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⚠️TRANS PEOPLE WITH CALIFORNIAN HEALTHCARE: YOUR SURGERIES ARE FREE⚠️
This official page from the California Department of Insurance states "health insurance policies are prohibited from arbitrarily excluding coverage for gender affirmation services including (but not limited to) hormone therapy, mental health services and surgical services."
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
#trans heathcare#healthcare#california#american healthcare#american health insurance#american health system#transgender tips#transgender health#trans health#trans issues#trans law#trans laws#trans legislation#transgender laws#top surgery#top surgeon#bottom surgery#transgender
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Sometimes I love just how nonchalant doctors informing you that you have been diagnosed with a life-altering chronic illness are. Like when I got diagnosed for POTS, the doctor asked for my symptoms and had my tilt table test results already which I had had to wait a month for. And this dude (doctor) is just like, "So you have POTS, here are some things to do". He did not tell me what that meant in terms of my life, whether it was permanent or not, or which symptoms aligned with that (I have more than one chronic illness, so that would have been very helpful in seeking other treatment), or tell me if he was going to follow-up. And so I asked, "Will it ever go away?" and he was like "Well, sometimes people feel better in their forties". Like great, I have at least two decades and probably the rest of my life being incredibly disabled with this illness that I was pretty sure I had, but you are confirming it for the first time, and you don't seem to care enough to actually explain what that might look like. That was a day I finally had to confront what the rest of my life would look like for me, but it was just another day in his life and he certainly acted like that.
The healthcare system is weird.
#heathcare#chronically ill#chronic illness#chronic pain#pots#pots syndrome#potsie#tw medical#queer#trans#lgbtqia#aahhhhh#frustrated#life changing#doctor#how on earth are we acting like this is fine??#diagnosis#invisible disability#disabled#disability
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Happy for him and he was definitely exploited but his actions were also instrumental in fuelling the antagonism and laws against trans people in the UK. I’d like to see him take responsibility for that and work towards correcting the misinformation he spread throughout his time as a TERF. Irreparable damage was done to trans rights in the UK and that doesn’t just go away.
You walk into the house, destroy all the furniture, leave, then you come back with “sorry my friends peer pressured me to destroy all the furniture :)” and then sit down in the wreckage not bothering to clean it up.
#ukpol#trans rights#toby pick#like ig what he's saying about only being 19 and most of the TE/RFs he spoke to being significantly older#and cheering him on when he misgendered or attacked people#but you still misgendered and attacked people#and I don't see any responsibility being taken for that#or the fact the undelying cause of all this was the shitty trans heathcare in the UK#BUT YOU ACTIVELY WORKED TOWARDS MAKING IT SHITTIER#and now it's probably the most shit it has ever been#and people like you encouraging sensationalist articles in The Sun and etc were instrumental to that#because they listened to YOU and not to ANYONE else#like if he genuinely wants to backtrack and build bridges and address the damage#he needs to start contacting a lot of fucking media other than PinkNews#no one in the wider public cares about PinkNews#you're preaching to the choir#we already know anti-trans people are manipulative fascists#but you went to the WHOLE WIDER PUBLIC#and convinced them trans healthcare bad#what are you gonna do to fix that my man
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I'm bored, so I'm gonna share my wonderful experience with doctors in my state, while i lie on the floor in pain.
"Doc, i can't breathe sometimes, it hurts really bad." He told me to exercise. And i quote, "Just breathe" HE TOLD ME TO JUST BREATHE.
I went to the doctor with my sketchbook and she ripped it from me and starting flipping through it without even asking. If she did, i would have said no. She kept going "where's the other eye?", then gave me a depression assessment, took that out of the room to score, came back, AND TOOK MY DAD OUT OF THE ROOM TO TALK TO HIM. Then they put me on sertraline.
I went to the doctor for a cough, he perscribed me an inhaler that blew in steroids or whatever, and told me to look up "on the YouTube" how to use it. I never did use it, because I'm still fucking scared of it. That's not even the worst part, they diagnosed me with asthma without even TELLING me, or my parents. The only way we found out was a letter from insurance telling us they supported my healthcare in the asthma region.
Doctors asking my parents instead of me on my symptoms. Poking and prodding me, commenting on my body.
All three of these doctors were different people and I'd name drop them if i knew it'd get better doctors in there without compromising my location. They all work at the same fucking place in pediatric healthcare.
I get my depression meds persribed by, not a psychiatrist, but a nurse practitioner. I'm still in the depths of my mental health and it's not getting better.
At this point, calling and scheduling an appointment is a waste of time.
The old time i feel listened to was at a trans youth clinic also in the state, and while it was awkward i felt so heard. Shame that hormone blockers and hrt is banned for minors, even Governer Kim Reynolds signing a law forcing all trans youth recieving healthcare in Iowa to detransition, giving them one year to do so. The guy at the clinic i talked to wasn't happy about this either, and it made me feel like there was someone in my corner.
Don't go to Iowa for healthcare unless you're dying or desperate. Or looking for a cool man with a beard at a trans clinic.
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I got a comment telling me to "grow up" under a tiktok about me wanting to be able to physically transition.
Like yeah that's what I'm trying to do by transitioning you fucking idiot.
#trans#transgender#transition#people acknowledge gender affirming heathcare as life saving care challenge#Difficulty: impossible
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Anti-Trans Legislation: Feb 25-Mar 3 in Review
The following bills were introduced:
Two schooling bills, Florida S1320 and H1223, were pre-filed.
Georgia HB653, an under-18 healthcare ban, was introduced.
Iowa HSB208, a school-based bathroom bill, was introduced and passed in its subcommittee.
Iowa HB482, a school-based bathroom bill, was introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
Iowa HSB214, an under-18 healthcare ban, was introduced and had a House subcommittee hearing.
Iowa SSB1197, an under-18 healthcare ban, was introduced and had a subcommittee meeting.
Iowa HJR8 was introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. This is a joint resolution attacking marriage.
Iowa HSB222, a schooling/parental rights bill, was introduced and referred to the House Education Committee yesterday.
Maine LD930, a sports ban bill that specifically targets trans girls, was introduced and referred to the Joint Judiciary Committee.
Missouri HB1332, a tax bill that would punish institutions for providing gender-affirming healthcare, was introduced and read.
Missouri HB1364, a drag ban bill, was introduced and read for a second time.
Ohio HB68, a "SAFE" act, was introduced and referred to the House Public Health Policy Committee.
Texas HB2862 and HB3147 were filed. These prison bills would prohibit incarcerated trans and gender diverse folks from being housed in facilities consistent with their gender identity.
The following bills progressed:
Bathroom bills: (A bathroom bill denies access to public restrooms by gender or trans identity. They increase danger without making anyone any safer and have even prompted attacks on cis and trans people alike. Many national health and anti-sexual assault organizations oppose these bills.)
Arizona SB1040, a school-based bathroom bill, passed in the Senate and crossed over to the House.
Arkansas SB270, which would make it “criminal indecency with a child” for trans folks to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity, was re-referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Idaho SB1100, a school-based bathroom bill, had a second reading and was filed for a third reading.
Idaho S1016, which already passed in the Senate, had its first reading in the House and was scheduled for a second reading.
Iowa SF335, a school-based bathroom bill, passed committee and renumbered as SF482.
Heathcare bills: (Healthcare bills go against professional and scientific consensus that gender-affirming care saves lives. Denying access will cause harm. Providers are faced with criminal charges, parents are threatened with child abuse charges, and intersex children are typically exempted.)
Florida S0952, the “Reverse Woke Act,” was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee.
Georgia SB140, an under-18 healthcare ban, had a second reading.
Indiana SB0480, an under-18 healthcare ban, passed in the Senate and crossed over to the House.
Kansas SB233, which already passed in the Senate, was referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee. This is also an under-18 healthcare ban.
Nebraska LB574, again an under-18 healthcare ban, was placed on general file, meaning it is now on the floor.
Oklahoma SB129 passed in committee and will head to the Senate floor. A reminder that this bill had an emergency added, so it would immediately go into effect if it passes.
Texas HB776, an abortion and under-18 healthcare ban, was referred to the House Public Health Committee.
Utah HB0132 returned to committee yesterday after it failed in committee in January. This is also an under-18 bill.
Public performance bills: (also known as "drag bans" restrict access for folks who are gender non-conforming in any way. They loosely define "drag" as any public performance with an “opposite gender expression,” as sexual in nature, and inappropriate for children. This also pushes trans individuals out of public spaces.)
Arizona SB1698 passed in committee and is headed to the Senate.
Arkansas SB43 was signed by the Governor. This is the drag ban bill that was largely amended to only cover public nudity.
Montana HB359, which already passed in the House, had its first reading in the Senate.
Oklahoma SB503, an obscenity bill, passed in committee.
South Dakota HB1116 an "obscenity bill" that prohibits "lewd or lascivious content," which already passed in the House, passed in committee.
Tennessee SB0841 had its action deferred until 3/14.
Texas HB708 was referred to the House State Affairs Committee.
Schooling bills: (Schooling, or so called “parental rights” bills force schools to misgender or deadname students, ban instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, and make schools alert parents if they suspect a child is trans. They remove life-saving affirmation and support for trans youth.)
Arizona SB1001 passed in the Senate and was transmitted to the House.
Arkansas SB294 is headed to its final vote in the House.
Florida H1069 was sent to another education subcommittee in the House.
Indiana HB1608 passed in the House and crossed over to the Senate where its first reading is scheduled for Monday.
Iowa HSB222 passed in its subcommittee.
Missouri HB1258 had a second reading.
Oklahoma SB503 passed in committee this morning and is headed to the Senate floor.
Tennessee HB1269 was referred to the House Finance, Ways, & Means Committee.
Utah SB0283, an anti-DEI bill for higher education, passed in its Senate Revenue and Taxation Hearing and is now headed to its second committee.
Sex designation bills: (Sex designation bills make it harder for trans folks to have IDs, such as birth certificates, that match their gender identity. They can force a male or female designation based upon sex assigned at birth. Some ban a non-binary “X” marker or require surgery to qualify for ID updates.)
Montana SB458,passed in committee and will head to the Senate floor.
Tennessee SB1440 passed in committee and will head to the Senate floor.
Sports ban bills: (Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity. Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes.)
Arkansas HB1156 was re-referred to the Senate Education Committee.
Florida H0999 was sent to another education subcommittee.
Wyoming SF0133, which already passed in the House, passed in the Senate and will now head to the Governor for signature.
Other anti-trans bills:
Kentucky HB470 passed in committee. This bill defies our categorization system; it's a healthcare bill, but also functions as a bathroom, sports, name change, and a sex designation bill; it packages anything attacking trans youth. A live-tweet of the hearing is here, as can the many Kentucky residents who testified against it.
West Virginia HB3042, a “religious freedom” bill, passed in the Senate and is headed to the Governor for signature.
Texas SB559, a “religious freedom” bill, passed in committee and will head to the Senate floor.
#important#anti trans legislation#trans lives matter#trans#trans lives#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbtq rights#equality#discrimination#bigotry#politics#us politics#current events#news
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Yes!!! The stock I ordered arrived today :D wallets, mugs, car air fresheners and drink coastere. Its the first things I'll have available to print on and put in my shop ^^ finally I'm set up to start my little business.
I'm hoping this goes well, my goal is to start making an income so I can put some money towards my transition. I'm hoping to go private since its an understatement to say that NHS waiting lists are so long for trans heathcare.
I don't have a lot of options yet but I'm hoping to expand my range as I go :)
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This is just a trans rant because I don’t have anywhere else to go and a lot of cool trans people are on here.
Obviously talking about transphobia in this and strong language is used, brief mentions of an ed and toxic relationships
I hate having to tone down my gender identity for cis people. If I explain to them that I’m like more of a genderfluid man who uses he/they/it pronouns they get confused and ask a ton of questions or just judge me for using it/its pronouns. My mutual @the-slasher-madame described gender the best by saying its a sea creature at the bottom of the ocean made of mystery meat that jiggles when you poke it. That’s kind of like gender for me. I know I am 100% not a woman but I prefer more general labels like genderfluid guy because that’s what I am.
Don’t get me started on how annoyed people get about me not sticking to the gender binary. Other trans people often are like “You’re the reason people are transphobic” like mf you have a single wrinkle in your brain if you think transphobes didn’t exist before it/its and neopronouns. Like why do you care if I use masculine and gender nuteral terms even though I’m afab. I’m literally a 5′4 17 year old who can’t do a push up and is scared of thunder storms and the leper from it, calm your fucking tits I’m not going to murder your family or make you transition.
Don’t get me fucking started on people constantly sexualizing me for being trans. I think it’s the combination of me being trans, chubby and sometimes being fem that makes people think it’s ok to call me sexual terms even though I clearly state I am a fucking minor. Even if I was an adult it’s not fucking ok to call a stranger a slur I don’t want to say becaus typing it let alone saying it makes me feel gross. I had an interaction with an ex of mine who complained when I told him to stop misgendering me because he “finds it really hot” and “thought I was into it”. Also speaking of exes I have had many exes try to explain to me, a trans person, how gender dysphoria works and how I don’t have it because sometimes I wear a skirt and do makeup and don’t bind 24/7. A lot of my exes have been from the UK which makes me want to hate the region as a whole but Brahms Heelshire and Christian Bales exists (along with other actors I’m forgetting) are from the UK so for now they get a pass.
People act like because I’m a minor I don’t know I’m actually trans but the moment I become and adult I’m “grooming” kids by talking about being trans. Hrt and other gender affirmations have saved my life. For the first 14 years of my life I thought I was a girl was hell for me. It only got worse as puberty went on. If I could have gone on hormone blockers before I started puberty I would have 100%. I remember being excited for puberty because I always felt like something about me was off so I thought thats what would fix it.
Also I don’t have to and am not going to debate my basic human rights and happiness with you. I deserve respect as a trans person and I deserve healthcare. On a side note America should step up like most other wealthy nations in the world and make heathcare free. Also I hate the fact the only trans men I really ever see are skinny, masculine and maybe cis passing trans men. Along with gender dysphoria I have body dysmorphia which makes me feel even worse about my body. It crushes me to think about how I’ll never look like other trans men or even cis men because of how big my rib cage is and how my shoulders are never going to be right. How I can’t get rid of stretch marks and I most likely will have to pay out of pocket for facial masculineization surgery. I struggle to lose weight for many reasons which has led to eating disorders and so much fucking guilt.
I remember being told by an ex that I’ll always be an ugly fat t slur and I often think back to those words. I’ve never felt healthy true romantic love and I feel like I never fucking will because I’ll always be an ugly, fat t slur. Even in friend groups I’m the odd one out, even among other trans people. I have to constantly explain I can’t do this or that because of my bone structure and weight and how I can never feel comfortable wearing anything and most of the time all the “help” or “tips” I get is equivilent to me asking for maple syrup and everyone telling me to go lick a maple tree.
This kind of explains why my comfort characters are slashers along with Carrie White and Ben Handscome. I can relate to what they deal with and while none of them are trans men (canonnicaly) I can still find comfort in knowing that someone else understands what it’s like. I know this is kind of over sharing and literally no one cares but I just have to vent these feelings somewhere and this is my blog where I can do what I want.
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i really think it's urgent we need to call out the phrase "gender affirming care" when TRAs use it for minors, it's a deliberately, calculatedly vague phrase, we need to go "oh, you mean lupron for 12 year olds right?" when they use it in arguments
and also the phrase "trans healthcare" which subtly implies that trans people are like, being denied cancer screenings and insulin and shit, we need to not let them frame HRT/SRS as the same thing as that. i dont think it should be banned but it absolutely should not be grafted on to "heathcare" as a concept, its more like plastic surgery imo
@valeriesolanaswasright posted a video featuring Blaire White and Buck Angel talking about this very subject. I think the tide is beginning to turn because not even the most ardent of allies can justify castrating and amputating a child's healthy body parts without sounding like a monster.
There are individual cases where trans people are being denied cancer screenings and kept uninformed about cancer diagnosis, particularly trans men who still need pap smears and mammograms but are legally male. This wouldn't have happened if there weren't such an interest in eroding the legal and medical designations for men and women, but it still sucks that transitioned people trying their best to manage their dysphoria are being hurt by their own community.
That's what's so infuriating about the entire thing. If I understand that biological sex is real and immutable, I'm the world's worst bigot, the ultimate nazi, absolute scum. If I don't agree with medical transition for minors, I'm literally a murderer who wants to destroy children and adults alike. But this movement can be literally led by and populated with people who want to claim biological sex is meaningless, that gametes don't exist, that children should be permanently sterilized based on a decision they made before puberty, and they're somehow the compassionate ones? Those beliefs are going to destroy the trans community and probably the LGB community with it.
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It shouldn't be this hard.
Warning: long post, surgery reference, talks about cock.
I've been struggling about my decision to get GCS/SRS and there's more than one complex reason why:
The first is that starting out on my journey [when I admitted I hated myself and my body so much in the past that I now felt numb, and the only real feeling I had was a want (not a need) to be a girl] I went to a transgender focused clinic in my area in the attempt to get on hormones. It was informed consent and one of the forms they gave me to choose to sign was admission to part of an optional study on transgender people and I can't go into much further detail. All my experiences have been documented thus far. And I said I was interested in getting SRS because at the start I thought I wanted everything, and there's nothing more I would love than to contribute to a study on trans healthcare in a positive way. In this world today, a study like this is paramount to countering transphobe conjecture, rhetoric, and ridicule, and especially important if it's used by local governments in the future to justify expanding trans heathcare services. And as I've continued my hormone regimen I learned my wants were needs. I needed to transition because it made me go from a numb sense of nothingness to having hopes, and wants, and desires, and feeling love, and joy, and even negative emotions like anger and envy. I'm ... alive again after so long. I feel again. So I come back to my initial statement of wanting SRS and do I actually want this? I'm part of a study, am I wanting SRS out of obligation? Or do I want SRS?
The second is ... a lack of dysphoria. I've always been ambivalent about everything. Numb. Being a girl was a want that only became a need because I realized I'd shut down all negative feeling to cope. I can now emotionally feel bad, but I still remain neutral on my own dick when it comes to my feelings. Am I just repressing again? I've never had to shower with the lights off, never felt disgusted looking down, never felt unnerved or hated masturbating, but is that because I've shut that off? Like growing boobs is probably the happiest thing in my life right now. Watching my hips fill out over this last year has been awesome. All things I wanted but never knew I needed. Is my dislike of the bulge in jeans because of societal pressure? Or do I dislike how that looks on a personal level? Am I fine with it, in reality? I've read peoples intimate recounts of sex from both non-op and post-op trans women and ... both are ... euphoric in that I could have that one day, maybe. But is that euphoria from being liked and treated as a woman in an intimate setting, or euphoria from being a non-op or post-op trans woman? Am I just looking to be accepted intimately? Loved for who I am now, or do I feel an intrinsic need to look a certain way for myself or is societal pressure, this obsession with what's in a trans womans pants making me want to change so I can have confidence in knowing bad actors could never tell if push came to sexual assault? Am I wanting SRS because the cock feels wrong on me, or because I'm looking at this hellscape before me and trying to find safety?
The third is ... well ... transitioning is expensive. Hair removal on my legs, ass, back, hands, and stomach (I got lumberjack genes apparently) costs a sizeable amount (face and chest were covered by local gov't), and so does face feminization surgery (ffs) if after a few years and the facial hair being removed I decide I need it to realize being me, and even just clothes which I don't have the money for right now. And it may come down to me needing to market myself in the porn industry to get what I need to feel normal. Just a reality of capitalism. Being a girl with a cock is a niche market and a potential source of income. So do I want to keep it because ... it'll potentially give me access to the means I need to change the things I do know I dislike about myself? Because it could improve my current quality of life? I mean ... I know my gov't pays for it but not travel expenses up front, so I don't even have the money to really even get to the clinic if I'm approved.
Fouth and lastly ... I've always loved the idea of being that girl that stands up and defends. Not to be a hero, just to know I'm justified in telling others to fuck off and help someone struggling out of the muck so they can shine. I don't ever want to really be famous or a celebrity, just someones personal inspiration that makes them a hero for others to look up to. I mean, it's in the name of the blog: sidekick. That's my goal. Someone else can be the hero. And keeping the dick and still proving to the world I am a woman regardless by just living every day in it ... that can really help others feel normal. Okay in expressing anyway they feel, shine as individuals because if I can do it so can they.
And so ... I'm stuck. SRS ... yes or no? Do I want it for my own personal reasons, out of obligation to science and peers, or safety in conforming? Do I want to keep it because I'm fine with it, because I'm trying to be an inspiration to those with greater potential than myself, or because it can help me get more of what I need if I keep it? The greater question I keep landing on, but I'm unable to answer is: if society didn't care, if there was no obligation for science or money, if I was just accepted as me and loved either way, what would I do? Only ... I can't compartmentalize. These are huge factors for who I am, who I want to be, and the impact I could be making.
It shouldn't be this hard, and it is, and before anyone jumps in saying I need to talk to a therapist or a psychologist ... there's no time. I'm sitting on the forms now. They need to go off and I have to make the choice ...
And yet ... I fear that choice is being made for me as well because even if I do ... I can't afford to go. Not just the flight ... it's 6 months recovery time and even if I qualified for disability payments during that period, it's only 60% of what I currently make ... which at my wage I already live paycheck to paycheck ... so am I fine not being able to get this proceedure? And I don't know.
This is why I haven't made a stream or video in over a month. It shouldn't be this hard. I'm struggling.
#trans#transgender#lgbtq+#lgbt+#queer#mtf#2slgbtqia+#trans surgery#figured I owed an explanation on why I've been silent#not sure how to move from here
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oh yay. the reading list for the required prerec class for ap lit just dropped. who could tell that THIS MOTHERFUCKER was the guy who pitted trans kids against the rest fo their classes to argue that they should have rights to their heathcare. motherfucker
#mikey talks#genuinely fear for my life and grades next year#cause i have to take his fucking class if i want to take ap lit with the BEST english teacher at our whole school
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In the past couple days I have been slandered, cheated, and actually nearly died. But fuck my ex, fuck private healthcare, fuck the people who put me here.
I am a good person. I know this and though I had previously thought my ex to be a good and decent person too, had thought we ended in understanding, I can see I was mistaken. I know I'm not perfect and I know I wasn't good enough but to say that I ever acted maliciously or that I ever gave less than my all to him is a lie. He's crossed a line and that breaks my heart, because I had hoped we might fix things one day. But I am not the person he describes, or I would not care so much. I would not have tried to be different.
I definately deserve to not have to pay for heathcare, but because I am trans I do. My doctors knowingly forced my hand and I know they don't care about it, but fuck that. My life was saved by a woman who insisted I was not alright, even though I protested. I was taken to hospital and everyone there respected me, as a person and as myself.
The nearly dying I can take responsibility for. But it still scared me and I'm allowed to be pissed about it.
It's super fucking difficult, but I am going to be okay. One step at a time, out of spite if I must. Because I think thats really the best I can do. Be okay, because so many other do not want me to be so. And be okay because I have to. One cute video at a time.
#vent post#fr though i am SPITEFUL tonight#and feeling very alive but that may just be the near death thing
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looking at photos of human ribcages on google images and crying
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This is the official petition to the White House to reinstate protections for LGBTQIA+ persons in Healthcare after the administration reversed transgender health protections on June 12th.
#this might already be circulating#but just in case#trans healthcare#heathcare#trans rights#nondiscrimination protection was overturned
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