hello!

*waves* I didn't mean to but I guess I showed up at the right time XD I'm afab transgender

@Deleted User imagine being born in the wrong body, and the MOST REDUCTIVE explanation, that's basically what it is

obviously its more complicated but

your brain thinks that though

that's the issue

ya!

I prefer the term transmed

yeah

I believe in the psychology behind dysphoria, and personally I do believe that includes non-binary, a lot of transmeds don't, though

but dysphoria is the *point* in *being* trans, yes

that's fair ^^

I agree

to a degree I agree, however when it gets to be "you can be whatever you want as long as you believe!" quickly gets into appropriation of a mental illness territory

treating a non-dysphoric with transition will give them backwards dysphoria

you wouldn't treat a non-depressed person with antidepressants, that will mess up their already okay brain

exploration is totally awesome and good, yeah

I get that 100%

@Darman you can change your secondary sex characteristics, so that others will read you as that gender in public

of course

I'm never going to grab someone by the neck saying "you better watch it or you'll go home in an ambulence" for calling me a girl though

that's actually kind of debatable

they're directly correlated, but not technically the same *thing*

for cisgender people, gender feels like their sex so they don't discern the difference. transgender peoples' gender doesn't align with their sex, hence needing to transition

^ gender is not a social construct

roles and expressions based on gender are, not gender

inherent behaviors are not social, they're biological

of course there will always be anomalies, as occurs in nature, but in general that's the fact

I was looking for a server much like this one, discussion politics and current events

I'm going to college this fall for political science, minoring in journalism

I found another server with a similar idea, but it was very clearly only accepting leftists. being not one, I joined to see what would happen

they had roles and I labeled myself conservative and LGBT

so upon joining I was confronted with "why are you LGBT AND conservative????"

so I tried to have a conversation and I got banned within like, 3 minutes

yeah

XD

rad

but I was like, "why even have the conservative role?" then bam, blocked

😛

I'm a lot shyer in person, but I kinda want to do the same experiment on my campus

yeah I can pull it back up I think

WHAT!!!

that freaked me XD

Darman, on the disboards search, just type "news" in the search bar, the group is called Parijsist, not too far down

"We're an inclusive debate community with a focus on a well moderated, safe and productive environment." tipped me

stereotypes are harmful when it applies to discrimination. but simply acknowledging them helps our society more than it hurts

just like being "colorblind" is actually very harmful

good evening

what bullshit are we up to tonight? 😄

hey

The idea that people are running around playing dress up, abolishing gender dysphoria from a diagnosible disorder, is preventing people like ME from accessing medical insurance coverage

I am literally in the process of sorting out my surgery and my doc submitted the claim to my insurance TODAY and I just read the article TODAY

I dunno how credible it is, it's from some queer ass website

I'm just having a hard time falling asleep right now I'm so worried 😰

I don't know is the thing

I'm probably worrying over nothing

But ARRG people like this are APPROPRIATING a DISORDER and it's hurting us 😢

I'm sorry I just had to vent a little

On top of that earlier today I watched a bunch of morons talk about how communism is better than capitalism 😂 jeeeeez

Ok I'm done

This world has gone mad, as my mom always said

Does anyone watch sinatra_says on youtube? If not I recommend his channel

He covers a lot of current bullshit 😄

He makes voice overs over a picture of Frank Sinatra and a trippy animated background. It's very calming to watch as you listen

THATS THE ARTICLE OH MY GOD

Kill it with fire

It's awful 😢

This source is at least more credible and informative than the one I read earlier

I hope this means insurance companies will still approve treatment

I pay *a lot* for my insurance

If it turns out that it won't be covered ... Jeez

How are you doin @beyond_gravity ? Just lurkin?

Exactly

The burden is 100 percent on the person

It's not an elective surgery

Paying for private medical insurance is self-centered? Its self preservation my friend

If you can't even use it then what's the point

Ah, universal healthcare is a different conversation

That's literally the issue

Aye

Here's the thing

I shopped for my insurance

Based on tiers, specific doctors, specific hospitals

That makes no sense whatsoever

Oh ya i see what you mean

I did shop for what needed though, I was *banking* on the fact that this *was* still a DSM-5 thing

Universal healthcare is shit, I agree if people don't want to make for my issues

Pay *

I'm talking about private insurance though

That I pay for

That makes no difference to me

I shopped for what I knew I needed. People who picked their own plans have nothing to do with my own coverage

Had I known this wouldnt be covered as a diagnosis, I would have planed things COMPLETELY different in December

Which is why I'm irritated

I don't know for sure yet though, it's still a "medical" thing, just a different category

As long as they don't see it as elective, that's all that matters :/

Thanks for the convo @Techpriest

I don't think universal health care is all bad, I agree that it's great for people who can't afford to see doctors for preventative health things and accidents

You're right about deciding on what's covered or not

Well I blew off some steam so I'm off to bed