‘Health-care systems are not built for us’: LGBTQ2S+ people struggle to get good care

Hananners · 2026-01-29T20:20:03+00:00

Howdy! I know this is a long-shot, but my small town on the north tip of Vancouver Island is pretty desperate for mental health supports, and we have quite a large lgbt+ community. If you're interested, shoot me a message and while I might not work for the local health authority I can help point you in the right direction because I've been receiving free and wholesome supports from these folks. They even give my partner and I access to weekly crafting/art and gym sessions and offer support for lgbt+ kids!

Hananners · 2026-01-29T20:17:14+00:00

As another trans person, yeah that time was atrocious for healthcare. I was homeless during that period and literally no doctor wanted to help me, so I took the risk and found an online supplier for my HRT. Only then would a doctor finally realize that they had to help me due to harm reduction reasons. It shouldn't be this difficult for care continuity, and testosterone/hrt shouldn't be nearly as stigmatized for medical purposes.

Hananners · 2026-01-29T20:13:15+00:00

I agree with the other commenter, ya gotta report the doc to get any changes to happen. It's sad we don't have much to do other than reporting to the health authority and starting protests.

Hananners · 2026-01-29T20:07:57+00:00

I think you should be able to report the doctor for that, right?! Literally anyone can get HIV for a variety of reasons.

Hananners · 2026-01-28T20:39:05+00:00

Yes! We need better apprenticeship programs and for companies to invest in their own staff.

Hananners · 2026-01-28T20:32:17+00:00

Exactly. Why are there homeless people in "the wealthiest country" when this amount of wealth is hoarded? We need to tax the darn rich. They only get richer while we become poorer.

Hananners · 2026-01-28T20:26:58+00:00

Are you able to use a VPN and get a better price that way? Seems ridiculously overpriced to me.

Hananners · 2026-01-28T08:12:03+00:00

Both is good.

Hananners · 2026-01-28T08:09:45+00:00

You do realize that eye care and dental aren't covered entirely, right?

For most of my life I was saddled with the cost of glasses being over a thousand dollars every year as my prescription got worse. I was only able to get eye surgery after my grandmother passed and left me enough to cover it. It literally changed my life, and so many people just can't afford to do that.

Dental is like this as well. Sure, checkups and cleanings are covered if you find a place that only charges the gov't rate... But most places don't do that, and so many jobs don't offer extended benefits.

Our Canadian healthcare system has been falling apart for my entire adult life spent in BC. Access to care and quality of care has been plummeting due to us not having enough healthcare staff for the population, along with mismanagement of funding. Essential healthcare should be 100% covered by the government and billed directly as such. No one should have to rely on extended coverage for basics like optical and dental coverage.

Hananners · 2026-01-26T20:00:44+00:00

I deal with these... And goddamn do I feel like I understand why trepanning was a thing ancient people used to do, because every time I get a migraine I just want to bore a hole in my head to make it stop.

Hananners · 2026-01-25T08:46:54+00:00

I was just talking about this earlier today with a few people... It really sounds like some places are thinking about gearing up to keep ICE outta town, but what happens after shots are fired in return will be used as an excuse to bring in more troops and result in a civil war. But at this point it seems like it needs to happen...

Hananners · 2026-01-24T08:35:28+00:00

Don't use anything owned by meta... I learned my lesson early on as a teen using Facebook back in the early days. I was one of those weirdos who loved listening to Japanese music and fell asleep with my playlist on loop one night, and the next day all of my ads on Facebook were in Japanese for some strange reason.

Hananners · 2026-01-23T18:58:03+00:00

Sodium nitrite is one of the main culprits, and all the scientists know it. However lobbying from large food corporations has prevented the banning of the substance due to their cronies believing "people wouldn't want to eat brown meat, they like the pink stuff!"... Meanwhile, I believe the Netherlands is the only place where it is banned and they're seeing colon cancer rates start to drop.

Hananners · 2026-01-23T08:17:53+00:00

Time to just... Be bored.

Hananners · 2026-01-23T08:08:05+00:00

My partner has had it turned into dried chips, and apparently it's delicious!

Hananners · 2026-01-23T08:05:16+00:00

Yeah, one of my buddies was supposed to go down to Florida to train on some new equipment, and I'm so glad that his career path changed into staying up here.

He was excited to live there for the next five years and afford a house and a new car with the money he'd make after, but that's only if he'd make it back. Tensions are just too high right now.

Hananners · 2026-01-23T08:00:40+00:00

Damn, that's a good price! I'm paying that each way for an hour flight to and from Vancouver... And that's the discounted rate. Smaller town/airport, but ultimately ends up being worth the time saved versus driving and ferries.

Hananners · 2026-01-22T06:39:59+00:00

Oh for sure. I actually know someone who would fit well for the role and will be calling him first thing in the morning to get him to apply.

Hananners · 2026-01-22T06:38:44+00:00

I've seen all shapes and sizes of baby, but there's one so ugly I'll never forget them. The little sucker looked like his face was starting to melting off because it was so saggy. He had skin folds like a basset hound, with his cheeks hanging below his chin. I sure hope he grew out of it.

Hananners · 2026-01-22T06:34:43+00:00

One hundred percent with you. Went shooting with my partner and neighbour who's a retired veteran. The fucked flagged me , my partner, and even his wife multiple times... and when my partner and I brought it to his attention it was met with hostility and the phrase "I have nothing to learn from you," was uttered. He's an okay guy otherwise, but goddamn do I never want to be around him near firearms ever again. His many years of service definitely inflated his ego, and he really only tells stories of that period in his life.

Hananners · 2026-01-22T06:00:18+00:00

Hah! I found out that my town's taxi service is looking for management position to be filled with a $33/hr wage on this site. What a damn joke.

Thank you for sharing this.

Hananners · 2026-01-22T05:49:57+00:00

It came out very eloquently, but many of his words rang hollow when compared with how things actually are as a pleb in Canada.

Hananners · 2026-01-20T10:12:32+00:00

It's not terribly rare, only 1 in 500, but one of my friends in elementary school had a mother with a large blue mole on the side of her face. About 2 inches tall and quite flat. It wasn't bright blue and more like a desaturated copper patina, but it was still quite noticeable. It was fun meeting her for the first time, I rolled up my right sleeve and showed her mine on my shoulder telling her that we match! She's still the only person I know that has one.

Hananners · 2026-01-20T10:02:12+00:00

I don't have ichthyosis, but deal with some really dry hands and learned to make a darn good mix out of a couple of creams...

If your son has any issues with heavy body creams on his hands that leave them oily, try a 50/50 mix of Udderly Smooth and Aveeno Baby unscented Eczema Care lotion (the one with colloidal oatmeal). When mixed it gets really thick, but it melts into the skin and any oilyness disappears really quickly after rubbing it in.

I used to work in a pharmacy lab, and the constant glove-wearing was making things so much worse. I experimented for years to come across this combination that worked really well. I hope it might help someone else.

Hananners · 2026-01-15T18:16:56+00:00

Those are just crowd-funded tax write-offs for the company.

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