hey everyone 💖
this has been a very hard decision to make, but I need to pause transfem voices project
when I started it three months ago I genuinely did not expect it to reach the size it has. I've been told by a lot of people who do this kind of work professionally that it's very taxing and that, with the volume I've been taking on, I need to make sure to take care of myself. I figured I would go until something gave, and something giving is where I'm at now
I don't regret a second of it, because it's clear now more than ever that this is work that needs to be done, and I love every one of my transfem sisters. it's vitally important that we have spaces and resources like this to heal from our sexual trauma, and there are dangerously few of those in the world. that's why it's been so hard to decide to take a break, and I want to truly apologize that this resource will spend some time closed off
I'm going to be exploring options for making this work more sustainable when I open the project back up. I've been discussing the possibility with some transfeminist friends of bringing on additional people to help process submissions, and moving the project to a sideblog to facilitate this. that's one possibility, but I'll explore other possibilities as well during my break
I apologize, but I'd like to request that submissions are not made during this break. I still have a few submissions to process, so those will go up soon, but those will be the last submissions until the project is opened again
here are some stats: the project started on April 9th, 2026, and has run for 94 days. it has had 330 submissions, for an average of 3.5 submissions per day
finally, I want to make a call to action. sexual abuse resources for transfems need to exist much more than they do now. they need to exist far beyond the scope of me or this one project. there's nothing particularly special about me that has allowed me to do this. I realized there was a need for it and I started doing it. you can do this too. if you're reading this and you have the capacity in any way, please consider looking into what you can do for transfem survivors of sexual abuse. there are so many of us, and rarely ever do we get any of the support we need
I love you 💖
