https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1657385580014043136 https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-bill-legalizing-anti-lgbtq-medical-discrimination/

  • RebloodlicanDemocrip [any]
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    2 years ago

    FeinBERG (edited, not to be confused with FeinSTEIN) talks about this in Beyond Pink and Blue - something about how deaths caused by hate crimes weren't logged in apartheid South Africa when they were crimes such as a black man turning up in critical condition to a hospital, only for the racist white man to refuse him treatment. The man dies - his cause of death logged as kidney failure, when truly his cause of death was racial hatred. If I remember correctly, Feinberg talks about times their own illnesses were exacerbated by feckless or prejudiced doctors who refused treatment on the grounds of medical transphobia.

    • UlyssesT
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      2 months ago

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    • quartz242 [she/her]
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      2 years ago
      CW transphobia, suicide

      I actually have direct experience with this exact thing, about 10 years ago when I was in my first couple years of transitioning I lived in rural Appalachia and was in a car accident, had the first responders, medical professionals at the hospital, and investigating officer all question if I was trying to kill myself after I disclosed I was on HRT + I'm visibly trans, with a nurse telling me that my HRT made my injuries worse (bold faced lie) so I can 100% understand hir's position, obligatory death to America. Even though it was a no-fault accident, I ended up getting the blame for it after they said I intentionally crashed the vehicle (another bold faced lie) took many years to recover mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially.

    • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]B
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      2 years ago

      Feinberg arguably died due to these bad experiences with doctors leading hir to avoid treatment.