Dissecting ‘60 Minutes’ Terrible Anti-Transgender Health Care Segment 

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I believe that in order to have one extreme end of the political structure, you need to get the extreme end of your political structure into check as well. I listened and understand your views, but you also need to take note on the louder voices that supposedly promote "your group".

@@brettleisy356 Well actually listen to then rather than listen to people who claim to know what they are saying because quite often you will find that they will stramman their potions

I haven't seen anyone mention this and I want to point out: I've seen some GCs whining about the backlash to this segment- apparently it was originally about detransitioners. Advocates raised concerns about the potential harm it could cause, and it became a segment about trans healthcare in general. That's probably why so much of it focused on detransitioners, this was their "compromise." (Of course, the GCs are mad that the both-sidesing wasn't enough for the "gender cult"...)

I never personally experienced misogyny growing up. In fact, I only ever got a taste of it once I started transitioning, and the discrimination I have faced for being a trans man is just ridiculous. It pisses me off seeing people like Abigail Shrier just outright lie about the experiences of trans men, going as far as to lie about an interview she conducted with a trans man for her own book. Going as far as to lie about her own sources, provide easily debunkable studies, and even contradict herself repeatedly. And it is ideas like hers, TERFs, and other types of reactionaries that end up receiving platforms -- because they know that the bigots they appeal to will never bother researching the information for themselves. Hell, the study she cites in the PragerU video alone contradicts her entire premise that her book is built upon: The idea that trans men are going to regret their decisions. The study? 67/68 of the transmasculine youth studied experienced no regret, and one one single case reported regret "sometimes". Not even consistently. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875384/ The fact that they can just spew outright factually incorrect information, knowingly for that matter, and convince people with it is telling. It tells a story of deliberate ignorance. Not ignorance because they never knew, or no one ever informed them, but ignorance because they want to continue believing that transgender people are somehow less than human or that we deserve less rights than everyone else.

I've also heard people say that trans women transition just because they are gay and want to avoid homophobia as cis men, because it's more socially acceptable for them to date men as women than as gay men. The ignorance and stupidity of this position is mind-boggling. Because being trans is sooo socially acceptable and easy these days.

@@pastlesandfish I wonder how they explain the existence of asexual trans women or bisexual trans women.

This argument is the real life equivalent of rolling a Nat20 on a charisma check but RPing the conversation without knowing a single thing about the setting.

I don't think that's necessarily their thought process, and tbh it's a little dismissive to put it that way. I've known women who've experienced sexual violence who took steps to transition and later detransitioned, because the problem wasn't ever their gender identity but rather their incredible discomfort with how they as a woman are viewed and treated in this world. Tbh I think you'd even be hard-pressed to find a cis woman who's aware of the violence/inequity women face who didn't wonder at some point how different/easier life would be for her if she were a man. And I say all this as a cis lesbian who was very intent on transitioning to male when I was 14-15 because quite frankly I did not like being a teenage girl. Felt bad, folks. Basically my point is I think it's dismissive to discount the horrific misogyny people face that may subconsciously lead them to the conclusion that they would rather be a man and take steps to transition. It happens. It may not be a huge issue statistically, but can be very impactful for the people who it does effect. I don't have much sympathy for people who use that experience as a way to attack trans people, but I think we should approach the subject with the nuance it deserves. I sympathize also with the knee jerk reaction to want to dismiss these people because it can feel as if their very existence delegitimizes the existence of trans people. I feel I can relate to that because similarly people who used to identify as gay but don't any longer made me feel insecure in my own sexuality when I was younger. But I believe we can have sensitive, nuanced, productive conversations about these things without being dismissive of anyone. But of course this particular discussion is much less important than defending the lives and rights of trans people atm 😬

The Texas Senate hearing for anti-trans bills did this to the extreme, all of the invited witnesses I heard were pushing anti-trans rhetoric, they gave more time to people supporting the bill, and when actual trans people were testifying the legislature looked bored. It was beyond infuriating, I went home and cried

The same reason health panels on women's issues are full of straight white men. It's parental condescension. The outgroup acts as the "calm, detached moderators" for people who are "too close to their problems to understand them". Men explain women to themselves because "women are too emotional and irrational". Cis-gender persons explain trans issues to trans persons because trans persons are "confused about what they are, and therefore have compromised judgement". It's a way to justify controlling people within a given demographic, and creates a paper-thin veneer of rationality over actions which take away their agency.

It's the same vibe as bringing a climate change denier to "balance out" the vast majority of scientists who study this topic who say climate change is real and we are making it worse.

same reason why men write women's healthcare bills and whites decide on black rights issues. Power flocks to and feels comfortable with power.

Same reason people defer to white people for takes on race.

@@stevebisset1522 trust me, I've fought transphobia again and again in my life, especially since I've been out/visible as trans for a decade now. But no trans person is obligated to fight, especially if they feel unsafe to do so...and we should not have to at the doctors. Allies really need to step up for us. I corrected the doc and told him I'd like to speak with someone else. but he got curious and wanted to ask me questions to get to know trans folx better and I told him I'd consider that and switch between him and another doc for now, to meet with him when I have energy/mood to be open to possibly invasive questions.

Keep up the fight, I had to deal with a psychiatrist who tried to make me "accept and love my body" for 10 years, thus delaying my transition. I finally ditched him and went to a new and trans-friendly one, and had my referral for hormones in 3 months! Now it's been 2 and half years and I finally start to see myself in the mirror, at 53. It's NEVER too late, hang on! I hope you will have your happy ending too! ❤️❤️🤗

My best advice is to get the process started with this doctor, even if he's presenting hurdles, because that still gets you closer to you health care goals. But also actively looking for better health care providers, so that if you find a better doctor, you can make the switch immediately.

I hope you will be lucky with a new doctor, I wish you the best

Whenever a doctor (or anyone else) tries to quote you the correlation between depression and anything that makes you marginalized, you can quote that meme: "Before you get diagnosed with depression or low self-esteem, be sure you're not, in fact, surrounded by assholes."

What about non-binary surgeries that might leave or add a vaginal canal or leave a penis or a add a penis.

Sounds interesting, are we talking about kids treated for Gender Incongruence, and if so, do you know if they usually gets counted among the approximately two percent who "de transition"? Or are the people you’re talking about adults who use hormones to get a certain result? (Such as women seeking to get more masculine features by using steroids and lot of hours in the gym)

@@gorillaguerillaDK Kids aren't put on hormones so that wouldn't be what they're talking about. Kids go on puberty blockers, which are two different things.

@@bcl8260 we are not there yet, maybe one day, if demand exists (I cannot tell if it does, never heard that)

@@gorillaguerillaDK Some people do count these kids, mostly the ones fear mongering about kids transitioning and puberty blockers.

I think of it as this quote (to paraphrase): "In matters concerning Shoes, talk to the Shoemaker." I firmly agree with you. Transitioning has been the best thing I have ever done for myself in my life. I am happy to look in a mirror, and I am always wanting to check myself out.

Not to mention, what if you'd regret not transitioning? All day, all week, all month, all year.

lol if i ever regret transitioning, for me, it'll be like a tattoo i don't like anymore. oh well, i did a thing to my body that i maybe shouldn't have...? in the meantime i'm a f***ton happier, i can think straight, i actually like myself, and actually engage with self expression. so... what if i do regret it later? who f***in cares?

​@@StonerBaer been there, I nearly passed out when I was told I would be able to get a mastectomy within a month of my consultation appointment. I was shocked that I didn't have to fight tooth and nail, and it was amazing. Gender affirming care my beloved.

​@@effie8547 I definitely feel this way about it, but I think people tend to be more, eh, reverent about their bodies because they're "supposed to be". To most people it's a sacred vessel instead of a literal flesh suit our brains pilot around with the intent of reproducing regardless of our own desires.

What's to debunk? Some people regret it. Are they too be banned from the airwaves?

@@joecole7122 0.4% are to be weaponised against the MAJORITY of trans people that need trans healthcare

@@joecole7122 why should the other 98% of trans people suffer because 0.4% regret their surgeries

@@joecole7122 feelin sorry for your illiteracy

@@fafo867 That suggests i misunderstood what was said. I notice you didn't point out what i got wrong.

This whole "girls are being turned trans by watching trans people exist!" is literally the whole bill they have in Russia and now Hungary all over again. It's so painfully ironic seeing people in my home country (Russia) say shit like "gay people shouldn't ever be talked about around minors except for when it's for condemnation" and the progressive West(TM) being appalled at that, but then turn around and apply the exact same logic to trans people. EDIT: grammar is hard

I mean didn't they learn anything from the whole 'kids won't be gay if they don't see them' thing. Growing up under section 28 didn't make me like girls less it just took me longer to figure out the words for my identity, which was painfully slow

@@LisaNarozhnykh People that repeat these points are the same type of conservative reactionary. Where they are from doesn't really matter.

@@cryptbeast3222 My point was that too many self-identified progressives and feminists (TERFs) of the West will condemn other countries for using the social contagion argument with gay people, but then do the same thing but with trans people.

@@LisaNarozhnykh I know your point. I'm just saying that regardless of cultural narratives or location, reactionary conservatives are largely the same. They always find at least one group (different depending on location) to demonize in an almost identical way. Even if they themselves are considered maligned minorities elsewhere, their personalities are the same so they exhibit the same tribalism.

We have to tell 60 Minutes our objections to their poor research and reporting.

They didn't even cite the subreddit. They cited it's subscriber count.

@@cbecht Who knows how many of the count are even detransitioned or gender critical.

Saying they used r/trans as a source is like writing a scholarly essay and using only Wikipedia. "Here's my report." It's funny to hear Jessie say "I Googled all this in thirty seconds, you're journalists." This video felt less like a dissection of 60 Minutes' article and more of a vivisection of transphobia masquerading as a "journalistic integrity"

See "Manufacturing consent" by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. It basically explains how, under capitalism, most "journalists" aren't hired to write the truth, but rather to write what's profitable. The result is that they become mouth pieces for whatever BS rhetoric capitalists want to push.

That's how all bigotry works. When being openly cruel is no longer socially acceptable, the bigotry is always for the "good" of the minority group.. It's disgusting,

Interesting how they were fine with being political when they spent all that time talking about detransitioning.🙄

We were all told stories of monsters when we were young... The truth is, the Monsters are very real, and they wear human skin.

agreed the worst of the narratives are usually less an argument against trans care and more about therapists who would write a script for any drug first visit if you pay enough. That is a licensing board issue. You are supposed to assess needs as you go in healthcare and don't assume treatments will fit the same for every patient.

A lot of transition regret is also because of transphobia

Yet Medicaid pays for my TRT (I have Low T from a brain tumor- cis male). When I started TRT, my endocrinologist warned me that I might not be able to have more kids. I was an adult (barely), but it happens with minors too. Not letting people choose to take puberty blockers is crazy

I just had an appointment with a new endocrinologist and was finally diagnosed in 2009 at 19 (I had my daughter at 18). Like at 19, when I started Androgel, I had to consent to TRT and possible infertility. I was done with three times a day smelly Natesto, so I’m switching to Xyosted, which is just testosterone enathate, but an auto injection (for slightly less money than Natesto). It’s a bit of a rip compared to vials, but I am not ready to use it that way yet (yet I can access my own port, go figure)

This is a wonderful comment, far more educational about the scope of this statistic than I've seen mentioned elsewhere. In fact 'transition regret' is a brand new term to me, but it absolutely makes sense there would be a range. Which is actually interesting. I don't go hunting for stuff about detransitioning but as a cis woman wanting to learn more about all kinds of humans, it's a topic that pops up whenever "trans" is part of a search result. Now definitely curious to look a bit closer at results about 'transition regret' and detransitioning as a whole, rather than just individuals' stories. Thanks for providing a broader perspective to those of us wanting to see more. 🖖🍍

I don't think so. I do think that people should get to root of why.

@@woobiefuntime He made about three different statements in there, what was it that you disagreed with?

Indeed. Concern trolling is exhausting

@@woobiefuntime did you not listen to this video. Trans people have to go through at least a year of therapy before even being considered for Hormones let alone trans surgery.I AS A 43 YEAR OLD TRANS MAN THATS BEEN TRANS SINCE I WAS A CHILD HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH EXTREME HOOPS.

Seems pretty clear to me that they wanted to support the anti-trans legislation from the get go. Whole thing is built from the ground up for it.

My doctor follwed informed consent, which is far more relaxed the WPATH, (no letters from therapists etc) and it still has taken 4 years from my first appointment to my surgery.

I'm 43 and have been on Testosterone for 2 years and I'm still having difficulty moving onto upper body surgery. I'm being gatekeeped even in a state that supports trans healthcare

This is the future I want for all of us. 🖖🍍

The only way I can see this happening is that is anti-capitalists, unions, & leftists encourage existing teachers to work under unions that protect them from being fired on the basis of sex-ed. That, and for teachers that won't co-operate with this to be replaced by teachers that would.

They may as well have advocated for sending their child to school topples, or worse! It makes little difference to the child. Their experience would never equate to simply losing a garment, no matter how beloved.

Parents forcing things on their kids like what you mentioned and destroying any trust in the relationship is so common and so damaging. It breaks my heart. Idk how anyone can think that's the answer. Like just love your child and communicate with them what is wrong with ppl. Smh. 🧡🦇

I always imagine parents that do this almost always end up being the same parents who are estranged by their kids and either realize their mistake years later, or go the rest of their life not realizing what they did was wrong.

@@zeldafreak000 in my experience they never realize what they did is wrong. From their POV they meant well so you should let it go. And if you do they just keep doing stuff. I had to cut my mother out finally cuz even into my adult life it kept escalating. When she tried to take my daughter from me cuz she decided she wanted a do over and assumed since she didnt want me that I would be bored by her 6mo birthday anyways. When that didnt come to be she became upset and started trying to obtain her legally and that was her justification. She deserved a do over because she ruined her relationship with me, and really she was thinking of me maybe i wanted to not have to grow up yet like she didnt want to 🙄 we haven't spoke since, that was unforgivable (so were a lot of things before that but everyone guilt tripped me that I'd relent and forgive her again and again) and then to gaslight me and everyone else as if her lying and meddling was rly for me and her do over was just a bonus. Some ppl are just toxic that's all there is too it. It's so sad. Needless to say my daughter and I have a very very different relationship. She's never had to be afraid or ashamed of who she is or to talk to me or worry that I would do anything even in the ballpark of my mother. Whoever she is or grows up to be i will love with me entire heart. It's too important to have a healthy relationship with her than to ever think that I know better who she is than she does or to force my idea of who she should be on here etc. Its so gross, you're not helping anything you're making you're child feel like they'll never be safe or loved for who they are without compromise cuz if your own mother cant show you love w/o condition how can you trust anyone else? Sorry for my rant it's just such a sore spot not just personally but empathetically to my lgbt+ siblings out there I just can not understand it.. ✌🧡🦇

It’s way better for parents to support their kids cause if they don’t have a binder they could resort to unsafe diy methods like tape or bandages

There is currently an appeal being heard over that judgement. Lots of legal errors in the original judgement have been raised already by the appeal.

aren't they also given to cis children with precocious puberty?

@@erink476 yes among a fair few uses. This was raised at the original case

Also, one of the reasons that gender transition healthcare is viewed as "experimental" and "new" is that for as long as medical transition has been _possible_ , it's slowly gained traction and publicity for a decade or two, and then it gets stamped out and the clock "resets". Like, in the early 1930s, Berlin had a robust community of trans-friendly doctors and psychologists who were providing transition procedures and pushing for trans acceptance, and then the Nazis stamped it out in 1933. In the 1970s, Johns Hopkins Hospital had an extensive program for providing transgender care, then Paul McHugh shut it down. Medical transition and doctors willing to provide it and support it have been around for at least a century, and aren't any more "new" or "experimental" than _most_ medical procedures and drugs that we use today. But because they're constantly being suppressed, they always _seem_ new to the uninformed, because each resurgence is precipitated by a period of time where it wasn't in the public eye and fewer doctors were providing it. The appearance of gender transition being "new" is an entirely artificial construct created by bigots.

I detransitioned but never medically because the system literally did stop me from making that mistake in the first place, I'm living proof that it fucking works and I have many friends who while still identifying as trans also feel that the system protected them against taking transition steps they didn't actually want before they'd considered them properly, detransitioners who speak out against trans people are just scared and traumatised (not in the full psychological/medical sense but I can't think of a better way to put it), they can't seperate their own mistakes from the trans community because from their perspective they were 100% perfectly trans and it's really hard to accept that you're actually a rare outlier and that almost no currently trans person has the same kind of experience to you, particularly when you don't actually understand what the difference is between your experiences and others. I'm lucky to have been blessed with an extremely patient trans friend who let me vent all my anxiety about what I was scared caused transness to her based on my experience and then she very calmly but also in a way that wasn't taking any of my shit said "you're projecting, my experience of my gender is completely different to what you're afraid of, you had that experience because you are not trans, you don't actually know what dysphoria feels like" and thankfully because I trusted her and loved her and cared about her happiness I knew she was telling the truth and that she was right and that permanently shut off that line of questioning for me, she helped me process my shit basically and then I could see the truth. Not everyone is lucky enough to have someone like that and even less are mentally healthy enough to know to listen to them, and the fear mongering spread by anti trans groups only validates their anxiety and makes them question and panic more, it's so easy to get sucked in when you're starting to detransition and are emotionally vulnerable and having to rewrite your whole worldview.

The prevalence of detransitioners' stories is already so low given the system that we have, and a well-informed medical community would make it even less likely for someone to move forward in the process if it's not for them while still providing services to the trans people that need them. It's so disheartening to see people who detransition used as a political weapon against the trans community, especially when you realize that it's just another way for people to amplify cisgender experiences above transgender ones when it comes to the often-vital process of transitioning.

@@rover2923 I wanna just say that a lot of detransitioners struggle to consider themselves cis because having that experience really shunts you outside of the cisgender experience of gender and particularly if you've undergone certain parts of medical transition you will often struggle to be perceived as cis for the rest of your life, we aren't trans certainly but I feel like we need to have a better label to use to talk about detransitioners because while cis people definitely are using us as a way to prioritize cis people over trans people I feel like calling us cis is kind of a weird not entirely accurate label, our relationship with gender is a lot more complicated than that and that's also part of why I personally feel so uncomfortable with cis people pitting us against the trans community, I have a lot more in common with trans people than cis people and I don't want to be used as proof that trans acceptance hurts cis people because when they treat me like I'm cis it completely ignores all the reasons I called myself trans in the first place in favour of blaming trans people, instead of actually understanding that cis people hurt me and transition was just a tool I thought would help me deal with that hurt, we don't need to limit access to the tool if we aren't making people hurt in the first place.

I watched her vid about her experience too. She went to a little clinic that didn't have much experience dealing with trans people and had no idea what to do with her except just give her what she asked for. (Later she went to a bigger one, and they were appalled at the level of indifference the other had exhibited) No questions, no sit down even just with a counselor, no required period of presenting as the other gender. But she was 18, (or over even) and it was her decision. She blames PP for not preparing her adequately, but not the trans community.

@@butasimpleidiotwizard Doesn’t the medical term fit? Gender Incongruence! Just because you started transition, and then detransitioned, doesn’t mean you no longer is in a state of GI. I think stories like yours is extremely important! Not only is it proof that if the protocols for best practice is followed, there’s great considerations regarding the total transition process - but it’s also damn important to recognize the diversity in reasons to why "detransition" happens, and every time it does, it gives the people who specializes in Gender Incongruence slight more data to use in their future work! I’ve read some studies, on Puberty Blockers as treatment for adolescents with Gender Incongruence. As I recall it, it was approximately 2% of those who was treated with PB, who stopped the transition process, and "detransitioned", and often the reason given was lack of acceptance and support in the community and close relations - so this doesn’t mean that these individuals, if their conditions of living had been different, wouldn’t have benefited from continuing treatment - or that they won’t re-start transition at a later time, if conditions change. But it is important to get ALL the reasons why individuals chose to stop the transition process - and to acknowledge that there very likely still is at least some level of Gender Incongruence in many of those who stop the process, which also means there’s a whole set of other issues this group might have to deal with, and my guess is, it’s probably more than just identity and labels you have to figure out???

Sending you love back

Also I hate when people act like the increase in accessibility of trans healthcare is a bad thing like?? It's a great thing, it's incredibly good because kids who don't need to transition need access to those healthcare resources and medical professionals with real experience and knowledge (like the doctor I saw) so they can be given the space and the guidance to help work out what they actually need, the more trans healthcare that is accessible the less people will detransition or have regret about transitioning, this fact only gets overlooked because they don't actually care about ddetransitioners, they just want to use us to justify their transphobia

@@butasimpleidiotwizard Where as I did go on HRT at 16 and most of my chronic anxiety, all of my chronic depression, and my gender dysphoria went away. At the same time my cognitive function noticeably improved. Although I did have the benefit of getting a recommendation letter from my psychiatrist. The thought of detransitioning was a hell of a nightmare for someone like me who vehemently hated, and still hates pants. Also most people who detransition do so for social reasons, not because they're not trans.

60 minutes wants to have their cake and eat it.

Sending you love

@@JessieGender1 thanks jessie I appreciate it 💙

Maybe find other, stronger support than your mom. She may mean well, but she may also be very conflicted about her child transitioning, and since she's (presumably) cis and het, she may have trouble understanding a trans / non-straight person who is, not coincidentally, also her own child, even when you're not a "child" anymore. -- I got mixed messages or homophobic messages from my parents, no fire-and-brimstone, no physical abuse, no yelling matches, but even early on as a pre-teen first discovering clues I was gay, I never felt I could talk to them about it. I think at various times, my mom might have been trying to figure out what was going on with me, but at the same time, I also got some homophobic stuff from my mom and dad, sometimes when they knew that, other times unaware they were doing it. If your mom is choosing to be against certain things, then you need some other people for support. Since you feel she loves you and is trying to be supportive, and you love her, then of course you don't need to stop contact. But try to find some other people. And, voice of experience, as much as you love your family or they love you, your mom and other older relatives will not be there forever. I needed to have rebelled more and found other people for support, from family friends to folks my own age and younger. I loved my parents and they loved me, but about the gay thing, there was a big elephant in the room that we never got over, and there were other things, like being overly controlling and strict, overly protective, that I didn't realize enough and didn't do enough to stop. In hindsight, this harmed my relationships a lot, and my parents I think truly did not realize what they were doing in a lot of it. You may not have stuff like that going on, and I hope you have a mostly good relationship with your mom. But my advice is, find other people too, since your post is mainly her being an obstacle while also that you love each other and you depend on her a lot, though maybe not as much as the post gives the impression of. It's rough when you love people who don't understand and aren't always the best, and that can be true of a lot of the people we love. So...dang, you're not the only one. My own local support system is not good lately. Take care.

PragerU is awful, and not just because of its negative views towards LGBT folks. I don't quite know what to think about those testosterone ads for men's health, whether the guy is a young adult, middle aged, or a senior citizen. How truly beneficial or necessary is it to amp up a man's testosterone levels, when he's already producing his own? And subliminally, it feels like it's telling men they aren't really manly enough, so they need a higher dosage to be real man enough. Caveman say ugh. (And that could be insulting to the real cavemen.) What message does that send to boys, young men? You're not manly enough unless you also take extra testosterone? If boys or men are already dealing with self-image, masculinity, gender or orientation issues, or if they're straight and cisgender, telling them they need more testosterone, artificially, without any precaution to see a doctor for a diagnosis, just seems prone to make a lot of guys feel bad about themselves, and any not-so-straight or not-cis folks to feel bad for another set of reasons.

@@benw9949 Exactly. That was a leitmotif of one of the darkest periods of my life, wanting to get on Estradiol when every 5 minutes, the radio starts pushing anti-andropause treatments. It's gotten less stressful, TBH, but it was claustrophobic just hearing it constantly.

Because it doesn't fit their worldview. I believe it.

@@joecole7122 It is poorly sourced, used deceptive editing, cherry picked quotes to fit a narrative, and used poor sources. I"m sorry, but whether or not you believe its conclusions, this was a journalistic mess and any journalism, writing, or even science teacher would give it a failing grade. This is NOT how you do reporting. Leslie should be ashamed. And we should all have higher standards for our news reporting.

@@SplotPublishing I have seen plenty of pro-trans media reports that lack common sense. How many times have we been lied to about trans women competing in female teams. They have the bodies of men not women. Trans women cannot get ovarian cancer but can get prostate cancer. That is a fact.

There are places in the US that will do top surgery on informed consent, but you generally have to pay out of pocket

And I hope 10 months later you finally got your top surgery!!

@@monsterglacier I did! Thank you. Insurance is a process, but thankfully it's a shorter wait here than some countries. Working on metoidioplasty next, which should take about 2 years all together.

No, I blame the reporter herself. She wanted to focus on detransitioning. She did the interviews. She told the guy in the clip they didn't include.

Too fucking relatable, I'm active duty and I've just had to try and accept that I can't do anything to transition until I'm out and I need to try to keep myself alive until then. 2 years 3 months left, I think I can do this

@@smrtfasizmu7242 I'm cis gendered 21 year veteran, recently retired. Good luck to both of you and try to be strong. You know, they used to tell us "it gets better." IDK if that's really true for everyone, but I'd like to think so. The VA can be a bit hidebound and slow, but thank goodness for it. I hope you both get the care you need in full.

It gave me librarian vibes too, I like it, I like her teal outfits as well

@@HunterLvyiXIIIAh yes agreed! Clearly she needs to start highlighting her OOTD in each video 😛

@@katiemerriman3303 Yes, I'd click so fast 😆

That will 100% of the case. It's another example of corporate bs of a benevolent idea more or less with terrible execution abs the result being even worse bubbles being created/ maintained 🤦🏼‍♀️ 🧡🦇

Well that sucks. I’m sorry he thinks that 60 Minutes knows you better than you know yourself.

what is peoples obsession with balance when we literally have fact and logic on our side...?

Why is it that people like this always think "balanced perspective" = entertaining the perspective of people who dont want you to exist? I'm very sorry, my dad is like that as well

I'm so sorry. It's exhausting having to deal with people who insist that their uneducated, biased, non-evidence supported opinion should be given equal consideration and weight to views that are backed by hundreds if not thousands of studies and every major medical organization in existence, all in the name of a "balanced perspective." The idea that one person's ignorance should be given equal space to another's educated expertise is a huge part of what's wrong in society today, and it impacts people like us on a very real level. Hang in there. I hope your dad comes to understand this better in the future.

Send him this video

I think I caught a glimpse of Jammidodger in there too, for just a second.

My mom has. I’m going to send her this video.

No that's just the feeling that pushed you to come out. If you had no gender dysphoria you would have asked your gender and saw nothing wrong with your actual expression

@@draalttomfp6902 Not every trans person has gender dysphoria, especially as it's clinically defined. They may not even have any real symptoms regarding it. Yet some transition options, like social, hormone based, or even surgical transition options are still a significant quality of life improvement. Finding where those lines are is important, which is why options need to be available. Trans-medicalist gate keeping limits options and as such do more harm than good. Since their only function is to limit options, which adds to people's misery. Without the leeway to feel options out, it limits both cis and trans people.

@@natsume-hime2473 no it is not clinically defined, no dysphoria, no need for any coming out

@@draalttomfp6902 Dysphoria is not needed to be trans, this is literally listed by all medical organizations. To be trans is to be a gender other than the one assigned to you at birth/ a gender identity that conflicts with your birth sex. No where is dysphoria mentioned as being a requirement

Also, I’d love to see more analysis and rebuttals by you of television and newspaper reports. As amusing as online discourse is, the state legislators passing anti-transgender bills and their voters probably get most of their perspective either from “old media” or from political spam emails.

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