I have a new phone and forgot the password to this account so will no longer be posting on here. If anyone is interested, my new accounts name is like-whatever-water-slides-off
I am begging people to mention intersex children in relation to how the persecution against trans girls in school sports is affecting kids who aren't trans girls. I am begging you. Intersex kids have been through so much already, please don't let how this will impact them be ignored. We've already seen similar discrimination happen with adult women in sports who have hyperandrogenic PCOS, which is included under the intersex umbrella (although IDing as intersex occurs an individual basis).
But this isn't just about PCOS; there are other intersex variations that exist, and children with them will face scrutiny for them under these laws. Intersex trans girls also exist, and this will impact them uniquely as well. Fight for intersex kids too. Not to mention, the laws that companion these also explictly allow medical abuse such as forced hormone regiments and genital mutilation to continue occur to intersex youth. These laws are all around horrid and we cannot allow anyone negatively impacted by them to suffer alone.
I live my life under the basic principle that people know their minds, bodies, genders, and orientations better than I do so I just take them at their word when they say they are a thing.
If any of my posts blow up please let it be this one:
Australia is currently petitioning to make it that all gender confirming surgeries for transgender individuals are covered by Medicare. This is absolutely huge as surgeries are super expensive even with private health insurance.
It doesn't ask for an address or phone number or anything so I think anyone in the world can sign for it? But I'm not entirely sure.
EDIT: yeah you gotta be a citizen, so if you're outside the country, if you could reblog this to reach more Australians, this would be amazing!
Here's the petition link:
Petition information:
Please reblog this and spread it as far and wide as you can, this is super important!