trans #transgender #DriversLicense

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The 2024 election is taking a toll on trans mental health. Here’s how to keep it together | Xtra Magazine

A recent survey by FOLX Health, a platform that connects LGBTQ+ patients to healthcare providers, finds that 92 percent of trans people are anxious about the election, and 66 percent report experiencing “frequent mental distress” in the past month. This figure has doubled since 2021, when only 33 percent of trans adults and 15 percent of cis adults reported frequent mental distress.

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