Before Tonight, I thought this Sub Was Impossible.
This is kinda long and I really dont blame anyone for skipping it. Just for some reason felt a desire to post even if no one reads it.
I found this sub on a very random late night rabbit hole because I couldnt sleep from acid reflex. It started with me reading anti-trans/religion based information from the white house website and eventually got me to here. (Yes it was a long rabbit hole but I will explain)
Most of the actions from the US Government right now are attempting to make trans individuals, females especially, scared to express. They want everyone to conform to the "two sexes" as they put it. Through threats of persecution for expressing and a firm stance on not acknowledging. For example, one of the white houses main Easter points was establishing two sexes again.
I am one of those trans people deeply impacted by this narrative. I do not express with anyone and im too scared to embrace my identity. So ive been looking for a way to suppress it and destroy it. Which is what eventually led me to religious forums.
I dont consider myself religious at all. My family are actively MAGA level Christians. I apologize if theres a better term for that. One that is more inclusive of the world at large. i just dont know what that is. Due to this though, I ended up fully rejecting anything to do with religion.
I kept reading from some sections of Christianity that transgender is a disease of the mind and an inability to see reality and fact. Its a mental illness. Which perfectly aligns with the rhetoric from the current USA political administration. So I was getting to a very down place that I feel often.
That I dont belong in the United States or even on this planet.
This is where this sub comes in. To me this sub was literally impossible before tonight. I didnt think there could be a place where LGBTQ+ and Christianity could coexist in a space that wasn't designed to suppress and tell them everyone is a sinner in different ways.
Im not sure if ill ever be religious or ever even fully be out and trans. What I do know though is this sub gave me hope that there are places where I belong in this country and this world. That it isnt this massive majority that aligns with the political messaging of today. That even in a group I feared the most, theres large sections of people who reject the loud rhetoric.
So thank you.