I’m going to add onto this because I saw a lot of “does that even count?” and “thanks to (insert type of cis person here) for being a starting point for trans healthcare” type of comments.
And I’ll be honest I’m kinda pissed off at those thoughts.
Because yes, it does count.
Hormone therapy, in a lot of ways for cis people, is gender affirming care. To make them feel more “manly” or “womanly” or whatever thing cis people need to feel comfortable as a cis person. That is gender affirming care.
What’s more… they aren’t a starting point, and none of this is “pioneering” in the field of gender affirming care.
We, as people, knew more about gender affirming back in 1919 than we do now (sort of), and this is where I ask queer people to KNOW YOUR HISTORY before saying anything.
Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Research did so much to push for and actually pioneered gender affirming care and queer rights back in the early 1900’s.
Hirschfeld was a Jewish doctor who lived in Berlin and the work done at his institute was beyond ahead of its time.
We lost all of it, and more, because of pure hatred and evil.
And because of that hate we are seen as some kind of “new thing” that just “popped up out of no where.”
Evil erased lives, bigotry erased history, and we are still recovering from the acts of hatred toward so many people.
So, yes, this matters a lot. And it’s very important to know your history.
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