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Jay_Derkin t1_jbqtyah wrote

Oh man it really depends on a lot of factors. I’d say if you want to aim for close to a 100% safe trip then once most of the snow is melted across the state, give it 2-3 more weeks and you’ll likely be fine. I’ve had some trips over the kanc where I didn’t follow that advice and things got a bit dicey around certain corners even at low speeds.

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comefromawayfan2022 OP t1_jbqtvkp wrote

You can literally Google gender dysphoria and look it up yourself. The diagnosis process consists of a behavioral health evaluation. To even qualify to START hormone replacement therapy, you need a letter of referral from a qualified licensed mental health provider. In order to get that kind of referral letter, you need to have an established relationship with a mental health provider and be able to prove you've been seeing them regularly for quite some time.

You ask for specific sources. My sources are the trans friends and classmates I have who have had gender affirming care and who have been through the process of transitioning. My friends have spoken at length about the years of therapy they've needed and the therapy they STILL currently get because with being transgender comes an alarmingly high amount of discrimination, stigmatism, depression, anxiety, self-harm, PTSD. My best friend had to see a therapist once a week for four years and THEN the therapist finally agreed to write him a referral letter to a multi-disciplinary gender clinic for hormone replacement therapy.

The first line of treatment is literally counseling and therapy...you can Google the gender clinic at Boston children's hospital and read more about what they offer if you want your own sources

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11_Wolfie_11 t1_jbqlwez wrote

I lived in the woods for three months. June, July and August. For all intents and purposes, the choicest time to do that sort of thing. But it’s not like that. The constant ebb and flow of rain and the heat molds your stuff. The wet mornings are deceptively freezing. I had money to buy food and water, if one didn’t have that, then…yeah. You’re hunting and/or trapping, getting/ disinfecting water all day every day just to sustain yourself. Anyone who isn’t proficient in this would certainly be dead, and probably insane.

So no, unless your on the lam for being a hyper-individualistic dude with remarkable skills that you’ve practiced ad nauseam, with the mind of a bodhisattva, you won’t be able to sustain that way.

Humanity was able to thrive in this condition through our inventiveness and commutative nature. Without those in spades, one gets clubbed. Definitely takes a village to get that done.

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11_Wolfie_11 t1_jbqcdog wrote

Isn’t there also a bill out there now being proposed that parents don’t need to be in the loop on all of this…? And yes, puberty blockers cause irreparable harm. And yes, children in this country as young at least as young twelve have had surgeries done.

Saying someone should be an adult before they do this shit isn’t bigotry. In my personal opinion, being 36, even 18 is way to fucking young to be making these kid of calls about the rest of your life. In the other hand, I get it. If someone will be happier on the other side, don’t rob them of their youth in that role. But…yeah, no.

The core of the issue is influence, not perceived phobias.

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