Being trans apparently means being triggered by even the absolute bare minimum level of medical oversight.

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[–]reluctant_commenter 29 insightful - 2 fun29 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

As if it were actually this easy for women's medical issues to get taken seriously...

Also, AFAIK, most people getting cosmetic surgery don't expect insurance to cover it all. Whereas many people who self-describe as transgender do expect their surgeries and drugs to be fully covered by insurance, in the name of "mental health" (when studies have not demonstrated sufficient evidence to warrant such consistent and widespread endorsement of these procedures or drugs as a solution to gender dysphoria).

[–]SkinnyVanilla 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

But also you're a bigot if you refer to it as a mental illness. Because it's not an illness. It's a normal human variation. But insurance should pay to treat it. But it's not a mental illness. And it's not cosmetic, it's lifesaving treatment. Treatment for something that is not an illness, and should be covered by insurance, to prevent suicides, but it's not a mental illness.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They don't even try to say that they're sick until transition cures them, they just don't want to at all be associated with illness until it suits them.

No sick person who wants treatment tries to say they aren't sick.

[–]ChodeSandwichtender and moist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm starting to suspect that TRAs are ableist. They'll self-diagnose every invisible illness under the sun and bitch about spoons to avoid being held responsible for anything, but when it comes to the one highly visible aspect of their psyches (i.e being trans and transitioning) suddenly they don't want to be labeled with a disorder.