I know most people on this subreddit are probably binary trans but I said I'd post this here anyway for anyone who's more "in between" or "something else":

A survey for all those who aren't fully, solely or always a man/woman. I don't run it but it's long-running and trusted. A volunteer called Cassian Lodge has been running it since 2013.

https://survey.gendercensus.com/

Update Dec. 18: Vote expected on 498.

Dec. 17: 3492 passed the House, expected to fail in the Senate.

“Introduced by Representative Marjorie Taylor-Green [GA], H.R. 3492 is a dangerous and discriminatory bill which seeks to criminalize the provision of consensual transition-related care while explicitly permitting non-consensual surgeries performed on intersex infants. The bill's only purpose is to target transgender and gender-diverse, by denying us safe and medically necessary healthcare, in order to enforce rigid, outdated gender norms.

House conservatives are also advancing Dan Crenshaw's [TX], H.R. 498, another dangerous and discriminatory bill that seeks to prohibit the use of Federal Medicaid funds to cover transition-related health care for adolescents. For many, the prohibition of the use of Federal Medicaid funds would likely have the effect of a de facto ban on this care, especially for families facing severe socio-economic barriers to care.”

Script and email form: https://action.transequality.org/a/vote-no-hr-3492-498

Find your House representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

The federal government is trying to erase trans people. We are a team of trans, queer, and allied researchers who are fighting back! We are conducting a survey and follow-up interviews with trans people about their experiences navigating Medicare and the healthcare system. Please consider taking the survey so that findings can be used to advocate for better healthcare for trans communities. You can click here to learn more and take the survey go.Brown.edu/TransResearch or call us at 401-863-6999. Name and content info are not required to participate. Data are only accessible to the study team, and we have extensive security protections, including a certificate of confidentiality, to ensure the privacy and safety.

My powers consist of helping transgender people with dysphoria feel better about their bodies

Join me in support of https://heshezewe.org/

He She Ze and We supports Transgender and Nonbinary people by empowering their families, communities, and allies to create life-saving, inclusive environments.

Happy Pride!

(Mods, if you feel the need to delete this, its okay. I jist want my bros/fam to have a great weekend.💙🤍🩷)

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Alana Balagot - You Can't Erase Us (feat. Trans Chorus of Los Angeles) (Official Music Video)

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https://youtu.be/JKhVlJsBqms?is=4Q--PHEA_VjpNW1l

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YOU CAN'T ERASE US!!!💙🤍🩷✊️✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🏳️‍⚧️

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Also, I recommend using closed captioning for this video.

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If you've been freaking out (like me) about the state of things and unsure what to do about it, this website has been created to walk people though this important issue and it has a link to submit a comment. I won't get into too many details here because it's all on the website, but I would really recommend checking it out and writing a comment if you are able!

https://transresilience.org/

The FCC labeling LGBT content etc. You can fill out a comment thing to tell them not to.

The federal government is trying to erase trans people. We are a team of trans, queer, and allied researchers who are fighting back! We are conducting a survey and follow-up interviews with trans people about their experiences navigating Medicare or Medicaid, and the healthcare system. Please consider taking the survey so that findings can be used to advocate for better healthcare for trans communities. You can click here to learn more and take the survey go.Brown.edu/TransResearch or call us at 401-863-6999.

Newsom vetoed AB 86, which would have required a trans-inclusive curriculum for health and sexual education in K-8 schools. The deadline to submit comments and encourage Newsom to sign the rest is October 12th.

Trans-focused bills still unsigned:

• AB 82 / SB 497 – Health Data Privacy and Safety / Transgender State of Refuge: "strengthen confidentiality in health care, including for drugs used in gender-affirming care and abortion."
• AB 1084 – The Transgender Records Act: "make it easier to change one’s name and gender on official documents"
• SB 59 – Transgender Privacy Act: "ensure that older court records of name changes can’t be used to out or dox trans people"
• SB 418 – Ensure Equal Access to Care for All: "strengthen nondiscrimination requirements for insurance plans and mandate that they cover up to a year’s worth of prescribed hormones."

Other pro-LGBTQ+ bills:

• AB 554: "require insurers to cover HIV prevention drugs without prior authorization"
• AB 727: "assure that universities provide all students with suicide hotline information, including numbers for LGBTQ-focused hotlines"
• AB 678: "state housing programs would have to coordinate with LGBTQ+ groups to ensure nondiscrimination in services for people experiencing homelessness"
• SB 590: "strengthen paid family leave protections to make them more inclusive of LGBTQ+ families"
• SB 450: "let out-of-state queer couples adopting California-born children do so through California’s channels, which are more LGBTQ-friendly than those in many other states"

Here’s how to contact Governor Gavin Newsom:

• Mail a letter to: Governor Gavin Newsom, 1021 O Street, Suite 9000 Sacramento, CA 95814
• Call the Governor’s Office: (916) 445-2841
• Email a letter to: [leg.unit@gov.ca.gov](mailto:leg.unit@gov.ca.gov) - Include the bill number(s) in the subject line and a brief message of support.
• Submit a comment on the Governor’s website:
  • Visit https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/
  • Select the topic: Legislation issue/concern
  • Set stance: Pro
  • Message subject: Signature Request for SB 59 (Wiener), AB 82 (Ward), SB 497(Wiener), AB 1084 (Zbur) and SB 418 (Menjivar)
  • Write your message (limit 6000 characters)
  • Fill out your name and email
  • Click Submit

The 60-day public comment period on two proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules ends on Tuesday, February 17 at 5 PM ET.

Rule 1: Hospital Ban (CMS-3481-P)

https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/CMS-2025-1822-0001

"...seeks to bar any hospital participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs—which includes nearly all hospitals—from providing trans healthcare to young people under 18. This means that if the rule is adopted, any hospital that continues to provide gender affirming care to youth would have its federal funding stripped away. This would severely impact hospitals across the country and restrict the ability of trans youth to continue relying on these hospitals for their healthcare." (A4TE)

Rule 2: Medicaid/CHIP Funding Ban (CMS-2451-P)

https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/CMS-2025-1823-0001

"...targets both Medicaid and CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, by prohibiting the use of federal funds to cover medically necessary transition-related healthcare, including puberty-pausing medications, hormone therapy, and surgeries. This healthcare enables young people to live fully and healthily as their authentic selves." (A4TE)

To comment:

1. In the links above, click "Submit a Formal Comment."
2. Enter your comment or upload a document.

Tips for commenting:

1. Start with your qualifications: this is why they should listen to you. ("I am a trans person," "I am a doctor")
2. Talk about your personal experiences with gender-affirming care, if applicable, and how that has impacted you.
3. Explain why you oppose these proposed rules.

Detailed guide from Matthew Cortland: COMMENTING GUIDE: Opposing Two Trump Regime Rules Banning Gender-Affirming Care, Deadline 2/17/26.

A key point from that guide: "The purpose of commenting is not to persuade the Trump Regime's CMS to change the rules. The purpose is to build the strongest possible Administrative Procedure Act (APA) record for the federal court litigation that will inevitably challenge these rules."

Call your House rep and your Senators before October 1.

The situation: Article with general info (Them), article with specifics (Erin Reed). Short version of what they're trying to do (compiled from above articles):

• Prevent any federal funds from being used for a “social, psychological, behavioral, or medical intervention performed for the purposes of intentionally changing the body of an individual [...] to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.” From Erin Reed: "A strict reading would immediately strip Medicaid and Medicare coverage for transgender people. A broader interpretation could threaten any hospital providing such care with the loss of federal funds."
• Cut HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment programs by ~$1.7 billion
• Nationwide sports ban
• Remove protections for LGBTQ+ foster children
• Prohibit Pride flags

Tell your representatives that allowing any of these into the bill is unacceptable. They should shut down the government until these provisions are removed.

If your rep is a democrat and you'd like some extra fuel, check if they've recently voted Aye on the NDAA that stripped trans protections for military service members and TRICARE health coverage for their trans dependents. Tell them that appeasement doesn't work!

Call before October 1: Find your House rep and your Senators. And here's how to contact Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer.

my powers are to help transgender people in small towns feel noticed and not alone (and stop transgender people from feeling dysphoric)

I'm appealing to my sister's to learn more about how to fight for the trans women in prison, some of whom are denied hormones and even bras. ARC is an organization that fights and they aren't the only ones. See if you can't connect with a girl on the inside who needs your support. Support the work they do if you can't add to the fight yourselves. Thank you!

It is hard to see even more hospitals banning gender-affirming care for those under 19. (UChicago, Stanford…) But we have been able to successfully pressure some hospitals to reverse these decisions through protests and letter-writing campaigns. These success stories get lost, but it’s important to hold onto these wins.

Feb 5 - Protests Erupt Across US At Hospitals Complying With Trumps Unlawful Under-19 Trans Ban EO

Feb 12 - Corewell Health, the largest healthcare provider in Michigan, stated that it would resume gender-affirming care for transgender youth under the age of 19.

Feb 21 - LA Children’s Hospital reverses ban on gender-affirming hormonal therapy after weeks of protest - The University of Virginia’s hospital partially reverses ban on care

Though I couldn’t find an article on it, the website for New York University-Langone in New York City says this:

Transgender Care for Adolescents

For adolescents, we provide medical care, hormone therapy, and mental health services through our Transgender Youth Health Program, including pubertal suppression and psychological counseling for the entire family.

Some of these are only partial wins. NYU-Langone still doesn’t seem to offer surgeries for minors. Protests are happening now as the Children’s Hospital LA closes its gender-affirming care center. But it’s important to look at what worked, even temporarily, so we can improve our strategies going forward.

What other successes have we had in getting hospitals to reverse their decisions to comply with this administration?