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1 " Trans folks are often expected to embrace a narrative that makes cis people comfortable--something simple and linear that upholds their binary understanding of gender transition. "
― , The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care
2 " The surest way to get a bunch of queers to do anything is to make a rule nonsensically forbidding us from doing it. "
3 " Let me stress this point: I did my own research. The doctors did not help. The information I found was from personal sources telling their own stories and sharing what they found. I don’t love the idea of crowdsourcing my own health and wellness, getting solutions to medical problems on Tumblr, but with a body that’s an unknown in the medical system, what else was I supposed to do? "
4 " Sexual-patriarchal relational systems overwhelm, from media glorifying sexual connection above other forms of intimacy and interaction, to medical, economic, and legal structures that automatically privilege sexual/domestic/romantic dyadic partnerships and genetic family bonds over other chosen platonic relationships and support systems. Oppressive social structures and micro-aggressive interpersonal interactions constantly grate on us, damaging our health and maybe even pushing us to seek care, but often available formal assistance is part of the same harmful system and populated by the same privileged persons. "
5 " Your body doesn't understand money--if it did,it would sure as hell expect to get paidfor all this sweat and drudgery. "
