this is along with name, race and other demographic information

They don’t have a gender field, and it really feels like they are just reducing sex and gender down to “you are what you were assigned at birth”, and then hiding behind amorphous medical “reasons” as justification …

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    5 hours ago

    it really all depends on your location too and whether or not you feel safe. for me, my pcp was who i initially talked about being trans with and she gave me some pointers on places to go (i also get my hormones and see my endo through fenway health which is a dedicated lgbtq clinic) so definitely only do it if you feel safe (erin’s hrt map helped out a lot to find places near me)

    • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      4 hours ago

      I’m definitely in a safer place now, ironically I was completely out to my doctors when I lived in a very unsafe state, but that was because I had initially transitioned then and needed access to care. I’m not really out to anyone in this new city, except to the other trans people at a trans support group.

      I am not worried about safety as much as all the problems that come with disclosing trans status, such as suddenly not being seen as your gender (even when you were passing before), and all the ignorance that comes with being trans.