A short thread on why the Census issue is hurtful to trans people:
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
There is almost no solid data on trans healthcare. The best survey on US prevalence? It uses smoking cessation surveys and stats games.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Because we're often excluded from inusrance coverage, doctors don't use the diagnosis code that would best apply: F64.1 in ICD-10.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Every doctor uses different codes. When my insurance had me coded as male, my endo used "hypertrophy of the breast."
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
I've seen all sorts; my favorite was "agenesis of the cervix." But this is super harmful actually.
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Replying to @h4nnarchy
I think maybe it was you who told me that one!
5:13 AM - 30 Mar 2017
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