I wanted a rolling release distro, and Arch has an amazing wiki. That's why I chose it. Though I ultimately moved on to CachyOS (Arch based), because it's a lot more pre configured than Arch.
I may be wading into a minefield here
You are. And not only that, you're in a community aimed at trans folk, offering advice to trans folk who are aware of the reality of the situation in a way you very likely are not. That's not a good position to start from when it comes to offering advice. Doubly so, when your advice appears to be coming from a position of "in a perfect world" rather than from the practical realities that trans folk have to deal with in the world as it is.
I've learned it's actually pretty important for doctors to know someone's status as trans
As with all things, this depends on the context. Sometimes, it's relevant. Mostly, it's irrelevant. And sometimes, knowing causes doctors to make mistakes about our healthcare needs when they incorrectly assume our medical symptoms align with those of cis folk of our assigned genders (this is particularly likely if the doctor is not familiar with trans health care).
On top of that, there is a thing called "trans broken arm syndrome", in which doctors tend to immediately aim for HRT or transition surgeries as the cause of whatever ailment the trans person has. Again, this is particularly true with doctors that don't often treat trans patients, or worse, that hold anti trans opinions (even if they keep those opinions private).
Yet, even when it is relevant, telling the doctor can lead to all sorts of othering and exclusion. Sometimes, it's outright transphobia and misgendering. Sometimes, it's being isolated from other patients, because the medical staff don't know how to deal with you. Sometimes, it's just medical curiosity, where the doctor just wants to ask all sorts of irrelevant questions out of medical/personal curiosity, because they don't often deal with trans patients.
I live in a very trans inclusive country, with protective laws. I'm openly trans, and wear a trans flag dog tag, and a trans flag arm band. Yet one of the few situations where I won't openly out myself unless I have no other choice, is when dealing with medical staff who don't recognise those flags. And I do that, because the folk who don't recognise the flags are the folk more likely to other me, more likely to be confused by me, and more likely to ensure that my interaction with them is as uncomfortable as possible. And that's in a safe, accepting country. Imagine what it's like for folk who live in places where transphobia is not only common, but sometimes legally mandated...
Which is to say, each and every trans person navigating healthcare has to decide for themselves how to walk this tightrope. And general advice of "you should tell them" suggests you're not familiar with the lived realities of trans folk, despite working in a hospital
Someone spilt the tea...
Someone hexed those cookies
"Antisemitic song" is rather understating things...
The best tip I can give you is to get rid of windows, and, well, you've already done that :)
They don't though. This isn't a gotcha that will make the bigots second guess themselves, there will be no internal discomfort or recognition of internal contradictions, because exclusion is the point. The more stupid barriers there are, the less trans people participate.
There is power in protests like these, but the power lies in the way it forces the people who aren't deep down the transphobia rabbit hole to challenge their previously unchallenged opinions.
The last thing lemmy needs is more centralisation on lemmy.world
People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.
Probably not, because we have downvotes disabled :)
There are lots of little usability improvements, and configuration options, but they are functionally very similar.
But it also has the advantage of not being written by the lemmy devs, which is a deal breaker for some folk
I absolutely appreciate them. They give me the chance to decide for myself whether to engage with a topic, depending on where I'm at. Suicide is often hard for me to deal with, due to my own family circumstances, so sometimes I want to get in and help people who are struggling, but other times, I just need to avoid the discussion for my own wellbeing. Content warnings give me the opportunity to make that choice