I predicted that Texas would block gender change on birth certificates a few days ago. On 27-August, the news broke that they were no longer accepting court orders for drivers license gender change.
In Georgia, to avoid this issue, I habitually voted by mail. In that state, you don’t need an excuse like being out of state, etc. Texas, when I last voted there, you did need such an excuse.
Today has been rough already, and it’s early afternoon. I didn’t sleep well. I was in bed from about 10pm until 7am. My sleep score (Samsung Health) was only 70. So barely a “C”, as it were.
About a week ago, it came to my attention that the Attorney General of Texas has ordered the Department of Public Safety to stop accepting court orders for gender marker change on a drivers license. I first saw the linked report from Erin Reed on her substack on 22-August-2024.
If you know anything about transgender healthcare, you know there’s some fairly significant gatekeeping hurdles to be overcome. That’s particularly true of gender affirming surgery.
I received a bill today for my portion of the surgery on 30-April of this year. That was the very minor surgery to implant the loop recorder under the skin of my left breast.
I was diagnosed with POTS this past November at my very first cardiologist appointment. I am not a candidate for “exercise” as a treatment due to chronic pain flares with even slight exertion.
I don’t even try to broach some of these topics. And while it’s largely “conservatives” who are behaving like this, I find that both sides are unreasonable on some topics, especially Israel and the Palestinian genocide.
I am a well educated woman, a lesbian, and an eclectic Pagan. I am loving and giving. I am a caretaker type, who often fails miserably at self care. I have fibromyalgia, seizure disorder, and AFib.
I am complex, complicated, and worth the effort.
