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Title: SOPA and Transition Medicine: We've Been Here Before
Post by: Shana A on January 24, 2012, 09:04:52 AM
Valerie Keefe
Writer, activist, candidate, unpaid political consultant, service-sector prole, and general nuisance

SOPA and Transition Medicine: We've Been Here Before
Posted: 01/23/2012 6:25 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-keefe/sopa-transition-medicine_b_1218684.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-keefe/sopa-transition-medicine_b_1218684.html)

See, in 1983, there was no way someone like me would have been able to get treatment without telling a lot of lies:

"Why, yes, Doctor, I'm solely attracted to men..."

"Why, yes, Doctor, of course I want surgery..."

"Why, yes, Doctor, I think that being required to dress high-femme for a year before milligram one of estrogen is dispensed is a completely natural restriction..."

"Why, no, Doctor, I would never be open about my history. I plan to move across the country, just as you recommend..."