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I have no idea. However, I can tell you that Toccoa, where Robert Eads (the aforementioned transman) was from is mostly just like where I live. Small town mentality. I'd guess that they likely did it either simply because they could and decided he didn't deserve treatment, or because they were afraid that word would get out about it.
Is this your stance on all medications and procedures, or simply ones related to gender identity disorder?Zephyr said:
All medications and procedures.
First of all, intersex people really don't have "both." There's no such thing as a perfect human hermaphrodite. The genitals are usually somewhere between male and female and there are all sorts of medical complications that can come into play. More importantly, intersex people currently are pretty much required to pick a gender to identify as. Some parents will even have their intersex children undergo surgery to assign a gender to them, but this often has terrible results. Some of the people who have been put through this surgery cannot even achieve any sort of sexual satisfaction. It really should be a crime to perform those surgeries on children, especially when they're usually too young to decide for themselves which gender they really identify with. Intersex people should be allowed to grow up and make their own decisions and frankly, I think they should have recognition such as on their driver's license. Basically, they're in the same boat as the transgender people.
If it's you have no idea about HIPPA laws, they are basically laws that state patient information is to remain 100% confidential, and is to be released only those the patient gives consent. Even the doctor's secretary legally could not even know of the transman with ovarian canver.
Maybe not legally, no. But from what I've been able to gather, it wasn't a secret that he was trans. Most of the doctors probably wouldn't want him seen at their offices regularly, since this is the South, and people talk.
Aqualung said:
Well, that's your choice, but I would give my life to keep random and uninterested from forcing other random people from doing something that they don't want to. As I said earlier, negative rights > positive rights, and that's the belief I'm willing to stand up for.
It completely depends on what procedures the individual goes through. Some trans men have hysterectomies, some don't. Since taking testosterone stops menstruation, some men won't get their uterus or ovaries removed. And some others will only get their uterus removed without the ovaries as well in case they ever have to go off testosterone (having no sex hormones floating around in your body messes up your bones pretty badly).
Many genetic women aren't going to commit suicide from dysphoria if they don't have these surgeries or transition.
Before you answer, I'd like to know if you think you have a good understanding of transgender/sexual issues.
Should insurance cover trans-related procedures and surgeries? If yes, which ones? If no, why not?
Another big problem trans men I've talked to have is getting pap smears and obgyn visits covered by their insurance. They need them, but if they're listed as male it won't cover them.
Should insurance companies change so that they're "gender-blind", so to speak?
