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@richard-lengthenhancer

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Okay so I found the most incredible horse statue while doing research for my job and guys. Are you ready for this. Are you sure you're fucking ready for this thing

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*sees 2 notes* FUCK yes let's fucking GOOOO

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I saw the opposite of this horse

That's Bulk Biceps vs Young Fluttershy

Im not joking.

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so it’s the month of may huh?…well if you replaced the ‘m’ in may with ‘g’ well…you ‘may’ be surprised at what you find 😏😏

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FLORIDA TRANS PALS, IT IS TIME TO PLAN

Especially if you are on HRT!

HB1421 is a bill that severely affects access to gender affirming care, including for adults. It outlines goals to:

1) Prohibit changing gender markers on birth certificates

2) Require that gender affirming care only come from physicians (not nurse practioners) who take on liability insurance for 30 YEARS after they provide care to a patient

3) Require informed consent forms at every single appointment, including distributing literature to dissuade patients

4) Ban transition care completely for minors

5) Make it so providers who accept state funds cannot provide gender affirming services (this is the big one that stands to affect anyone who takes medicare/aid, is a university, etc.).

6) Make it so providers who accept state funds cannot reimburse for gender affirming services.

We are facing a return to the Harry Benjamin days, or worse, an effective ban unless you are fortunate/wealthy enough to find a willing provider.

If it passes, this bill would take effect July 1, 2023. That is not a lot of time.

I would not count on any Rx or refill request to be honored after this date if the prescribing and dispensing sources no longer are allowed to grant care or decide to drop care because of the penalties.

July 1, 2023. Unless we hear otherwise, that is your clock.

This sucks, but there is comfort in seeing a clear date to plan around and the worst case is no longer completely unknown. It begins July 1.

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YOUR HOMEWORK, DUE ASAP:

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1) Get any and all your HRT appointments in now, including picking up your meds and doing bloodwork promptly.

2) If you think you will be living in FL come July, start looking now for providers where physicians - not NPs - provide the care. Get an appointment on the books for July. Be prepared to go in person for everything after July 1, because I believe telemed will also be shit-canned. Here is a map of informed consent providers.

3) If you are an old like me, also dig up your HRT permission slip from your therapist. Fuck, make a packet of all your transition documents, including Rx history.

4) If you are on private insurance, start budgeting now to prepare to pay out of pocket.

5) Create a simple spreadsheet of all your HRT dates (pls forgive, my experience is with shots on a 2 week cycle, so this is pretty easy for me to do) and plan out how long your current supply will last. Then, forecast how long all your upcoming refills before July 1 will last. Update it every time you pick up and take your meds. Refer to it for decisions like moving or finding backup providers.

7) Follow this site to keep tabs on other very scary bills happening in Florida, including a bathroom ban and a child custody bill that is effectively kidnapping

8) If you need to change your birth certificate, do it now, pay the rush fees and write RUSH on the envelope. The Department of Health has the most up-to-date forms. Processing time for rush I last saw was around 18 business days.

9) Now that your own oxygen mask is on, so they say, boost mutual aid and recruit allies to assist in any way possible.

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Do try to continue seeing your current provider as long as possible, as they likely will need your support. Talk to them frankly about their plans if the bill passes.

Now. I am just a little guy and not a legal expert, but the aggressive enactment date on this bill makes me feel like everyone should plan now instead of waiting to see if it passes.

Be safe, plan, and then get a little rest. Do not lose hope - this bill could still fail.

You also need to be tracking SB254.

This bill:

1) Allows the courts to take custody of children receiving, or AT RISK (deliberately broad, probably targets kids with trans parents) of receiving, gender affirming care (this is the focus of the bill). Allows non-affirming family to basically kidnap kids.

2) Requires informed consent at every appointment, and in-person (kills telemed). This one clarifies that consent is not needed to renew an Rx.

3) Requires gender affirming care only come from physicians, not nurse practioners.

4) Bans all gender affirming care for minors.

5) Prohibits state and local employers from reimbursing their employees for gender affirming care.

There's likely more I have missed - they are packing so much into these.

Again, July 1, 2023 looks like the effective date.

Because we have both a House and Senate bill with similar goals, because Florida is already a shitshow, and because other states have passed similar bills in whole or part, I continue to plan as if these bills will pass here, and so should you.

I have not prioritized how to plan for moving out of Florida, because it is out of the reach of most of the community, but I have a little time now.

If you can move and don't know where to go in the US, I highly recommend giving Erin a follow on her substack - she maintains a national map of anti-trans legislation. Here is the current snapshot:

My spouse and I are also taking things like climate change into consideration -- we don't want to live in flood plains or too near the coast, for example, due to the increase in tropical activity.

If you can move, it's spreadsheet time again. Working backwards from whatever date you expect your HRT runs out (or whatever is your "drop dead" deadline to flee), plan things like:

  1. Home repairs
  2. Moving logistics (diy vs hiring)
  3. Selling unneeded items (give yourself as much time as possible to maximize $$$)
  4. Boosting credit (quickest wins tend to be paying down cards and asking for credit limit increases - do not open new lines of credit)
  5. Packing schedule
  6. Contingency plans if you can't move all your stuff at once (I am giving my mom keys to my storage unit so she can get things moved once I am settled)
  7. Keeping pets safe and calm during travel
  8. When utilities need to be shut off, mail forwarding, etc. (don't forget things like Kickstarters that might be going to an old address)
  9. How to maximize storage of your vehicle - I recommend etrailer.com for getting roofracks, hitches, and cargo carriers. (I have doubled the storage in my tiny Prius.)

Tip: If you start packing early, be sure to pack smartly:

  • Try to use plastic bins vs cardboard boxes to keep out pests and prevent the boxes from disintegrating
  • Put silica packs in your containers to absorb moisture
  • Use lots of smaller boxes vs a few large boxes for heavy items
  • Always expect items to shift, so protect anything fragile
  • Avoid packing things that will mold or otherwise be ruined without good airflow
  • Label your packing containers (I write on the lids with sharpie) and keep an inventory of what is in each

There's lots of sites that have to-do lists as you get closer to the move, but the above aren't talked about as much.

Again, I hope this is unnecessary and that these Florida bills fail, but at this point in the US, every trans person should really have a "what if I have to move asap" plan prepared.

I've been watching the notes and wanted to dig into a couple of key points to help y'all with your planning.

As it currently stands with these bills:

  • Floridians could still get care out-of-state. Until there is a bill banning crossing state lines, we have some flexibility.
  • Prescription renewals would not require in-person consent. So, telemed should still work here if your provider is still offering services.
  • Online pharmacies like Amazon and Honey stand to be an option if local pharmas stop being allowed to provide trans HRT because they take state funds.
  • A lot of telemed providers not based in Florida are working out how they would choose to deal with these bills. I believe some, like QMed, plan to ask you to verbally confirm you are not physically in Florida at the time of your appointment.

Trans people are very resourceful. I will not speak to DIY other than to remind folks that not all HRT is equal -- testosterone is a controlled substance in the US with felony penalties.

Also a reminder that, when you travel, many meds require them to be in their pharmacy bottle / packaging with the label. Be very careful about putting meds in cute travel containers outside of your home - if the bathroom ban passes, there will be more opportunities for the police to harass us.

There is a lot of anti-abortion playbook stuff going on in these anti-trans bills, but again, Florida is not criminalizing getting care outside of the state. Use this to your advantage if your local providers shutter and as you plan for a possible July 1 enactment date.

Again, these bills could fail, they could get amended, or they could pass as-is. We don't know, so keep tracking them and adjust your plans accordingly.

I've been quiet because there isn't much to say beyond the fact that the bills are progressing through committee, despite all the compelling testimony against and all the flat-out lies for.

I had an appointment with my healthcare provider today and they wrote me a 6-month Rx for T instead of the usual 3. This is the max refill allowed, so make your own refill requests accordingly.

We do not know yet what will happen to active HRT prescriptions written by NPs should the bills go into effect July 1 (remember: the bills will only allow physicians to prescribe). Aka, uncertain if NP prescriptions with outstanding refills will be grandfathered in or not.

I see the owner of my clinic July 6 and will ask him various logistics questions. By that point, the bills will have either failed or passed in some form. I will pass on what I learn to my pinned post.

Remember that telemed for T is also threatened on the national level, since it is a controlled substance. So, regardless if you are in Florida or even trans, as long as you live in the US and are on T, you should be making plans to find a local provider. This also goes for ADHD meds, to add salt to the wound.

I hope everyone's plans are going well and I'll post again in early July, unless something major happens.

NEW BILL TO TRACK

This is becoming a monster post, but I want to add another important bill to track.

SB1342 uses vague language to define sexual battery against a child:

A person 18 years of age or older who commits sexual battery upon, or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injures the sexual organs of, a person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony

“Injuring the sexual organs” could easily be interpreted as allowing a child to be on puberty blockers. Which means doctors providing gender-affirming care, and the child’s affirming guardians, could be subject to this criteria.

It gets worse.

A capital felony is punishable by death in the state of Florida. And instead of a unanimous vote by jurors, only 8 of the 12 would be needed to condemn someone:

If at least eight jurors determine that the defendant should be sentenced to death, the jury’s recommendation to the court must be a sentence of death. If fewer than eight jurors  determine that the defendant should be sentenced to death, the jury’s recommendation to the court must be a sentence of life  imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

This is bad shit and a perfect example of how these bills are connecting the dots in the greater genocide picture. Follow the bill here.

Also, in case you need help convincing folks how bad things are getting, here’s Equality Florida’s travel advisory for the state.

SB254 has been presented to the governor and will be signed within the next 15 days. Its effective date has been changed from July 1 to "effective immediately".

This means we have lost 4-6 weeks of prep time.

The dimmest of silver linings is that when HB1421 merged with SB254, the birth certificate ban was dropped.

Here is a link on an analysis of the impact of SB254. It contains full text of the 2 images provided below:

The bathroom bill is also on DeSantis' desk, which will make it a second-degree misdemeanor if a trans person does not leave a bathroom when ordered to by a cis person.

I have no new advice beyond what I have already said upthread. Check immediately with your provider about interruptions to your care. Even if you are not on HRT, an LGBT+ clinic may be experiencing difficulties at this time.

Be safe and look out for one another. I wish we didn't have to do this.

So many boob drawers dont get it... its abt the weight. Its abt the sag and the tension. Sphere anime boobs frighten and scare me. Show me that thang is made of flesh n it has give. What is the FUCKING point of 'instead of shirt she has bandages/vines/ribbons to cover her modesty/make sure shes not just free swanging' if they're still gonna be perfectly spherical??? Show me the gravity, let me see the places where the bandages compress which squishes it on either side... u guys get what I mean

Oooooh.

Boob drawers, as in people who draw boobs, not boob drawers, as in chest of.

I was so confused.

Well boobs are stored on chests so the confusion is understandable

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