But in a scathing dissent, Justice Samuel Alito said he found “several aspects” of the 4th Circuit’s reasoning in the case “troubling” and said the ruling “will raise a host of important and sensitive questions” on participation in women’s and girls’ sports, the use of traditional pronouns and sex-reassignment therapy by physicians who object to such treatment on religious or moral grounds.
Ok, I’m very confused by this. I fail to see how this affects frigging pronouns, and as far as physicians go, that’s a strawman if ever there was one. Most of us have things we don’t do. I don’t do ear piercing, this does not mean you can’t get your ears pierced. Hell if someone told me “i don’t do (therapy X)” i sure as hell would not try to force them to. If they don’t do it, they would probably do it poorly if forced.
Or maybe Alito is just an asshole. Yeah, probably that one.
I posted upthread that UVA now has a comprehensive gender clinic, including surgery, endocrine and psychology. (almost exclusively staffed by peds specialists, interestingly enough.) At the announcement ceremony, it was stated that they were taking referrals from all over the country, because this was the third such service initiated. Yeah, I’d say it’s not terribly available.
Back in the day - when there were even fewer options- Dr John “the butcher” Brown performed surgery on his kitchen table & fucked up some patients he didn’t like purposely. The table also broke under on patient.
Your post made me think of Trump barging into the Miss America dressing room (apparently every time) to ogle the girls. I wouldn’t want to put anyone through it, but what a lovely daydream to imagine him doing such but then finding out he’d just ogled a room full of beautiful young women…who happened to be trans!
I don’t know that it matters much but the pageant Trump owned was “Miss USA” rather than “Miss America.” For the purposes of this story the relevant difference is that the Miss America pageant is a thing unto itself while the Miss USA winner will go on to represent her country in the Miss Universe pageant just as Miss Netherlands will.
“ During this time period, the researchers identified 256 transgender patients and 1.3 million cisgender patients in their Medicaid database and 1,651 transgender patients and 1.5 million cisgender patients in the commercial database who had experienced a delivery.[6] Compared with cisgender patients, transgender patients in the Medicaid database were younger, less likely to be white, and more likely to have a chronic condition.[6] Compared with cisgender patients in the commercial database, transgender patients experienced higher rates of anxiety and depression.[6] Both transgender and cisgender patients had similar rates of severe parental morbidity. Ironically, rates of cesarean delivery were lower, compared with cisgender patients, in both the Medicaid and commercial databases, with no differences observed between rates of preterm birth.[6]
While more research is needed on pregnancy in transgender men, this analysis is not only one of the largest to date, but it also challenges many misconceptions providers have regarding pregnancy outcomes. Even though transmasculine patients may require additional medical interventions to achieve pregnancy, such as assisted reproductive technology, or increased psychosocial support during the process, these initial studies are reassuring. Based on current evidence, these patients are not at greater risk for perinatal complications than their cisgender counterparts.
Despite these encouraging findings, there are still several challenges faced by transgender men when it comes to getting pregnant. For instance, they may have difficulty accessing fertility services because of financial constraints or experience a lack of awareness or prejudice from providers; they might also be subject to discrimination or stigma within health care settings. As front-line providers for obstetrical care, we must lead the way towards improving the care for pregnant transmasculine individuals.”
We’re in college summer session, which means a group of kids here taking a 2-week “bridge” to get them ready for college in the fall. They live in the dorms on the same floor, and attended classes and events together all day. One of the students is a trans woman. We’ve spoken a few times, and she clearly had a hard time of it in rural Alabama. I can’t imagine the strength it took to just get here to campus. She was shy and reserved early in the first week, hardly saying a word to anyone.
But hey, her group of 14 includes 2 non-neurotypical, some self-described “DnD dorks,” and other assorted 18-year olds.
This week? She’s laughing and joking with her group, they’re fist-bumping and hugging, she turns out to be loud and obnoxious (this is a good sign, the whole group is loud and obnoxious), and she’s “one of the cool kids.”
It’s just so joyous to see how accepting kids are, away from the poison of their parents. Not all, sure. But most yes.
