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The admin is laying the groundwork. This is one of their stated goals.
Doing this only in prison is not their aim and we both know that. None of these fucks genuinely only wants to take care away from prisoners.
I'm not denying that, but that's precisely why we have a responsibility to the community to not post misleading, alarmist titles that create the false impression that they are already setting these plans in motion right now. This is panic-inducing clickbait.
I agree. This headline outlines a plausible but not confirmed scenario.
"New Trump Administration actions may pave the way for trans adult care ban" is accurate and doesnt undersell the urgency.
Something I’ve had to start practicing (recommendation from my therapist) is rating distressing headlines somewhere on the line from imminent to theoretical. Do they want to round us all up and put us in camps and outlaw HRT or maybe just start executing us in the town square? Sure. I’m not naive about that. But there are differences in preparations I would be making to start DIY HRT, for example, if this was becoming law tomorrow vs if it’s still some wish stored in Trump’s balls. It’s not something I need to call my provider over because they’re going to say the same thing they said the last three times I asked. The specifics matter.
I think you would be wise to prepare for the worst, hope for the best. You never know when diy will be disrupted, even if it's by vendors willingly exiting the market. I think it would be foolish to not have a stockpile of hrt right now.
Yes, i am aware of that. Given that i am nowadays physically incapable of producing enough of any sex hormone ever again to not suffer from ostheoporosis without HRT, i obviously have contingency plans for everything because i can read the writing on the wall. But that involves knowing were we are, not assuming. When you're under threat, you can't afford to jump the gun, you also need to avoid getting paralyzed by hypervigilance. I'm saying this as somebody who's spent the last year hardening at least the part of my community that's closest to me against what's to come - and for a good while, it's been part of our support structures that we regularly had to calm people down who are entering a doom spiral from hypotheticals that they extrapolate from the news. It's less common atm, but i've seen over and over again how that happens, which is why i am speaking up about this.
I'm not saying "don't worry, your gender affirming care is safe" because it very obviously isn't secured enough anywhere in the world. But nothing in that article tells people how to do DIY HRT, what to keep in mind when stockpiling HRT and supplies, how to set up a safe comms infrastructure, how to build functional support networks for your fellow trans people, how to secure queer meeting spaces against fascists, how to organize resistance, how to emigrate if things get too severe etc. etc.
All it does is give an overview over how the US argues for torturing trans people in federal prisons. Which can be useful when you build a bookmark library for debunking transphobic talking points, i'm not saying the article is bad or useless or anything. I'm saying that yelling at a site full of trans people "Trump is now preparing to ban all gender affirming care" is not a survival strategy, it's yelling fire in a crowded place.
I was responding to this specifically, I think you should prepare to start DIY exactly the same as if this could become law tomorrow. It won't, but if that situation comes to pass you are much better off prepared and having guaranteed access then being one of the many people rushing around when the fire has engulfed the stage. From their comment it sounds like they might not be so I was trying to encourage them to take early precautions.
That community sounds nice, I wish I had anything like that. Not for lack of trying to connect with all the lgbt people in my life, trying to get more of them in my life, etc..
Okay but do you disagree with this? Earlier you agreed they were laying the groundwork. Does that not mean basically the same thing as preparing? Honestly that feels like a more advanced stage to me. You plan/prepare, then lay the groundwork, then do the thing. I don't really understand your objection to "prepare" but find "laying the groundwork" to be fine. Maybe laying the groundwork is more accurate, I mean it seems to me they have already prepared and come up with their strategy.
I woke up for a few hours in the night and so didn't edit the title or provide quotes like I usually prefer to. Sorry.
I don't have a survival strategy. I have a loose, hrt-won't-get-taken-away-from-me strategy. Everything else feels entirely out of my control, including if surviving is even worth it in the first place. I am not optimistic on that front. But yea, sorry, if they do go through with this I will probably not be surviving long. I make several types of post, including things I'm worried about, but no not survival guides atm.