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Transmedicalism and its cisfascist views on what's a "legitimate" trans person are still pervasive in many parts of the world. Go ask people in a western country how many of them think you can be a woman when you have a penis, results won't be pretty. Japan has societal attitudes towards LGBT rights that are comparable to a lot of western countries - in fact, gay marriage has more public support there than in the USA, but is still illegal. Lawmakers and other elites are chronically lagging behind public acceptance, as they always do. Transphobia is something that is implemented top-down, it's incredibly hard to get rid of on a legal level.
I'd call it ciscolonial, the targeted destruction of gender expression outside of the very narrow cishet umbrella was a conscious effort by colonizers to destroy cultures where gender had different types of expression. Just like when they'd destroy religious icons and forbid speaking uncolonized languages, gender expression was just another tool of colonial control.
That's a good way to put it.
it's a weird state of affairs in the US. our view of medical care as a consumer good means that abuse by doctors is rampant with few legal protections, because instead of an established standard of care, you're supposed to shop around for a doctor that will treat you correctly.
My country actually has at least decent standards of care for trans people, but they simply get ignored by large parts of our medical community. Finding competent trans health care around here is a matter of knowing who to ask for advice, and way too often only feasible if you live in metropolitian areas.
i have to do in detail investigations of a doctor's social media to see if they have transphobic derangement. been burned one too many times
Physician, heal thyself