Regardless of whether or not trans men are admitted, the issue Titania is speaking about is donors who do not understand why trans women are allowed admission. Trans men are men, and we can have that discussion (preferably with trans men, because, you know, it's about them), but trans women are women. The policy…

I would guess that the high rate of early death through murder and suicide is what drops the average life expectancy so much. Similar to how 500 years ago it was only 30ish for normal people, despite plenty of people dying of old age in their 80s. The early deaths from disease or injury brought the average way down.

This '97 Alumna thinks you're full of crap.

That's exactly what I was talking about. I'm desperate for incoming patients to feel safe in speaking to me about their sexuality, or their gender identity. I know in my head that I would never treat them differently, that I don't judge and that I frankly don't care how they identify or who they love. If they're ok…

Regarding your Camaro badge script comparison and claim that theres no way in hell a modern muscle car would go near it:

Here in the US, due to our crappy medical system, no diagnosis=no treatment, so having a respectful-ish diagnosis on the books is still necessary. I'd love to believe that we might move away from that necessity over time, but that would require changes that go far beyond the scope of trans medical coverage.

If someone was actually claiming to be raped while they weren't, then yes, that's wrong. However, 1. that doesn't happen - no one in their right mind would go through the hassle that accusing someone of rape is, and 2. it is up to the survivor to define their experiences. If they made it clear, in whatever way, that…

It's not remotely as simple as just putting on a skirt. It's not as simple as saying you identify yourself as female. Under this law it means I can punish someone for preventing me from going to my bathroom, the bathroom associated with what is on my ID, but someone can still prevent me. Legal action will take place…

I realized when I was 15 how incredibly racist and bigoted my extended family is. To the point that I feel as though I am violating my own sense of morality and my own responsibility to the world by associating with them. So when I turned 18 I cut them out of my life. I get questions from people being like oh but…

I'm not denying that a lot of the things he said were problematic, by any means. But I find the knee jerk reaction to problematic/offensive things, particularly on the internet, is to get aggressive and start conflict, which never (particularly without a face-to-face interaction) works to educate or change minds. …

Why is paying for anti-depressants preferable to paying for hormone pills when a supply of hormone pills would negate the need for anti-depressants? If someone is depressed, you give them anti-depressants. If someone is transgendered, you give them their hormone therapy. Both drugs do the same thing: they are a…

At least back when I was with a carrier, the CAPEX costs of backhaul weren't nearly as cheap as you suggest. I remember NTT spending quite a bit beefing up their backhaul for their LTE upgrades, in addition to all the fronthaul costs they incurred.

In the vast majority of the cases, you won't know the difference. Especially when there are stalls.

Yeah, yeah, there's a double standard. When it swings our way, we get more power, more freedom, and entirely better lives than women do. When it swings their way, they get to make 'sexist' jokes and draw cartoon dicks. I'm crying into my neckbeard about how unfair life is to me as a man.

Anybody who thinks it's hypocritical for us to hate rape and like sex isn't very good at thinking.

Please keep in mind that this is my opinion and my opinion alone in this message. I'm not trying to offend anyone here. But, seriously. I know I'm going to get a lot of shit about this, but I just cannot STAND Mich Fest. It makes me angry on an almost cellular level. Every year in college, my friends would get SO…

I agree with you that nobody should be shamed for not being sexually accepting toward certain genitals and whatnot, but with the other stuff, what's so wrong with tossing out decades of discrimination? Should the fact that a form of discrimination has the labels of 'feminist' or 'radical' behind it, or 'feminist'…

"casually tossing out DECADES of feminist thought about sex and gender." - you speak as if feminism is a monolith where we all agree on these thoughts. I think that a lot of the radical feminist thoughts on gender DESERVE to be thrown out; instead, they are used to discredit feminism as a movement. Or co-opted to…

Bull. I am a cisborn straight girl - and I guarantee that you and I have about as much in common as you and a transwoman. You and I didn't experience the same things. I suspect (though am not certain) that YOU grew up in a time of TitleX - that you weren't required to wear skirts to school, and have never seen a…