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1. Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 16:16:27 JST Nowhere Girl

   It won't matter to dedicated anti-trans activists but the history of trans healthcare is something I wish more cis people understood.

   • Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 16:16:24 JST Nowhere Girl

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     As a trans person, there is nothing more absurd and exhausting than arguing with someone who believes people like me only came into existence in the past 10-15 years -- I'm 46, thanks, and transitioned decades ago -- or that trans kids don't exist even though stories of us abound. I was one!

     Like, read a fucking book.

   • Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 16:16:25 JST Nowhere Girl

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     If you're concerned about sports, research has consistently shown that trans women specifically have no special advantage compared to cis women, especially after a few years of HRT, and trans girls who received puberty blockers or hormones before natal puberty are essentially identical to their cis peers.

     And obviously, there is no such thing as "biological advantage" in areas like quiz shows or chess where physical capabilities are irrelevant.

   • Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 16:16:25 JST Nowhere Girl

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     Anyway, I bring this up on a regular basis because the arguments made by anti-trans activists are lies and based on fake or faulty "science" designed to provide them with talking points.

     It's all bullshit. The goal is not to protect anyone but to shove trans people back in the closet, kill us, and prevent us from publicly existing at all.

     We've seen this movie before. We know what happens.

     I wish cis people would learn it, too.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 16:16:26 JST Nowhere Girl

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     The old system was barbaric. It was severely and punitively restrictive. It was misogynist, racist, and homophobic, with male doctors judging your validity based on how much they wanted to fuck you.

     It was also essentially out of reach of anyone not independently wealthy.

     The standards of care were relaxed BECAUSE of the failures and abuses of that heavy-handed gatekeeping system, which was designed to prevent as many people from transitioning as possible.

   • Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 16:16:26 JST Nowhere Girl

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     There have been an increased number of people transitioning under the new, more relaxed system and as adults via informed consent, but that doesn't imply anything other than there was a pent up demand not being met.

     Regret and detransition have been vanishingly rare under this system, now under attack, even among minors. Most people who detransition do so because of financial problems or social pressure, not because they're not trans, and go on to transition later in life.

   • Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 16:16:26 JST Nowhere Girl

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     None of the science is particularly novel or experimental. Trans people were obtaining hormones and surgery decades ago, since the early 20th century, at least, and the techniques have been steadily perfected, tested, and proven to be safe.

     The medical establishment agrees this care is valid and necessary, outcomes are generally good, and regret rates are considerably lower than for many other medical procedures which are now considered routine, some of which are actually much more recent.