Comments on: Calls for trans health overhaul for medical profession

By: Melody Moore - Trans Health Australia

Melody Moore - Trans Health Australia — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:28:11 +0000

Chloe A, when you have copped the same amount of transphobic abuse I have from members of the gay community then tell me that it is fair to be so critical of me as an advocate?

This type of abuse you see here has also contributed to a major breakdown in my mental health recently. I am the first to admit that I have problems and I am not perfect. I am not Superwoman, I am a HUMAN BEING, and I can only take so much. And we must remember this first and foremost.

Even my psychologist agrees that I need to vent my anger and frustration more online rather than bottle it up and have it explode later where I end up pushing other people away or hurting others who don’t deserve it.

These “acid mouths” here deserve it more than anyone else. So I will vent here where it is most warranted and leave it at that. because right now they’re are the people upsetting me and others here.

So are we all OK with this now? I hope so, because don’t feel guilty for letting my true feelings be know. Why should anyone else have a problem with that eh? ;)

By: Clhoe AName (required)

Clhoe AName (required) — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 22:32:47 +0000

In reply to Speaksthetruth. Why are those of you who are making negative & vitriolic posts wasting time doing so? Think of what you could achieve with your lives if you used your energy for something positive - something that actually impacts on your own lives. Such negative posts simply advertise your own dissatisfaction with who & where you are.

By: Chloe A

Chloe A — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:47:31 +0000

Obviously there are two comments out the first ten posted that are unwarranted, unfair & unhelpful.
Unfortunately though, there are other comments from advocates that are unnecessarily abusive. If we don’t conduct ourselves in a civil manner we are unlikely to be taken seriously.
As disappointing as it may seem, just because someone comes within the LGBTIQ acronym, does not automatically mean they will agree with or understand everyone else’s needs, this is human nature.
Empathy can be seen to be lacking in any group of people, just as it is here.

By: Melody Moore - Trans Health Australia

Melody Moore - Trans Health Australia — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:05:42 +0000

I guess the one thing the transphobes here have done is proven my point that there are gay and lesbian people who are seeking to undermine and destroy our attempts at reforming health care for transgender Australians. I keep trying to tell people that we do have TERFS (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) within the gay and lesbian community.

And Marsha Paige, We KNOW that being a woman is so much more than clothes and lipstick, you have no idea what we go through to be who we are – so shut the fuck up you transphobic bitch!

By: Indiana Edwards

Indiana Edwards — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:02:38 +0000

In reply to Speaksthetruth. Your an ass and worse you are part of our extended LGBTI community. Very disappointing.

By: Indiana Edwards

Indiana Edwards — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 06:58:05 +0000

Speaksthetruth : is obviously hiding behind an anonymous profile name but this is some of the transphobic cissexist BS we put up with from parts the Gaystream. I really don’t want to see horrible comments like this attached to an article that is dealing with issues of neglect in regards to Trans* health in this country. There is a real attitude problem with the way we are treated by these people who consider them selves part of the rainbow flag. So much for the LGBTI. Show yourself or STFU.

Having transitioned 18 years ago I can fully attest to the truth of this article.

We are tired of being kicked to the curb and having to go offshore to get adequate health care.

By: Name (required)Tess

Name (required)Tess — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 06:54:38 +0000

In reply to Speaksthetruth. Well well speak the truth has no idea what truth is. Dare I suggest this person is one of the reason many in the Trans community are calling for the T in GLBT to jump ship and be 2 or 3 steps removed from those with a same sex attraction. On the actual topic there must be a standard and that standard should be IMHO Diagnoses of Gender Dysphoria before any treatment starts. my 2c. xoxo

By: Melody Moore - Trans Health Australia

Melody Moore - Trans Health Australia — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 06:15:39 +0000

Some of these transphobic people here make me utterly sick, and to think you are here on an LGBTI publishers website and it seems that up until now you are allowed to get away with this abuse. Well SHAME ON YOU and anyone else who condones this type of abhorrent behaviour – GROW UP!

By: Melody Moore

Melody Moore — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:14:21 +0000

In reply to Dr Tim Kirchler. Thank you for supporting the health and well being of the trans* community. Education is so important to all of us along with more streamlined and easier access to hormone therapy and psychotherapy under an informed consent type model which is within the latest WPATH Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People - Version 7. See: http://www.transhealth.com.au/index.php/hormone-therapy/hrt-informed-consent Antiquated protocols based around superseded Harry Benjamin/WPATH version 6 Standards of Care need to be removed completely from allied health services in Australia. If you examine the recommendations made by Dr Darren Russell with the story about Amber Maxwell who took her own life a few weeks ago in Perth, WA, you will see some very alarming parallels here. http://www.sa.org.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=7867:rip-amber-maxwell-a-rebel-and-a-fighter&Itemid=508

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:23:56 +0000

Speaksthetruth: Your ignorant and mean-spirited comments are only proving the point as to the existence of discrimination directed against trans people.

This is really important research that can hopefully be used to change and maybe even save some lives.

By: Marsha Paige

Marsha Paige — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:43:08 +0000

Fuck off cunt… assholes like you make me sick, literally sick. Lipstick is completely cosmetic and you know it.

By: Speaksthetruth

Speaksthetruth — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:42:24 +0000

In reply to Dr Tim Kirchler. Yeah man, its sad that everyone isn't automatically indoctrinated into the deluded fantasies of perverted, self mutilating, drug abusing defectives.

By: Dr Tim Kirchler

Dr Tim Kirchler — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:39:27 +0000

Thanks for highlighting the struggle of trans people to achieve equitable access to proper healthcare. The report makes for alarming reading. There really is a need for widespread education of health professionals, as shown by the fact that so many trans people had to spend time educating their own GPs and mental health professionals about trans issues.