And of course there are additional factors that can come into play in this situation like abortion availability and reproductive assault/coercion. But like. Generally speaking it is a terrible fucking idea to have a child with someone who doesn’t want it.

My script in each case hit the points of 'I'm a cardholder calling about the recent refusal of this company to process payments for works deemed adult, particularly in regards to the Steam and itch.io games marketplaces. This has been in response to protests made by a small religious group in Australia. Frankly, I don't find it [company]'s place to dictate how I spend my money, and I'm very concerned that this is in response to protests from a religious group that should have no legal power over me. If this continues I will be seeking an alternate way to make payments and will no longer be a customer of your brand.'

Visa

heard me out, thanked me for the feedback

asked me to email my feedback to '[email protected]' so they can track it

advised to not include any identifying details such as card numbers etc in the email

Mastercard

the phone tree did not have a complaints section so I navigated the options as 'current cardholder' -> 'a question about benefits'

happily took my feedback after confirming my customer details (full name and contact number)

let me know that they had already received significant feedback about this issue and it had been 'escalated' and registered my feedback to add to the pile

I was concerned about feeling awkward about calling a company and basically being like 'yo I'm mad you won't let me buy porn' in terms of I don't think a poor customer service rep should have to deal with that, so I was planning on sprinkling in 'and LGBT content is frequently mislabelled as adult' in my script but I Forgor and it was fine. Each call was <1:30 and minimally painful. If you needed a sign to call, call today! Or, well, maybe email Visa.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372

Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111

Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911

Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440

PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000

Alternative Mastercard numbers:

Mastercard (Aus): 1800-120-113

Mastercard (US): 1-800-307-7309

"But what if your name on your application says John", well what if I chose an anti-assimilate name? What if I never changed my legal name? What if my name identifies me as a minority of another kind? What if my appearance doesn't match my name? What if my gender marker still says F? What if I don't pass? What if everyone already knows I'm trans because it's a small town and people gossip?

When people create these scenarios, they're imagining a trans man with no complication. His transition was successful in assimilating him into cishet society, no one knows who he was prior, all his documents were successfully changed, he has no other axis of oppression to hold over him. He's basically THE Chad trans man, the Chads Man, if you will.

The problem obviously is, this man basically doesn't exist. And even if he did, the security of his entire existence would require him to keep his mouth shut, don't advocate for himself or other trans people, and to be so deep stealth that he never allows himself to be vulnerable with another human being ever again. If he opens up to anyone about being trans, he immediately loses all those privileges.

All this meant to say...