The word 'theoretically' is doing some damned heavy lifting there. - Mrs. Capricious - Medium

Care facilities around the U.S. routinely refuse to accept transgender patients, claiming other patients would feel “uncomfortable.” Elders are especially vulnerable, according to detailed reporting in The Atlantic. Federal health care regulations theoretically protect trans elders from discrimination, but patients like Marie often find enforcing those regulations difficult or impossible.

A Gay Elder Was Brutalized in a Care Home and My Cat Almost Died

James Finn

Mrs. Capricious

Sep 4

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The word 'theoretically' is doing some damned heavy lifting there.

Mrs. Capricious

Written by Mrs. Capricious

Capricious by name, steadfast by nature. Trans femme dyke. Smutsmith. Provocateur. Witch. Poet. Slut. Idiot.

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