PROOF THE TRANSGENDER BATHROOM LAW DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!!! Ep 64 w Rickie

[@AiluropodaPanda]

I'm skeptical that this did anything, but my conservative elected representative sent out a mailer earlier, and one of the concerns she wanted to hear from people about was the safety of womens restrooms and changing fascilities. Being me, I couldn't pass up a good opening, so I let her know that I was also deeply concerned about safety in womens spaces and that everywhere that passes trans exclusionary restroom legislation seems to have a slew of stories about people being attacked for being suspected of using the wrong facilities. It seems like those bathroom bills are a very high risk experiment and no jurisdication than has passed them have paraded around figures showing any reduction in crime. For that matter, I haven't seen any reports that it's a problem. So, I told her that I was deeply concerned and happy that she was also concerned about the matter and that I look forward to seeing her aggressively oppose dangerous restroom ban legislation in the future. I think the most that I accomplished is that I'm going to be taken off the mailing list.

[@BabbleCacophony]

Im a trans woman and i just switched to inter muscular injections. And yeah, the long needle is super scary looking. It doesn't help that im already scared of needles. I was able to do it for myself, so I kinda feel proud of myself even if I needed moral support. Over all, it is painless but it does feel weird puncturing the muscle.

[@52flyingbicycles]

What I really find odd about deadnaming/wrong pronouns to someone’s face is that you don’t normally use 3rd person pronouns when talking to someone. Or their name even. You just refer to them in the ungendered second person: you.

[@keykey1145]

yo it's tea bagging time

[@HRTeaPodcast]

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[@Spagettigeist]

I would not be able to give myself the injection - no way. Luckily for me, I'm on a three month injection and I can go to my doctor's office to get it. (I don't think they would give it to me to take home with me and do myself even if I asked. I think it's a safety thing here. Even the nurse goes to check with another nurse if the dose she has prepaired is the one the doctor has prescribed - as it reduces the risk of mistakes. So I'm really really lucky in that regard).

[@1sleepyguy42o]

:0 omg oof with the 18g needle story. I have thought about im in the past bc ive heard it hurts less afterwards. Its honestly weird like i use to be deathly afraid of needles like i had to be restrained as a kid to get immunizations. But when i learned about trans men and that shots were the norm i started really wanting to not be afraid of shots anymore. I started depo as birth control for like a year thinking 'yeah this is comparable', then finally stopped because i was literally not sexually active and still doing it lol. Then i finally started sub q and i was like this is waaaay less painful than i thought. The first time i was super scared, but now i dont really need to hype myself up anymore. But my hands still shake like crazzy, so i have my needlephobic roomate push the plunger down for me after i do the poke. Mostly bc once i was shaking so much that when i readjusted my hand the vial did a full up 360 in my skin and left me crazy itchy and messed up for the next few days. So yeah maybe im not cut out for IM at the moment

[@HotTakeAndy]

I can’t imagine doing IM. That would freak me out. I did physically cringe (in pain) thinking of using the same 18g needle you used to draw the T. That’s insane. If you’ve ever seen a used needle tip under a microscope, it bends - A LOT. So feeling like injecting a pencil is probably right on the money. I’ve got gel, I’m just waiting until I run out of the shots first. Oh.. and I’m also post hysto, and you know how amputees get phantom pains wherever they had the body part? Yeah, it still exists. I still get cramps! Luckily, they don’t last too long.

[@chancewill6910]

45:21 but how are they going to know? I've been told I pass pretty well, you guys pass really well. I can go in a mens restroom and nobody ever notices me. Unless someone is going around and snooping every stall/urinal, no one is going to know we're in the bathroom. And no one wants me in the women's restroom, then they'd be scared about the man in the bathroom so I don't know what the solution is. A genital scanner? No one's allowed to use the public restroom!