Gender-affirming practices aren’t exclusive to the transgender community, with WAAC’s Chuckie Raven explaining how cisgender people also affirm their gender.
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“Often something that gets missed is transgender people aren’t the only people who do things to affirm their gender, it’s just that often transgender people are the people who are restricted from doing so.
“Men and women and non-binary people all do different things to help them feel good about who they are and help them express who they are to the world,” they told Youth Jam’s Isaac Mulcrone.
Examples of gender affirming care include makeup, tattoos and corsets.
It is a form of self-care that Raven says “saves lives”.
“People always say gender affirming care saves lives and really isn’t a hyperbole. Being able to access the things that help affirm your gender has a massively positive impact on mental and social health outcomes,” they told Newsflash listeners.
Raven also outlined the long history of gender-affirming care, pointing to historical examples dating back to ancient Egypt.
“It’s something that’s been around for, I think, as long as humans have been around,” they said.
For example, a female Egyptian pharaoh used he/him pronouns but referred to himself as Her Majesty the King.
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