LGB ErasureEverett: trans movement has 'overshadowed' gay rights

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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory[S] 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Of course the TRA movement is profitable. A transsexual has to take hormones all the time, and visit the doctor frequently. Pharma companies profit off of this. A gay person is just gay, so we’re not profitable.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Eh, gay men are being sold on PrEP as a medical necessity.

But I'm happy being monogamous and free of pharmaceutical dependencies.

[–]Shadow_Lurker 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Eh, gay men are being sold on PrEP as a medical necessity.

The market for this is way smaller and localized than the TRA one to be truly profitable.

But again: I live on a country with a public health system which gives this shit for "free", so my perception about this might be a little off.

[–]Willpoll 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Out of pocket in the US, PrEP at least used to cost like close to two thousand bucks a month which is crazy, especially with the emphasis in the US about being "open minded" when it comes to sex and people with stds.

SRS on the other hand has a starting cost of about 15K but usually ranges closer to 25k or about one thousand dollars more then a years worth of PrEP by US standards. However you also have to crunch the numbers on HRT which I think has a median rate of around 15 thousand dollars. so that's around 40K for the full treatment minus facial reconstruction.

However most people paying for PrEP will be likely receiving some help whether it be from the gov, job benefits, or health insurance. The PrEP market is delayed gratification for big pharma while full srs gets you all the money at once

edit: it's two thousand bucks a month for PrEP, not two thousand a year

[–]Shadow_Lurker 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now I know why the transgender explosion is only happening on rich western countries...