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homophyte · 2 years ago

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mmhhgm 2 AM thinking about HRT…………..perhaps my urgency is influenced by the belief that my transness only becomes acceptable after certain parameters are met and that it is in some way inappropriate to present myself as a trans person while being pretransition . something radical about the exposure of the whole process instead of being one of those instagram transes who pop into existence 7 years on T and post top surgery

#i know this is a recent discourse bc of like the attacks on access to transition care #but idk i can’t help but think there is something very radical about #demanding equal treatment and putting the onus on others and not urself #okay yes you can be accepting and respectful of this trans woman who #looks to you like what a woman should look like #but would you have treated her the same 5 years before when she just started E? what about before that if she confided in you #obviously trans medical care is under attack and it is important to protect trans peoples access to it #but so much of the conversation around that seems to revolve around ppl who have access already #and appeals to their acceptability and gender conformity and often capitulation to cis binary standards #what about all the pretransition people being thrown under the bus because #they’re facing barriers to access conflicts or unsafe circumstances #it’s troubling to me to see people who have been on HRT for years claim the only reason some claim to be trans but aren’t on hormones #must just be cowardice in the same breath as they fearfully discuss new barriers to access being put up every day #those things r related actually and if u really want to support access to care u need to acknowledge that #it’s necessary to continue to protect BECAUSE some people don’t have it yet #not to continually try to present those people as some kind of enemy because them not already having it means they’re the enemy of #trans medical care #i suppose my main issue with it is the way pretransition people are really screwed by that kind of talk #just supports the idea that we don’t deserve it that we should have barriers that we don’t belong #as if those are not the very things we are seeking to and need to alleviate #myposts

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