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WAY TO GO IDAHO!
I hope this ups the chances of Ohio passing their bill next!Looking for a gift for that 4 to 6 year old (per Kirkus Reviews / Archive) in your life who loves them some picture books? Have I got the gift idea for you...
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish - Pre-order yr copy today from Running Press!
Sorry for no Archive, but the site seems borked ATM.
Goddamn, janky lyrics aside they look like troll dolls that managed to look even uglier. Learn some color theory you tacky hacks!
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Businesses can't threaten to boycott Idaho because the whole of Silicon Valley's remote workforce moved to Boise, and besides there's no touring acts right now because of the pandemic. More states need to use this opportunity to assert scientific principals of sex into law.
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So Suzanne Moore released the names of the secret public letter denouncing her for not wanting to be raped by trannies.
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr64n9 http://archive.fo/uXtYY
Most of them are IT spergs, but there are some actual journalists there.
Obviously Owen Jones is there. Like duh.
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr64n9 http://archive.fo/uXtYY
Most of them are IT spergs, but there are some actual journalists there.
Obviously Owen Jones is there. Like duh.
Comrade Autogynephilia
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The trans nutters have put me in the position of defending retards like Suzanne Moore and Julie Bindel, that's how bad it's got ffs....
Of course if the shoe was on the other foot have no doubt these two idiots would be gladly the ones signing shit like this against their ideological enemies. I wonder how many TERF/RadFems have learnt their lesson about the importance of free speech over this?
It's quite funny seeing Moore caught up in this after she's just fresh off leading the 'Labour anti semitism' smear campaign, trying to get Labour members censored and kicked out because she's uncomfortable with a Labour party being to the left of her smug north london metro liberal milieu. The woman has no shame, as is ofton the case with these entitled, disconnected, posho opinion writers.
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Of course if the shoe was on the other foot have no doubt these two idiots would be gladly the ones signing shit like this against their ideological enemies. I wonder how many TERF/RadFems have learnt their lesson about the importance of free speech over this?
It's quite funny seeing Moore caught up in this after she's just fresh off leading the 'Labour anti semitism' smear campaign, trying to get Labour members censored and kicked out because she's uncomfortable with a Labour party being to the left of her smug north london metro liberal milieu. The woman has no shame, as is ofton the case with these entitled, disconnected, posho opinion writers.
The appalling treatment of Suzanne Moore - The Post
I wrote my first article for The Guardian in 1996. I was a feminist campaigner against male violence and used the platform to get the message out about crucial issues such as rape, child abuse and domestic homicide. In 2004, I switched to journalism full-time. And I always loved writing for The...
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More Media Whining about Delayed Troon Surgeries
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Nobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.
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As Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19, Life-Saving Trans Surgeries Are Delayed
Though medical facilities may soon become overtaxed for everyone, the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on how transgender people's care can be treated as "non-essential."
www.vice.com
by Kaye Loggins
Mar 19 2020, 6:16pm
Photo by Zackary Drucker for the Gender Spectrum Collection
For transgender and gender non-conforming people, gender-affirming surgeries are life-altering procedures, which, for many, can greatly reduce gender dysphoria and improve their quality of life. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, trans communities on Reddit and Twitter are being flooded with reports of postponed and canceled surgeries in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Thailand, and elsewhere, leading to enormous stress and disappointment on top of a global health crisis.
This underscores a common experience amongst trans people seeking medical care or surgery: Research has suggested that gender-affirming surgery, in particular, has a notable and long-term impact on mental health, but far too often, trans people already wait far longer than is safe or healthy for this care. Further delays can be dangerous and even life-threatening.
Violet Jones, a 29-year-old trans woman and assistant professor in New York, has a procedure scheduled for May that hasn’t been cancelled yet, but she feels it's imminent. NYC is a national leader in transgender care, but Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order delaying all non-emergency surgery for the next few weeks.
Jones said she’s doing everything possible to prevent illness, which would force postponing her procedure. “A change to the date would pretty radically alter my plans and overall security around the procedure. The surgery was scheduled to allow recovery during [my school’s] summer months without a gap in pay.” She said that rescheduling may result in lost pay, as her recovery from surgery would conflict with the school year.
These cancellations and postponements are taking place as medical systems across the U.S. are facing a shortage of supplies and beds. Hospitals are discharging patients faster than usual, and systems have quickly moved to postpone any non-urgent procedures to free up space. In the U.K., the National Health Service has moved to postpone all non-urgent surgery for at least three months. For trans people, this includes planned gender-affirming procedures. Patients whose procedures are just weeks away are still waiting to find out if they’ll happen as planned.
Riley Cooper, a 23-year-old trans man in St. Louis, had his top surgery postponed, with no reschedule date. He says COVID-19 was the reason behind this cancellation, but it isn’t the first time. “This is the third time it’s been postponed. It’s getting more and more heartbreaking to keep getting so close to something that will make me feel better and feel like I'm in the right body for once,” he said. “Every time I feel like I've gotten close, something has to come along to take it away.”
Even in relatively normal circumstances when it comes to public health, gender-affirming care comes with long waitlists due to limited research and specialists, and patients often face an uphill battle in fighting insurance companies and doctors to receive care in the first place. Despite the American Medical Association, and increasingly, insurance companies, recognizing treatment for gender dysphoria as medically necessary, trans people often go through an enormous amount of stress, physical preparation, and administrative red tape to have procedures approved.
Many trans patients already battle with insurance companies over which procedures are considered “medically necessary”, and health providers often use words such as “cosmetic” or “elective” to deny coverage, language that is mirrored by those unfamiliar with trans care in ways that can be hurtful. In strictly medical terms, “elective” surgery doesn’t just encompass “cosmetic” procedures, but includes anything non-emergent, even surgery for tumors and leaky heart valves. Many gender-related surgeries also fall under this category. Doctors and patients obviously want any necessary procedure performed, but currently, the idea is that they are not immediately life-threatening, and limited space in hospitals could be better used for patients affected by COVID-19.
Joshua Safer, Executive Director at Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, told VICE that all gender-related surgeries are postponed for at least the next two weeks at the New York City hospital where he works. “In light of the difficult circumstances due to COVID-19, the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery has taken the extraordinary but necessary steps of postponing all non-emergent gender-affirming surgeries," Safer said. "This will protect our transgender and non-binary patients from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 while at the hospital, and will allow the hospital the capacity to care for critically ill COVID-19 patients.”
For those in recovery for recent surgery, necessary follow-up care may be in jeopardy because of COVID-19's effect on hospitals. This is true for Abigail, a 40-year-old trans woman in Wales who is currently recovering after surgery last week. (Abigail asked that her name be withheld for her privacy.) She said that, immediately before her procedure, her surgeon confirmed she was aware of the risks of indirectly coming into contact with the virus during her immediate recovery period. “It’s an odd atmosphere. The ward is half-empty. [The nurses] know there won’t be any other patients like me for a while, nor any other recipients of [non-urgent] surgery. They know coronavirus patients will be coming, but they’re not here yet.”
Daniella LaGaccia, a trans woman in New York, has been recovering from her vaginoplasty for over three weeks, and says that social distancing has affected her care schedule. Friends who signed up meal trains, rotating shifts for care and food preparation common during surgery recovery, have made last-minute cancellations. "The person who was supposed to bring me dinner tonight cancelled," she said. "I’m dependent on my friends for caregivers, because there isn't a service directly caring for trans patients in recovery. I can't buy groceries by myself. I need someone there."
LaGaccia was rushed to the ER last week for a bleeding complication during her recovery. She received care and is back home, but says that if this had happened today, it would be difficult to find someone to assist her at home in an emergency.
LaGaccia said that a routine follow-up with her surgeon at Mount Sinai was done by sending pictures via email and a phone call with her surgeon. "They really do care about their patients, and they talked with me remotely. They do that because they’re some of the best in the world at what they do," she said.
Safer confirmed that staff are reaching out to patients to ensure continuity in treatment. “Our team is on duty for patients with concerns that cannot be postponed including in-person post-operative care for our surgical patients, especially those who have had recent surgeries. We are also instituting some telehealth capacity to help some patients for whom that makes sense," Safer said. "As soon as it is safe to do so, all postponed surgeries and clinic appointments will be rescheduled with the highest priority. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we had been making great strides in improving access for our gender-affirming care, and we will continue that progress as soon as the current situation permits.”
Even though she understands why hospitals are making this decision, the possibility of a rescheduled surgery date has increased Violet Jones's levels of anxiety. “I've spent my entire life falling asleep while begging any theoretical omnipotent beings to let me wake up in the body I need to feel comfortable, and, [in May], that was finally going to happen," Jones said. "To lose that security would really harm my mental health and make it feel like it may never actually happen.” Despite this stress, Jones is trying to keep things in perspective because of COVID-19's vast impact on public health for everyone: “I understand that this is largely out of my hands, and that if/when the decision is made to cancel or reschedule the surgery, it'll be for the greater good of those who need facilities.”
Abigail said that her heart goes out to other trans people whose surgeries have been postponed. “The waiting times are [extremely long] and nobody knows when things will get back to normal. None of us are angry at medical staff, or even the decisions, but at the system—which is so lacking in resilience, and lets us down so regularly.”
Follow Kaye Loggins on Twitter.
Mar 19 2020, 6:16pm
Photo by Zackary Drucker for the Gender Spectrum Collection
For transgender and gender non-conforming people, gender-affirming surgeries are life-altering procedures, which, for many, can greatly reduce gender dysphoria and improve their quality of life. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, trans communities on Reddit and Twitter are being flooded with reports of postponed and canceled surgeries in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Thailand, and elsewhere, leading to enormous stress and disappointment on top of a global health crisis.
This underscores a common experience amongst trans people seeking medical care or surgery: Research has suggested that gender-affirming surgery, in particular, has a notable and long-term impact on mental health, but far too often, trans people already wait far longer than is safe or healthy for this care. Further delays can be dangerous and even life-threatening.
Violet Jones, a 29-year-old trans woman and assistant professor in New York, has a procedure scheduled for May that hasn’t been cancelled yet, but she feels it's imminent. NYC is a national leader in transgender care, but Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order delaying all non-emergency surgery for the next few weeks.
Jones said she’s doing everything possible to prevent illness, which would force postponing her procedure. “A change to the date would pretty radically alter my plans and overall security around the procedure. The surgery was scheduled to allow recovery during [my school’s] summer months without a gap in pay.” She said that rescheduling may result in lost pay, as her recovery from surgery would conflict with the school year.
These cancellations and postponements are taking place as medical systems across the U.S. are facing a shortage of supplies and beds. Hospitals are discharging patients faster than usual, and systems have quickly moved to postpone any non-urgent procedures to free up space. In the U.K., the National Health Service has moved to postpone all non-urgent surgery for at least three months. For trans people, this includes planned gender-affirming procedures. Patients whose procedures are just weeks away are still waiting to find out if they’ll happen as planned.
Riley Cooper, a 23-year-old trans man in St. Louis, had his top surgery postponed, with no reschedule date. He says COVID-19 was the reason behind this cancellation, but it isn’t the first time. “This is the third time it’s been postponed. It’s getting more and more heartbreaking to keep getting so close to something that will make me feel better and feel like I'm in the right body for once,” he said. “Every time I feel like I've gotten close, something has to come along to take it away.”
Even in relatively normal circumstances when it comes to public health, gender-affirming care comes with long waitlists due to limited research and specialists, and patients often face an uphill battle in fighting insurance companies and doctors to receive care in the first place. Despite the American Medical Association, and increasingly, insurance companies, recognizing treatment for gender dysphoria as medically necessary, trans people often go through an enormous amount of stress, physical preparation, and administrative red tape to have procedures approved.
Many trans patients already battle with insurance companies over which procedures are considered “medically necessary”, and health providers often use words such as “cosmetic” or “elective” to deny coverage, language that is mirrored by those unfamiliar with trans care in ways that can be hurtful. In strictly medical terms, “elective” surgery doesn’t just encompass “cosmetic” procedures, but includes anything non-emergent, even surgery for tumors and leaky heart valves. Many gender-related surgeries also fall under this category. Doctors and patients obviously want any necessary procedure performed, but currently, the idea is that they are not immediately life-threatening, and limited space in hospitals could be better used for patients affected by COVID-19.
Joshua Safer, Executive Director at Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, told VICE that all gender-related surgeries are postponed for at least the next two weeks at the New York City hospital where he works. “In light of the difficult circumstances due to COVID-19, the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery has taken the extraordinary but necessary steps of postponing all non-emergent gender-affirming surgeries," Safer said. "This will protect our transgender and non-binary patients from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 while at the hospital, and will allow the hospital the capacity to care for critically ill COVID-19 patients.”
For those in recovery for recent surgery, necessary follow-up care may be in jeopardy because of COVID-19's effect on hospitals. This is true for Abigail, a 40-year-old trans woman in Wales who is currently recovering after surgery last week. (Abigail asked that her name be withheld for her privacy.) She said that, immediately before her procedure, her surgeon confirmed she was aware of the risks of indirectly coming into contact with the virus during her immediate recovery period. “It’s an odd atmosphere. The ward is half-empty. [The nurses] know there won’t be any other patients like me for a while, nor any other recipients of [non-urgent] surgery. They know coronavirus patients will be coming, but they’re not here yet.”
Daniella LaGaccia, a trans woman in New York, has been recovering from her vaginoplasty for over three weeks, and says that social distancing has affected her care schedule. Friends who signed up meal trains, rotating shifts for care and food preparation common during surgery recovery, have made last-minute cancellations. "The person who was supposed to bring me dinner tonight cancelled," she said. "I’m dependent on my friends for caregivers, because there isn't a service directly caring for trans patients in recovery. I can't buy groceries by myself. I need someone there."
LaGaccia was rushed to the ER last week for a bleeding complication during her recovery. She received care and is back home, but says that if this had happened today, it would be difficult to find someone to assist her at home in an emergency.
LaGaccia said that a routine follow-up with her surgeon at Mount Sinai was done by sending pictures via email and a phone call with her surgeon. "They really do care about their patients, and they talked with me remotely. They do that because they’re some of the best in the world at what they do," she said.
Safer confirmed that staff are reaching out to patients to ensure continuity in treatment. “Our team is on duty for patients with concerns that cannot be postponed including in-person post-operative care for our surgical patients, especially those who have had recent surgeries. We are also instituting some telehealth capacity to help some patients for whom that makes sense," Safer said. "As soon as it is safe to do so, all postponed surgeries and clinic appointments will be rescheduled with the highest priority. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we had been making great strides in improving access for our gender-affirming care, and we will continue that progress as soon as the current situation permits.”
Even though she understands why hospitals are making this decision, the possibility of a rescheduled surgery date has increased Violet Jones's levels of anxiety. “I've spent my entire life falling asleep while begging any theoretical omnipotent beings to let me wake up in the body I need to feel comfortable, and, [in May], that was finally going to happen," Jones said. "To lose that security would really harm my mental health and make it feel like it may never actually happen.” Despite this stress, Jones is trying to keep things in perspective because of COVID-19's vast impact on public health for everyone: “I understand that this is largely out of my hands, and that if/when the decision is made to cancel or reschedule the surgery, it'll be for the greater good of those who need facilities.”
Abigail said that her heart goes out to other trans people whose surgeries have been postponed. “The waiting times are [extremely long] and nobody knows when things will get back to normal. None of us are angry at medical staff, or even the decisions, but at the system—which is so lacking in resilience, and lets us down so regularly.”
Follow Kaye Loggins on Twitter.
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Trans Women’s Underwear Doesn’t Exist
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women.
www.vice.com
Nobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women. Inevitably, trans women adapt by learning from each other. We teach each other things that aren’t taught anywhere else, like how to tuck, or otherwise wear women’s clothes without showing a bulge.
Trans bodies are as diverse as any other group, but trans women tend to have penises, which no amount of styling can accommodate—at least, not well enough. Trans women have cleverly managed all these generations with no underpants made specifically for them, often by wearing panties designed for cis women, sometimes painfully tucking their genitalia between their legs, sizing down to hold a tuck in place, or wearing two pairs—artful attempts to make something that wasn’t made for us work for us.
“To be honest, I find it so stressful to buy underwear,” said Briana Silbeberg, a 27 year-old trans woman. What she finds in stores is often uncomfortable, not to mention that it functions poorly. “I've definitely bought a few pairs before that I thought would be fine and had stuff slip out, which, even if folks can't see, makes me feel ridiculous all day.” Silbeberg added that other styles she might like, such as the boyshort, has another layer of cis-normativity stitched into it that only makes the ignorance to trans bodies more distinct. “The name can be off-putting and kinda dysphoria-inducing, and weirdly inaccurate? They look nothing like boys’ underwear,” she said, “and I should know!”
The absence of underwear for trans women is, in part, a practical issue, said Gogo Graham, the acclaimed fashion designer known for her apparel created exclusively for trans women. Graham underscored the difference between lingerie and regular panty needs for trans women, explaining that lingerie is less a concern. “There's more of that for us than everyday garments,” Graham said. Graham also noted the expense of creating panties for trans women: “The cuts that hug our intimate contours affect the way we feel and function throughout the day, and the technical design of underwear I think is the biggest roadblock for us. It takes a lot of time, work and money to come up with something that really works in a functional sense, and those things haven't really been spent for comfy underwear that really works for the girls.”
Silbeberg wants someone to undertake the challenge. “It would change my life,” she said. “I think we aren't considered a large enough market yet, or with enough money to move the needle, which sucks. It makes me think about how for years—and to this day—the market for clothes for trans women specifically, although more historically really for crossdressers, was fetish-based, and because of that, today, many trans women are ashamed of a lot of the clothes that have been made for us.”
Trans bodies are still culturally maligned, marginal, and minority. One trans woman VICE spoke with, Rio Sofia, felt this firsthand, while working at a fetish store in Manhattan, where they sell a variety of goods, including gaffs, an old-school thong- or jockstrap- shaped device made of synthetic fiber, designed to conceal the penis. It can be used by drag queens and crossdressers, and are sometimes tried by trans women as panties, though they remain a niche market and aren’t designed as everyday underwear. To Silbeberg’s point, the gaff exists in the fetish market.
Rio was working at the boutique one day when she realized that tax was charged on gaffs—strange, given that apparel under $110 isn’t taxed in New York state, and all of the other clothing items in the store reflected that, she said. Curious about the discrepancy, Rio asked her boss. “He said, ‘Gaffs are costumes for crossdressers, and not anything people would actually wear. People who do this have a sissy fetish—[they’re] not actual people.’ And I'm like, I'm wearing one right now.’”
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women. Inevitably, trans women adapt by learning from each other. We teach each other things that aren’t taught anywhere else, like how to tuck, or otherwise wear women’s clothes without showing a bulge.
Trans bodies are as diverse as any other group, but trans women tend to have penises, which no amount of styling can accommodate—at least, not well enough. Trans women have cleverly managed all these generations with no underpants made specifically for them, often by wearing panties designed for cis women, sometimes painfully tucking their genitalia between their legs, sizing down to hold a tuck in place, or wearing two pairs—artful attempts to make something that wasn’t made for us work for us.
“To be honest, I find it so stressful to buy underwear,” said Briana Silbeberg, a 27 year-old trans woman. What she finds in stores is often uncomfortable, not to mention that it functions poorly. “I've definitely bought a few pairs before that I thought would be fine and had stuff slip out, which, even if folks can't see, makes me feel ridiculous all day.” Silbeberg added that other styles she might like, such as the boyshort, has another layer of cis-normativity stitched into it that only makes the ignorance to trans bodies more distinct. “The name can be off-putting and kinda dysphoria-inducing, and weirdly inaccurate? They look nothing like boys’ underwear,” she said, “and I should know!”
The absence of underwear for trans women is, in part, a practical issue, said Gogo Graham, the acclaimed fashion designer known for her apparel created exclusively for trans women. Graham underscored the difference between lingerie and regular panty needs for trans women, explaining that lingerie is less a concern. “There's more of that for us than everyday garments,” Graham said. Graham also noted the expense of creating panties for trans women: “The cuts that hug our intimate contours affect the way we feel and function throughout the day, and the technical design of underwear I think is the biggest roadblock for us. It takes a lot of time, work and money to come up with something that really works in a functional sense, and those things haven't really been spent for comfy underwear that really works for the girls.”
Silbeberg wants someone to undertake the challenge. “It would change my life,” she said. “I think we aren't considered a large enough market yet, or with enough money to move the needle, which sucks. It makes me think about how for years—and to this day—the market for clothes for trans women specifically, although more historically really for crossdressers, was fetish-based, and because of that, today, many trans women are ashamed of a lot of the clothes that have been made for us.”
Trans bodies are still culturally maligned, marginal, and minority. One trans woman VICE spoke with, Rio Sofia, felt this firsthand, while working at a fetish store in Manhattan, where they sell a variety of goods, including gaffs, an old-school thong- or jockstrap- shaped device made of synthetic fiber, designed to conceal the penis. It can be used by drag queens and crossdressers, and are sometimes tried by trans women as panties, though they remain a niche market and aren’t designed as everyday underwear. To Silbeberg’s point, the gaff exists in the fetish market.
Rio was working at the boutique one day when she realized that tax was charged on gaffs—strange, given that apparel under $110 isn’t taxed in New York state, and all of the other clothing items in the store reflected that, she said. Curious about the discrepancy, Rio asked her boss. “He said, ‘Gaffs are costumes for crossdressers, and not anything people would actually wear. People who do this have a sissy fetish—[they’re] not actual people.’ And I'm like, I'm wearing one right now.’”
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Somehow I doubt their models are trans and more like someone stuffed a sock full of quarters down those panties.More Media Whining about Delayed Troon Surgeries
As Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19, Life-Saving Trans Surgeries Are Delayed
Though medical facilities may soon become overtaxed for everyone, the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on how transgender people's care can be treated as "non-essential."View attachment 1195565by Kaye Loggins
Mar 19 2020, 6:16pm
Photo by Zackary Drucker for the Gender Spectrum Collection
For transgender and gender non-conforming people, gender-affirming surgeries are life-altering procedures, which, for many, can greatly reduce gender dysphoria and improve their quality of life. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, trans communities on Reddit and Twitter are being flooded with reports of postponed and canceled surgeries in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Thailand, and elsewhere, leading to enormous stress and disappointment on top of a global health crisis.
This underscores a common experience amongst trans people seeking medical care or surgery: Research has suggested that gender-affirming surgery, in particular, has a notable and long-term impact on mental health, but far too often, trans people already wait far longer than is safe or healthy for this care. Further delays can be dangerous and even life-threatening.
Violet Jones, a 29-year-old trans woman and assistant professor in New York, has a procedure scheduled for May that hasn’t been cancelled yet, but she feels it's imminent. NYC is a national leader in transgender care, but Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order delaying all non-emergency surgery for the next few weeks.
Jones said she’s doing everything possible to prevent illness, which would force postponing her procedure. “A change to the date would pretty radically alter my plans and overall security around the procedure. The surgery was scheduled to allow recovery during [my school’s] summer months without a gap in pay.” She said that rescheduling may result in lost pay, as her recovery from surgery would conflict with the school year.
These cancellations and postponements are taking place as medical systems across the U.S. are facing a shortage of supplies and beds. Hospitals are discharging patients faster than usual, and systems have quickly moved to postpone any non-urgent procedures to free up space. In the U.K., the National Health Service has moved to postpone all non-urgent surgery for at least three months. For trans people, this includes planned gender-affirming procedures. Patients whose procedures are just weeks away are still waiting to find out if they’ll happen as planned.
Riley Cooper, a 23-year-old trans man in St. Louis, had his top surgery postponed, with no reschedule date. He says COVID-19 was the reason behind this cancellation, but it isn’t the first time. “This is the third time it’s been postponed. It’s getting more and more heartbreaking to keep getting so close to something that will make me feel better and feel like I'm in the right body for once,” he said. “Every time I feel like I've gotten close, something has to come along to take it away.”
Even in relatively normal circumstances when it comes to public health, gender-affirming care comes with long waitlists due to limited research and specialists, and patients often face an uphill battle in fighting insurance companies and doctors to receive care in the first place. Despite the American Medical Association, and increasingly, insurance companies, recognizing treatment for gender dysphoria as medically necessary, trans people often go through an enormous amount of stress, physical preparation, and administrative red tape to have procedures approved.
Many trans patients already battle with insurance companies over which procedures are considered “medically necessary”, and health providers often use words such as “cosmetic” or “elective” to deny coverage, language that is mirrored by those unfamiliar with trans care in ways that can be hurtful. In strictly medical terms, “elective” surgery doesn’t just encompass “cosmetic” procedures, but includes anything non-emergent, even surgery for tumors and leaky heart valves. Many gender-related surgeries also fall under this category. Doctors and patients obviously want any necessary procedure performed, but currently, the idea is that they are not immediately life-threatening, and limited space in hospitals could be better used for patients affected by COVID-19.
Joshua Safer, Executive Director at Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, told VICE that all gender-related surgeries are postponed for at least the next two weeks at the New York City hospital where he works. “In light of the difficult circumstances due to COVID-19, the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery has taken the extraordinary but necessary steps of postponing all non-emergent gender-affirming surgeries," Safer said. "This will protect our transgender and non-binary patients from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 while at the hospital, and will allow the hospital the capacity to care for critically ill COVID-19 patients.”
For those in recovery for recent surgery, necessary follow-up care may be in jeopardy because of COVID-19's effect on hospitals. This is true for Abigail, a 40-year-old trans woman in Wales who is currently recovering after surgery last week. (Abigail asked that her name be withheld for her privacy.) She said that, immediately before her procedure, her surgeon confirmed she was aware of the risks of indirectly coming into contact with the virus during her immediate recovery period. “It’s an odd atmosphere. The ward is half-empty. [The nurses] know there won’t be any other patients like me for a while, nor any other recipients of [non-urgent] surgery. They know coronavirus patients will be coming, but they’re not here yet.”
Daniella LaGaccia, a trans woman in New York, has been recovering from her vaginoplasty for over three weeks, and says that social distancing has affected her care schedule. Friends who signed up meal trains, rotating shifts for care and food preparation common during surgery recovery, have made last-minute cancellations. "The person who was supposed to bring me dinner tonight cancelled," she said. "I’m dependent on my friends for caregivers, because there isn't a service directly caring for trans patients in recovery. I can't buy groceries by myself. I need someone there."
LaGaccia was rushed to the ER last week for a bleeding complication during her recovery. She received care and is back home, but says that if this had happened today, it would be difficult to find someone to assist her at home in an emergency.
LaGaccia said that a routine follow-up with her surgeon at Mount Sinai was done by sending pictures via email and a phone call with her surgeon. "They really do care about their patients, and they talked with me remotely. They do that because they’re some of the best in the world at what they do," she said.
Safer confirmed that staff are reaching out to patients to ensure continuity in treatment. “Our team is on duty for patients with concerns that cannot be postponed including in-person post-operative care for our surgical patients, especially those who have had recent surgeries. We are also instituting some telehealth capacity to help some patients for whom that makes sense," Safer said. "As soon as it is safe to do so, all postponed surgeries and clinic appointments will be rescheduled with the highest priority. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we had been making great strides in improving access for our gender-affirming care, and we will continue that progress as soon as the current situation permits.”
Even though she understands why hospitals are making this decision, the possibility of a rescheduled surgery date has increased Violet Jones's levels of anxiety. “I've spent my entire life falling asleep while begging any theoretical omnipotent beings to let me wake up in the body I need to feel comfortable, and, [in May], that was finally going to happen," Jones said. "To lose that security would really harm my mental health and make it feel like it may never actually happen.” Despite this stress, Jones is trying to keep things in perspective because of COVID-19's vast impact on public health for everyone: “I understand that this is largely out of my hands, and that if/when the decision is made to cancel or reschedule the surgery, it'll be for the greater good of those who need facilities.”
Abigail said that her heart goes out to other trans people whose surgeries have been postponed. “The waiting times are [extremely long] and nobody knows when things will get back to normal. None of us are angry at medical staff, or even the decisions, but at the system—which is so lacking in resilience, and lets us down so regularly.”
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Nobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.Trans Women’s Underwear Doesn’t Exist
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women.
ArchiveNobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women. Inevitably, trans women adapt by learning from each other. We teach each other things that aren’t taught anywhere else, like how to tuck, or otherwise wear women’s clothes without showing a bulge.
Trans bodies are as diverse as any other group, but trans women tend to have penises, which no amount of styling can accommodate—at least, not well enough. Trans women have cleverly managed all these generations with no underpants made specifically for them, often by wearing panties designed for cis women, sometimes painfully tucking their genitalia between their legs, sizing down to hold a tuck in place, or wearing two pairs—artful attempts to make something that wasn’t made for us work for us.
“To be honest, I find it so stressful to buy underwear,” said Briana Silbeberg, a 27 year-old trans woman. What she finds in stores is often uncomfortable, not to mention that it functions poorly. “I've definitely bought a few pairs before that I thought would be fine and had stuff slip out, which, even if folks can't see, makes me feel ridiculous all day.” Silbeberg added that other styles she might like, such as the boyshort, has another layer of cis-normativity stitched into it that only makes the ignorance to trans bodies more distinct. “The name can be off-putting and kinda dysphoria-inducing, and weirdly inaccurate? They look nothing like boys’ underwear,” she said, “and I should know!”
The absence of underwear for trans women is, in part, a practical issue, said Gogo Graham, the acclaimed fashion designer known for her apparel created exclusively for trans women. Graham underscored the difference between lingerie and regular panty needs for trans women, explaining that lingerie is less a concern. “There's more of that for us than everyday garments,” Graham said. Graham also noted the expense of creating panties for trans women: “The cuts that hug our intimate contours affect the way we feel and function throughout the day, and the technical design of underwear I think is the biggest roadblock for us. It takes a lot of time, work and money to come up with something that really works in a functional sense, and those things haven't really been spent for comfy underwear that really works for the girls.”
Silbeberg wants someone to undertake the challenge. “It would change my life,” she said. “I think we aren't considered a large enough market yet, or with enough money to move the needle, which sucks. It makes me think about how for years—and to this day—the market for clothes for trans women specifically, although more historically really for crossdressers, was fetish-based, and because of that, today, many trans women are ashamed of a lot of the clothes that have been made for us.”
Trans bodies are still culturally maligned, marginal, and minority. One trans woman VICE spoke with, Rio Sofia, felt this firsthand, while working at a fetish store in Manhattan, where they sell a variety of goods, including gaffs, an old-school thong- or jockstrap- shaped device made of synthetic fiber, designed to conceal the penis. It can be used by drag queens and crossdressers, and are sometimes tried by trans women as panties, though they remain a niche market and aren’t designed as everyday underwear. To Silbeberg’s point, the gaff exists in the fetish market.
Rio was working at the boutique one day when she realized that tax was charged on gaffs—strange, given that apparel under $110 isn’t taxed in New York state, and all of the other clothing items in the store reflected that, she said. Curious about the discrepancy, Rio asked her boss. “He said, ‘Gaffs are costumes for crossdressers, and not anything people would actually wear. People who do this have a sissy fetish—[they’re] not actual people.’ And I'm like, I'm wearing one right now.’”
Apparently most trans women would rather wear panties made for women, when we don't have to be reminded about how they all stole their first pair of used panties from their mothers.
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More Media Whining about Delayed Troon Surgeries
As Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19, Life-Saving Trans Surgeries Are Delayed
Though medical facilities may soon become overtaxed for everyone, the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on how transgender people's care can be treated as "non-essential."View attachment 1195565by Kaye Loggins
Mar 19 2020, 6:16pm
Photo by Zackary Drucker for the Gender Spectrum Collection
For transgender and gender non-conforming people, gender-affirming surgeries are life-altering procedures, which, for many, can greatly reduce gender dysphoria and improve their quality of life. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, trans communities on Reddit and Twitter are being flooded with reports of postponed and canceled surgeries in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Thailand, and elsewhere, leading to enormous stress and disappointment on top of a global health crisis.
This underscores a common experience amongst trans people seeking medical care or surgery: Research has suggested that gender-affirming surgery, in particular, has a notable and long-term impact on mental health, but far too often, trans people already wait far longer than is safe or healthy for this care. Further delays can be dangerous and even life-threatening.
Violet Jones, a 29-year-old trans woman and assistant professor in New York, has a procedure scheduled for May that hasn’t been cancelled yet, but she feels it's imminent. NYC is a national leader in transgender care, but Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order delaying all non-emergency surgery for the next few weeks.
Jones said she’s doing everything possible to prevent illness, which would force postponing her procedure. “A change to the date would pretty radically alter my plans and overall security around the procedure. The surgery was scheduled to allow recovery during [my school’s] summer months without a gap in pay.” She said that rescheduling may result in lost pay, as her recovery from surgery would conflict with the school year.
These cancellations and postponements are taking place as medical systems across the U.S. are facing a shortage of supplies and beds. Hospitals are discharging patients faster than usual, and systems have quickly moved to postpone any non-urgent procedures to free up space. In the U.K., the National Health Service has moved to postpone all non-urgent surgery for at least three months. For trans people, this includes planned gender-affirming procedures. Patients whose procedures are just weeks away are still waiting to find out if they’ll happen as planned.
Riley Cooper, a 23-year-old trans man in St. Louis, had his top surgery postponed, with no reschedule date. He says COVID-19 was the reason behind this cancellation, but it isn’t the first time. “This is the third time it’s been postponed. It’s getting more and more heartbreaking to keep getting so close to something that will make me feel better and feel like I'm in the right body for once,” he said. “Every time I feel like I've gotten close, something has to come along to take it away.”
Even in relatively normal circumstances when it comes to public health, gender-affirming care comes with long waitlists due to limited research and specialists, and patients often face an uphill battle in fighting insurance companies and doctors to receive care in the first place. Despite the American Medical Association, and increasingly, insurance companies, recognizing treatment for gender dysphoria as medically necessary, trans people often go through an enormous amount of stress, physical preparation, and administrative red tape to have procedures approved.
Many trans patients already battle with insurance companies over which procedures are considered “medically necessary”, and health providers often use words such as “cosmetic” or “elective” to deny coverage, language that is mirrored by those unfamiliar with trans care in ways that can be hurtful. In strictly medical terms, “elective” surgery doesn’t just encompass “cosmetic” procedures, but includes anything non-emergent, even surgery for tumors and leaky heart valves. Many gender-related surgeries also fall under this category. Doctors and patients obviously want any necessary procedure performed, but currently, the idea is that they are not immediately life-threatening, and limited space in hospitals could be better used for patients affected by COVID-19.
Joshua Safer, Executive Director at Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, told VICE that all gender-related surgeries are postponed for at least the next two weeks at the New York City hospital where he works. “In light of the difficult circumstances due to COVID-19, the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery has taken the extraordinary but necessary steps of postponing all non-emergent gender-affirming surgeries," Safer said. "This will protect our transgender and non-binary patients from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 while at the hospital, and will allow the hospital the capacity to care for critically ill COVID-19 patients.”
For those in recovery for recent surgery, necessary follow-up care may be in jeopardy because of COVID-19's effect on hospitals. This is true for Abigail, a 40-year-old trans woman in Wales who is currently recovering after surgery last week. (Abigail asked that her name be withheld for her privacy.) She said that, immediately before her procedure, her surgeon confirmed she was aware of the risks of indirectly coming into contact with the virus during her immediate recovery period. “It’s an odd atmosphere. The ward is half-empty. [The nurses] know there won’t be any other patients like me for a while, nor any other recipients of [non-urgent] surgery. They know coronavirus patients will be coming, but they’re not here yet.”
Daniella LaGaccia, a trans woman in New York, has been recovering from her vaginoplasty for over three weeks, and says that social distancing has affected her care schedule. Friends who signed up meal trains, rotating shifts for care and food preparation common during surgery recovery, have made last-minute cancellations. "The person who was supposed to bring me dinner tonight cancelled," she said. "I’m dependent on my friends for caregivers, because there isn't a service directly caring for trans patients in recovery. I can't buy groceries by myself. I need someone there."
LaGaccia was rushed to the ER last week for a bleeding complication during her recovery. She received care and is back home, but says that if this had happened today, it would be difficult to find someone to assist her at home in an emergency.
LaGaccia said that a routine follow-up with her surgeon at Mount Sinai was done by sending pictures via email and a phone call with her surgeon. "They really do care about their patients, and they talked with me remotely. They do that because they’re some of the best in the world at what they do," she said.
Safer confirmed that staff are reaching out to patients to ensure continuity in treatment. “Our team is on duty for patients with concerns that cannot be postponed including in-person post-operative care for our surgical patients, especially those who have had recent surgeries. We are also instituting some telehealth capacity to help some patients for whom that makes sense," Safer said. "As soon as it is safe to do so, all postponed surgeries and clinic appointments will be rescheduled with the highest priority. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we had been making great strides in improving access for our gender-affirming care, and we will continue that progress as soon as the current situation permits.”
Even though she understands why hospitals are making this decision, the possibility of a rescheduled surgery date has increased Violet Jones's levels of anxiety. “I've spent my entire life falling asleep while begging any theoretical omnipotent beings to let me wake up in the body I need to feel comfortable, and, [in May], that was finally going to happen," Jones said. "To lose that security would really harm my mental health and make it feel like it may never actually happen.” Despite this stress, Jones is trying to keep things in perspective because of COVID-19's vast impact on public health for everyone: “I understand that this is largely out of my hands, and that if/when the decision is made to cancel or reschedule the surgery, it'll be for the greater good of those who need facilities.”
Abigail said that her heart goes out to other trans people whose surgeries have been postponed. “The waiting times are [extremely long] and nobody knows when things will get back to normal. None of us are angry at medical staff, or even the decisions, but at the system—which is so lacking in resilience, and lets us down so regularly.”
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Special Bonus from our old pal Diana Tourjée
Nobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.Trans Women’s Underwear Doesn’t Exist
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women.
ArchiveNobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women. Inevitably, trans women adapt by learning from each other. We teach each other things that aren’t taught anywhere else, like how to tuck, or otherwise wear women’s clothes without showing a bulge.
Trans bodies are as diverse as any other group, but trans women tend to have penises, which no amount of styling can accommodate—at least, not well enough. Trans women have cleverly managed all these generations with no underpants made specifically for them, often by wearing panties designed for cis women, sometimes painfully tucking their genitalia between their legs, sizing down to hold a tuck in place, or wearing two pairs—artful attempts to make something that wasn’t made for us work for us.
“To be honest, I find it so stressful to buy underwear,” said Briana Silbeberg, a 27 year-old trans woman. What she finds in stores is often uncomfortable, not to mention that it functions poorly. “I've definitely bought a few pairs before that I thought would be fine and had stuff slip out, which, even if folks can't see, makes me feel ridiculous all day.” Silbeberg added that other styles she might like, such as the boyshort, has another layer of cis-normativity stitched into it that only makes the ignorance to trans bodies more distinct. “The name can be off-putting and kinda dysphoria-inducing, and weirdly inaccurate? They look nothing like boys’ underwear,” she said, “and I should know!”
The absence of underwear for trans women is, in part, a practical issue, said Gogo Graham, the acclaimed fashion designer known for her apparel created exclusively for trans women. Graham underscored the difference between lingerie and regular panty needs for trans women, explaining that lingerie is less a concern. “There's more of that for us than everyday garments,” Graham said. Graham also noted the expense of creating panties for trans women: “The cuts that hug our intimate contours affect the way we feel and function throughout the day, and the technical design of underwear I think is the biggest roadblock for us. It takes a lot of time, work and money to come up with something that really works in a functional sense, and those things haven't really been spent for comfy underwear that really works for the girls.”
Silbeberg wants someone to undertake the challenge. “It would change my life,” she said. “I think we aren't considered a large enough market yet, or with enough money to move the needle, which sucks. It makes me think about how for years—and to this day—the market for clothes for trans women specifically, although more historically really for crossdressers, was fetish-based, and because of that, today, many trans women are ashamed of a lot of the clothes that have been made for us.”
Trans bodies are still culturally maligned, marginal, and minority. One trans woman VICE spoke with, Rio Sofia, felt this firsthand, while working at a fetish store in Manhattan, where they sell a variety of goods, including gaffs, an old-school thong- or jockstrap- shaped device made of synthetic fiber, designed to conceal the penis. It can be used by drag queens and crossdressers, and are sometimes tried by trans women as panties, though they remain a niche market and aren’t designed as everyday underwear. To Silbeberg’s point, the gaff exists in the fetish market.
Rio was working at the boutique one day when she realized that tax was charged on gaffs—strange, given that apparel under $110 isn’t taxed in New York state, and all of the other clothing items in the store reflected that, she said. Curious about the discrepancy, Rio asked her boss. “He said, ‘Gaffs are costumes for crossdressers, and not anything people would actually wear. People who do this have a sissy fetish—[they’re] not actual people.’ And I'm like, I'm wearing one right now.’”
Is there some reason an entrepreneurial tranny can't turn this into a business opportunity? Or is the issue that they want to force Hanes, Jockey, and Fruit of the Loom to make tranny underwear while marketing it to "women"? That'll go over well. Either the mainstream companies label the underwear for "trans women" and get roasted for making a distinction between women and Real True Women. Or they label the underwear for women and piss off their customers who are actually productive members of society.
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trannies are generally disastrously incompetent when it comes to all things related to finance. a homeless methhead would make a better entrepreneur than your average tranny.
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The author of the Vice article, Kaye Loggins, had a $3k go fund me for “trans support donations & surgery healing” last year.
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Information that should've been included in Troonjée's last piece.
“To be honest, I find it so stressful to buy underwear,” said Briana Silbeberg, a 27 year-old trans woman.
Dumbfuck spelled his last name wrong. Silberberg claims to be buddies with traitor troon Bradley Manning.
Briana Silberberg, New York City Anti-Violence Project’s community organizer, first hung out with Manning in fall 2017 through a trans femme group chat. Manning would come up to New York from Maryland now and then, and the friend group would hang out with her when she was in town. Silberberg described her as “wickedly funny” and fun to be around, with plenty of interesting stories to share.
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The absence of underwear for trans women is, in part, a practical issue, said Gogo Graham, the acclaimed fashion designer known for her apparel created exclusively for trans women.
Self-written Commiepedia page. Lotsa links.
Website. Loves him some BBC.
One trans woman VICE spoke with, Rio Sofia, felt this firsthand, while working at a fetish store in Manhattan, where they sell a variety of goods, including gaffs, an old-school thong- or jockstrap- shaped device made of synthetic fiber, designed to conceal the penis.
Río Sofia is a visual artist and organizer. Her recent body of work explores forced feminization porn, a genre that fantasizes about experiencing gender transformation through coercion and loss of control.
Website
These are the fuckheads who can't find underwear.
“To be honest, I find it so stressful to buy underwear,” said Briana Silbeberg, a 27 year-old trans woman.
Dumbfuck spelled his last name wrong. Silberberg claims to be buddies with traitor troon Bradley Manning.
Briana Silberberg, New York City Anti-Violence Project’s community organizer, first hung out with Manning in fall 2017 through a trans femme group chat. Manning would come up to New York from Maryland now and then, and the friend group would hang out with her when she was in town. Silberberg described her as “wickedly funny” and fun to be around, with plenty of interesting stories to share.
The absence of underwear for trans women is, in part, a practical issue, said Gogo Graham, the acclaimed fashion designer known for her apparel created exclusively for trans women.
Self-written Commiepedia page. Lotsa links.
Website. Loves him some BBC.
One trans woman VICE spoke with, Rio Sofia, felt this firsthand, while working at a fetish store in Manhattan, where they sell a variety of goods, including gaffs, an old-school thong- or jockstrap- shaped device made of synthetic fiber, designed to conceal the penis.
Río Sofia is a visual artist and organizer. Her recent body of work explores forced feminization porn, a genre that fantasizes about experiencing gender transformation through coercion and loss of control.
Website
These are the fuckheads who can't find underwear.
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Who woulda thunk that dudes that are convinced that they're chicks wouldn't have the mental faculties to properly run a business.
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Why do these men believe that telling society about their repulsive fetishes makes trans people look good? Are they so perverted, narcissistic, or simply too autistic to recognize how they make themselves appear to everyone else? Does anyone actually know what (relatively) normal trans people actually think of this? I couldn't imagine them feeling anything less than horror at the knowledge that members of the trans "community" are aroused by the idea of raping and mutilating men, women, boys and girls.
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I don't know any personally right now (pretty sure I used to when I was younger), there are supposedly quite a few that post on the GC sub on reddit, plus I have also seen interviews with a few on UK TV, then the others that post on Twitter, looking through their written history, to me they appear quite normal.
Going off the above (and remembering that the following is just my observations, I am not speaking for them, or even assuming that anything is exactly correct, or even close), transsexuals HATE AGPs, they have turned the subgroup into a mockery, instead of just leaving them alone to get on with their lives.
Imagine living with gender dysphoria, seeing psychs for years, making sure you are mentally capable of going through something so horrifying, knowing that you don't pass but you want to get on with your life, and blend in as best you can with people accepting you for who you are as a person, and your choices for yourself.
Then along comes this mockery, that is seriously, just a more deranged version of drag queens, and suddenly you can't call yourself a transsexual any longer because that gets you shunned, called a transphobe, and ultimately cancelled.
I can imagine that if a transsexual was still hanging in there, their mental health going okay with regular counselling sessions, and supportive friends and family, that this would surely be pushing them towards being part of the 41%...
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Simple "panties" designed for the male anatomy are easy to find. They are called tighty whities.
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More Media Whining about Delayed Troon Surgeries
As Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19, Life-Saving Trans Surgeries Are Delayed
Though medical facilities may soon become overtaxed for everyone, the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on how transgender people's care can be treated as "non-essential."View attachment 1195565by Kaye Loggins
Mar 19 2020, 6:16pm
Photo by Zackary Drucker for the Gender Spectrum Collection
For transgender and gender non-conforming people, gender-affirming surgeries are life-altering procedures, which, for many, can greatly reduce gender dysphoria and improve their quality of life. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, trans communities on Reddit and Twitter are being flooded with reports of postponed and canceled surgeries in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Thailand, and elsewhere, leading to enormous stress and disappointment on top of a global health crisis.
This underscores a common experience amongst trans people seeking medical care or surgery: Research has suggested that gender-affirming surgery, in particular, has a notable and long-term impact on mental health, but far too often, trans people already wait far longer than is safe or healthy for this care. Further delays can be dangerous and even life-threatening.
Violet Jones, a 29-year-old trans woman and assistant professor in New York, has a procedure scheduled for May that hasn’t been cancelled yet, but she feels it's imminent. NYC is a national leader in transgender care, but Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order delaying all non-emergency surgery for the next few weeks.
Jones said she’s doing everything possible to prevent illness, which would force postponing her procedure. “A change to the date would pretty radically alter my plans and overall security around the procedure. The surgery was scheduled to allow recovery during [my school’s] summer months without a gap in pay.” She said that rescheduling may result in lost pay, as her recovery from surgery would conflict with the school year.
These cancellations and postponements are taking place as medical systems across the U.S. are facing a shortage of supplies and beds. Hospitals are discharging patients faster than usual, and systems have quickly moved to postpone any non-urgent procedures to free up space. In the U.K., the National Health Service has moved to postpone all non-urgent surgery for at least three months. For trans people, this includes planned gender-affirming procedures. Patients whose procedures are just weeks away are still waiting to find out if they’ll happen as planned.
Riley Cooper, a 23-year-old trans man in St. Louis, had his top surgery postponed, with no reschedule date. He says COVID-19 was the reason behind this cancellation, but it isn’t the first time. “This is the third time it’s been postponed. It’s getting more and more heartbreaking to keep getting so close to something that will make me feel better and feel like I'm in the right body for once,” he said. “Every time I feel like I've gotten close, something has to come along to take it away.”
Even in relatively normal circumstances when it comes to public health, gender-affirming care comes with long waitlists due to limited research and specialists, and patients often face an uphill battle in fighting insurance companies and doctors to receive care in the first place. Despite the American Medical Association, and increasingly, insurance companies, recognizing treatment for gender dysphoria as medically necessary, trans people often go through an enormous amount of stress, physical preparation, and administrative red tape to have procedures approved.
Many trans patients already battle with insurance companies over which procedures are considered “medically necessary”, and health providers often use words such as “cosmetic” or “elective” to deny coverage, language that is mirrored by those unfamiliar with trans care in ways that can be hurtful. In strictly medical terms, “elective” surgery doesn’t just encompass “cosmetic” procedures, but includes anything non-emergent, even surgery for tumors and leaky heart valves. Many gender-related surgeries also fall under this category. Doctors and patients obviously want any necessary procedure performed, but currently, the idea is that they are not immediately life-threatening, and limited space in hospitals could be better used for patients affected by COVID-19.
Joshua Safer, Executive Director at Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, told VICE that all gender-related surgeries are postponed for at least the next two weeks at the New York City hospital where he works. “In light of the difficult circumstances due to COVID-19, the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery has taken the extraordinary but necessary steps of postponing all non-emergent gender-affirming surgeries," Safer said. "This will protect our transgender and non-binary patients from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 while at the hospital, and will allow the hospital the capacity to care for critically ill COVID-19 patients.”
For those in recovery for recent surgery, necessary follow-up care may be in jeopardy because of COVID-19's effect on hospitals. This is true for Abigail, a 40-year-old trans woman in Wales who is currently recovering after surgery last week. (Abigail asked that her name be withheld for her privacy.) She said that, immediately before her procedure, her surgeon confirmed she was aware of the risks of indirectly coming into contact with the virus during her immediate recovery period. “It’s an odd atmosphere. The ward is half-empty. [The nurses] know there won’t be any other patients like me for a while, nor any other recipients of [non-urgent] surgery. They know coronavirus patients will be coming, but they’re not here yet.”
Daniella LaGaccia, a trans woman in New York, has been recovering from her vaginoplasty for over three weeks, and says that social distancing has affected her care schedule. Friends who signed up meal trains, rotating shifts for care and food preparation common during surgery recovery, have made last-minute cancellations. "The person who was supposed to bring me dinner tonight cancelled," she said. "I’m dependent on my friends for caregivers, because there isn't a service directly caring for trans patients in recovery. I can't buy groceries by myself. I need someone there."
LaGaccia was rushed to the ER last week for a bleeding complication during her recovery. She received care and is back home, but says that if this had happened today, it would be difficult to find someone to assist her at home in an emergency.
LaGaccia said that a routine follow-up with her surgeon at Mount Sinai was done by sending pictures via email and a phone call with her surgeon. "They really do care about their patients, and they talked with me remotely. They do that because they’re some of the best in the world at what they do," she said.
Safer confirmed that staff are reaching out to patients to ensure continuity in treatment. “Our team is on duty for patients with concerns that cannot be postponed including in-person post-operative care for our surgical patients, especially those who have had recent surgeries. We are also instituting some telehealth capacity to help some patients for whom that makes sense," Safer said. "As soon as it is safe to do so, all postponed surgeries and clinic appointments will be rescheduled with the highest priority. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we had been making great strides in improving access for our gender-affirming care, and we will continue that progress as soon as the current situation permits.”
Even though she understands why hospitals are making this decision, the possibility of a rescheduled surgery date has increased Violet Jones's levels of anxiety. “I've spent my entire life falling asleep while begging any theoretical omnipotent beings to let me wake up in the body I need to feel comfortable, and, [in May], that was finally going to happen," Jones said. "To lose that security would really harm my mental health and make it feel like it may never actually happen.” Despite this stress, Jones is trying to keep things in perspective because of COVID-19's vast impact on public health for everyone: “I understand that this is largely out of my hands, and that if/when the decision is made to cancel or reschedule the surgery, it'll be for the greater good of those who need facilities.”
Abigail said that her heart goes out to other trans people whose surgeries have been postponed. “The waiting times are [extremely long] and nobody knows when things will get back to normal. None of us are angry at medical staff, or even the decisions, but at the system—which is so lacking in resilience, and lets us down so regularly.”
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Nobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.Trans Women’s Underwear Doesn’t Exist
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women.
ArchiveNobody makes everyday panties for trans women. There was the first-of-its-kind lingerie brand, Chrysalis, that introduced a small selection of bras and bottoms briefly, but it is now defunct. Another line of trans girl lingerie was introduced recently, Camila Liu’s GI Collection. But neither of these companies have ever offered regular old panty options: casual cotton panties, thongs, or boy shorts designed for trans women’s bodies.
The lack of options for simple panties are a poignant example of how deeply society actively disinvests in trans women. Inevitably, trans women adapt by learning from each other. We teach each other things that aren’t taught anywhere else, like how to tuck, or otherwise wear women’s clothes without showing a bulge.
Trans bodies are as diverse as any other group, but trans women tend to have penises, which no amount of styling can accommodate—at least, not well enough. Trans women have cleverly managed all these generations with no underpants made specifically for them, often by wearing panties designed for cis women, sometimes painfully tucking their genitalia between their legs, sizing down to hold a tuck in place, or wearing two pairs—artful attempts to make something that wasn’t made for us work for us.
“To be honest, I find it so stressful to buy underwear,” said Briana Silbeberg, a 27 year-old trans woman. What she finds in stores is often uncomfortable, not to mention that it functions poorly. “I've definitely bought a few pairs before that I thought would be fine and had stuff slip out, which, even if folks can't see, makes me feel ridiculous all day.” Silbeberg added that other styles she might like, such as the boyshort, has another layer of cis-normativity stitched into it that only makes the ignorance to trans bodies more distinct. “The name can be off-putting and kinda dysphoria-inducing, and weirdly inaccurate? They look nothing like boys’ underwear,” she said, “and I should know!”
The absence of underwear for trans women is, in part, a practical issue, said Gogo Graham, the acclaimed fashion designer known for her apparel created exclusively for trans women. Graham underscored the difference between lingerie and regular panty needs for trans women, explaining that lingerie is less a concern. “There's more of that for us than everyday garments,” Graham said. Graham also noted the expense of creating panties for trans women: “The cuts that hug our intimate contours affect the way we feel and function throughout the day, and the technical design of underwear I think is the biggest roadblock for us. It takes a lot of time, work and money to come up with something that really works in a functional sense, and those things haven't really been spent for comfy underwear that really works for the girls.”
Silbeberg wants someone to undertake the challenge. “It would change my life,” she said. “I think we aren't considered a large enough market yet, or with enough money to move the needle, which sucks. It makes me think about how for years—and to this day—the market for clothes for trans women specifically, although more historically really for crossdressers, was fetish-based, and because of that, today, many trans women are ashamed of a lot of the clothes that have been made for us.”
Trans bodies are still culturally maligned, marginal, and minority. One trans woman VICE spoke with, Rio Sofia, felt this firsthand, while working at a fetish store in Manhattan, where they sell a variety of goods, including gaffs, an old-school thong- or jockstrap- shaped device made of synthetic fiber, designed to conceal the penis. It can be used by drag queens and crossdressers, and are sometimes tried by trans women as panties, though they remain a niche market and aren’t designed as everyday underwear. To Silbeberg’s point, the gaff exists in the fetish market.
Rio was working at the boutique one day when she realized that tax was charged on gaffs—strange, given that apparel under $110 isn’t taxed in New York state, and all of the other clothing items in the store reflected that, she said. Curious about the discrepancy, Rio asked her boss. “He said, ‘Gaffs are costumes for crossdressers, and not anything people would actually wear. People who do this have a sissy fetish—[they’re] not actual people.’ And I'm like, I'm wearing one right now.’”
Translation: "Bloohoohoo, I have to wait for an epidemic on a global scale that's killing people to pass over before I can get my cock cut or clit inverted! WhAt A tRaNsPhObIc WoRlD!!!" Seeing as how these types of people get anxiety over the opinions of fucking fast food executives, you'd think the virus alone was enough for them to shut up and wait.
As for the tranny underwear, this is one of the biggest reasons I canNOT stand troons. They focus on the most mundane and ineffectual things in society and make it just as ugly as them. And of course call you every -ist and -phobe in the book until they get their way. Just like bathrooms are just places to crap and piss in and the wrappers on pads are just there to protect the cotton products from tainting, underwear is just something to shield your bits from diseases. (What do they even need lingerie for?! The sex they're not having because no sane man wants to stick their dick in a stinkditch?!) Stop wasting resources for these dumb changes and DEAL WITH IT.
You are right about these few lunatics harming the legit trannies, but only if they themselves allow them to do so. Two of my trans friends, one MtF and one FtM, don't use social media anymore. Since then, the FtM never talks about it (he'd rather talk about his job and pets) while the MtF vents to me on occasion about it. And by "it" I mean their own transness or the "transness" of others. Makes me wonder if the true cure for troonism is to get off social media.
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displaying their deviancy and seeing people recoil in disgust unironically makes them feel stunning and brave because they think they just owned a bigot
also grossing people out makes their girldicks hard
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I would wager they may be going the Bart Simpson route of 'unfurnished basement' regardless.
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Having a big, fat, hairy dick & balls will get in the way of that.