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This is unfortunately still very common. Trans people do not even need to have sex to be excluded (merely existing suffices, we're all prostitutes don't you kno
by sascha_sl 5y ago
This is unfortunately still very common. Trans people do not even need to have sex to be excluded (merely existing suffices, we're all prostitutes don't you know) from donating blood here in Germany.
Funnily enough one of the sources used in the risk assessment report made in the 2000s was literally a porn site.
- jart 5y agoThe medical field in general has room for improvement when it comes to behaving sensitively and respectfully towards trans patients. If you're trans then you don't even need to be donating blood to feel disrespected. You could just be going for a routine checkup. It's sad and things definitely need to change. Anyway, here's numbers relating to the subject at hand: https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2016/why_gays_cant_donate_blood.html https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2016/why_gays_cant_donate... Ultimately it boils down to the tests aren't very accurate, so many policymakers decided to use bias against groups as a stop-gap.
- sascha_sl 5y agoUnironically: The way to find a doctor as a trans person is to ask on Twitter. Unfortunately doctors here are very sue-happy when you write about how they're bad to trans people, so lists of recommendation and anti-recommendations are often only made and shared in private.
- jart 5y agoOr move to a metropolitan area with a health clinic that caters to LGBT people like Callen-Lorde in NYC or Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia. That way respectful treatment is a sure thing. The gay aristocracy privately donates a lot of money to take care of the health needs of their own. It makes the world healthier and safer for everyone gay and straight.