”We don’t prescribe that because there’s no evidence it’s safe, which only comes from previous prescriptions” is circular logic, and completely ignores the _far higher risks_ of sourcing hormones outside the medical system or not recieveing gender-affirming care at all.
Was just listening to @ninetonoon‘s piece about transgender people doing DIY therapy (https://t.co/GiOCPxPLfn for a listen!)
I was very disappointed to hear GP Cathy Stephenson repeat the old tropes doctors use to dismiss their patient’s feelings.
I'm blogging about the NZ medical system gatekeeping transgender care over on https://t.co/0M2dNd1Pze
Hopefully I'll get a few more voices, there's a post on how to contact me if you want to send your story :)
A lot of trans women take a medication that causes your kidneys to remove more salt than normal, which results in salt cravings.
So thanks to the UK for re-opening their salt mines! This will keep us going for ages!
I do appreciate that the terf queen herself has shown her grasp on the english language.
Tomato juice is definitely terf repellent. Now to make some terf-repellent bat-spray.
The tomato juice will have washed out of PP's hair long before the bruises left on the bodies of those women by PP's security detail will have faded, and it's hypocrisy to take issue with tomato juice, while celebrating the physical assault of trans-supportive women. 7/
Revisionist history attempts are in overdrive as culture war vultures beat their social media drums. Thousands of Aucklanders, of all walks of life, know what they experienced yesterday. Overwhelmingly, that was love and affirmation.
As I saw on XKCD, if your argument for saying something is 'freedom of speech' then you're saying 'The best thing I can say about this is that it's not illegal to say it'.
Petition for Wayne Brown to be removed is now at 19,000 signatures. I know it’s just a token online poll but it’s still a message.
https://t.co/n3sqnl5bpL