Editor James contemplates what constitutes part of a trans identity and complains about blood draws.
The other week, I got my blood taken to test my testosterone levels. We love a bloodletting, don’t we folks? Well, not me! Getting my blood drawn feels, in my creative opinion, a little like fitting a straw into another straw. My veins: a straw; the needle: another straw; you get the picture.
Rather than respond with “To each their own,” the nurse told me what they tell all their trans patients getting hormone treatments: That getting blood drawn is now part of my identity as a trans person. It’s something I’ll have to do as long as I’m on HRT. I didn’t know what to say 1) because ugh, gross, just had a needle in my arm and now I could see a vial full of my blood, and 2) because I’m sorry, what? It’s my identity that I get a blood test every few months? Oy vey.
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