u/AssignedSnail — reddlx

Watch out for the Emory TWIST Survey!

Emory University cancelled it's DEI programs at the merest breath of pressure from the Trump Administration. They are now asking trans women to TURN OFF VPN and fill out a detailed survey on sexual history and STI risk

Why on earth would people do that? To put it in terms the researchers would understand, it's like someone with a positive STD test saying they don't want to use a condom

If you see a cute ad with gay frogs, asking transfeminine people to fill out a survey, that's who you're dealing with

Trust is earned

u/AssignedSnail — 3 days ago

▲ 19 r/pharmacy

Hello friends!

The Canadian Paediatric Society's Guidelines for vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns list PO vitamin K (2.0 mg at birth, repeated at 2-4 and 6-8 weeks) as an alternative for newborns whose parents decline IM vitamin K

But what the heck are people actually giving? The only currently-marketed product I can find in the Health Canada database is this injectable emulsion from Sandoz. Are we giving the IM emulsion via oral route or is it being custom compounded? I can't seem to find clinical resources on this anywhere

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u/AssignedSnail — 13 days ago

▲ 455 r/NonBinary

I've been pretty reliably gendered as female lately. Even though in theory it sounds like a good thing, it's triggering a lot of self-doubt.

I actually can't remember the last time a stranger gendered me as male. It's been at least a month? To be clear, I don't *want* to be gendered as male. If I have to choose a binary option, I'd reluctantly pick female. But other than getting called "guys" when I'm standing next to my very male husband, it's been reliably she/her/whatever lately. I don't understand why this is happening, and it's left me with a lot of anxiety and uncertainty.

On the phone, to people who haven't met me, I think I just pass as female, despite my voice being on the lower side (~157 Hz on average). That's nice, honestly, and it sets precedent for a lot else, as about half the people I meet at work I meet first on the phone before we meet in person.

But what's going on with the other half? Is everyone just trying to be polite towards who they think is a super clocky trans woman? I mean, I prefer that to super rude, obviously. But "super clocky trans woman with the public's pity" was not the goal.

I don't have a noticable chest, have only been on a low dose of HRT for a short time, and have what feel (to me, at least) prominent masculine facial features. Certainly, I was getting about 50/50 "ma'am" vs "sir" a year ago, and I don't know what's changed. And it makes me scared to pursue physical transition further, even though I'm really doing it for me and no one else, because I don't understand what is happening

Has anyone had a similar experience? I could really use your thoughts and support 💛💜

u/AssignedSnail — 14 days ago