I do recognize that I'm already very privileged when it comes to healthcare in my country, but even here there are still some serious issues in certain fields.

However, one foot in front of the other, as you say. This year will be where an important new law comes into effect here, making it much easier and less dehumanizing to change ones legal gender and name.

The reactions to this law have been a great way to add new polititians to my Do Not Vote list, which is a welcome side effect :D

[–] LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you don't mind me asking which country are you in? I'm in the UK so it's already pretty transphobic, which sucks, but we have a general election this year so we might at least get the extremely marginally less overtly transphobic Labour Party in, though I don't expect they'll make it any better. I should save money to either try and go private or do some DIYing but sadly big expenses keep coming up.

However, I did randomly decide to shave my arms last night and that feels pretty great =D

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

(we can continue on Matrix, if you'd like)

I'm in Germany, which is pretty good in most areas, all things considered. But every now and then, if you need something specific, you might discover some roadblocks.

Being active on Lemmy, you've probably come across posts showing the massive protests against Germanys far right party, the AfD. The fact that they managed to become as successful as they are is incredibly concerning.

So who knows what the future holds.

Oooh, I haven't even thought about my arms yet. I wonder how they'd look without hair :D

[–] LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

(I'm not sure what Matrix is but I'm happy to look into it. Might need to be later because I'll be getting ready for work soon, but it's probably an idea if we don't just keep posting in this random thread 😅)

I've always had the impression that Germany is pretty good about these things, it's a shame it still throws up roadblocks. I had heard about the AfD thing and it's definitely scary, are you at least a little heartened by the protests against them? I really hope they're stopped, I'd hate for you to end up in an unsafe situation.

I can thoroughly recommend shaving arms, I did it thinking "well, I can fairly easily keep ithem covered til it regrows" and already I'm like "people are just going to have to get used to me having shaved arms, I guess, because I don't want them hairy again" 😅

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's certainly nice to see more people openly speaking out against them. I think many are also just uninformed about what's actually going on behind their curtains, what kind of narrative they drive.

So spreading awareness is, as always, the most important step.

Yeahh, I think I'll shave my arms some time soon^^

[–] LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's distressing how easily people are willing to write off shocking levels of bigotry as just being "edgy" or "controversial" until it slaps them in the face, at least hopefully it has slapped people there soon enough to avert the worst of the problems. And hopefully the protests make Those People a bit less bold in their politics. Spreading awareness is important but it's also important to be safe, it can be hard to do so if you're potentially being confronted with a crowd of fascists 😕

Oh yay, you'll have to let me know when you do and we can compare notes ^_^

(I think I'm setup on Matrix, I've been stuck in traffic on the bus to work and had nothing else to do 😅 I should be luckingfurker:catgirl.cloud, if I understand it correctly (yes, I took a look at your (old?) profile to get an idea 🙂 I suppose really I could've just messaged you this on there instead, but I can be a silly goose sometimes))

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I messaged you on Matrix :D

Gotta love how the people I talk to just seem to flock to catgirl.cloud for some inexplicable reason :P

[–] LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Clearly you're an influencer, be it good or bad remains to be seen =P