The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.
This just in, depressed people are more likely to be single and unemployed. Surely it will be solved if we take away their meds and let them get more depressed.
Thank you for taking the time to write all this out so clearly. I am sharing with my colleagues who are mentors for the WPATH Global Education Initiative (i.e., we train therapists and medical providers).
I’m in the extreme minority of trans people who didn’t know their true gender until they were in their 40’s. I will also say that gender-affirming care has made me feel a *lot* better than before my transition, so I’m definitely trans! It’s just that it look me from being a queerphobe to being a queer ally to being trans myself when my egg finally cracked to really make me happy and empathetic, so it’s not as if every trans person knows who they are from a young age; some of us take a long time to figure out but we’re just as valid as those who know who they are from birth.
It took me until I was 62. I am so glad I finally figured myself out. Better late than never. I think for us older folks, we didn't have the language, or the knowledge of what it meant to be transgender when we were young.
Ooooo, the unemployable accusation really hacks me off. The administration and their cronies are doing everything they can to cast transgender people as social pariahs and then they have the nerve to blame US for being unemployable? The fucking state of Iowa just removed gender identity as a protected characteristic of civil rights with the expressed aim off making it easier to persecute transgender people. And when trans people lose their jobs because of that, it's somehow our fault? Aaaaaahhhhhhh!
I have always known. In my 60+ years, it was never good to transition. Neighborhood kids would have beaten me, the Army (1970s) wold have dishonorable discharged me. When Transgenderism was finally recieved, I started transition. My wife of 40 years is more accepting than I could have expected. Our 3 sons are all loving caring and accepting as are their spouses. My friends have been wonderful.
And, me. After a lifetime of very dangerous actions in attempts to end my life and 3 hospitalizations for suicidal ideation, I am extremely happy with who and where I am. I am happier than ever. I'm kind and so ready to laugh. My wife and I play like 6th graders. I want to LIVE. I feel that I am finally where I should be, rather than spinning into infinity with no direction, or purpose.
I frankly don't give 2 farts in a hurricane what Donnie and his minions think feel, or say about me. I don't live my life to their expectations. It's my Brothers and Sisters in the Transgender community that lack the resources to fight for themselves that I stand for.
We comprise a mere 0.06% of the population. Barely 500k out of 356 million. We're but the first salvo in what will be all out war against the LGBTQ + community. They're coming for you next.
Thank you, Erin, for your comprehensive, intelligent, and prompt response to the Trump administrations latest anti-trans scribe.
As someone old enough to remember how gay men and women struggled to have their ideas and sense of self accepted as legitimate, I can only hope that through perseverance and patience we can also convince our fellow Americans of our own legitimacy.
The “social contagion” idea never made sense to me at all. My trans son was the ONLY out trans person in his entire middle school, and then high school. His high school had nearly 3,000 students. That math isn’t mathing. P.S. His bravery, and the amazing teachers who supported him, inspire me to this day.
Make no mistake, this is the first major step in their fascist effort to eliminate the entire trans community. Just look at the Ten Stages of Genocide. First comes identification. Then comes demonization. Then comes elimination.
>Should transgender people be judged on their ability to be "employed" or their romantic partners, their own discrimination may then be used against their ability to access medication.
Worth pointing out this is the same thing they've been doing to mentally ill people for hundreds of years.
FACT CHECK: Erin In The Morning. "Would be mortified to spread a lie in her publication. Issues corrections when discovered and how in the world did she just fall into this role and be so darn awesome at it!"
This just in, depressed people are more likely to be single and unemployed. Surely it will be solved if we take away their meds and let them get more depressed.
And all this time I thought I was happy being single and unemployed... darn. Pretty sure Donald will be single and unemployed soon.
Right? Oh, people who are marginalized by society and discriminated against have trouble holding jobs? Must be their meds 🙄
Thank you for taking the time to write all this out so clearly. I am sharing with my colleagues who are mentors for the WPATH Global Education Initiative (i.e., we train therapists and medical providers).
I’m in the extreme minority of trans people who didn’t know their true gender until they were in their 40’s. I will also say that gender-affirming care has made me feel a *lot* better than before my transition, so I’m definitely trans! It’s just that it look me from being a queerphobe to being a queer ally to being trans myself when my egg finally cracked to really make me happy and empathetic, so it’s not as if every trans person knows who they are from a young age; some of us take a long time to figure out but we’re just as valid as those who know who they are from birth.
It took me until I was 62. I am so glad I finally figured myself out. Better late than never. I think for us older folks, we didn't have the language, or the knowledge of what it meant to be transgender when we were young.
Ooooo, the unemployable accusation really hacks me off. The administration and their cronies are doing everything they can to cast transgender people as social pariahs and then they have the nerve to blame US for being unemployable? The fucking state of Iowa just removed gender identity as a protected characteristic of civil rights with the expressed aim off making it easier to persecute transgender people. And when trans people lose their jobs because of that, it's somehow our fault? Aaaaaahhhhhhh!
If they were so concerned about our having jobs, then these hypocrites would have passed an inclusive ENDA law in 2003.
"Fact Check: Trump's HHS Review On Trans Care Filled With Lies, Pseudoscience"
I'm trying to read it for the details, thank you!
It's only 582 total pages at least of fertilizer.
I’m tired, boss.
There ain't no Green Mile! Stay away from that s--t!
It would take a 1000 page response to adequately address all the misleading BS in this "report".
Brandolini's Law:
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.[
AKA, The Asymmetry of Bullshit Principle
The "MF" and "FM" designations feel pretty gross too, like we're going back to the old "MtF Transsexual" terminology instead of just 'trans woman'.
It makes me wonder what percentage of the "MFs" who wrote this report are also unproductive and unpartnered
I have always known. In my 60+ years, it was never good to transition. Neighborhood kids would have beaten me, the Army (1970s) wold have dishonorable discharged me. When Transgenderism was finally recieved, I started transition. My wife of 40 years is more accepting than I could have expected. Our 3 sons are all loving caring and accepting as are their spouses. My friends have been wonderful.
And, me. After a lifetime of very dangerous actions in attempts to end my life and 3 hospitalizations for suicidal ideation, I am extremely happy with who and where I am. I am happier than ever. I'm kind and so ready to laugh. My wife and I play like 6th graders. I want to LIVE. I feel that I am finally where I should be, rather than spinning into infinity with no direction, or purpose.
I frankly don't give 2 farts in a hurricane what Donnie and his minions think feel, or say about me. I don't live my life to their expectations. It's my Brothers and Sisters in the Transgender community that lack the resources to fight for themselves that I stand for.
We comprise a mere 0.06% of the population. Barely 500k out of 356 million. We're but the first salvo in what will be all out war against the LGBTQ + community. They're coming for you next.
Thank you, Erin, for your comprehensive, intelligent, and prompt response to the Trump administrations latest anti-trans scribe.
As someone old enough to remember how gay men and women struggled to have their ideas and sense of self accepted as legitimate, I can only hope that through perseverance and patience we can also convince our fellow Americans of our own legitimacy.
This is so important and I’m sharing it. But one small correction. Alex Byrne is not a philosophy major but a professor of philosophy at MIT.
The “social contagion” idea never made sense to me at all. My trans son was the ONLY out trans person in his entire middle school, and then high school. His high school had nearly 3,000 students. That math isn’t mathing. P.S. His bravery, and the amazing teachers who supported him, inspire me to this day.
Make no mistake, this is the first major step in their fascist effort to eliminate the entire trans community. Just look at the Ten Stages of Genocide. First comes identification. Then comes demonization. Then comes elimination.
>Should transgender people be judged on their ability to be "employed" or their romantic partners, their own discrimination may then be used against their ability to access medication.
Worth pointing out this is the same thing they've been doing to mentally ill people for hundreds of years.
FACT CHECK: Erin In The Morning. "Would be mortified to spread a lie in her publication. Issues corrections when discovered and how in the world did she just fall into this role and be so darn awesome at it!"
Well, that saves me the trouble of doing any more vocal training for a while.
Gonna be a pain in the ass washing the spittle outta the pillows in between screaming sessions, though.