Friday, May 10, 2019



hi.

i no longer have time to pick up a new blood test sheet and have the tests completed, so we will have to wait until the 16th. you should not expect test results in before then, as i will not be filing a lab that indicates concerns about a risk factor related to recent sexual activity with women. i at no point indicated as much. what i indicated was

1) that i have only had one consensual sex partner, and she was female, but that this relationship ended in 2006 or 2007. this would certainly not indicate a recent risk factor, as it was 12-13 years ago.
2) i was concerned about possible exposure to stds because i woke up in a man’s car after a night of drinking in detroit, and he was trying to convince me to have sex with him. i lost several hours that night, which was in september of 2016 (and not spring as i erroneously indicated, apologies for that). i also had bruises on my thighs, and a sore anus. i could even smell the lubrication in my farts, after requiring several hours to pass a bowel movement. while i don’t remember it happening, the obvious conclusion is pretty obvious: i had some pretty rough anal sex that night. i suspect that i may have been drugged at the bar. i understand that this would legally qualify as rape, but i have no evidence to work with and little understanding of my own projection of consent when i was blacked out. if somebody were to present me with evidence that i was passed out during the sexual activity (the anal sex) then i would change my mind, but i would not be interested in pressing charges against somebody that thought they were having consensual sex, just because i was blacked out. i apologize if anybody is upset by that, but i think intent is important, in context.

it follows that while i have very strong and compelling reasons to think i probably had sex with a male that night, i have no reasons at all to think i had sex with a female. nor do i have reason to think i’ve recently had risky sexual activity with any other female sexual partner, or reason to think i’ve had sexual activity with a female in the last ten plus years at all.

when i stated that my one and only consensual partner was female and many years ago, this was misinterpreted as a claim that i have recently had sex with a female. i need this corrected before i have my blood taken.

i would normally consider this to be trivial. on a purely social level, i don’t care whether people might think i have sex with men or women, or if they think i might have sex with both. the truth is that i don’t have sex at all, but i can’t control the perceptions of others, and don’t tend to pre-occupy myself with it as a concern. so, i don’t care if you think i’m gay or straight or bi, and i don’t care what you think about gay or straight or bi people.

however, as mentioned, i am deeply concerned that i am being harassed by the windsor police department, who are interpreting my gender expression as some kind of evidence of sexual deviance. there has recently been a rise of religion in north america, and a distinct rise in transphobia as a consequence of it. religiously motivated politicians are currently routinely using trans people as rhetorical punching bags, and this appears to have had some effect on the conduct by the officers in the department. i am deeply concerned that an officer may pull the file and use it as evidence that i’m some kind of sexual deviant - that my gender expression is some kind of nefarious ploy to gain access to women, or something. one way that religious politicians are using this is scare-mongering about using the bathroom. this is the existing narrative in religious communities, and the narrative i’ve been receiving from the police.

i have recently had poorly written health documents misinterpreted and used against me, documents i’m apparently not able to correct, so the necessity to ensure a higher quality in the documentation is something i need to be pro-active about.

again: the fact is that the contents of the file were a misunderstanding between myself and my doctor, and i have been pro-active in attempting to correct them. the lack of response is frustrating, but we can wait until the 16th to have this corrected if we have to.

i’m also going to want to add a test for my cortisol levels, as a continuation of the line of thought that led to me checking for heavy metal poisoning last year. please remind me if i forget.

jessica parent

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