Also by focusing on living people they’re being anti-mortists, and by focusing on contemporary people they’re being anti-pastists. It’s all so very Karen.
Also by focusing on living people they’re being anti-mortists, and by focusing on contemporary people they’re being anti-pastists. It’s all so very Karen.
Don’t they realize that by focusing solely on humans they’re being speciesist?
Don’t give them ideas. They’ll start talking about catering to the special health needs of otherkin, and how this is so much more important than the health of women.
Who’s looking after the healthcare of fictional characters? Or the centering, affirming medical care of historical figures who have been retroactively transed (who, if it is denied them, might retroactively kill themselves)? There are so many people who have never existed, or no longer do, whose needs and care should supecede that of boring, plain, ordinary, existent women.
In a related story from last month, a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis has partnered with a transgender group to provide HRT to those who may not otherwise be able to receive it.
When Beth Gombos first broached the topic of hormone replacement therapy with their then-primary care physician, the response was discouraging, to say the least.
Gombos had for several years been seeing that provider, who knew Gombos identified as genderqueer. But when Gombos asked about hormones for the masculinization of their body, the doctor was unwilling to consider the idea — and suggested Gombos find a new provider.
“It’s harder to get testosterone than it is to get an abortion,” Gombos told St. Louis on the Air.
Gombos is hardly alone in that experience, which they note is part of “a long, horrible history of being mistreated and overlooked and traumatized by institutions in the health care community.”
But this week, a newly launched partnership between the Metro Trans Umbrella Group and Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri has Gombos feeling hopeful about the future: TRANSforming Community TRANSforming Care.
The $3 million, multiyear effort will expand health care services, conduct trauma-informed research and build a sex-education curriculum tailored toward — and designed by — the transgender community.
McNicholas described it as “a groundbreaking way of thinking about health care delivery.”
“It’s a real partnership to help address health care disparities in our communities,” she said.
On Wednesday’s talk show, both Gombos and McNicholas joined host Sarah Fenske to break the news and discuss the effort. It’s billed as the first of its kind in Missouri, expanding access to care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.
They are providing opposite-sex hormones, not hormone “replacement” therapy. And they are making a scarce resource, hormones, more scarce and more difficult to obtain for those who actually need it.
Heh. I make a facebook post complaining about this, and then think “I wonder what Ophelia has been up to, time to go browse B&W” AAAAAAND of course you had gotten there before I had even had my first cup of coffee.
#10: Good catch about the treatment being sought was not actually HRT. The writer of the story may not have wanted to get into the details about this particular case, but as the story stands it’s definitely misleading.
Gombos had for several years been seeing that provider, who knew Gombos identified as genderqueer. But when Gombos asked about hormones for the masculinization of their body, the doctor was unwilling to consider the idea — and suggested Gombos find a new provider.
If the doctor saw no medical need to “masculinize” Gombos’s body, then that’s right and good. Maybe because “genderqueer” is not a medical thing? At this point I have no idea whatit means, but I don’t think it’s a state of being requiring medical intervention, unless it was psychological/psychiatric. How come “genderqueer” doesn’t mean you’re opposed to gender stereotypes, rather than chasing them? How does someone “know” they’re “genderqueer,” and how does this differ from being trans? Just once, I’d like to hear a definition of either one, free of sexist stereotypes, that did not essentially boil down to “personality.”
It’s like Gombos is doing the policing on themselves. Where is the pressure to do so coming from? How is it that medicalising your preferences and personality becomes a better choice than just being yourself in the body you have? If you’re not fitting comfortably into roles which society customarily ascribes to your sexed body, maybe society is wrong. A good loud “FUCK YOU, SOCIETY!” might, in the long run, be the healthier choice.
…and build a sex-education curriculum tailored toward — and designed by — the transgender community.
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Is “sex” going to be subordinated to “gender”? Great. Break out the Genderbread Person, Barbie to GI Joe charts and clownfish. Is anyone going to fact-check to see if the information provided is accurate, or true, or are people taking this course going to be fed a load of comfortable, “validating” lies? Will the word “sterility” come up at all? Is homosexuality going to be presented as same gender attraction? Are TIMs going to be encouraged to call themselves “lesbians?” Welcome to the glitter rainbow information bubble!
and build a sex-education curriculum tailored toward — and designed by — the transgender community.
So what happens to the straight “cis” kids (who make up the majority of kids) when they have questions? Are they going to be told to STFU, don’t oppress us you monster? Sex-education is not about what sex you are; it’s about navigating through the thorny bushes of being a sexual being. How do you prevent STDs? How do you prevent pregnancy? What is consent? What isn’t consent? What happens in childbirth? Etc, etc, etc
NONE OF THAT is relevant to being trans. It is relevant to being human, and being in a sexed body.
and build a sex-education curriculum tailored toward — and designed by — the transgender community.
So what happens to the straight “cis” kids (who make up the majority of kids) when they have questions? Are they going to be told to STFU, don’t oppress us you monster?
I suspect they actually mean a gender-education curriculum, and kids will be told that they too are non-binary / queer / trans because they break the strictures in some way. A boy who likes cooking over sports! A girl that likes sports over cooking! You’re so special!
So since I like both cooking and sports, does that make me an enby?
It depends. Details are important in determining your exact placement on the spectrum.
Is the cooking done on a barbecue? MANLY Do habitually cook large hunks of meet orders of magnitude larger than recommended portion size? WAY TO GO DUDE! (Extra points for getting someone else to do the dishes afterwards.)
Is the sport synchronized swimming or ryhthmic gymnastics? NOT SO MANLY Do you pay particular attention to the colour pallet and pattern of the outfits so you can recreate them later yourself? OH DEAR!
Be sure to fill out the hair length/dyecolour sections, too. Be honest! Your score results will let you know the precise angle of head tilt to employ in selfies, and which anime avi you are assigned. Good luck!
Well, now I’m more confused. I occasionally cook on the barbecue, but for the most part I’m not a fan of the big-chunks-of-meat school of cuisine. I cook a lot of pasta, and also chicken. Lots of chicken. Mostly thighs and drumsticks and wings. Is that manly? On the other hand, I do most of the cleaning up (but I use a dishwasher as much as possible).
As for sports, it’s mostly the main professional US team sports, and mostly only if one of the Boston-area teams is involved. Though I also watch a fair amount of soccer, which I guess is Euro-manly, which isn’t really manly.
Not to worry! Just trust the experts and you’ll have Genderbread Person sorted out for you in no time.
Some more details, though. If you kill the chicken yourself, MANLY.
Your manliness scale could be improved a bit if you were to favour a Red State teams, particularly one that has opened up completely and has the guts to say FUCK YOU! to both the virus, and public health concerns. I think you’ve seen for yourself that you’re just going to have to drop the soccer, and frankly, anything else that’s European. Just to be on the safe side.
I know this is all very difficult and confusing, but hang in there! Trust me, it gets better!
This next bit is going to be the hardest part to wrap your head around, but bear with me.
Just remember, despite all the talk of sports, and barbecues, and killing, it doesn’t matter. Anytime you want to become you want to become a woman, you can! All you have to do is click your heels together, put on some lippy, tilt your head, and say “It’s MA’AM!” (Or, “Caitlyn, I’m here!”) You don’t even have to stop to shave off your beard! It’s like your very own get out of (men’s) jail free card! Really!! And you can even change your mind! Repeatedly Just wink, wipe your lips clean, straighten your head, lower your voice, and say “Pippa to Phillip!” three times, and there you are, back to football and beer belches, just like that! But make sure you have plenty of shelf space to display all the medals and awards you’ve amassed while in Girl Mode!
Don’t they realize that by focusing solely on humans they’re being speciesist?
Also by focusing on living people they’re being anti-mortists, and by focusing on contemporary people they’re being anti-pastists. It’s all so very Karen.
Ophelia, I fear that by focusing only on earthly matters you’re being anti-universist.
:-)
Don’t give them ideas. They’ll start talking about catering to the special health needs of otherkin, and how this is so much more important than the health of women.
Who’s looking after the healthcare of fictional characters? Or the centering, affirming medical care of historical figures who have been retroactively transed (who, if it is denied them, might retroactively kill themselves)? There are so many people who have never existed, or no longer do, whose needs and care should supecede that of boring, plain, ordinary, existent women.
Mmmm… I could go for some antipasto right now.
In a related story from last month, a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis has partnered with a transgender group to provide HRT to those who may not otherwise be able to receive it.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-03-24/planned-parenthood-mtug-partner-on-care-designed-by-and-for-transgender-community
Well…. good.
They are providing opposite-sex hormones, not hormone “replacement” therapy. And they are making a scarce resource, hormones, more scarce and more difficult to obtain for those who actually need it.
Heh. I make a facebook post complaining about this, and then think “I wonder what Ophelia has been up to, time to go browse B&W” AAAAAAND of course you had gotten there before I had even had my first cup of coffee.
#10: Good catch about the treatment being sought was not actually HRT. The writer of the story may not have wanted to get into the details about this particular case, but as the story stands it’s definitely misleading.
If the doctor saw no medical need to “masculinize” Gombos’s body, then that’s right and good. Maybe because “genderqueer” is not a medical thing? At this point I have no idea whatit means, but I don’t think it’s a state of being requiring medical intervention, unless it was psychological/psychiatric. How come “genderqueer” doesn’t mean you’re opposed to gender stereotypes, rather than chasing them? How does someone “know” they’re “genderqueer,” and how does this differ from being trans? Just once, I’d like to hear a definition of either one, free of sexist stereotypes, that did not essentially boil down to “personality.”
It’s like Gombos is doing the policing on themselves. Where is the pressure to do so coming from? How is it that medicalising your preferences and personality becomes a better choice than just being yourself in the body you have? If you’re not fitting comfortably into roles which society customarily ascribes to your sexed body, maybe society is wrong. A good loud “FUCK YOU, SOCIETY!” might, in the long run, be the healthier choice.
.
Is “sex” going to be subordinated to “gender”? Great. Break out the Genderbread Person, Barbie to GI Joe charts and clownfish. Is anyone going to fact-check to see if the information provided is accurate, or true, or are people taking this course going to be fed a load of comfortable, “validating” lies? Will the word “sterility” come up at all? Is homosexuality going to be presented as same gender attraction? Are TIMs going to be encouraged to call themselves “lesbians?” Welcome to the glitter rainbow information bubble!
So what happens to the straight “cis” kids (who make up the majority of kids) when they have questions? Are they going to be told to STFU, don’t oppress us you monster? Sex-education is not about what sex you are; it’s about navigating through the thorny bushes of being a sexual being. How do you prevent STDs? How do you prevent pregnancy? What is consent? What isn’t consent? What happens in childbirth? Etc, etc, etc
NONE OF THAT is relevant to being trans. It is relevant to being human, and being in a sexed body.
.
TRANSPHOBE! (Insert GIF of Donald Sutherland at the end of the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers here).
I suspect they actually mean a gender-education curriculum, and kids will be told that they too are non-binary / queer / trans because they break the strictures in some way. A boy who likes cooking over sports! A girl that likes sports over cooking! You’re so special!
@Holms,
So since I like both cooking and sports, does that make me an enby?
It depends. Details are important in determining your exact placement on the spectrum.
Is the cooking done on a barbecue? MANLY Do habitually cook large hunks of meet orders of magnitude larger than recommended portion size? WAY TO GO DUDE! (Extra points for getting someone else to do the dishes afterwards.)
Is the sport synchronized swimming or ryhthmic gymnastics? NOT SO MANLY Do you pay particular attention to the colour pallet and pattern of the outfits so you can recreate them later yourself? OH DEAR!
Be sure to fill out the hair length/dyecolour sections, too. Be honest! Your score results will let you know the precise angle of head tilt to employ in selfies, and which anime avi you are assigned. Good luck!
YNnB?,
Well, now I’m more confused. I occasionally cook on the barbecue, but for the most part I’m not a fan of the big-chunks-of-meat school of cuisine. I cook a lot of pasta, and also chicken. Lots of chicken. Mostly thighs and drumsticks and wings. Is that manly? On the other hand, I do most of the cleaning up (but I use a dishwasher as much as possible).
As for sports, it’s mostly the main professional US team sports, and mostly only if one of the Boston-area teams is involved. Though I also watch a fair amount of soccer, which I guess is Euro-manly, which isn’t really manly.
Oh, dear, I’m so mixed up.
Not to worry! Just trust the experts and you’ll have Genderbread Person sorted out for you in no time.
Some more details, though. If you kill the chicken yourself, MANLY.
Your manliness scale could be improved a bit if you were to favour a Red State teams, particularly one that has opened up completely and has the guts to say FUCK YOU! to both the virus, and public health concerns. I think you’ve seen for yourself that you’re just going to have to drop the soccer, and frankly, anything else that’s European. Just to be on the safe side.
I know this is all very difficult and confusing, but hang in there! Trust me, it gets better!
This next bit is going to be the hardest part to wrap your head around, but bear with me.
Just remember, despite all the talk of sports, and barbecues, and killing, it doesn’t matter. Anytime you want to become you want to become a woman, you can! All you have to do is click your heels together, put on some lippy, tilt your head, and say “It’s MA’AM!” (Or, “Caitlyn, I’m here!”) You don’t even have to stop to shave off your beard! It’s like your very own get out of (men’s) jail free card! Really!! And you can even change your mind! Repeatedly Just wink, wipe your lips clean, straighten your head, lower your voice, and say “Pippa to Phillip!” three times, and there you are, back to football and beer belches, just like that! But make sure you have plenty of shelf space to display all the medals and awards you’ve amassed while in Girl Mode!
And, before you say it, you’re welcome!