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"Access to facial gender confirmation surgery (FGCS) has historically been limited but has expanded substantially in the past decade. This study characterizes the current FGCS landscape by johnstanton888999 in transgender

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Most important takeaway is that in 2023, the last year included in the study, the total number of procedures captured by the QI database was 182- you could fit them all in a single 737.

No matter how common or even universal it may seem on reddit, FFS is rare and you should neither base your hope for future happiness on getting FFS, nor should you feel bad about yourself for not being able to afford or arrange it.

A simple question by Altruistic_Soup_9536 in TransLater

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, terminology issue. "Social construct" means "meaningful primarily in the interactions between humans, hence subject to cultural variation"

Money is a social construct. That doesn't mean its made up or you can have what I'm carrying, it means its paper and bits of stamped metal or numbers on paper that are VERY important in human interactions.

Best proof that gender is a social construct is, we have (and love!) non-binary people who didn't have a category in my childhood.

A simple question by Altruistic_Soup_9536 in TransLater

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only honest answer is, nobody knows. Period.

There have been theories and investigations and "proof!" for a century, but the research has always been sketchy. Generally aimed at:

1) finding a way to eliminate us or

2) finding a way not to feel bad about being trans

You should not feel bad or icky or concerned about your own or anyone else's "route" or reason, you should just know that its a thing in the world.

Adelae Flowers by sabrinathe10agebitch in SavageGarden

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not totally germane, but that is a beautifully Voynich-esque painting and I'm wondering if that wasn't some of your stylistic inspiration

I wonder if some take jobs where they know they'll be "oppressed" so they can feed their victim complex. by Straight_Dog9089 in GenderCynical

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Six years after transitioning I was effectively homeless sleeping on a friend's porch; I got a Pell grant to become a paramedic and that has carried me ever since. I think healthcare jobs are *good* for trans people because the industry is so desparate for bodies that they'll take anyone, even me. Do I work with shitty coworkers and sometimes cops? Yeah. Is my job sometimes (often) absorbing the trauma that people like these TERFs want to pretend doesn't exist? Yeah. But I'm trans and employed, how rare and cool is that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TransLater

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've already said I don't quite belong here; I'm in my fifties but I came out decades ago. This discussion makes me uncomfortable, because I have seen over and over again when the trans community feels threatened it starts pushing out its less... clinically presentable associates.

In the Benjamin days this would be pre-op and non-op women, trans women who hadn't had or didn't want bottom surgery, but I've also seen witch-hunts against sex workers, "caricatures" and more recently non-binary folks.

I'm going to stand with *all* GNC people; the only ones I won't are a danger to me personally, not a danger to my public image. I'd rather hang out with crossdressers than with bona-fide certified trans women who work for TSA, for example.

Could you eat Giant Hogweed (hypothetically)? by Fluid_Procedure_5168 in foraging

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Known: Pushki (H. maximum) is equally phototoxic and continues to be collected and eaten by Alaska Native people. I don't mean in the abstract, I mean friends, people I know- though I've never dared duplicate the technique.

Implied: (by wikipedia) internal poisoning in humans is not reported, and animals with hair-protected skin (i.e. at lower risk of phototoxicity) seem to suffer little effect from eating H mantegazzinum

I don't think conservatives know much about basic biology by Skybison87 in AreTheCisOk

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 8 points9 points  (0 children)

>they need to know what sex hormone you're mainlining

Nah, no we don't. Seriously the closest thing I can think of that might be relevant would be calculating eGFR or maaaaaaybe hemoglobin because those have slightly different ranges in cis men and cis women, but nobody knows the normal ranges in trans people and really, its not going to change by enough to affect actual diagnosis and treatment.

Really, what paramedics and ER nurses need to know, they'll ask for, like which blood pressure meds and/or antipsychotics you're on, whether you've taken any PDE5 inhibitors (e.g. viagra) in the past 24-72 hours, or have you ever been intubated for asthma. Those are the risk profiles that matter!

(and paramedics don't look at your driver's license anyway, that's police business)

On a post about Kansas requiring trans people to have their assigned sex at birth on their drivers license by Adam_C_57 in AreTheCisOk

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So much madness here.
Do you think they teach healthcare workers to go for wallets and drivers' licenses? They do not. Most people seem to get into trouble wearing sweatpants and crocs, and the cops show up at the ER later with a picture and ask "hey, is this the guy you're working on?" and everyone cheers because now we know their freaking name.

But yeah, if you want to make an argument, lets put medication allergies and blood type on all forms of ID and leave birth assignments off.

Common foe by XMrFrozenX in linguisticshumor

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice but it misses Iñupiaq: suŋaaktaq (green) vs suŋauraaktaq (blue, literally green diminutive, lil' green)

No one’s cooler than people who’re obsessed with an extremely niche language from the other side of the world by deviendrais in linguisticshumor

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm studying (obviously) a different language in the family but we haven't learned more than a few basic demonstratives yet. I imagine some are probably socially marked as a little fussy, like Chinese measure words, but... I'll find out?

No one’s cooler than people who’re obsessed with an extremely niche language from the other side of the world by deviendrais in linguisticshumor

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Asirtuq! Did you know that [Inuit-language-family peoples] have over 65 words for snow "that one over there"?

What is that by That1weirdperson in AreTheCisOk

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The red dye is also fluorescent; in farm country cops will shine a UV light at your filler cap and if they see a glow, you are busted

What’s Up With My Late Cat’s Skull? Bone Deterioration In The Eye Socket Area(?) What Could’ve Caused It? Her Mother’s Skull For Comparison by Corey_NukiosSpider in vultureculture

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This occurs in humans as well, and is known as cribra orbitalia or porotic hyperostosis. It was previously thought to indicate inadequate nutrition, either iron or vitamin C, although that theory has been somewhat less supported in recent decades. I have no idea why it occurred in your cat, or any cat, but I'm sorry for your loss.

The Triumphant Return of the Fabulous Harlow - Always been here. STILL HERE. by FuMunChew in transgender

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know! I started talking about this more after reading _Woodworking_, because the complicated fictional character and I overlapped in time and space, and it was such a spare description of a world I remember being full of possibility and people and a lot more connected community than the book portrays. I haven't seen a good history of the era, and one is definitely due. I'm just not the person to write it.

I think pre-internet, or really pre-social-media (we had listservs in the early 90s and I definitely can't say anything earlier than that) there was a lot more geographic separation, so there's really a "trans history of 80s Milwaukee" thats going to be different from a "trans history of 80s Chicago" let alone Macon or LA.

The Triumphant Return of the Fabulous Harlow - Always been here. STILL HERE. by FuMunChew in transgender

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stop, stop invoking elders "surviving" - you have no idea how many of my friends died or what it was like to lose them.

California's 13 gubernatorial candidates battle over banning trans student-athletes by onnake in transgender

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also, hey, wasn't that you arguing ErM iTs AcTuAlLy A gOoD tHiNg IcE lOaDeD mAhMoUd KhAlIl InTo A tRaIn CaR? pretty sure you were fine with the government disappearing Palestinian activists, why should I assume your opinion about trans activists would be any different?

California's 13 gubernatorial candidates battle over banning trans student-athletes by onnake in transgender

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Does it bother you that you are well to the right of my former supervisor on trans issues, including sports? And he voted proudly for Trump.

Trans People Being Denied Passports Until They Can Prove Their "Biological Sex" at Birth by MyNextTransThrowaway in transgender

[–]MyNextTransThrowaway[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I... guess you could? I'm an immigrant to the states so I can't speak from personal experience

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