International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is a day for celebrating the lives of transgender people, recognizing the contributions we make to society and rallying against the discrimination we face. TDoV also functions as a counterpart to the International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR)^[TDoR is observed on November 20th and memorializes those of us who's lives were stolen by transphobic violence, particularly trans women of color. TDoR was initially founded in 1999 in remembrance of Rita Hester, Chanelle Pickett, and Monique Thomas, three black trans women who were murdered in the Boston area.]; with TDoR being a somber occasion and TDoV having a more celebratory nature.
For this week, in observation of TDoV, I invite you all, the posters in our community to write a little bit about the celebration of trans lives.
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I might lose my health insurance, because I'm offered other health insurance, and I'm probs gonna lose my whole care team, have to pay more for meds ($150/mo), pay more for doctors visits ($30-$50), pay more for "specialist care" (I dont even know how much, and that's assuming they're in network), pay more for everything, all while making roughly 1500/month. Gender care, 200/mo at best, mental health, 200-400/mo, doctor visits, 100/mo. So I'm going from making 0/mo to 1500/mo, and now I have to spend $700/mo or so on healthcare. That's not even counting surgeries!! I'm gonna have so little left over, I dont know what to even do here.
Why do I have to do this? Because I got a job and am no longer unemployed. If my employer didn't offer me healthcare this wouldn't be an issue, but they are so I'm getting kicked off the thing I was on that let me do all this for free/minimal cost.
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I was looking for a job, and then I found a job And Heaven knows I'm miserable now! That sucks! But I would check the laws again cuz if you make under a certain amount in some states they still let you on even if insurance is offered
I'm gonna call the insurance people after work. I'm just. I'm just angry and scared. I might have a coinsurance thing. But to avoid nasty surprises I think I need to cancel therapy, and maybe other stuff, until this gets figured out... Ugh I hate this.
I called them, and I get to deny the health insurance I've been offered because it sucks so much! I'm really happy! As long as I stay on poverty wages I can keep my insurance!
Congrats!!
Yay I'm glad it worked out! I'm currently navigating a lot of this for the first time and it can be so stressful and daunting (I'm sure that's by design)
Thankyouuu! Its a lot. I didn't have health insurance for a long long time, and then I got it like what a year ago? and all of a sudden I could get things like meds, and evals, and then the prospect of losing it... I just got access to meds like 6 months ago. I was crying at the end of the phone call (happy tears) cause it meant so much. Also my work is really cool but a lot (can't say what I do cause doxxing myself is bad, but its work supporting social workers and Im proud of what I'm doing)
I hope navigating it is going ok for you, its really hard and NGL I cry most times I have to deal with this shit. Its overwhelming and exhausting.
I'm so sorry :/ Healthcare in this country is nothing but cruelty.
Its cruel. I got healthcare like a year ago for the first time since I was a kid. Now I'm just... Idek what to do here. Its still more money coming in, which I need for like rent and food, but there's also all these questions about whether new doctors will be transphobic, etc, which scares the shit out of me. If they try to menopause me or detransition me or smth... Idk. And like, I possibly have eds, and they've tried to deny me gender affirming care in the past just because I mentioned that my [non direct family relation redacted] has it. I'm just. I'm scared. I'm probably gonna lose my entire care team, the insurance I'm getting switched to is gonna be way more finicky, and every trans person I've talked to says they suck and require more stuff and more hoops and all of that. I'm just... I'm scared. I hate this. I want off Mr bones wild ride