What is happen to TG community. I don't even feel safe anymore

[Lexi C]

Between that B Rowlings and Trump Adm canceling TG care. I literally don't feel safe anymore. Further more, I am scared that trump will  succeed in take away me health care , making me start the process over again, which I can't. I have a fix income there's no way I will be able to offered any of the surgeries  , least of all, the meds or insurance ...I have no idea what to do...

We're in the middle of pride month and this D trump decided he want to dump our health care requirement and protection....So scared. 

People have been getting more and more brazen and racist. I never been insulted more (call a Fg , -crossdresser- and other things)  then I have in the last few months and I fear its only going to get worse  We are so F

[Carolyn Marie]

Alex, I can certainly understand your anxiety.  Things are troubling right now.  But its not all bad.  You live in California, which has protections of our rights to equal employment, medical care and physical abuse.  There is nothing Trump can do to cancel those rights out in this state.  Even California Medicaid, as far as i know, will continue to provide for transition-related medical expenses.

 

There are certainly people who feel emboldened to act out on their prejudices and bigotry.  It happened this week near where I live (and has been extensively covered in the news).  And yet I've never experienced any physical attacks or threats, not in more than 10 years of being me in public.  Stares yes, bad attitudes yes, but those things are easily tolerated.

 

My advice is to take reasonable precautions, guard against any threats by insurance companies to deny you coverage, and watch your "six" as my cop and military friends would say.  Life can be challenging, but it ain't horrible, and it could very well get a whole lot better if the election goes the right way.  So my advice is: VOTE!

 

Carolyn Marie

[VickySGV]

@Carolyn Marie beat me to it in what she said and I agree 100% with her.  We have a guy running around out there who has never been held accountable for some pretty raw stuff he has done to hurt others.  The problem is we have people who look up to that person as a leader and think if he can be nasty, so can they since he is their leader.  We are going to be seeing changes in the next few months and years.  People's nerves are shot by the Pandemic and to follow directions for safety makes them feel they have no control of life, not realizing the safety actions are the control they are afraid they are losing.  I know your part of town, and it is the one area of L.A. that I have had trouble in since I came out as CD in the 90"s, but for every trouble time there, I had more than 10 times that were my best memories.  Things will get better, we have folks even locally working on that.

[Lexi C]

ty Ladies...Funny thing is I was going to vote a write in cand Mark Cuban...but now its B all the way..I will def watch my six...Be safe, be proud 

[KayC]

It is a scary world out there, Alex, but we can't let it control our happiness.

I have a strong feeling that the pendulum is about the swing ... between Covid and the Black Lives Matter movement, I am hopeful that humanity will move in the right direction, and awareness that we are all connected and interdependent beings will start to prevail in society.

 

In the meantime, I think its important to surround ourselves with supportive friends and family, and to open our own hearts.  Doing so will move your immediate environment to one that is safer and nurturing.  And, as @Carolyn Marie says VOTE ... watch your "six"❣️?

[Lexi C]

thanks Kay