Pride’s over everyone! It’s now illegal to be gay again.

  • Tommasi [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    Had my first face-to-face conversation with my dad after telling him I'm trans and he really wants to remind me a lot of people regret surgeries lea-why

    • Yor [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      as maybe the only person here who's posted about surgery regret, I can tell you in all the trans spaces I've engaged with I've met maybe 2 others with regret and for them it was purely a functional issue. seeing this being weaponized for gatekeeping is so deeply frustrating

    • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      Cis people really think the first step of transitioning is taking a pair of hedge clippers to your junk.

    • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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      4 months ago

      "We just did a surgery to save your life, how do you feel?"

      "You know... I think I regret this, can you put the tumor back in me?"

      That's what I always think when I hear transphobes scaremonger about surgeries.

      • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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        4 months ago

        I forget the exact statistic/point of comparison but I'm pretty sure cases like that are actually more common then regretting gender affirming surgeries.

    • COMMENT [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      Isn't it nearly (if not actually) 99% satisfaction rate?

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      I want to remind your dad that the re-education camps will always be open anya-heh

    • magi [null/void]M
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      4 months ago

      Can also remind him that not everyone wants surgery and the ones that do go on to have surgery vastly outweigh the ones who regret it.
      Also surgery regret rhetoric is a transphobic meme. It not only disrespects the ones who would want surgery, but also the trans people who do regret it.

    • Thallo [love/loves]
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      4 months ago

      "Okay, I can live with regret. Thanks for looking out for me. I'm glad you support me"