Debi Jackson

If Spain isn’t just a dream for you — if it’s something you’re seriously planning — this will give you clarity, structure, and confidence.

Registration is open now.
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It’s the full roadmap I wish I’d had — including trans-specific realities you won’t find gathered in one place anywhere else.

The details are:
Starts March 14
8 structured weeks
$897 (or 3 payments of $299)

Visa options.
Regional differences.
Banking and taxes.
Healthcare systems.
Schools.
Housing.
Timelines.
What to do first — and what not to mess up.

That’s why I created my 8-Week Moving to Spain Masterclass for LGBTQ+ individuals and families.

We didn’t move to Spain for adventure.

We moved for safety.
For healthcare.
For access to gender-affirming care. 🏳️‍⚧️
For the ability to breathe a little easier.

I know some of you are considering Spain for the same reasons.
And I also know how overwhelming it can feel.

How about swapping a president out for a prime minister to celebrate today? Meet Pedro Sánchez — Spain's Prime Minister.

To be serious for a moment, if you're making plans to move abroad with your sights set on Spain, I've just opened the registration for my masterclass.

If you're feeling disoriented, angry, or just deeply tired — I see you. I’m feeling it too. But I also believe that naming what’s happening, clearly and compassionately, is part of the work.

Please give it a read — and if it resonates, share it.

These moments didn’t happen in isolation — and the timing is no accident.

In my latest Substack article, I try to connect the dots: what’s really going on, how these actions reinforce each other, and what’s at stake for trans youth and the people who care for them.

But over the past week or so, two new developments have brought a wave of urgency and unease:

→ a malpractice verdict already being used to discredit affirming care as a whole,
→ and a sudden policy shift from a major medical association, endorsed by HHS within the hour.

It’s Been a Brutal Two Weeks — What’s Happening to Trans Youth Now How a proposed federal rule, a malpractice verdict, and a surprise policy shift are colliding — and what’s at stake for trans youth.

Hi friends,

We’ve known about the proposed HHS rule that could strip Medicaid funding from hospitals offering gender-affirming care to minors.

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WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment

"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.

At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."

Holy shit.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

This year, it doesn’t feel like a look back. It feels like a celebration of how far we’ve come — and a message of hope for families just starting this journey.

In this post, I reflect not just on that moment, but on everything Avery has done since: their courage, their quiet strength, and the life they’ve built on their own terms.

14 Years of Truth: A Transiversary on MLK Day From a preschool classroom to a life of authenticity, my child’s journey is a testament to courage, resistance, and quiet revolution.

Today marks 14 years since Avery first told the world who they are. It happened on an MLK Day, which has always felt symbolic — a day about truth, justice, and liberation.

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Trans-Specific Immigration 101 Guidance for Leaving the U.S. and Building a Life Abroad

If you want to leave the US, as a trans person or family with a trans youth, I can help you skip the year of research and point you to the safest and most accessible places. Register for my Trans Immigration 101 Webinar to get a head start.

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A too-good-to-be-true Canadian escape isn’t your only option. I know…because we left the US and aren’t in Canada!

I did the research — for a year — to choose a location and plan our move. And now I’ve lived abroad for two. I have connections to families in multiple countries.

Trans-Specific Immigration 101 Guidance for Leaving the U.S. and Building a Life Abroad

Despite some viral posts (bots, maybe?) telling you Canada is giving LGBTQ refugees a year’s pay as support…it ain’t so.

Please don’t count on meme-sharing accounts for your news. Count on reputable news sources (always fact-check) and people who have lived experience.

Still Here: Reflections on a Year of Backlash, Resilience, and Becoming 2025 was a brutal year for trans rights. But we’re still here — still fighting, still loving, still dreaming.

I wrote a full reflection on this exhausting, heartbreaking, powerful year — and what it’s meant to live it as a mother, an advocate, and a human being who refuses to give up.

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Trans people are still surviving. Families like mine are still fighting. Communities are still showing up, defending clinics, filing lawsuits, electing leaders who care. We’re still loving, still dreaming, still building a better future.

State after state passed laws targeting trans youth. And the Supreme Court made it easier for those laws to stand. Every week brought another headline that chipped away at our safety, our hope, and our humanity.

But even in the face of all that — we’re still here.

Still Here.

2025 was a brutal year for trans rights in the U.S.

As a parent of a trans teen, I’ve watched in horror as the federal government erased protections, banned affirming care, and stripped away our children’s right to exist on paper — including my child’s passport.

Oooh, that’s a juicy group. I don’t buy into conspiracy theories, but I’ll support what they will be selling if it helps keep them focused on internal fights vs attacking actual marginalized people.

Dear, Government:
Please explain how Gender Dysphoria isn’t a “real enough” medical condition to warrant access to medical care or be included as a protected disability by the ADA or 504 plans, but it’s a real enough medical condition that clothing (binders) must now be regulated as medical devices.

There’s a good chance the Senate won’t take up the bill. If they do, there’s a good chance Democrats will filibuster it.

But our children’s rights — and our healthcare providers’ freedom — should not rest on a “good chance.”

The What-Ifs Are Worse Than the Known How the House's anti-trans bill is already hurting families — whether it becomes law or not

Yesterday, the U.S. House passed a bill to criminalize GAC for trans youth. It’s unlikely to become law (fingers-crossed), but it’s already doing damage.

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Tell them Uncle Bill and Cousin Mabel got the care they needed — and that trans people deserve the same respect and access.

Do your part.
Fight for trans people.
Defend healthcare for everyone.

Talk to your friends and family. Help them see how they’ve also benefited from gender-affirming care, even if they didn’t call it that.

Then speak up. Call your elected officials.

When a doctor listens to you and offers care based on your individual needs, that’s not dangerous — it’s compassionate, evidence-based, and exactly what good healthcare should be.

So when you see politicians trying to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth, don’t let them twist the truth.

It’s hormone replacement therapy for people whose bodies don’t make enough of the hormones they need — whether they’re cis, trans, or intersex.

None of that is dangerous. Quite the opposite.