I agree that banning it legislatively is not ideal. But if you look at a state like Florida, they've just passed 'tort reform' laws making it even more difficult to sue bad practitioners. It's basically impossible now.
They've also made it highly unlikely that any patients will ever submit a complaint to the state medical board, since it's been politicized. Who wants to give a political body access to their personal medical records under these circumstances?
I had to read about “botched surgeries” several times to clarify that you were not talking about your own, even though I *know* you were not talking about yourself, but rather the experience of others that you have knowledge of. The quick reader would not notice that difference.
Maybe she’s just a careless writer when not making ambience-creating allusions, or maybe she really got that part wrong.
Actually...I do have a comment on the statement that normal medical practice does not disrupt healthy development. That's true for the most part until you get into the business of birth control....which coincidentally also carries numerous deleterious side effects for women who take it. So yeah, trans may be more extreme in some cases but I would say giving hormonal birth control to adolescent girls made other kinds of hormonal interventions prior to age 18 (or 25) seem normal.
Actually, there is a great deal of disruption of natural function in many interventions. Anti-osteoporosis drugs disrupt the natural cycle of bone degeneration and regrowth, eventually leading to serious osteoporosis. I have a difficult time accepting people taking anti-diabetic drugs -- which are truly horrible -- for weight loss. Only Type 2 diabetics who cannot control their sugar through nutrition and exercise should be taking them. Look at all the drugs that cause devastating "side" effects. I refuse to take anything that disrupts any of the body's natural functions, and only take natural desiccated thyroid which replaces the thyroid hormone I do not make.
I guess I should be more specific natural vs healthy. I'm with you on thyroid meds but I think that's more a traditional western "fix symptoms with treatment" irrespective of lifestyle or environmental factors model - but a dysregulated hormone is still dysregulated based on some kind of (albeit flawed) data set.
Being a fertile woman is not a dysregulated state and neither is being a physically functional male or female, that's the difference.
Well, since my glaring hypothyroidism nearly killed me -- and I almost wish it had because I wouldn't have had to watch the erasure of women -- I take my data quite seriously. Yes, a test that only tests the pituitary -- the TSH -- always came out normal but I had serious symptoms and I'm sure the tests that actually test the thyroid -- the Free T3 and Free T4 -- were abysmally low. You cannot fix hypothyroidism -- a mutation that permitted people in northern Europe to survive famine long enough to reproduce -- with lifestyle changes.
I would never use levothyroxine, the commonly prescribed thyroid "med." They hand it out like candy to older women -- who often have elevated TSH, which is apparently normal for older women -- and I think it contributed to the deaths of at least two women I knew.
I have a couple of friends who were put on SSRIs as young teenagers who now have severely limited sexual function, including complete inability to orgasm. Obviously we don't know if it's causal, but given how common sexual dysfunction is as a side effect of SSRIs in adults, and that we know this can persist after discontinuation, it seems plausible to me that there is reason to at least be more cautious when administering these drugs to kids.
But my friends' parents got essentially the same line that the parents of trans kids get: if you don't give your child these drugs your child might kill herself. And just like with PBs, we're supposed to just ignore that the drugs could well worsen that symptom rather than ameliorate it.
Omg! I went on an ssri for a very short amount of time, I'm talking weeks, and my genitals may as well have been my elbow - no sensation. What did my doctor say after i told them and said I saw concerning things that sexual dysfunction could end up permanent on this drug "just give it more time"... 😐 I threw that shit out. Can't imagine being a kid without a choice whether or not to keep taking it.
Their nonchalance about it is infuriating. They don't give patients accurate information on potential risks, then they get annoyed if patients come in having researched a medication, as if only they have any right to accurate information about meds.
Thank you for this droll commentary on the food critic who has clearly self-promoted herself above her intellectual capacity. Not to mention her eagerness not to, in any way, be mistaken for a Republican in her everyday life. I quite enjoyed the suggestion that she was drinking too much. Hilarious take down of her attempt to pass as anti-trans. Reminds me that virtue signaling young Asians must emphasize that they are not guilty of being white adjacent. I'm surprised her hair wasn't died pink. I wonder what outfit she must choose in order not to be identified as a food critic at restaurants. I'm also wondering how the leap from parental rights leads to stopping adults from transitioning. This article was clearly a performative piece of virtual signaling. Nobody would mistake it for any kind of journalism.
P.S. I forgot about the red for Repubs and blue for democrats part, so missed that you were wearing blue for a reason.
"prompted me to hire an attorney to demand SF Chronicle correct the record. SF Chronicle did so with terf rhetoric which invalidated"-------thus, Exulansic, was this an inadequate response, legally speaking, to your demand? it's not surprising to us that media in some locales are politically biased one direction or another. but insulting a group of people whom this medium purports to "support" because they changed their minds about how to handle dysphoria or identity---this isn't support, and it goes beyond ideology. a conservative newspaper--let's say the Arizona Republic--doesn't call people names. even an opinion writer like George F. Will doesn't do that. that's not journalistic ethics. the Chronicle's gone beyond journalism. it's wild-boy teenage laziness and bullying. yes, it's media. but it's not a paper. and what about your legal demand?
I mean that's a good question. The idea that everything that goes along with social transition is 'informal' - which would include legal name changes and birth certificate changes - is clearly silly. But in terms of their legal liability, they probably met the threshhold for correcting the record as far as facts about my history go. It may still be inaccurate, but the inaccuracy is not something I have standing to challenge. I'm hoping this response gets picked up because I agree, this isn't journalism. She's just shitposting in the SF Chronicle.
I totally agree, the conversion therapy ban should have outraged more people and garnered more backlash from defenders of civil liberties. Adults should have access to such therapies if they want them. Where are the massive lawsuits and challenges?
she blocked me on twitter and i don’t even have any posts there. she literally went thru ur entire follow list i think
Best dry humour, and looking amazing btw!
I agree that banning it legislatively is not ideal. But if you look at a state like Florida, they've just passed 'tort reform' laws making it even more difficult to sue bad practitioners. It's basically impossible now.
They've also made it highly unlikely that any patients will ever submit a complaint to the state medical board, since it's been politicized. Who wants to give a political body access to their personal medical records under these circumstances?
Hi , coming to visit San Francisco in June. I plan to check out the restaurant. I am morbidity curious to check out the menu at the restaurant. Lol
The restaurant bent the knee to the bullies, and apologized to the trans community. They don’t deserve your money.
Off-topic, but your hair looks glorious
I had to read about “botched surgeries” several times to clarify that you were not talking about your own, even though I *know* you were not talking about yourself, but rather the experience of others that you have knowledge of. The quick reader would not notice that difference.
Maybe she’s just a careless writer when not making ambience-creating allusions, or maybe she really got that part wrong.
Nothing to add other than to say your cut aways continue to delight me, tamperin' in dark sided stuff indeed.
Actually...I do have a comment on the statement that normal medical practice does not disrupt healthy development. That's true for the most part until you get into the business of birth control....which coincidentally also carries numerous deleterious side effects for women who take it. So yeah, trans may be more extreme in some cases but I would say giving hormonal birth control to adolescent girls made other kinds of hormonal interventions prior to age 18 (or 25) seem normal.
The "normal medical practice" I experienced disrupted my healthy development!
All interventions can have side effects but from what I can see only with birth control and trans medicine is disruption of natural function the goal.
Actually, there is a great deal of disruption of natural function in many interventions. Anti-osteoporosis drugs disrupt the natural cycle of bone degeneration and regrowth, eventually leading to serious osteoporosis. I have a difficult time accepting people taking anti-diabetic drugs -- which are truly horrible -- for weight loss. Only Type 2 diabetics who cannot control their sugar through nutrition and exercise should be taking them. Look at all the drugs that cause devastating "side" effects. I refuse to take anything that disrupts any of the body's natural functions, and only take natural desiccated thyroid which replaces the thyroid hormone I do not make.
I guess I should be more specific natural vs healthy. I'm with you on thyroid meds but I think that's more a traditional western "fix symptoms with treatment" irrespective of lifestyle or environmental factors model - but a dysregulated hormone is still dysregulated based on some kind of (albeit flawed) data set.
Being a fertile woman is not a dysregulated state and neither is being a physically functional male or female, that's the difference.
Well, since my glaring hypothyroidism nearly killed me -- and I almost wish it had because I wouldn't have had to watch the erasure of women -- I take my data quite seriously. Yes, a test that only tests the pituitary -- the TSH -- always came out normal but I had serious symptoms and I'm sure the tests that actually test the thyroid -- the Free T3 and Free T4 -- were abysmally low. You cannot fix hypothyroidism -- a mutation that permitted people in northern Europe to survive famine long enough to reproduce -- with lifestyle changes.
I would never use levothyroxine, the commonly prescribed thyroid "med." They hand it out like candy to older women -- who often have elevated TSH, which is apparently normal for older women -- and I think it contributed to the deaths of at least two women I knew.
I have a couple of friends who were put on SSRIs as young teenagers who now have severely limited sexual function, including complete inability to orgasm. Obviously we don't know if it's causal, but given how common sexual dysfunction is as a side effect of SSRIs in adults, and that we know this can persist after discontinuation, it seems plausible to me that there is reason to at least be more cautious when administering these drugs to kids.
But my friends' parents got essentially the same line that the parents of trans kids get: if you don't give your child these drugs your child might kill herself. And just like with PBs, we're supposed to just ignore that the drugs could well worsen that symptom rather than ameliorate it.
Omg! I went on an ssri for a very short amount of time, I'm talking weeks, and my genitals may as well have been my elbow - no sensation. What did my doctor say after i told them and said I saw concerning things that sexual dysfunction could end up permanent on this drug "just give it more time"... 😐 I threw that shit out. Can't imagine being a kid without a choice whether or not to keep taking it.
Their nonchalance about it is infuriating. They don't give patients accurate information on potential risks, then they get annoyed if patients come in having researched a medication, as if only they have any right to accurate information about meds.
Thank you for this droll commentary on the food critic who has clearly self-promoted herself above her intellectual capacity. Not to mention her eagerness not to, in any way, be mistaken for a Republican in her everyday life. I quite enjoyed the suggestion that she was drinking too much. Hilarious take down of her attempt to pass as anti-trans. Reminds me that virtue signaling young Asians must emphasize that they are not guilty of being white adjacent. I'm surprised her hair wasn't died pink. I wonder what outfit she must choose in order not to be identified as a food critic at restaurants. I'm also wondering how the leap from parental rights leads to stopping adults from transitioning. This article was clearly a performative piece of virtual signaling. Nobody would mistake it for any kind of journalism.
P.S. I forgot about the red for Repubs and blue for democrats part, so missed that you were wearing blue for a reason.
oh geez, she was a Food Critic? poor eateries that got her as a review. probably complained about what the other patrons were wearing.
"prompted me to hire an attorney to demand SF Chronicle correct the record. SF Chronicle did so with terf rhetoric which invalidated"-------thus, Exulansic, was this an inadequate response, legally speaking, to your demand? it's not surprising to us that media in some locales are politically biased one direction or another. but insulting a group of people whom this medium purports to "support" because they changed their minds about how to handle dysphoria or identity---this isn't support, and it goes beyond ideology. a conservative newspaper--let's say the Arizona Republic--doesn't call people names. even an opinion writer like George F. Will doesn't do that. that's not journalistic ethics. the Chronicle's gone beyond journalism. it's wild-boy teenage laziness and bullying. yes, it's media. but it's not a paper. and what about your legal demand?
I mean that's a good question. The idea that everything that goes along with social transition is 'informal' - which would include legal name changes and birth certificate changes - is clearly silly. But in terms of their legal liability, they probably met the threshhold for correcting the record as far as facts about my history go. It may still be inaccurate, but the inaccuracy is not something I have standing to challenge. I'm hoping this response gets picked up because I agree, this isn't journalism. She's just shitposting in the SF Chronicle.
Oh god you make me laugh so much. Your reads of people are scathingly accurate. 👏
Oooooh a story of Suppressive Persons! Lol but the food! The fooooooood.
Good for you for taking them to task about labels! They base 90% of their rhetoric on respecting labels but turn around and weaponize them.
This writer basically wrote a fluff piece to hear herself speak and tile the base. I'm so over identity politics and media!
thank you, will rethink my plans.
that really burns my toast !
"If you are taking flak you are over the target" - or maybe you are "the bomb," nyuk nyuk nyuk
I totally agree, the conversion therapy ban should have outraged more people and garnered more backlash from defenders of civil liberties. Adults should have access to such therapies if they want them. Where are the massive lawsuits and challenges?