To the editor: As common readers of The Occasions’ letters part know, I establish as transgender. I additionally had a future as a public transportation advocate — going again to the Nineties — and served as a governing official at Metro for 11 years. So loads of folks know the way lengthy I’ve been “out.” (“California’s protections for transgender care could possibly be examined beneath Trump,” Nov. 18)
In a letter final 12 months, I addressed the hysterical fallacy of the arguments made towards medically needed therapy for transgender youth. Apparently we now even have to fret about healthcare for transgender adults. The place does this finish?
The Occasions factors out how small a share of the inhabitants we’re — though I think that in a extra tolerant society, lots of people would really feel extra free to declare their very own emotions of id. The person who was the principle topic of your article now has worries that fairly actually he shouldn’t be experiencing in a really compassionate society.
I hope that we as Californians will push again towards any discount or elimination of our fundamental human proper to be ourselves.
One final thing: Due to unrelated medical points that needed to be resolved over a number of years, I didn’t have my gender-affirming surgical procedure till I used to be previous age 65 — which suggests it was coated beneath Medicare. Take that, haters!
Kymberleigh Richards, Van Nuys
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To the editor: We have now seen quite a few articles pondering how Donald Trump managed to win the presidential election. This text’s dialogue highlights a type of obvious causes: Numerous Individuals really feel the progressive pendulum has swung method too far, method too quick.
I consider gender-affirming surgical procedures are elective procedures that shouldn’t be coated by Medicare or any insurance coverage plan, or the army. And it definitely shouldn’t be thought-about for minors beneath any circumstance.
Benefit from the subsequent 4 years’ experience. (And I didn’t vote for Trump.)
Roger Krenkler, Westlake Village
