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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I really don't want to have to lie to my doctor and say I'm into men to get my estrogen

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"sorry boss can't work today, i'm feeling homosexual"

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Lol, I've considered calling out for that reason before when my wife's being really cute.

But yeah in the 90s a lot of medical professionals helping trans people still believed that people who are really trans had to meet a bunch of highly gender conforming expectations, including transitioning to heterosexuality. The good news of course was you could lie to your doctor.