Posted on 01/12/2020 3:49:09 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Safety concerns and a lack of access to menstruation products are among the issues trans and gender-nonconforming people face during "that time of the month."
When transgender model and activist Kenny Ethan Jones experienced his first period, he faced both physical and psychological pain. Initially, Jones, who had not yet come out as trans at the time, felt like he was losing control and didn’t understand what was happening to his body. However, one thing was clear: He didn’t feel like himself.
“I didn’t believe that having periods would be a part of my lived experience,” Jones told NBC News. “I felt isolated; everything about periods was tailored to girls, yet me, a boy, was experiencing this and nothing in the world documented that.”
He currently experiences a wide range of challenges with his monthly bleeding, especially when it comes to getting his hands on menstrual hygiene products.
“Having a period already causes me a lot of [gender] dysphoria, but this dysphoria becomes heightened when I have to shop for a product that is labeled as ‘women’s health’ and in most cases, is pretty and pink,” Jones explained.
Some transgender and gender-nonconforming people who menstruate, like Jones, say when the products are categorized as women’s products, they can feel alienated — and may even avoid purchasing them altogether.
“I’ve definitely seen a positive shift with the discussion around women experiencing periods, but the stigma towards trans men, nonbinary and intersex individuals having them is still alive and well,” said Jones, who gained attention in 2018 when he was the face of a U.K.-based menstruation company’s ad campaign. “People are still reluctant to the idea that it’s not only women that experience periods.”
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“Some transgender and gender-nonconforming people who menstruate, like Jones, say when the products are categorized as women’s products, they can feel alienated — and may even avoid purchasing them altogether.” Isn’t that what Bounty Paper Towels are for, or maybe a box of Shop Rags will do.
I was at a restaurant once and, trying to get the waitresses attention I got up from my seat and was following her saying, “Miss!” until she turned around and he was for sure a man with a full beard. But he had way more makeup on than I did, and his hair was coifed like he had just come from the salon.
That was years ago, and now it’s more rampant. I see men who look like women and women who look like men all the time.
I will call anyone Cinderella or Darth Vader if that is what they want their name to be, but I refuse to use pronouns that do not describe the person in front of me.
One legitimately wonders if it isn’t all about getting attention.
Midol for Men. That’s the answer.
It isn’t nice to fool mother nature.
Fake man. Trans=fake.
BETTER_WATCH_WHAT_YOU_WISH_FOR_PING!
“and in most cases, is pretty and pink,”
The first company that produces feminine hygene
pyroducts in camo is going to make a fortune.
If this guy is so put off by the color pink,
maybe he’s not as much of a girl he thinks he is.
Not that I really want to know, but exactly WHERE
would said products be used?
My eyes are bleeding because my heads going to
explode. I’ll ask my wife if I can borrow a couple
so I can tape them over my eyes. I might need some
duct tape also, to keep my head intact.
Is this piece satire?! Please, someone tell me that it is!!
“My ovaries are killing me!”
Tranny response: Get yourself a scrotal support.
"Those that can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire....
So her xx chromosomes are yelling at her but she doesn’t want to hear it.
This is a pagan religion.
This is pagan idolatry.
This is as “scientific” as throwing virgin girls into a volcano to increase annual rainfall.
A wise FReeper once said to replace the word 'transgender' with 'fake'. Honestly, that's the only way I've been able to keep all this insanity, er, straight.
Oh good grief, he knows that SHE is a female, how surprised could she be at having periods......sheesh
Imagine this headline being written 30 years ago.
Well, considering that doctors regularly butcher these people by cutting off body parts that are perfectly healthy, I wouldn’t be surprised. Horrific. What has happened to the Hippocratic Oath?? In the meantime, there’s this lovely story of the lengths some will go to ....the stuff of nightmares. https://fox6now.com/2015/10/01/woman-desperate-to-be-blind-had-drain-cleaner-poured-in-eyes-now-happier-than-ever/
Usually a good way to tell is look at the hands. Women have slender feminine hands, where as men have man hands.
That’s a funny description. Lol!
The person in the article (Kenny) is a biological female who is pretending she is a male. My guess is her original name was probably Kelly.
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