We Need to Talk About the New York Times with Tuck Woodstock
You're Wrong About
The Importance of Medical Resources for Trans People in Transition
The medical resources that trans people access to transition are actually identical to the way that non-trans people's sex and gender are routinely medicalized. All of it was developed for cis people, then trans people are like, we would like to use that also. And so when you're seeing articles of any kind that are saying trans people should not be able to access this care, it is care that cis people are accessing. The only difference is that a trans person wants to access it. When trans people want to access that care, we are required to submit psychiatric evaluations to corroborate our need for medical care which cis people don't need.
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