#also iud insertion was a bitch I'll agree with everyone on that
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nightmarish-fallen-angel · 4 months ago
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I just watched a news video about new guidelines regarding pain with IUD insertions.
The entire video framed this as a "women's rights" or "women's healthcare" video.
I am a trans nonbinary guy who had an IUD insertion. Using gendered language regarding reproductive rights and healthcare is so frustrating because I need these health guidelines and laws to apply to me too. And the more people stay in the habit of framing it as a "women's issue" the more likely I am to get denied the care I need.
Trans, nonbinary, and intersex people deserve to have a voice in these things as well. We deserve to have gender neutral language surrounding the procedures we might undergo at the very least.
I want the health codes and guidelines that may be written to protect me and my trans siblings if they pursue this kind of birth control or any other reproductive healthcare.
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