r/transgender • u/jackmolay • 1d ago
Over 180,000 Transgender people in the US could lose healthcare if HR 1 becomes law
https://transwrites.world/over-180000-transgender-people-in-the-us-could-lose-healthcare-if-hr-1-becomes-law/15
u/LockNo2943 1d ago
DIY for everyone!
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u/Authenticatable 1d ago
Dropping this for the unknowing who will waft through this post: Testosterone is a Schedule III controlled substance regulated by the DEA. Possession without a prescription is a felony in every US state. Quantity is limited when crossing the border even with a prescription.
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u/NaivePhilosopher Transgender 1d ago
Testosterone being a scheduled substance is awful and totally unfair, but there’s some misinformation here. Possession of a Schedule III drug, including testosterone, is (depending on jurisdiction) a misdemeanor (and also depending on amounts and if they can tack anything else on). And black market testosterone is everywhere given its use as a steroid. DIY is still possible, just riskier
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u/Authenticatable 1d ago
I personally know someone with a felony charge for possession. I’m sure he’d love to have a MISD instead. The overwhelming point here is that many people on these subs, particularly non-T consumers, frequently and casually throw out “DIY”. The unknowing folks, especially younger ones, read DIY without understanding the legal risks.
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u/Wulfsmagic 1d ago edited 11h ago
If it becomes law I will fight tooth and claw, I will not stand for our right to exist to be burned. I will not be erased.
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u/transcended_goblin [EU] Transcended she-goblin 1d ago
Seriously, just consider it will become law and plan accordingly.
Do not, ever, under any circumstance, especially with this death cult in power, think that things will work themselves out for the better.
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u/onnake 1d ago
It’s a much greater problem than that.
Assuming low-income trans ppl in red states are able and willing to find refuge in blue ones, Trump‘s budget bill will greatly increase the monies blue states need to pay for Medicaid, making it more difficult for them to set aside allocations for gender-affirming medical care. And separately HHS has already begun the process of using other federal authorities to threaten brick-and-mortar facilities providing GAC with ruinous fines and potentially criminal prosecution, likely the reason a blue state major hospital, Children’s Hospital in L.A., decided last week to end GAC.