Post by @MaddieM4@raphus.social

More horror stories coming out from my contact. Not sure how much I can share without being identifying, but a few lessons I would really appreciate people sharing around.

1. Friends don't let friends use Folx.
2. Friends especially don't let friends use Folx for surgery letters.
3. And absolutely under no circumstance do friends let these bastards assign them a male therapist for surgery letters.

Absolutely insane gatekeeping. When she complained they sent her a form letter. She's switching to True U where this shit doesn't happen.

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MaddieM4

@MaddieM4@raphus.social 9 hr. ago

I'm not asking everybody to be an anarchist. But I think people should be able to generally agree that bodily autonomy is incredibly important, constantly under seige, and the people seiging it are always the worst of us. See also: the abortion bans, and the way they always turn states into fucking Gilead *because that is what those bans exist to do.*

So if someone wants different genitals, it's not my job to care what their gender is, let alone police. Alright, friend, make your body what you want it to be!

Now. Ponder for a second. We live in a police state that wants to limit surgery access to people who are "actually trans." If you're a therapist, what is the single ethical thing to do?

MaddieM4

@MaddieM4@raphus.social 9 hr. ago

It's simple. Your job is to say yes. Subvert the system by becoming perfunctory. Cis woman still identifies as a cis woman but wants phallo? You write down what you need to. You pretend (towards the state) to believe in the idea that "actually trans" is a requirement and a thing you can judge, and you stamp your seal of approval. And that's why I draw the line where I do in my rhetoric instead of the usual arguments like "the only reason someone would want SRS is they're trans." That is only approximately true, but bodily autonomy is rigorously true.

WHAT YOU DO NOT DO IS HANG UP THE PROCESS ASKING ABOUT DETAILS FROM TEN YEARS AGO THAT NO REASONABLE PERSON WOULD REMEMBER.

MaddieM4

@MaddieM4@raphus.social 9 hr. ago

But male therapists are notorious for this. And Folx is a loose constellation of unmonitored randos who can demand endless telehealth procedure for something that should be a form letter, but will send you a form letter if you complain about the process.

Do not give them your $40/month. Certainly do not spend money on the letter process. There's real risk you'll be assigned this same fucking guy, or any of them cut from the same cloth, because Folx don't care. It's just glitz over grift like nearly every business these days, but targeting a particularly vulnerable population.