r/lgbt excited about being able to walk into Planned Parenthood and walk out with hormones

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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is the kind of thing they talk about? What a shitshow the LGBT (or TTTT) community has become.

Probably the only halfway sane comment:

Maybe unpopular opinion but I think it is not good to give someone hormones without proper psychological and physical screening and without therapy, that doesn't have to take years but still a few months is good in my opinion. So people know what the risk's and changes are, and are really sure it isn't something they might regret later. Just giving when asked will probably cause that some take it and will regret and then they are going to sue them and it will be even more hard to get hormones in the future for those who want it.

[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Of course the response to that is, "Stop gatekeeping."

[–]MoutonelectriqueBland Straight ♀ 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Ah yes, amazing Planned Parenthood turned into puberty blocker and sex hormone dealers.

"only requirement is that you’re 18+" Stupid requirement if you ask me, but it's good that they try to help

Ah yes, because minors are known for making really wise and thought out decisions, and being capable of seeing the long term consequences.

[–]JulienMayfair 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're 18. You can't legally buy alcohol, but we'll put you on powerful drugs on request.

[–]MoutonelectriqueBland Straight ♀ 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

True, the laws regarding alcohol are different here but the US has to the 21 years old rules!

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

No wonder we lost our right to abortion-- one of the main groups responsible for safeguarding it was too busy playing GODDAMN MAKE-BELIEVE

Enabling delusions and bizarre sexual fantasies... erasing women... doing Conversion Therapy 2.0 on LGB people... oh, and castrating/sterilizing CHILDREN...

Just HOW is any of this about family planning, exactly?

[–]Wanderingthehalls 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's honestly so fucking weird. I'm not American but I remember reading about the funding cuts to PP under Trump and assuming it was just about limiting reproductive rights. A much more peaked friend explained to me about how Planned Parenting is a very significant distributor of artificial hormones and helping people trans and I found it so weird. It just seemed like trans campaigners were using reproductive rights as a shield for their practices in the same way that they use LGB as a shield for their claims to be about civil rights.

[–]reluctant_commenter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It just seemed like trans campaigners were using reproductive rights as a shield for their practices in the same way that they use LGB as a shield for their claims to be about civil rights.

Ahhhhhhh. Okay my brain hadn't quite connected those two dots. Thank you. It hadn't even occurred to me that that tactic had been applied so directly to the situation with Planned Parenthood.

[–]HelloMomo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think PP banks very heavily on having a near monopoly on it's field. If there was any other widespread chain that did low-cost contraception, who they actually had to compete with, they'd probably really have to clean up their act.

As soon as I started to look into it, apparently PP is getting caught for being sketchy all the time, like not reporting sex traffickers, not reporting underage girls impregnated by grown men (in places where that's statutory rape and is supposed to be reported), that kind of stuff. But because they have this very successful brand narrative, it's really hard get them really penalized for any of it. People are reluctant to penalize them for anything, because the thinking goes that they're necessary, so even if they do some bad stuff that basically has to be overlooked. And they really lean into this narrative, claiming that services like mammograms (which the vast majority of their locations don't do) are one of the essential services they offer and a key reason why they need to keep getting government funding.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

You could say that all this transgender stuff is 'family planning'. As in 'planning on ruining families'.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I guess you could call this a convoluted form of birth control.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Damn. That is dark but so true.

"Birth control with extra steps..."

:/

[–]JulienMayfair 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The screen name checks out.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm relieved that at least some states don't allow Planned Parenthood to do such horrible things.

[–]INeedSomeTimeAsexual Ally 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The way people treat hormones as some candies which just give you the look you want is just terrifying online and definitely leads to a lot of misinformation and then regret. Even taking hormones meant for your body can mess up badly, then what about getting the opposite hormones? They are a serious fucking deal. They aren't some "boy/girl juice". For the fuck's sake. It's a serious thing to inject your body with. I hate how trans community frames hormones as some magical juice with no harsh consequences on your body or even mental health - so somehow having safe-keeping around them is hate and transphobia. Or talking about negative risks or consequences is also transphobia. No, you fools. Injecting hormones is a serious deal and restrictions around them are to keep you fucking safe.

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And you'll note that Reddit itself has now deleted that post. Wouldn't want anyone to find out the truth about it all, would we.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Shit, it looks like the post wasn't archived. What did it say?

I'm especially curious given that Reddit admins actually removed it. They rarely censor the trans subs, wow.

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Someone bragging about how you can just walk into PP, tell them you’re trans and walk out with an HRT script. This has been known for awhile but TRAs try to keep it under wraps.

[–]automoderatorHuman-Exclusionary Radical Overlord[M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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