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An inclusive place for members of all stripes that don't fit into our culture's binary categories of gender.

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Lack of nonbinary acknowledgement is affecting my health (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by Lamb@lemmy.zip to c/nonbinary@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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I'm intersex. Non standard genitals. Times and times again I'm being made to choose to be a man or a woman. My pleas to get minimal hormones just to be healthy are ignored. I'm in medical debt due to dealing with debilitating complications from doctors forcing my body to be either female or male. Letting my body be it's normal self minus what was causing actual issues was never an option. I'm deeply convinced if nonbinary people were acknowledged this wouldn't be the case. I'm given zero control. Asking to be put on low dose is ignored. My only option is refusing all hormones and hoping my body will manage. I don't have natural dysphoria, I get dysphoria from the surgical and hormonal changes forced upon me. I'm tired. Fuck nbphobia.

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[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While having a need to share (it can bring some peace), one can also ignore any inquiries one may receive in a thread.
Writing just to themselves can also help though.

In another point of view - it can be difficult to choose a reasonable reaction when overwhelmed with feelings though, I give them that.

[–] lukewarmtuna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So then don't reply or engage after making your post instead of getting mad at people for attempting to be kind and understanding and wanting to learn more about the topic to be supportive. If you want to post to vent feeling and emotions, post and leave it, don't attack people for seemingly doing what's being asked of people in the OP