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nightmarish-fallen-angel · 5 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.

#transandrophobia #transphobia #reproductive healthcare #iud #exorsexism #women's healthcare #please build up the habit of using gender neutral language when discussing reproductive issues and contraception #it has no effect on cis women #but it could mean the difference between trans nonbinary and intersex people having access to the healthcare they need or not getting it #don't contribute to our invisibility #keep us in the conversation #also iud insertion was a bitch I'll agree with everyone on that #hopefully they do come up with better pain relief for that #because that shit HURT and I had a relatively easy go of it

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