I think Talia’s thread here gets at something really important about how US trans people view our relation to institutions and the medical model of transness and trans care. Because while it does not _comprehensively_ serve our needs, the US regime has made it comparatively easier than many other - ThreadSky

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onyxandsalt.bsky.social • 32 days ago

I think Talia’s thread here gets at something really important about how US trans people view our relation to institutions and the medical model of transness and trans care. Because while it does not _comprehensively_ serve our needs, the US regime has made it comparatively easier than many other

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onyxandsalt.bsky.social•32 days ago

countries (esp European, esp esp Anglophone) to get *some* care. This makes it easy for us to feel like we just need to keep reforming the system we have instead of questioning if it should exist at all.

onyxandsalt.bsky.social•32 days ago

Even the “better” versions of US trans care are really repressive if you want anything besides not enough E pills and too much spiro, whether that’s better feminizing HRT, T at all, or any surgery. they couch it in these terms of “well you’re *allowed* to have that, we’re just not going to give it

onyxandsalt.bsky.social•32 days ago

to you” that if you have the standard set of US brainworms looks like freedom, like you can get what you need if you just negotiate better. And then we go and talk to people from other countries who can better recognize the oppression built into our systems as if our shit is normal and good!

onyxandsalt.bsky.social•32 days ago

It’s very silly. One reason we don’t recognize how thoroughly we are propogandized here is that lots of the propaganda is not messages but just structurally built into how our systems operate.

onyxandsalt.bsky.social•32 days ago

I’m very grateful to Talia and all the others (including Americans who are more marginalized than me) for helping me see this more clearly

tasneem1993.bsky.social•19 days ago

Hello, I am Tasneem from Gaza. The occupation destroyed my home, my beautiful city, my dreams, and everything beautiful. Our lives are in danger and I cannot return to my city, Rafah, because of the continuous bombing. Can you help me rebuild my life?

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