• Flax@feddit.uk
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    16 hours ago

    This is a UK politics thread on the UK politics sub on the UK based instance. What do you mean by “our”. If you’re one of those trumpian interfering yanks, then admit it.

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, I’m offering you my experience with the US’s horrifyingly dysfunctional healthcare system that was still able to give me a prescription within months rather than 6+ years. Maybe you should stop trying to blame trans people for your system failing so many people for so long.

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        3 hours ago

        At no point did I ever blame trans people. I don’t know how you even read that out of what I said.

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          At no point did I ever blame trans people. I don’t know how you even read that out of what I said.

          here’s the things that jumped out at me:

          A “bias” against self report and DIY HRT is understandable as the person has likely just been hanging out in forums and Discord servers but not assessed by a professional.

          based on this I can only conclude that you don’t consider self report people to be trans. You’re clearly shitting on them for not following the 6 year labyrinth of your health system to get hormones and a proper diagnosis.

          from what I can tell your main concern is continuing austerity rather than just figuring out what care is needed and providing it.

          I think it’s important for it to be assessed first to make sure that necessary care is being funded by the taxpayer and not just cosmetic surgery

          I can conclude and you either missed or dismissed my point about cosmetic surgery. things like electrolysis on the face to remove facial hair may be “cosmetic” but it’s also kind of a big deal for transfems who don’t follow the puberty blocker track. It involves a lot of work in the system to even get to have that covered, I can assure you that nobody is getting recreational facial electrolysis.

          if your concern is actually taxpayers money getting spent well maybe you lot should spend less money on weapons, cops and tax cuts? it’s what I tell them here because those things are money pits.