If you’re really pro-choice, and say you support a woman’s right to choose, you better fucking support a trans woman’s right to have hrt and get srs if she so desires.
(I know I’m going to get hate for this.)
nah
a man wanting to a get boob implants for cosmetic reasons and to fulfill his autogynephilic kink is in no way in the same level or comparable to a traumatized rape victim wanting to get rid of the pregnancy that resulted from the sexual abuse she experienced, pro-choice activism is in no way related and should never go hand-in-hand with transgenderism rhetoric
0/10 this is a terrible post and you should feel ashamed
You do know that *I* am not allowed to have hormones, as a post-menopausal cis woman with a family history of breast cancer? Â You do know the majority of post-menopausal women who now request hormones do not get them, due to fear of liability and lawsuits, etc? Â
The official number of post-menopausal women (in the USA) on hormones is 1 in 5, and that is why.  Even if we sign papers agreeing to the liability and taking responsibility… well, they don’t offer us any.  The door is closed; they are simply not going there and possibly getting sued for malpractice. Â
Therefore, pay attention, you are actually getting treated far better than we are. Â The medical establishment assumes you are intelligent enough to choose what you want and grown up enough take responsibility, but fully 80% post-menopausal women are not given these choices.
I support the rights of 1 out of 5 trans women getting hormones, the same as for post-menopausal cis women. Â Exactly the same. Â If any woman in your family has had breast cancer, instant disqualification. Â Tough shit. Â
Now, that’s equality.  As it is, trans women are of course treated FAR BETTER than cis women and after their initial diagnosis, have oceans of hormones at their disposal (at megadoses I have been told would be harmful for cis women) regardless of their family histories.  So cut the bullshit, please. Â
1 in 5 is the number for us, so that should be the number for you…  agreed? Â
If not, why do you think you deserve to be treated better than cis women?
hm don’t u think it’s just a bit, unnatural? doesn’t it make a mokery of the women who can produce their own estrogen? doesn’t taking these manufactured chemicals and pumping them into your body make you simply a product of the modern medical industry? isn’t artificial female hormones just a defiance of natural order? aren’t hormones just optional and cosmetic and unnecessary? just saying, i thought terfs were against all this hormone stuff. but im learning more everyday!
but in all seriousness. estrogen treatment at an old age comes with significant risk to trans & cis women. trans women who medically transition over 40 are very often denied hormones if there is any history of heart disease or blood clotting disorders in the family, although antiandrogens are a different matter because they have no risk and in fact reduce the risk of many cancers. and all trans women are on progressively lower dosages as we age because estrogen treatment is a cancer risk in all women, and medical guidelines state that over around 40, estrogen supplements should be kept as little as possible. often trans women have to halt hormones completely around the age breast cancer becomes a risk factor if there’s a family history. the ‘megadoses’ you’re talking about would be dangerous only to women who are already producing estrogen, as normal estrogen levels don’t to be doubled. in fact they’re only ‘megadoses’ compared to the microdoses found in contraceptives, because they have completely different functions. if a trans woman is taking more estrogen than is in the normal range of cis women for their age, that’s generally self-medication and is harmful if left unchecked. and at every age depending on the dosage we need bloodtests every 3 to 6 months to check our liver, kidneys and to check for clots.
and the whole ‘trans women have it better’ shit that you’re pushing ignores that trans women outside the US (Nowhere else has a planned parenthood) need to go to specialists for these drugs, which have a minimum year long waiting lists, often 2 years or more, just to get into preliminary psychological testing. they often require over 10 very expensive sessions of very intrusive evaluation. the country of New Zealand had one such specialist who recently retired, and now the entire damn country is unequipped to handle trans women. this isn’t like us just being able to go to the gynecologist.
it’s really not that hard to google what attaining hormone treatment is like for trans women there’s just no need to be this wrong next time
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