California since 2017 has spent more than $4 million of taxpayer money on surgical sex changes and cosmetic “gender-affirming” enhancements for 157 inmates, including 4 on death row

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      No you don’t, because you want me to be forced to pay for it.

      If my life circumstances were different I wouldn’t have ever been able to afford transition and I would be dead by now.

      Rights are things you don’t have to pay to have.

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        11 months ago

        Just like my aunt had to pay $130,000 for a kidney? I don’t know what country you’re in but yes that is how the American healthcare system works, you pay for the procedures you want/need. I genuinely meant no disrespect with the article, but healthcare isn’t a right for any Americans, especially free healthcare.