throwaway72759

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I used a Privacy card to sign up for a Scribd trial to get access to one single PDF that was technically in the public domain but not accessible anywhere else online. That was almost a year ago, and they still try to charge my card for $9.99 every 5-10 days.

throwaway72759

6 ปีที่แล้วdiscuss

Thank you for this response, it really echoes my feelings.

Before I started my transition, preserving my sperm was a top priority. At the time, my financial situation was dismal, and it took me almost a year to save up enough to afford it. That’s a whole year my transition was delayed.

When I finally went through with it, the whole experience was pretty awkward. The folks at the cryostorage place were nice, but I felt like I was not 100% welcome. The actual “sample collection” process was very awkward and uncomfortable.

If there had been a trustworthy service like Legacy back then, I definitely would have jumped on it.

As it stands, the site and branding definitely feels targeted totally to men, which isn’t super welcoming to people in my position. It’s a sad fact that I have to deal with feeling unwelcome a lot when it comes to healthcare related things, so if I have to go through that I’d at least like to be able to do it from the comfort of my own home, not needing to physically interact with someone.

If you did find a way to balance your branding to make trans people feel more comfortable, I think that would be a wonderful thing and I think there is a pretty large market there. As odomojuli said, I think using more “family-centric” language would be a great start. If you don’t feel comfortable explicitly catering to trans people, fine, but lowering the emphasis on “MAN” would go a long way.

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