TheĀ Biden administration announcedĀ a new rule Friday expanding safeguards againstĀ potentialĀ discriminationĀ ofĀ gay and transgender Americans seeking medical care,Ā in a reversal of Trump-era limitations that nixed federal health protections for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Bringing a case to court requires access to the financial means to hire a lawyer, or having a case egregious and documented enough to find a lawyer to work for you pro bono.
And you wonāt be able to sue at all if you die because they refuse you care (I guess your family can š¤·āāļø) - there have been multiple cases of transgender women dying because EMTs refused to treat.
Red states donāt operate by rule of law. Oklahoma had a police department recorded talking about how much they wanted to kill black folks last year, pretty much nothing happened.
Iād love to be there. Iāve been fired from two different jobs for being trans - not even good jobs, day labor shit. My birth name still shows up on the background check.
Latest one is refusing to pay me, and insisting that I wasnāt even hired. Iāve reached out to the Labor department, but red states genuinely donāt give a shit. Iām probably just going to have to eat it.
With medical care, Iāve definitely overheard unpleasant conversations when they were deciding where to room me. The biggest scare is what happens if my current HRT provider is driven out of state - I used to use Planned Parenthood, but would have to wait 3-4 hours to be seen at my appointmentsā¦.
This places arenāt livable for trans people. Please listen to a trans person, who lives in a red state. They do not give a shit what laws are on the books - OK and FL have already directed their schools to ignore Title IX guidelines. Laws will not protect us.
They will lose if a case is brought to court.
Bringing a case to court requires access to the financial means to hire a lawyer, or having a case egregious and documented enough to find a lawyer to work for you pro bono.
And you wonāt be able to sue at all if you die because they refuse you care (I guess your family can š¤·āāļø) - there have been multiple cases of transgender women dying because EMTs refused to treat.
Red states donāt operate by rule of law. Oklahoma had a police department recorded talking about how much they wanted to kill black folks last year, pretty much nothing happened.
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Just maybe from a more optimistic world.
Iād love to be there. Iāve been fired from two different jobs for being trans - not even good jobs, day labor shit. My birth name still shows up on the background check.
Latest one is refusing to pay me, and insisting that I wasnāt even hired. Iāve reached out to the Labor department, but red states genuinely donāt give a shit. Iām probably just going to have to eat it.
With medical care, Iāve definitely overheard unpleasant conversations when they were deciding where to room me. The biggest scare is what happens if my current HRT provider is driven out of state - I used to use Planned Parenthood, but would have to wait 3-4 hours to be seen at my appointmentsā¦.
This places arenāt livable for trans people. Please listen to a trans person, who lives in a red state. They do not give a shit what laws are on the books - OK and FL have already directed their schools to ignore Title IX guidelines. Laws will not protect us.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/erins-2024-anti-trans-legislative
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