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.
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Over the years I’ve been in pharmacies buying this kind of stuff many times, for wife or girlfriend. It never occurred to me to feel alienated.
But then... I’m not mentally ill so what do I know about the problem?
So this is a problem only for “men” with front-holes?
It’s time for Jesus to come back and take a flamethrower to the joint.
““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.”
I’m male and have no issues buying tampons.
Nature saying your insane!
Needs antidelusional medication. Hope he\she doesnt, or cannot reproduce...poor kid..
If a person self identifies as a Cyclops....could a doctor remove an eye to help transition?
These freaks get working uteruses installed?
It was a simpler time. A time when they were called drag queens. Not men who had periods.
Kenny i see many guys buying tampons and pads with their shopping order - right there plain as day on the belt with other groceries. you are not the first.
Your problem is you are resisting/ don’t want to accept what comes with your choices. quit whining you chose this.
I’m so confused. It is a woman? Now a man? Either way go to the local grocery store and buy what you need. My lovely wife makes me buy her stuff once in a while.
This is a female pretending to be male. OK, now it makes sense but it’s still INSANE.
“We need to start building a whole lot of new insane asylums.”
Why? Asylums provide care.
You have it backwards.
This is about biological women who have “transitioned into men.”
Funny thing is, they can’t escape their female bodies after all.
Yikes, participation awards. The mind is a terrible thing to lose.
In other news, all disease has been cured, men live on 7 of 9 planets and time travel is going strong.
Yes and I am guilty of a pronoun crime or am I? I don’t know, I cannot keep it straight.
.... The world has accepted a lot of what used to be mental illnesses as normal behavior ... And what used to be considered as normal behavior is now called mental illnesses ....
Just stop.
This is crazy shit.
It was a much nicer world before all this trans cult got started.
“transgender model and activist Kenny Ethan Jones experienced his first period”...
*shudder
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