Today I cancelled sessions and have spent my time developing and now implementing a plan to push back against a local healthcare provider (UPMC) that is complying in advance by refusing to provide Gender Affirming Care for folks under 19. Coming up with a plan was not difficult. But (more) - ThreadSky

rogersfan.bsky.social • 32 days ago

Today I cancelled sessions and have spent my time developing and now implementing a plan to push back against a local healthcare provider (UPMC) that is complying in advance by refusing to provide Gender Affirming Care for folks under 19. Coming up with a plan was not difficult. But (more)

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postcards4ca.bsky.social•32 days ago

Would like to help and need more information.
What's UPMC?
Is it a specific clinician or the whole institution?

rogersfan.bsky.social•32 days ago

UPMC is an insurance company headquartered in Pittsburgh. They also own a variety of healthcare facilities from Urgent Care to Hospitals. Most locals have insurance through them so you can use their facilities. It was already pretty gross.

rogersfan.bsky.social•32 days ago

I think the decision is specifically on the healthcare provider side. I don't know if the insurance coverage will change.

I am planning on sending postcards to employees - at their jobs, not trying to find out where they live - to encourage them to complain to their bosses.

rogersfan.bsky.social•32 days ago

I am struggling to create the postcards I am making because the facts keep depressing the hell out of me.

JAMA published research in 2022 that showed youth receiving gender affirming care, including puberty blockers and HRT, had a 72 percent reduction in odds of suicidiality. (More)

rogersfan.bsky.social•32 days ago

I don't know what enough about their raw data to know how exact this is, but when I look at the Trevor Project data over the last few years, the percentage of LGBTQIA+ youth in general and trans teens specifically who contemplated suicide and who actually attempted have been trending downward.

rogersfan.bsky.social•32 days ago

Note, that was specifically for PA. I didn't look at their national data over time.

Gender Affirming Care Saves Lives.

And trying to force kids back in the closet will lead us to a lot of dead kids.

I am not going to sugarcoat this. UPMC will be directly responsible for dead children.

smashthecistem.bsky.social•27 days ago

UPMC has always kinda been a shit transphobic company anyways though, right? They've never done gender affirming surgeries, and from a few enbys I know who used to work there, the staff behind the scenes can (depending on the location) be pretty transphobic, too.

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