was told once by a very wise person to look at who is considered lowest of the low in a culture. then see how they are treated. in USA that would be #transgender Black women.

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306963
Black people's life expectancy is already lower due to racism. the life expectancy of Black TFemN people is much shorter than that of TMascN.

this is why WHITE Americans need to learn that what happens to Black folks, will hurt them as well
https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/01/colorado-gop-leader-seeks-gender-affirming-care-initiative/

which brings me to #Autism
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"Compared to cisgender individuals, #transgender and gender-diverse individuals have, on average, higher rates of #autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17794-1

"Levels of autistic traits and cases of ASD were higher in individuals assigned female at birth than those assigned male at birth.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31260907/

if you are #ActuallyAutistic these attacks on transgender people are a prelude. the fascists will be coming for us #neurodivergents next

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Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals - Nature Communications

It is unclear if rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses are elevated in transgender and gender-diverse individuals compared to cisgender individuals. Here, the authors use data from five different large-scale datasets to identify elevated rates of autism diagnoses, diagnoses of other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, and elevated traits related to autism in transgender and gender-diverse individuals, compared to cisgender individuals.

Nature

Lest we #ActuallyAutistic people forget: it was a Nazi who first came up with the diagnosis
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05112-1

what's almost always glossed over is that these observations were done on children SURVIVING PANDEMICS caused by denial of health care & medical abuse
https://perspectives.ushmm.org/collection/medical-care-nazism-and-the-holocaust

"Autism" even if not referring to Asperger's is still proof #OperationPaperClip was just the beginning of normalizing many of the core fascist values American elites identified with, not just Nazism.
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The truth about Hans Asperger’s Nazi collusion

Simon Baron-Cohen absorbs the grave revelations in a study on a paediatrician enmeshed in autism’s history.

@blogdiva

Oshit I didn't know about that. Damn.