by Trans Midwest Survival Collective, November 7, 2024, 11:59 ///
Trans autonomy is trans survival.
In our near neighbor states of Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Iowa, trans kids and adults are facing political repression and infringement on their bodies.
As a collective of trans folks, we know that the ability to transition, including the ability to access hormones, is necessary to trans survival. Trans people deserve to make their own decisions about their transitions. No government, no politician, no president can decide that our autonomy is illegal – no politician can legislate us out of existence. There have always been trans people and there has always been transness. As the nation continues down a path of fascism, we have to be there for each other. We have to find each other. And we have to keep each other alive. To us, that means collectivizing DIY HRT, making it free, teaching each other digital security, and being the support, the resources, the community for each other as we figure it out (and survive).
We’re a Trans Midwest Survival Collective, a group dedicated to ensuring the survival of trans folks of all ages in the midwest and the south. To us, survival means access to hormones AND access to community to support your transition – so we are committed to helping provide that.
Have questions about medical or legal transition, DIY HRT, or digital security for trans people these days? Want to get involved in our work? Find us on Tumblr tumblr.com/midwesttranssurvivalcollective or email us at badsands@proton.me.