So, I had an idea I wanted to run by you all: A comprehensive handbook/guide/bible for trans and nonbinary people (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by pooh@hexbear.net to c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@hexbear.net

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As some of you may know, I've just barely started the process of transitioning, and have been looking for resources related to this. I've found some pretty great ones, especially Trans Academy (which I somehow knew about from when I was "totally cis"), but most of the resources I've found seem a little scattered and I'd love to have some kind of a guide that may even include harder to find "DIY" tips that other groups might not address. Since there doesn't seem to be anything out there (to my knowledge) that includes all of the useful info someone who's starting out might need, I was thinking that this could be a good place to start such a project. So I had some questions:

Do you think this is a good or bad idea? and why?
What form should this take? Someone mentioned cryptpad.fr to me, and it seems ideal for what I had in mind, which is something like an easy-to-navigate wiki with contents and search, and if possible a list of sources/links for the info it contains. I'd love to hear other suggestions if you have them, though. Maybe eventually a website could work once a lot of the info has been fleshed out.
What should be the scope of the guide? I was initially thinking the focus should be on trans (masc/femme) and NB identities, but should it be expanded to include a much larger group?
What are potential legal issues, if any, with putting such a guide out there and what would be the best way to deal with that?
What would be the best way to collaborate on this? Should there be stuff like approval, version control, etc?
Is there anything else I'm missing here that you'd like to talk about?

This was just something I was thinking about, and I thought I'd make a post to see what others think, but please feel free to give honest feedback on whether or not this would be a good idea or if it could even work. Thanks!

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[-] quartz242@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I gathered this awhile back:

https://hexbear.net/post/279079

[-] pooh@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

This is amazing!!!! Thank you for this, and awesome work!! Looks like you're already doing exactly what I had in mind, so maybe I'll start posting things I find to your thread if that's alright. cat-trans

[-] Des@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

yes please i think it would be a great idea. i have experience tracking down stuff online of all sorts but i have no idea where to start with hormones (excluding the T kind which plague the sites i frequent for other self-medication). at least with estrogen I'd imagine sourcing should be ok, maybe a gray area, since it's more of a "not for human consumption" then a federally scheduled substance

i'm really considering the DIY route despite anxieties. i feel like i'm running out of time.

[-] frankfurt_schoolgirl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

no idea where to start with hormones

hrt.coffee and https://diyhrt.wiki/

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Heres an archive link to the r/transdiy wiki

https://archive.md/gDgj1

Heres an archive link for the r/transwiki wiki

https://archive.md/OzyAk

here's a sweet site that was made by someone local to me https://trans.au/, and i know theres other local transgender subreddits

I find cryptpad frustratingly inaccessible, especially if on mobile, a pdf saved to a clouddrive would almost be better, i know you can do editable .txt files on megadrive, oh standard notes is another one, has a good android app too and can run in browser

I know that there were some places in the usa with potential rules about sharing stuff like this, hexbear code of conduct includes a dont get yourself arrested, dont get anyone else arrested, I'd wanna check in with admins cause ianal (lol)

I'd like to see this space have more people asking questions and talking through transition stuff but its kinda a doxxing risk to get super personal i dunno

there's enough darn trans-gender communists on this site we ought to know everything, but also keep in mind this information does exist, so dont rush off to reinvent the wheel

[-] pooh@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

These are some fantastic resources. Thank you! There's probably a lot more stuff like this out there that I'm just not aware of and need to find. In the meantime either way I plan to collect and compile as much of it as I can.

[-] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I've literally been wanting to do something like this for years but never gotten around to it 😩 we should collaborate!

[-] pooh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I'm totally down. As I mentioned, I'm new to transitioning and kind of clueless still about everything I should know, but I'm going to document as much as possible as I go along. Any suggestions on what I should use for my own notes? I've used Joplin for note taking stuff but it seems pretty useless as a collaboration tool, and google docs is a big security risk. Also sounds like cryptpad.fr might not be the most usable option out there.

[-] pixelghost@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

If anyone here manages to pull together or already knows about resources on testosterone microdosing (without intention to fully transition) in AFAB bodies, that's something I've been interested to read about but have found very few sources on.

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