In both a birth story and 12 reasons it wasn’t so much of a surprise as I have witnessed both scenarios before working in the healthcare field. The surprising part to most people would be that it happens more then you think. Firstly working in the healthcare field is very difficult mentally and physically but with that said there are a certain portion of people that just should not be working in the field period. Like I said I was not surprised reading her testimony in a birth story. However during the reading I found myself shaking my head with the words “yup, I seen that before” replaying in my head.

With the 12 reasons , I can empathize with the sense of not being seen or treated as an equal medically . This is huge however that I am sure to get arrows thrown at me but whatever, In the medical field their are people who are scared to interact with trans people. The reason why you ask?, because now we live in a time where everyone is offended by everything. What does that matter?, offending the wrong person when that was not your intention at all could mean loss of your job, or being sued or both. So when a trans person needs to be registered or cared for their is a certain criteria of egg shells that people walk on , they are nervous to ask basic question in order not to ruffle feathers or upset them. I think its a lose lose scenario. For example where I worked their were a few trans people that would come in , some were cool some were horrid . This one in particular would come in always around 3:00am, in not the best condition , lets say her name was Stefany I remember because every time she came in she would give me her ID that said Steven and I would ask “when are you gonna get your ID changed “? and she would reply I am gonna do it but never did. So since she was a regular she would ask everyone to call her Steph. Now lets say the regular staff was not there that night and there was a new Doctor filling in for the time or a nurse that was unfamiliar and calls Stefany , Steven. Stefany is now irate and wants to pursue things further in court even thou the ID clearly says the name Steven. Whether accidentally or not things can and have escalated I have witnessed this type of scenario as well. Yes I think their are horrible people in healthcare but at the same time it is outweighed by people who do want to generally help anyone walking through those hospital doors. Despite what gender they align themselves with they are just very nervous or cautious as to what they say the more parenthesis or tree branches their are makes it even that much more difficult for the people trying to assist.

I am a very visual person so when it comes to topics I would much rather see it in real time .In birth stories visually it helped seeing the pictures as well as the added poetry to really gauge how she felt during her stay at the hospital. In period end of sentence visually was engaging due to how uninformed people were about woman having periods. You were basically discarded , weren’t allowed to work or pray. It was the basis for when I make the argument about “oppression”. In the west its almost celebrated , over there they don’t want anything to do with you . Go over to that country and tell them about how oppressed you are over in the united states and see how long they laugh. The lady in the video was told by her parents when you have your period in does not matter if you pray the gods don’t hear you that blew my mind. Another thing that was unbelievable was how she said she was going to join the police in order to escape having to get married. Are you really that oppressed ? have you ever had to get a random job in order to escape an arranged marriage?. What they all shared was the theme of being cast aside , or being neglected due to elements that were beyond ones control. The feeling of maltreatment from an intuition that is supposed to be caring or attentive towards you .