Some scary facts

[Bionca]

Originally Posted by sesame

Are you accusing the medical dept. and the Govt along with it, of forcing the onerous fiscal burden of SRS upon the Tgirls? After all its not a passing fashion trend to alter the genital organs!! It's sort of a legal passport for acknowledgment as a female*. Only the Govt. policy-makers have the power to set it down as the Law.

1) I'm stating that lots of medical "experts" have a financial investment in SRS. To the point where if a trans women isn't expressing an undying desire to go that route, they often will deny treatment all together. They are also in a position where a note from them is required by the government or insurance and credit card industries to modify any gender markers.

2) The government has set up a system where official documentation is hinged on completing SRS. This is an expensive surgery thta is not covered by insurance in the US. With conflicting documentation, getting a job to pay for the surgery is pretty difficult, so lots of women who need to go that route are in a position where their means are limited and legal/mainstream employment is denied them.