• Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    22 hours ago

    we should still talk about how expensive and gatekeepy trans healthcare is. yes you can be trans without HRT or surgeries, but how many people don’t have them because they don’t want them, VS how many people don’t have them because they can’t have them?

    • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 hours ago

      the numbers last I checked were something like around half of all trans women want a vaginoplasty but haven’t had it, but only around 10% have actually had it - so obviously the costs, the preparation, and medical gatekeeping are all barriers to many people getting the surgery they need …