well surgery to modify genitalia or chest tissue can be a part of transitioning. its not a misconception, it’s just described by transphobes in a way that makes it sound more repulsive than any other medical procedure. it’s important to note that trans people are not the only ones who receive gender affirming surgeries, any cis woman you know who has received breast implants or cis man who has received penis enlargement surgery have both undergone types of gender affirming surgery. but for trans people, its just a way that some choose to transition.

how it works depends on what kind of procedure, but the most common categories are “top” and “bottom” surgery (top of your body, bottom of your body, not the kind of top and bottom you might be thinking of lol). for trans men, operations to remove chest tissue and operations to create a penis from existing tissue (phalloplasty) are the most common. for trans women, operations to add breast implants and to modify a penis into a vagina (vaginoplasty) are the most common. some trans women also get facial feminization surgery, such as a tracheal shave which cuts down the adams apple to make it not visible.

this research shows that gender affirming surgery is more common for trans men (around half of those studied in the linked paper), whereas for trans women it was around 28%. i think these statistics are pretty accurate in my own experience, i frequently meet more other trans women who haven’t had any operations than those who have (i myself don’t want to have any and know a lot who feel the same).

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sheep penis is disgusting if chinese people eat it, but bull testicles are perfectly acceptable and considered a delicacy when americans eat it? got it.

a lot of these shelters will also prohibit substances on the premises and not all of them involve treatment programs, so if you are addicted to a substance (usually fentanyl right now), you’d have to go cold turkey just for housing. you’re expected to get clean on the street and then get housing.

the leaked info was sensitive information about the bradley IFV (a lot of which have been sent to ukraine) so heres to hoping this leaked info is used for a good cause.

the game is horrible copaganda and the community is exactly what you’d expect. some of the most popular ready or not gameplay videos i’ve seen involve the player exercising extreme brutality to unarmed civilians. the digital civilians will submit willingly and then the player will just go up and pepper spray them, or sometimes just shoot them because that’s funny right?

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at least they’re not being subtle about their true beliefs with the nato symbol on the nazi eagle

“what? men don’t hate female leads! most guys love (franchises where the female lead is white and conventionally attractive)!”

discussion on whether it actually works or not aside, i thought we’ve kinda agreed that ethically its wrong to treat neurodivergence as a disease to be cured. it’s a cool scientific innovation, if only in mice, but i’m hoping that the chinese state and party spend more time deliberating the ethical question of this technology.

anyone receiving genuine political opinions from call of duty must be sent to the countryside for re-education through labor.

for some people it might be that, for others it might just be reactionary conservative beliefs about gender.

maybe stop drinking depending on how the year goes

and the hostages were simply used as political leverage against the occupation state, their own testimonies claim they were often treated well.

what has hamas done that israel hasn’t done but in larger quantities? by most definitions, most western governments including israel can be counted as terrorist organizations. israel, the us, etc. have frequently committed unlawful (numerous violations of international law) acts of violence towards civilians for political/economic motivations. but this label is only applied to a national liberation movement. do you ever wonder why this is?

well it’s not certain how many leftists TRULY support them. what people say cannot be taken as accurate because anything remotely close to supporting “terrorism” can ruin your life or even land you in prison. so there’s no telling how many leftists are just putting up that facade because of the potential for government repression.

mix of good and bad. i’ve been having some successes recently in the romantic realm, i’ve got some dates planned which has definitely provided some source of joy in my life. but overall, i haven’t been sleeping at all the last few days and recent events have been making me so increasingly hateful and angry at the evil capitalist system that it genuinely brings me down all day. the days are blurring into one and everywhere i go i feel enraged.

absolutely love batushka. their sound is super unique within black metal and honestly i think works super well in the genre (with the orthodox style church singing and all that). just be mindful of the two batushkas, there was some conflict between some of the members and one member took over the band or something and pushed the singer out. this was after liturgiya, their first album. he does his own thing, a different batushka with an album called panihida, which i think is much better than the other batushka’s stuff.

is your source for this call of duty or something?

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