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Thinking now of the terrible #tsunami 20 years ago, i just had an unexpected realisation. In the early Oughties when i #transitioned [2004 - 2006], i used two separate Thai surgeons, for different surgeries, two separate trips [both 2006]. One was at #Chonburi, t'other at #Phuket. The latter is qed coastal, & whilst the former is not, it was a common practice that some of the patients before & after surgery during recovery once released from hospital, would stay at a hotel on the coast [then commute back to Chonburi for the checkups]. Thus, afaict, it is highly probable that, as an unknown statistic, a fraction of the people killed by that terrible event would have been #transitioning #transwomen recovering from their respective ops. Damn.

Stuff I've had to remind #Transgenger and #Nonbinary people about #Transitioning a lot...

  • You do not have to fully #transition. Some people just take hormone blockers, some lower the dose of the new #hormones after they're happy with results. Surgery is not only optional, but isn't even an option until after a year of #HRT.

  • You do not have to transition publicly, or on paperwork. Many transgender people quietly go on HRT and come out to friends and family without ever changing their papers or public appearance.

  • In the US, you have a rock-solid first amendment right to talk about being trans in public, regardless of what sort of transitioning you have or haven't done, or any other law. Talking about it publicly is what builds support.

  • In the US, the Supreme Court voted 6 to 3, in Bostock v. Clayton County, that discrimination on the basis of being #gay or #trans is discrimination on the basis of sex and therefore illegal.