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Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en

StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/

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[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map

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[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/

[GERMANY] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität: They have contact information for their advice centers and some general information for trans and intersex people. They also do activism: dgti.org

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I live in Australia, so YMMV, but for me, the things I needed to update were:

  • Government/their services and programs, local and federal
  • Medical things (insurance,, doctors, etc)
  • Banks/Financial Institutions (I don't know how a 401k works, but that probably is included)
  • Insurance
  • Car registration
  • Identity documents
  • Wills, if you have one
  • Company registrations, if you have one

Beyond that legal obligation, there is no one you have to tell if you don't feel comfortable. I took the opportunity of legally changing my name to finally come out in the rest of my life (work and uni), but you don't have to.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Also fun fact I can tell that Medicare (Australias one) definitely doesn't distinguish between trans and cis women because the week after I changed my name/gender I received a letter telling my I was due to get my cervix checked lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Couldn't find one, must be terminal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Lol, same at my primary, I mean I have had surgery now and my surgeon said to get a yearly spec check. But being asked at an urgent care if I could be pregnant when I had nausea and stomach pain was a trip.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Your local Linux enthusiasts

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
  1. Everyone you want to

  2. If there's a legal obligation to inform someone where you are, everyone like that.

End of list.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Short list, perfect!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

For changing your sex, I would think you'd need to update your ID and notify your doctor. Driver's license, identification and passport are all things that you might run into issues if they're out of order.

The name change probably requires more action. All of the above plus I'd imagine you might come into issues with banking or billing. If you're a homeowner you might need to update your title, but I'd check with a lawyer

You go, dude!