one of the seldom discussed barriers to transition care is how medicalized fatphobia intersects with gender-affirming surgeries.
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one of the seldom discussed barriers to transition care is how medicalized fatphobia intersects with gender-affirming surgeries.
to the best of my knowledge, gender-affirming surgery teams will not operate on people over a certain BMI. nevermind that BMI is a pseudoscience, or that this barrier hangs on little more than surgeons' refusal to learn how to operate on fat bodies.
what that means for me, personally, is that even if I overcome the other logistical and financial barriers to gender-affirming surgeries, they'll just take one look at my BMI and say no.
so for the future, I'm faced with a choice of either destroying my body through weight cycling, or radically accepting that I'll never have the body that I want. and the latter seems little different than conversion therapy to me.
so I guess the effects from HRT are the best I'll ever get. better hope it continues doing good work.
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one of the seldom discussed barriers to transition care is how medicalized fatphobia intersects with gender-affirming surgeries.
to the best of my knowledge, gender-affirming surgery teams will not operate on people over a certain BMI. nevermind that BMI is a pseudoscience, or that this barrier hangs on little more than surgeons' refusal to learn how to operate on fat bodies.
what that means for me, personally, is that even if I overcome the other logistical and financial barriers to gender-affirming surgeries, they'll just take one look at my BMI and say no.
so for the future, I'm faced with a choice of either destroying my body through weight cycling, or radically accepting that I'll never have the body that I want. and the latter seems little different than conversion therapy to me.
so I guess the effects from HRT are the best I'll ever get. better hope it continues doing good work.
@YKantRachelRead
I'm sorry it's like that -
@YKantRachelRead
I'm sorry it's like that@elexia thank you
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@elexia thank you
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one of the seldom discussed barriers to transition care is how medicalized fatphobia intersects with gender-affirming surgeries.
to the best of my knowledge, gender-affirming surgery teams will not operate on people over a certain BMI. nevermind that BMI is a pseudoscience, or that this barrier hangs on little more than surgeons' refusal to learn how to operate on fat bodies.
what that means for me, personally, is that even if I overcome the other logistical and financial barriers to gender-affirming surgeries, they'll just take one look at my BMI and say no.
so for the future, I'm faced with a choice of either destroying my body through weight cycling, or radically accepting that I'll never have the body that I want. and the latter seems little different than conversion therapy to me.
so I guess the effects from HRT are the best I'll ever get. better hope it continues doing good work.
@YKantRachelRead well, i just got denied HRT in part because of my BMI... except that the doctor falsely claimed it was over 35 in order to deny it
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one of the seldom discussed barriers to transition care is how medicalized fatphobia intersects with gender-affirming surgeries.
to the best of my knowledge, gender-affirming surgery teams will not operate on people over a certain BMI. nevermind that BMI is a pseudoscience, or that this barrier hangs on little more than surgeons' refusal to learn how to operate on fat bodies.
what that means for me, personally, is that even if I overcome the other logistical and financial barriers to gender-affirming surgeries, they'll just take one look at my BMI and say no.
so for the future, I'm faced with a choice of either destroying my body through weight cycling, or radically accepting that I'll never have the body that I want. and the latter seems little different than conversion therapy to me.
so I guess the effects from HRT are the best I'll ever get. better hope it continues doing good work.
@YKantRachelRead *hugs* please don’t destroy your body, you need to live there
