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by pcthrowaway 1154 days ago
I'm assuming you haven't seen people struggling with discrimination, especially trans people in conservative cities, trying to find these easy-to-get jobs which offer "good work for good pay". If you have suggestions of actual places in Chattanooga that would hire her yesterday and start payments in a week, I'm sure OP would be happy to pass that along.

Otherwise, please consider how trans people might be limited by obstacles that cis people don't even realize exist.
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bequanna 1154 days ago
Quite the leap.

I’m not sure why the original comment even mentions this person is trans. How is that relevant to the situation other than to trigger the “victim” alarm in some people’s minds?

Also, how presumptuous of you to assume I’m cis. Be better.

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freemint 1154 days ago
Because it is relevant in a bunch of ways.

- It obviously increases the burn rate due to increased medical expenses which makes certain income thresholds to qualify for help harder to reach.

- It together with a comment suggesting parental abuse means she can't rely on family support

- There is discrimination against trans people. If xy% of people despise you because of your existince is a challange to their god and on those people decides how many hours you get that obviously has an impact.

I must congratulate you. Your cynical engagement both claiming this to maybe being a scam, acting worried for me and yet being very motivated to argue political points might have gotten this post removed from the top of AskHN where it was some time before you posted. I hope when i wake up that my genuine ask for help and advice got a few more eyeballs.

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thiht 1154 days ago
Because the situation for trans people in the US is horrific and only getting worse and worse each week. Last example in date: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

If I were trans in the US I’d honestly just flee the country before the next elections, and start over somewhere else.

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pcthrowaway 1154 days ago
> Also, how presumptuous of you to assume I’m cis. Be better.

What I said:

> I'm assuming you haven't seen people struggling with discrimination, especially trans people in conservative cities

is only presuming exactly what I said, not even presuming that you're not trans, because that (on its own) is actually besides the point.

In the interest of keeping this more in the spirit with the HN conversation guidelines, I'll just say that I'd appreciate if you engaged with what I actually said instead of deflecting.

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