Also, within the activist community there is constant friction when supporting trans comrades. Our specific needs are often considered "too burdensome" by organizers who have limited understanding of these risks.
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I know several trans people who have left activist circles because they couldn't get affirmative confirmation that things like "please have a place for my meds and a medical will" would be handled appropriately by organizers.
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Trans solidarity actually doesn't end with "we support trans lives." It starts there.
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Here is one such story of a Black trans woman being charged with carrying prescription drugs without a prescription.https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2015/11/10/arrested-transgender-woman-files-complaint-against-wdm-hotel/75508728/ …
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Christ. This is the most American thing I’ve ever seen. Begging health providers and legislators not to kill you and doing the imposible to not give the police an excuse to destroy your life
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Y'all that is LEGIT TERRIFYING I had no idea about that particular dimension of my oppression
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I brought my hormones with me on my flight in one of those, absolutely did not have any proof it was my prescription. Yikes!
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"I'm a victim of laws that apply to everyone but they're obviously targetting me specifically!"
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I'm guessing this is sarcasm. If so, note that the claim is that these laws are used to charge trans people who are otherwise law-abiding; not that the laws only target trans people.
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Same here with vile and syringes when travel time overlaps with T injection day.
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This is so fucked up. They're not even drugs you could get high off of, wtf do they think they are protecting people from?
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tfw I can’t sad react tweets
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Sound policy. I carry my scrip at all times.
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