[klyrs]

Don't apologize for being "politically correct." You're doing the founder a favor, by pointing at money they're leaving on the table. And when I went to a fertility clinic shortly before my transition and they certainly didn't apologize for treating me like a goddamned freak.

[khaledkteily]

I thought it was extremely well written, pointed, and clearly written as constructive criticism. I don't even view this as about being politically correct, but about being inclusive, and creating an inclusive space, for everyone who is thinking about using our service.

I'm sorry to hear about your fertility clinic experience - it feels like they are still living in the stone ages.

[_5659]

Point taken, and especially with recent development in the ongoing war for whether or not discrimination against trans patients is legal, it's probably safer to bet towards situations where nobody even sees you.

The whole question of will they cover it, won't they cover it, will they sabotage me, won't they sabotage me is not a silly question anymore if federal protections for patients are increasingly politicized, just looking at the past few months alone. I was only able to push for certain policies in what is covered or offered at all through my provider by basically defeating their arguments with "I won't be your patient next year if the government makes it okay for you to deny me. You need to offer these services now or I will have to seek care outside your system and make it more expensive for you to care of anyways. Work with me here, I'm trying to not die."