Alright, I’ll do some more research. I guess I’m just worried that they would be more strict due to the war and increasingly bad relations between the West and Russia. I do know some Ukrainian, but I’ll try learning some Russian before going too.

Georgia considers it illegal to enter Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Russia as they see it as illegally entering into Georgia, so I think it applies broadly to everyone. I think you are right regarding the visa stamps, I can’t see how else they would know outside of that.

I’m trans and from Denmark and I can confirm this. Gender affirming care in the Nordic countries is awful. Long waitlists, terrible care, lacking surgical coverage, no HRT for minors, basically legal discrimination when it comes to healthcare rights, awful and untrustworthy staff at the gender clinics, etc.

Societal attitudes are alright. Like I haven’t really experienced any direct transphobia towards me that I know of, but transphobia is generally just pervasive in any country and it’s more socially acceptable to be transphobic than homophobic, so you’ll definitely hear transphobic statements here. Transphobia also seems to be on the rise sadly, not too long ago the previous “minister of equality” wrote a straight-up transphobic article, so it’s not looking too good.

I’m mainly worried about Russia as I’ll be going to the Northern Caucasus region, possibly crossing Chechnya, so their laws could be stricter. From what I’ve read they do sometimes check luggage upon entering Chechnya and Ingushetia, so I might need to avoid going through there. I could end the trip in Vladikavkaz, but I hope to end the trip in Dagestan and fly home from there.

Very random, but you don’t happen to know if Georgia would know if I entered Abkhazia and South Ossetia through Russia? Like if I get a new passport they wouldn’t know right? I want to avoid being banned from Georgia.

I’ll try looking into checked luggage for the flights.

Yeah that’s true, it’s just hard to gauge which countries would be risky to travel to. I kind of want to go to Russia this summer and I’m not sure if they would care or not, and I’d have to use Turkey as a stopover. I usually never travel with checked-in luggage, but wouldn’t there be a risk there too?

Yeah that’s what I was thinking too. I actually just looked it up and Malaysia does ban sex toys, but it seems like Thailand does too so idk. Do you think faking a doctors note for vaginismus could avoid confiscation?

Anyone who has experienced getting their dilators confiscated by customs when traveling? I read a post on reddit where she got her dilators confiscated by customs when entering Malaysia, and it’s something I’ve thought about a lot when thinking about traveling. Like I’d rather not run into this issue😅

@[email protected] I forgot to reply😅

I don’t know any other trans people, actually I’ve only ever met two trans men (at least that I know of, most likely I’ve interacted with more than two). I also do not participate in any LGBT+ communities IRL as my number one priority in life is to go stealth. I guess I’m also worried that dating another trans person would make my dysphoria even worse, maybe it’s irrational idk😵‍💫

Yeah like on top of being a bigot, he is a moron too😫 The worst part is that we are both medical students😬

Yaa it was kind of a weird situation to be in (especially since he kissed me twice during the break today lol), but it means I won’t have to waste my time or out myself unnecessarily. I kind of see it as his loss, like we vibed together and he seems very interested, he even wanted to watch a movie together today.

And thank you❤️ Dating as a trans person truly is miserable😫

Yaa it’s weird, the conversation was about height and then it turned to Thailand, I don’t remember how😅

I honestly don’t know why it’s something that gets brought up. Like trans visibility is generally quite low here in Denmark too, but bigots gonna be bigots I guess.

Today I experienced that awkward situation where people will start spouting transphobic opinions without knowing you’re trans. Funnily enough, one of them was the guy I recently went on a date with😬 I almost want to tell him I’m trans just to fuck with him as he’s very interested in meeting up again, but I’m just going to break it off and luckily I’ll likely never see him again as he’s a few semesters ahead of me and the course we are currently on together is basically finished😅

The Anglosphere is generally the best bet as they have the best gender affirming care. Europe is mostly shit, Spain, France and Germany seem to be the better countries here, but e.g. the surgical coverage in Europe is terrible compared to blue US states and some European countries are equivalent or probably even worse than some of the red US states in terms of trans rights and gender affirming care.

From what I’ve heard the UK is quite awful. Canada, Australia and New Zealand seem to be decent with Canada probably being the best of the three.

Yeah I was hoping Trump wouldn’t win, but I’d be moving in 6 years if at all, so I’ll have some time to see how the situation develops. Canada is not a possibility, but Australia and New Zealand are viable options though they are more restrictive in regards to what I could do with my degree. I’ll have to see what happens, if by some miracle I’m in a relationship by the time I finish my degree I might stay in Denmark.