I do understand that you might expect some direct pushback from the clinic. But wanting the kids you care for to have more assessment & therapy is completely reasonable. Working with them could only benefit the kids they see.
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Replying to @conradian7 @JuliaMasonMD1 and
:/ I'm genuinely sorry this is such a painful topic for everyone. I know these children are often really struggling & I don't want to see them put through unnecessary or oppositional medical care.
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Replying to @conradian7 @JuliaMasonMD1 and
That's not a real concern. The actual issue is that it's extremely difficult for any transgender person to get care. Making it harder is the worst thing to do.
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Replying to @fennec_sasha @JuliaMasonMD1 and
This is absolutely true, & one thing that I've been thinking about is how much it all COSTS. I honestly cannot imagine being on the transgender beat & not discussing these issues. In the US most parents would be having nightmares.
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Replying to @conradian7 @fennec_sasha and
Well, in my state (Oregon) all transgender care is covered by OHP and thus must be covered by all private insurance as well. At the TransActive meeting, there were families who had moved to OR for "free" transgender care for their kids. Moved from TX and moved from OK.
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Replying to @JuliaMasonMD1 @conradian7 and
Those are called "good parents"
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Replying to @fennec_sasha @conradian7 and
What's the chance of one mother having two trans kids? The mom who moved from OK to obtain transition care had both a transboy and a transgirl.
Stunning and brave.
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Replying to @JuliaMasonMD1 @fennec_sasha and
Whatever you think the cause of being trans is -- be it genetic or environmental, nature or nurture -- since blood siblings raised in the same household share both, the chance of them both being trans is probably pretty high
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JuliaMasonMD1 and
It's actually really obnoxious when people play this kind of card as a gotcha -- trans people MUST be rare, it's a RULE that they be rare, and they must not only be rare but normally distributed throughout the population, by lottery Anything else is sinister
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JuliaMasonMD1 and
If you wouldn't consider 0.002-0.006 % in male and 0.001-0.003% in females to be rare you're either an imbecile or a product of the shittiest educational system known to humanity
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What exactly is your point here -- that all previous statistics are objectively correct and all future statistics that deviate from them must constitute an aberration? That's some major high-handed arrogance
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