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Transgender Men Claim Lack Of Gender-Neutral Menstruation Products Causes ‘Pain,’ Makes Them ‘Unsafe’

Emily Zanotti
Transgender Men Claim Lack Of Gender-Neutral Menstruation Products Causes ‘Pain,’ Makes Them ‘Unsafe’
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Female-to-male transgender individuals who still menstruate are now saying that feminine hygiene products, which are typically marketed at biological women, should be gender-neutral (and free) so that they are not further oppressed, harmed, or triggered by gender-specific packaging and the cost of period products during their “time of the month.”

The revelation comes in a wide-ranging report from NBC News, which claims that transgender individuals are caused “pain” by the fact that menstruation is assumed to be a female-only process.

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