#Gender-Affirming Care

[elierlick]

Wait times, high costs, and gatekeeping often turn deadly for trans people. Mastectomies are a 140-year-old procedure that cis women receive with ease. Trans people, however, are often forced to obtain the procedure from costly specialists. The New Zealand wait time for bottom surgery is 10-12 years. https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/17/trans-teen-mastectomy-new-zealand/

[sleepycatten]

Getting gender-affirming care from NHS England as a trans person can be like

Patient: I'm trans. I'd like gender-affirming healthcare please. NHS: No. Patient: WTF? NHS: Come back in a month. If you're still trans, we'll consider it. Patient: WTAF? NHS: Urgh. Fine. I'll refer you to a gender identity clinic. Patient: How long will that take? NHS: I dunno. Maybe 2-5 years for a first appointment, depending on which clinic you're referred to. Patient: WTF? Can't you give me healthcare now? At least HRT? NHS: Fuck no! We're not qualified for that! Patient: But you do it all the time for cis people. NHS: That's entirely different and no, I won't explain why. Patient: Urgh. Fine. If I get care from a private clinic, will you at least agree to work with them on a shared care basis? NHS: Hell no! Patient: Not even if I choose a clinic where the folks running it also still work for the NHS? NHS: No. Patient: WTF? I'll just turn to DIY HRT then. NHS: No! Don't do that! My sudden deep knowledge of HRT tells me that this will be unsafe! Patient: Then give me an alternative! NHS: No.

[crewtawn]

Rare-Pair || Fausdet (?)

I know people are more fond of rare-pairs than they used to be. Forgive me for being a bit nervous on this! I've been a fan of Guilty Gear for a little while now, and I just started to hyper fixate. More rambling and extras under the cut...

I'd like to petition to call this pair "Gender-Affirming Care"!

My boyfriend's favorite character is Faust, and mine is Bridget (I'm ftm) so I really like them together.

Both are trying to be their best selves. Bridget is lost. A young woman (around her 20s, as shes a similar age to May, who is around 23?) in a world that's out to get her. Faust, a mentally unstable man, lost to the opinions of others. I can see them coming together to push the other to open up about themselves and help the other find what they're really looking for in life.

Faust helps Bridget decide one what medical transition things she would or wouldn't want to do.. Bridget would show him what a true companion looks like even after something so horrible had happened.

They heal each other. Faust calls Bridget pretty and that even if she didn't transition medically she's still very pretty. Both of them gush to Elphelt and she gets em hooked up. Hehe..

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Trump closing argument: you hate trans people, don't you? If not, I'll find other people for you to hate. Donald Trump and the Republican party are pushing an agenda of “division, chaos and hate” by spending tens of millions on ads attacking transgender people, advocates said, as the right wing intensifies its anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. The GOP has spent more than $65m on ads targeting trans people, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, with the former president’s most frequently aired ad targeting Kamala Harris over her support for gender-affirming care.

Television ads have also been running in tight statewide races further down the ballot, including in Ohio, Montana and Wisconsin, with Republicans returning to hyperbolic, far-right talking points that proved unsuccessful during the 2022 midterm elections. “The Maga [Make America great again] agenda is one of division, chaos and hate,” said Brandon Wolf, a spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

[eternal-echoes]

Other countries should learn the lessons from the UK (and from Sweden and Finland). First, there is insufficient evidence to justify the general clinical use of puberty suppression or cross-sex hormone use in youth experiencing gender dysphoria. Second, a treatment regimen that focuses exclusively on gender dysphoria, ignoring co-occurring mental health conditions, will not provide optimal care for young people. The shut-down of GIDS is not merely a restructuring move in response to the clinic’s failed operations—it ’s a move away from the “gender-affirming” intervention care model, and toward whole-person-affirming care that is rooted in developmental psychology.

Link to full article

[zmyaro]

‼ Urgent Health Insurance/Trans Care Question ‼

Someone I know had a gender-affirming surgery recently that was supposed to be covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The surgery was done in two parts—one last fall, and one the following spring. It was always planned to be done as two parts; that is how the surgeon always does that surgery. BCBSM is now claiming the second half of the surgery was purely a “cosmetic” surgery because xe has “no history of gender dysphoria”—directly contradicting xer doctors and the documentation BCBSM already accepted to cover the first half of the surgery. BCBSM is now claiming xe is personally on the hook for the >$7,200 bill BCBSM was supposed to cover, and has denied 3 appeals (most recently this morning). What options does xe have?

[ultimate-healing-blog]

Trump's Executive Order on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Trump Signs Order to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care for Minors In a significant move that has ignited controversy, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at prohibiting gender-affirming medical treatments for minors under the age of 19. This directive, made official on Tuesday, is part of a series of actions by the Trump administration that scrutinizes the social protections afforded to…

[the-semicolonoscopy]

Holy shit, Ohio's republican governor just vetoed a bill that would have banned gender-affirming health care! I'm stunned. And so, so grateful. Wow!

[intelligentchristianlady]

In Case You Haven't Heard

The Attorneys General of Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah want to be able to access out-of-state medical records of state residents who have gone out of state for medical care — not just for abortion, but also for gender-affirming care. (x)

You know what to do in November 2024.

[ivygorgon]

📨 An open letter to the President & U.S. Congress

🪖 Don't Ask, Don't Tell 2.0: The Trans Military Ban Violates Equality & Readiness

✍️ 193 so far! Help us get to 250 signers!

The open letter calls for the repeal of the transgender military ban, emphasizing that discrimination undermines unit cohesion, military readiness, and the equality of service members. It highlights historical parallels with the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and advocates for equal treatment, access to gender-affirming healthcare, and a merit-based military system. The letter demands immediate action to end discriminatory policies and restore the rights of transgender Americans to serve openly in the military.

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[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

TONIGHT: Tell Children's Hospital Los Angeles to support gender-affirming care

Thursday, February 6 - 5:30 p.m.

4650 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles

Join Committee of Interns and Residents-SEIU and other community members to demand CHLA maintain gender-affirming care for their patients.

[one-shitpost-a-day]

one time my online friend was talking about getting a binder and i was like really trying to be super happy and supportive for him but at the same time i was so confused because i didnt know what a binder was and i thought he meant like a literal plastic three-ring binder that you shove up your shirt so your front looks 100% flat

[afragmentcastadrift]

Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirmin : NPR

[imworkinghere]

if a 1% regret rate for transition is so bad... and any population is about 1-3% trans... wouldn't that make the potential regret rate of NOT giving kids puberty blockers... three times worse than giving them puberty blockers?