You asked about surgeries so that's what I listed, which only a few of them change appearances at all.
I'm not sure i understand your second point... discrimination of surgery based on sex? Like yeah... I don't want to have a hysterectomy since I don't have ovaries. I shouldn't even be able to sign up for something like that.
Appearance only denotes gender because of societal norms that humans just make up on the fly. Historically pink used to be the boy color, Kings all over Europe are depicted in dresses and stockings and full face makeup, there is literally no functional difference between priest's robes and cocktail dresses, less than 100 years ago no woman knew what pants felt like, the difference between a school girl's skirt and a Scottish kilt is completely cultural, and every single one of our founding fathers wore glamorous wigs almost daily. Gender is all a social game every human plays and in our country we have mostly two big choices and they're only denoted different because of genitals. Many societies have more than that, even down to some native American tribes living on their land to this day.
Basically, you are whoever you say you are because you're you and nobody knows you like you within your own individual world because every person except you isn't you.
I was correctly using the term to also point out the obvious state of just existing as trans and it's still not enough to sour my mood even though I'm not on any depression medication anymore, just the standard HRT. And lack of responsibility? I've jumped through hoops to get and maintain my voter registration so my little voice is heard, and making sure I won't be any of the "bloodshed" the right so desperately wants.
I should've really said knee surgery instead of ankle. Then I could point you to the numbers proving that way more people regretted getting necessary knee surgery than genital or "bottom" surgery. But like I said, I take him to a doctor in the field, not my buddy lordofthexans on reddit. Any care of any kind is different depending on the patient's age and gender affirming care is no different. Puberty blockers are cheap to make and when safely monitored by doctors, have almost 0 irreversible damage even when used for years while the kid, meaning puberty age, can focus on what they want in the future rather than the deadly, irreversible, and permanent damage that the impending wrong puberty represents to them. Like say you're playing COD or something, trying to advance but you can't find a way forward easily because you're being flanked. If those flanking troops showed up just a little late, even though you know they're still coming, wouldn't it make going forward much easier? Even during the beginning of HRT there's few, and very slow changes with almost everything being totally reversible just by stopping the medication. And altering genitals... stop believing any kids are getting this that like haven't been in horrible car crashes or something. The only people altering genitals you should be worrying about are the ones forcing non medically necessary circumcisions on baby boys, and it ain't drag queens. I'm not going into the science randomly like this because most people selectively choose what science suits them. I would've loved to have only one puberty like the other 99% of the population, but closed mindsets like these prevent that. That being said, I was born intersex and had an overly estrogenic puberty for a boy so the "natural" process screwed me up more than if I could've seen a doctor to identify my issue and prevent that pain.
I pay taxes that fix the roads that facilitate your safe travel to your anti LGBT protest and you won't see me complaining. You need that road, I need medicine. Not "irreversible surgeries and dangerous drug concoctions from an impoverished country", it's necessary medication like insulin or antibiotics. I need this type of medicine or surgery, some middle aged father of five needs his vasectomy and viagra maybe, I don't care. Why should I care about his genitals and pills? That's a dumb waste of time. Beliefs is a great word, we can both believe whatever the fuck we want but can we agree that to be human is to see your fellow man alive and healthy, regardless of different beliefs?
I can't argue a brick wall, there's plenty of proof about our transitioning helping our suicide rates but I'm sure whatever studies you point to won't take into consideration the ongoing if not increased hatred, bigotry, assault, etc etc etc that trans people face daily that flies under the noses of cis people without a diverse friend group. Many trans people see their GRS as the endgame goal, the hardest win to get in a life with more work towards happiness than seems fair. They work hard to be the same in the mirror like everybody else seems to be. But even after they manage to line up the stars and get their surgery, they can still get senseless, uneducated hate for no reason other than existing. The better solution you're talking about is exactly what the right is outlawing and not even allowing the research to be done. What if. What if they found a marker in humans that could identify a trans person in vitro just like downs syndrome and other things? Then there's nothing to worry about the kid not being developed enough right, since the research and science proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt? If we supposed to be thinking if the children, let's be on the side of helping whatever could be different about them and not single out one specific diagnosis🙂
"Usually me, but sometimes her"🤷♀️😄
A trans woman, born male with a penis, getting FFS, Adam's apple shave, feminine hairline plugs, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, hip ass or thigh implants, jeez I can't keep going it's almost midnight.
All of those things are basic procedures that could make a male looking person appear more feminine, while not changing the genitals that always seem to be on the minds of transphobes lol There's a variety of procedures for repairing and altering sexual organs, and things like womb transplants aren't far on the horizon.
Hi, oppressed trans woman here. What deity made you the omnipotent knower of all happiness? Lifelong depression and I was suicidal most of my teenage years and again in adulthood. Attempted twice, caught in the act the second time. Now that I've finally accepted myself, I've been medically transitioning for years and my depression and want of the end is completely gone. I WISH I could've transitioned as a minor and avoided 20 something years of being a depressed suicidal zombie. From any early memory where you thought the opposite sex was attractive for the first time, lots of people thought about the same sex in the exact same way. Saying minors don't understand themselves is just something useless parents say. We know our kids better than anyone but themselves so if my kid comes to me and says he broke his ankle, or any other significant medical change, I'll believe him and take him to a doctor. Not a politician or even worse, a church.
They say that you should be nice to everyone because there's no way to tell what they've been through lately. Trans people are really good at making it look like we're completely fine, but nobody is our heads except ourselves so trust anyone that says they have any kind of medical difference than you, and they'll accept yours in turn. Even if you admit to being in a cult🤷♀️
At the beginning of segregation we had armed guards at schools to make sure white kids didn't kill black kids for being black. Anything less than the same for queer kids is an affront to equality. We need the Rainbow Panthers or something...
Florida here, don't forget they've also unenrolled voters marked Democrat too. This can't be a real country
My gf and I get the same from our complex management😕
My ex wife outed me on Facebook to our friends, my coworkers, and family after we separated. Divorces bring out the worst in people. I didn't know she had done that until after months and months of increasing whispers and looks at work. She'll claim she's been supportive to me and be blatantly transphobic in the same text.
I can't remember much about that time, but suffice it to say I wouldn't mind giving it another whirl 25 years later😔
Damn hun, I'm sorry. I've had a withdrawal from medication before but not anywhere near that. Never heard of Effexor either. Hope you're on the mend quick
Damn hun, I'm sorry. I've had a withdrawal from medication before but not anywhere near that. Never heard of Effexor either. Hope you're on the mend quick
That's not the Bible, therefore they don't recognize that document as law. The sovereign citizens of government.
Not enough of them though
I remember my Zoloft days 🫂
Ask her to describe "what women have go through" to be women then give her examples of you probably going through the exact same shit. Bonus points of she can do it without talking about genitals. But it still makes her a dumb bitch
The center is super left when you're the far right🤷♀️
Everyone's basically covered what I was going to say but I'll leave you with an amazing quote I heard from an old boss...
"It doesn't matter where you get your appetite as long as you eat at home"
Now, open relationships on the other hand are much different when you consider taking your girlfriend out to a buffet😂
Hey look, prove to me that there's a rule for that in the adoption system lol
NPH Spice Girls was more fun, change my mind lol
At my parents house and every piece of kitchen ware is 30 years old
mildlyinfuriating