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And she does not register it in that way at all. She just sort of stares into the distance as she slides in the crucial missing piece of the puzzle. And then she just fucking dips without responding. You can't say anything meaningful to her she will not acknowledge it. She WILL use it to solve the murder.

And I know this is a thing in detective shows (I suppose also medical shows) where the detective gets inspiration from something someone says offhand. But I think it's so funny she doesn't bother to explicate this to anybody. Her boyfriend will be talking about the cat and she will stare into space in silence and then book it to the interrogation room. The victim's mom will be tearfully telling her she wouldn't understand the lengths family will go to to protect each other and Brenda will gaze over her shoulder completely not giving a shit. She's in her mind palace fuck off. Sorry you can't have your moment of human connection. The Closer is Closing her case.

Everyone on the subreddit fucking hates her but she's the Gregory House of procedural cop shows

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Finding out that Bram Stoker was in a sexless marriage and that scholars believe that he very likely was closeted gay puts the entire book into perspective as to WHY it reads EXACTLY like a self insert wattpad Dracula kidnap fic:

no the risk of complications is not as high as you think

no you dont need to only go to one of two expensive surgeons, you can get good results in tons of places that your insurance will cover

no you wont lose ur trans status or be exiled from the community

Transphobes are walking around talking about the botched surgeries of a man who lost his medical license and was convicted of second degree murder for his medical negligence as though these are typical results, and it's just absolutely stomach churning for me.

The list of websites and surgeons are often U.S. centric, while the wikis tend to have other country options. So, here's some surgery and surgeon options:

From healthytrans, a list of bottom surgery surgeons that accept insurance

TransSurgeriesWiki reddit board surgery wiki page, and TransWiki reddit board page

Insurance cover letter example for out-of-network surgeon, from r/Transgender_Surgeries

Find surgeons in MTFsurgery.net, and find surgeons in transhealthcare.org

There's more options out there but here's some organizations that sometimes cover some gender affirmation surgeries in U.S.: JimCollinsFoundation and GenderBands

Archived post: U.S. insurance that might cover HRT and gender affirmation surgery (including bottom surgery)

General information on Costs and Financing (U.S. centric), from Gender Confirmation Center (a clinic)

Queerdoc has a list of more information on types of gender affirming surgeries, grants to cover costs, pre-surgery preparations n requirements, which have BMI requirements, and other info in different pages on the site

Usually, which insurance are accepted depends on the surgeon, but as long as the surgeon is well-rated and not being warned about, if they accept your insurance and referral it isn't necessary to pick only the most praised surgeons. Each surgeon (that hasn't been blacklisted or warned about) has their own techniques, pros and cons, and merits.

And THAT is one of the most valuable skill sets a human being can have. THAT is the skill set that unlocks soooooo many others.

A LOT of people I see with anxiety and depression do not have this skill set. To suck at something is a threat. Proof that they are doomed to suck at it forever. And then, often, that either THEY suck forever or the task must be stupid/useless/pointless (whence we get AI art fans who have decided actually making art is pointless and degrading the labor and skills of others is fine because these are useless skills).

Or you get the freeze- the inability to try things in case you fail. The sudden lancing shame and humiliation or hopelessness. The sense that anything you haven't learned by now you can't learn. Which is so heartbreaking and so untrue.

I just hate it.

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

In my YA fantasy book with the trans prince stealing back his kingdom, trans people are called cymerans. Cymerans are named after the goddess Cymera, who presides over death and change.

A person who decides to trans their gender is, in this society's conception, dying and being reborn. They throw a wake for the person they used to be, a big party with food and drink and stories and laughter. (Part of the wake is the 'deceased' giving their own eulogy, which is often an incredible self-roast.) It's equal parts funeral for your past self and coming-out ball for your new self.

When someone is born, in this world, they're consecrated to a god. Most of the time, you're consecrated to the Lady of Currents (goddess of luck and the sea), Atheran (the god of bloodlines, and patron of the royal family), or the Beetlemaker (god of craftspeople). It really depends on who your parents are and what they want for your future. If your parents want you to be prosperous, they'll consecrate you to the Lady. If your parents want you to be clever and inquisitive, they'll consecrate you to the Beetlemaker. And if you're the eldest son... you'll get stuck getting consecrated to Atheran.

Most of the time, people don't get consecrated to Cymera. If your baby is really sickly and you're scared they'll die, maybe? However.... there's no formal rebaptism process, but most people see cymerans as having been re-dedicated to Cymera after their rebirth.

In this world, cymerans are Cymera's children. They died and came out the other side of death, like a moth from the chrysalis.

.... You cannot get that across the same way if you just say 'transgender'.

You just can't. It's a completely different mindset. It's a completely different conception of gender, trans genders, and religion-re:-queerness. Calling my protagonist "trans" isn't inaccurate, but it leaves out a huge dimension of how he interacts with his gender and his world.

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Notes under the cut (they're long; I can't write anything short!)