As a Jewish, transgender teenage girl, I am becoming afraid for my safety and dignity.

I’ve noticed a LOT of antisemitism recently, especially with what’s going on in the middle east. I moderate an LGBTQ discord server, and we have had numerous instances of people coming in, spreading pro-Palestine propaganda, and insulting and even threatening me because I’m Jewish and support Israel.

It seems LGBTQ spaces are becoming less friendly in general - on the main trans subreddit, when I voiced my support of circumcision (which I support for numerous reasons, not including being Jewish,) somebody said something along the lines of “I looked at her profile, she’s Jewish, so she’s probably been brainwashed by her barbaric culture into believing that.”

It’s not just LGBTQ spaces like the trans subs and my server, though - recently, on a completely separate sub, I encountered people making fun of somebody’s tallit, and when I called them out for being potentially antisemitic, they told me to shut up and called me something I can only assume was a antisemitic slur.

I also go off to college in a couple years, and I’ve been growing concerned with the things I’ve heard from the Jewish community - I’ve heard campuses are becoming very unsafe, and I even watched footage of people screaming pro-Palestine sayings on the campus of the university I plan to go to. I see pro-Palestine posters all over campus, some even displaying antisemitic visuals.

Being a trans teen has been scary, but now even the places where I go to get support from my trans peers are becoming unsafe because of my religious beliefs.

I know this is probably stupid, and I know what’s happening will never be considered as bad as the holocaust, but I’m scared that another holocaust will happen in my lifetime, and the antisemitism in my safe spaces has not done anything to quiet those fears.

If you read this all, thank you. Am Yisrael Chai.