The reality is this, Breast cancer kills, it is as indiscriminate a killer as could be. It robs families of loved ones and has NEVER been gender specific.
Get your head around the fact that taking care of your body, in what ever skin suit you are currently in, is your responsibility and honestly your privelege.
We preach acceptance of our lovestyle/lifestyle/butch/femme/trans identities and expect others to grasp the importance of it all. We should in turn practice what we preach and accept ourselves, respect ourselves and take care of ourselves to the very best of our ability.
I'm going for My mammogram on Wednesday and I'm not looking forward to any part of that process but I know as a cancer survivor and someone who has lost numerous friends to this serial killer, I owe it to myself to do it.
Good luck to you and your butch as fucked up psychologically as it is having to endure the screening. How much more fucked up would it be to lose that precious life due to lack of action.
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