Until tonight I was not aware that there is a popular singer called Celeste.
Until tonight, 5 lovely women from Liverpool weren't aware that there is a French avant-garde post-hardcore, post-black metal band called Celeste.
Sadly for them I was not the one at the wrong gig.
I wonder if I'd hate Mondays less in a world without late stage capitalism, imminent environmental collapse, and ongoing persistent hatred of difference.
I am nonbinary and take hormone blockers and HRT (estrogen, progesterone and testosterone) for reasons unrelated to my gender.
I recently received this letter from my GP.
@catowner234@Naeluckmate@OwenJHurcum Haha! I'm not trans, I'm just an annoyed cis person who is very tired of the uninformed bullying people on the internet to serve their own agenda.
@catowner234@Naeluckmate@OwenJHurcum Oh-kay I'm going to direct you to the following resources so you can educate yourself. Everyone has both in their bodies. You need testosterone. https://t.co/gzhkbgUjZu
@catowner234@Naeluckmate@OwenJHurcum I do not like to medicalize transness, but gender dysphoria, and it's often accompanying health issues is not a *want.*
@forevercoco3@OwenJHurcum The point is that GPs should be allowed to prescribe hormones for trans folks like any other cis requirement. It's about making it more accessible, not less.
@Naeluckmate@OwenJHurcum Absolutely not true. Plenty of cis people take hormones for medical reasons (birth control or estrogen for menopause for example), but people don't waffle on about it ๐
But the fact that #hrt ONLY in the space of #transhealthcare is problematized means this isn't about good science and good medicine. It's about oppression and marginalisation.
#hrt and hormones are really really important, medically and culturally for lots of folx. Plenty of cis folks take hormones for a number of reasons (BIRTH CONTROL FOR EXAMPLE), and we don't bat a goddamn eyelash.
I deleted the last post because I didn't like how I said what I'm trying to get across. A redo: watching the #hrt and #transhealthcare awfulness in the UK, I am enraged that people who clearly don't understand how hormones work feel entitled to tell other people about biology.
I feel bad for all the young people who have naively assumed that letting their jeans drag on the pavement in the UK is a good idea. From many many years experience, that ice cold ankle soaker is not fun.
Talking to me over email vs in person is like talking to two different people
Emails - articulate, capable of linear communication, direct and pleasant
In person - goblin mode, emotional rollercoaster, gets there in the end but took the long way round through a building site