The government has nothing to do with doctors denying you care.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Okay but do you have to tell your doctor abt your gender identity, if you're biologically a male, that's what they care about
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Replying to @alissa_edda
There's no such thing as "biologically male." But ICD codes are dependent on gender so their office needs to know your insurance co gender
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Male, female, intersex. Those are the biological sexes. Sex is not gender identity
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Replying to @alissa_edda
Sex is determined by 5 features and not all deviations are intersex conditions.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @alissa_edda
Those things are also broadly meaningless for most medical practice.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @alissa_edda
Unless you're having gonads or genitals worked on or hormones treated, biological sexual characteristics don't matter.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Ok exactly so if you don't have those things, you just FEEL like you're a boy why do you have to tell ur doctor
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Replying to @alissa_edda
Yoi know transitioning doesn't mean we magically look like the correct gender, right?
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @alissa_edda
First, doctors gatekeep our access to transition care. Second, physical changes can take years. And many trans folk never pass.
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T doesn't make you taller. E doesn't narrow your shoulders or lower your voice.
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