just got told by some random person that trans people in the US are just faking the bills being passed. how ignorant do you have to be? #trans#transgender
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Something i'm pondering today: are there any popular or mainstream-ish TV shows or hollywood movies depicting a t4t couple? Are there any that even show a queer romance between a trans person and a cis person? Are there any that show trans women as capable of being dated and loved in long-term relationships as themselves?
I'll admit, I am unaware of a single t4t couple in mainstream entertainment media (maybe there's like a single episode sidestory somewhere?). That might have more to do with me not watching that many new shows and movies though, not sure.
In terms of trans characters being dated and loved as themselves, i think all of those are in queer-centered media like the L Word, Pose, and Transparent, i'm guessing? (Also haven't watched those shows because i'm a bad queer 😅) but a mainstream show? Definitely can't name one, especially where a transfem or trans woman is seen as having a long-term relationship as herself.
@JoscelynTransient More t4c relationships: Glamorous, The Umbrella Academy, Princess Jellyfish (yes I'm claiming this one for the dolls), and Coronation Street (1998-2014 - Hayley Cropper, played by a cis woman unfortunately - but you can't get much more mainstream than one of the most watched TV shows in the country).
As someone who has lost #trans :heart_trans: loved ones because of #transphobia, I'm fed up with this very small percentage within an already small group of detransitioners who actively campaign to derail the transitions of others.
Because this word implies that there isn't anything truly special or weird about #trans people. It helps to put things into perspective, and normalize trans people a bit.
Accepting the word "#cisgender" implies that trans people have a point (and they do). But if you're a transphobe blinded by hate, you can't have that. Even a simple word would be too much of a concession.
TRANSFEM BRAIN TRUST: What boob prosthetics would you suggest for transfem who has very little growth or development?
Please reply with suggested products! The girl I'm asking for is willing to spend a medium amount $80 - $100 if it is really worth it and can be worn with a more revealing tank top or other tops. She said she wants to find a full chestplate or full chest prosthetic. If there's something that's more affordable, that would be great too!
We've been hearing an increasing number of reports of trans people's GPs refusing to prescribe their HRT to them - even if they have a letter from an NHS gender clinic requesting that they do.
Aus Philipp wird Constanze - sonst ändert sich nix! #Transidentität verstehen #Transsexualität war lange Zeit ein Tabuthema in #Kirche und #Gesellschaft. Transsexuelle mussten ihre Identität verbergen, wurden angefeindet und staatlich diskriminiert. Inzwischen ist die gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz für Transpersonen gestiegen. Viele gehen selbstbewusst mit ihrer sexuellen Identität um, aber es bleiben viele Fragen offen. Drei #Transfrauen berichten von ihren Erfahrungen: Wie sie ihre Identität entdeckten, welche Hindernisse ihnen im Weg standen, wie sie ihre Identität mit ihrem Glauben vereinbaren und wie sie heute selbstbestimmt leben.
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Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The Health Secretary has said that transgender hospital patients in England may be banned from being treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segregation is discriminatory, dangerous, and violates the Equality Act of 2010. It cannot go ahead.
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Heute mal wieder Gastdozentin im Fachbereich Psychologie. Ich referiere die Grundlagen zu (#trans) Geschlecht. Lehrmittel zur genetischen Geschlechterevolution: Spriggina, Trilobit, Scolopendra und Theropoda.
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Coming out is hard, and coming out as trans is even harder. As trans folks, we have to do it in a way pretty much nobody else ever does.
This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we're looking at the rhetoric of How To Come Out Anywhere, so you can feel a little more confident when you invite the people you love into a deeper relationship with you.
@2d My stuff isn't aimed at minors, I should say--it's not that they can't be used by minors where appropriate, just that there are many fewer resources for folks figuring their stuff out later on.
We really need to educate people on statistical reasoning and mixed methods research...A RANT THREAD (1/?)
Okay, so, cards on the table, I am published as a mixed methods, social science researcher and have helped co-author multiple reports on LGBTQIA+ public mental health and community experiences. Let's just say, I ain't no amateur on this topic.
So, something that drives me nuts in conversations about trans healthcare and especially trans youth gender-affirming care is that people don't understand basic statistical reasoning.
One of the parts of this that clicked for me today on why so many arguments frustrate me is that people don't actually understand how sampling works and how we reason from a specific sample in a study....
One of the critiques that often comes up about trans healthcare, especially for trans youth healthcare, is that most studies are on small sample sizes.
Most people take this to mean they are not generalizable, rigorous, or robust results because often we are thinking something like: "It was a study of 100 people but there are 8 billion people on the planet, that's such a small portion that there could be huge biases." This is good reasoning in most cases. If we want to claim something is helpful, effective, safe, or true of 8 billion people, you need to up that sample size big time.
But that's not the frame for trans healthcare. The frame is "trans people," which is probably somewhere in the ballpark of 0.5% - 2% of the global population depending on study and definitions. So, we're already down to a population of 80 million.
Now, let's get more specific. Most studies aren't generalizing to global trans populations but specific country or regional populations that are going to share more cultural, material, and social conditions. So, for example, US population is 300 million, so our trans population we're generalizing to is 3 million. The thing is, we know how distribution curves work in populations and at 3 million people, you actually only need a few thousand to be able to accurately generalize to 99.7% of that (depending on a range of factors, could be even lower or higher).
Now, let's focus in more: most studies aren't making claims about even the whole trans population or even the whole trans youth population: they are making claims about trans youth served at a specific clinic or health system.
Have you filed a snitch report yet with the Utah site?
"Apparently Utah's solution to people feeling unsafe in restrooms is to encourage folks to take photos of & focus extreme attention on the private parts of others who are taking care of a biological need to eliminate waste?" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/utah-auditor-slams-legislature-for #Trans#Flood#Slam
"Rowling seems to have strayed outside the mainstream consensus that says opposition to trans rights is perfectly acceptable (no one objected to Rowling lobbying for trans women to be banned from women’s bathrooms), but only if cloaked in a guise of reasonable concerns and polite-seeming language. When hostility, anger, and hate is expressed openly, it transgresses this boundary."
Great piece. Really liked this segment that captures the heart of it.
A woman gains nothing when JK Rowling is gratuitously cruel to random trans women on the internet. It doesn’t gain a woman equal pay, opportunities in sport, protection from sexual violence or protection from misogyny. In fact, many women would say their experience of misogyny has increased markedly at the hands of Rowling fanboys. She is hurting real people, people who just want to live their lives in peace in order to claim some hollow victory by destroying all around her.
One year ago I stepped outside as Nora for the first time, to attend a small local parade. I was so nervous and uncertain, just a few months into my surprise gender journey.
This year I returned to the parade so much more confident in the person I’m becoming. Now I’m practically reveling in the uncertainty of the future, because whatever happens, I get to meet it as my true self.
