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Open Gate Labs is in the process of closing with no plans to return. they currently have a massive clearing sale on many of their estrogens:
some good alternatives include Hera HRT, Aurelia Labs (currently out of stock), and Symphony Labs, which just recently started back up.
i dont know who needs to hear this, but 2mg is not enough. frankly 8mg is not enough. buy your estrogen elsewhere. take anywhere from 50-100% more than the WPATH recommended max dose. stop once your estrogen stays around 300-450 pg/mL. try not to exceed 700 pp/mL (excess estrogen causes the body to purge estrogen, often overreacting and putting your total effective estrogen lower than what is desirable for feminization and stability).
there is no conclusive evidence that the feminizing effects of injectable E are preferable to those of oral E, but injectable is safer long-term (years-long), so eventually switch to injectable. its cheaper also.
use a good anti-androgen. spiro will make you piss and pissed, because it sucks. take bica 50mg or cypro 12.5mg. misc notes on anti-androgens:
if you've already been on E for over a year and your E is above 250pg/mL and your T is below 50ng/dL, you won't really benefit from an anti-androgen. If you're earlier in your transition than that, or if your levels aren't looking like that, you can either increase your estrogen intake (try not too exceed a blood estrogen level of 700pg/mL, or take an anti-androgen. there is no conclusive clinical evidence to say that monotherapy is better or worse than E + AA, it's kinda just personal preference.
there are two things to be wary of with bicalutamide; first, it's hell for your liver. if you like to drink, don't take it. if you take it, get liver enzymes taken when you get blood labs pulled. second, bica does not stop T production, only reception, so it should only really be taken if you plan on getting an orchiectomy (thus removing the testes). If you plan on keeping your testes, use cypro.
if you take cypro, get a vitamin b12 (or general b) supplement. cypro eats away at b12 reserves which can sometimes cause depression and other mental health symptoms.
take your prog. take 200mg. if youre putting it in your mouth, take more until youre emotional but stable. if youre putting it in your butt - PUTT IT IN YOUR BUTT - take more, but less than you would if it were in your mouth.
work out. work your ass, your thighs, your abs. get sweaty. the more growth hormones you can get through your body, the more effectively your estrogen will feminize you (this includes your tits).
eat more. eat at least 25% more than your maintenance. eat lots of protein, but also lots of fat. your ass and tits will thank you very jiggly.
and most importantly; show me. im a pervert.
in honor of tdov here's a short comic about my transition
aaaah if only estrogen would give me the hair and skin effects and nothing else...
Honestly every day I agree more with you
i do want boobs but i'd be a lot less scared to start if it didn't do that. because that's pretty permanent and difficult to hide
may I introduce you to raloxifene
it acts in the same way as estrogen in most of the body, but blocks it in breast tissue, meaning you get all the effects of feminizing HRT without the breast growth
it is not guaranteed to work, has some side effects and is not readily available everywhere, so please research yourself, but it is an option
aaaah if only estrogen would give me the hair and skin effects and nothing else...
Honestly every day I agree more with you
i do want boobs but i'd be a lot less scared to start if it didn't do that. because that's pretty permanent and difficult to hide
I just want e without the boobs, then maybe in the future i can decide properly if I want the boobs too
I know that HRT gives you secondary sex characteristics in one direction or another, but we HAVE to stop telling nonbinary people that they “can’t pick and choose.” Of course, you can’t tell your testosterone that you’d rather not grow chest hair, but there are things you can do!
You could go on T so your voice drops and start shaving so you don’t grow a beard. You could start HRT and then stop once you get the permanent changes you like. You can pursue sterilization instead of bottom surgery. You can get top surgery without being on T. You can go on E and work out a bunch to bulk out your muscles. You can pursue laser hair removal or electrolysis to remove unwanted hair, with or without HRT. You could even just start hormones to see if you like it and then stop if it isn’t to your taste.
Obviously, you can’t order secondary sex characteristics a la carte, but we have to stop being so awful to nonbinary people. We should discuss the options we have, not shut down the conversation with “that’s what you get.”
this 2020 research paper is all about HRT options for non-binary people. it's what convinced me to start HRT, because, indeed, i could "pick and choose".
Introduction: To date no standardized hormonal treatment protocols for non-binary transgender individuals have been described in the literat
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How to deepen your voice naturally
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SINGING!! Classical choral training!!!! (Like okay the plague has made live choirs Actively Hazardous and I’m still incredibly sad about it, but for fucking real yall.) It’s worth taking singing lessons just for the joy of becoming an instrument!
sometimes being visibly queer is terrifying but sometimes it is the best and most wonderful thing in the world
when the person helping you at the store is also visibly queer, and they’re holding it in but you can tell they’re just so happy to see you. to say hello. or when you meet an older queer person and they are So kind to you, like they’re determined to be a good thing that happens to you today. or when someone on the sidewalk picks you out of everyone to ask for directions because they know you’re safe. when you walk past someone and clock each other and make the smallest eye contact, just to say i see you. thank you. we’re in this together
I man a coffee shop in an airport by myself in a generally anti queer state. I am visibly queer and have thankfully had only a handful negative encounters and plenty of disgusted looks and snide remarks because of it. One time though, I made someone feel safe, and I think about it every damn time someone looks down on me for being queer.
A family of a mother and her two kids come in and I introduce myself. The mother rolls her eyes after looking at me and goes to look at some retail stuff with her son. Her other child, who is visably queer and looking like they’re not having a good time, has a very cool hairdo and color, so I let them know. They stop and smile and look around in a way that makes me think they were making sure they would not be over heard by their parent, and thank me and compliment my hair in return. We get to talking and they tell me they were here to check out the college in town and, after looking around again, ask me in hushed tones, “Does this town have a strong Queer community?” I tell them about some local shops and boutiques that are openly queer and allied, the pride events the city puts on each year, as well a queer social group on campus my friend organizes. They’re face lit up during the conversation and they acted as if a weight had been lifted. I ended up giving my name, and out conversation drew to a close when their mother came to check out. And as they left, and I’ll never forget this, as they left they whisper over the counter with a slight smile, “I don’t know if I’ll be goimg to school here yet, but if I am at least I’ll know one queer person.”
I’ve cried over this. Many times. I’ve cried because, despite the glares and slurs, despite the threats I’ve received, despite everything I am still me and I am queer and I made someone feel safe. I made someone feel safe. And that’s all that matters.
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guys what would your url be if you were in the evil world
You mentioned have some voice training links in the comments of a recent post. Would you be able to post links to those? Many thanks if you do.
absolutely! there are two resources i use. one is text and one is video.
first up is trans voice lessons on youtube
hi. i love sound so much. i worship audio in all forms. i use my passion and love of sound to help my fellow trans and GNC individuals.
this channel is really really good and will teach you everything you need to know. i learned so much about sound and voice from this. however, i found her guides to be a bit too abstract and lacking in practicality for me, which is why i have another guide to recommend!
i highly recommend L's Voice Training
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i really love this guide! i found the exercizes to be very useful and i really like how this one is paced. i recommend you use both resources as you will have a more rounded out understanding of what exactly voice training is and requires.
good luck! heat from fire, fire from heat
My gender is the earth my gender is decay my gender is new life my gender is beauty in what has long past my gender is the stench of rot in a dimly lit forest my gender is the marks left by someone who is no longer here my gender is the moss covered in morning dew my gender is the algae grown on bones swept away by a river my gender is the mud and the grass and each and every rock my gender is the whir of the insects on a hot summer day. you wouldn’t get it.
What's the point of being a boy if you can't even be a girl sometimes.
What's the point of being a girl if you can't be a boy sometimes...
women should be able to show a tasteful amount of bulge in public honestly
look i just think that trans girls should be able to wear bikinis to the beach and be comfortable doing so and if you see a little bit of bulge in there then you're welcome
I dont recall where I cam across this T-shirt but I feel like it fits really well here
I don't like the phrase "love is love".
I am oriented aroace and tell my friends and family members that I love them all the time. However, I know people who are aromantic, asexual, aplatonic, etc., and describe themselves as loveless. I fully support those people. Love is not a part of some people's identity, and they should still be accepted.
Also, the queer community is not just about sexuality. The phrase "love is love" ignores trans and nonbinary people. Straight or not, sexuality and love are not the only parts of their queer identity.
It's not just about accepting who we love but accepting who we are. Being queer should not have to fit into ideas of amatonormativity and cisnormativity. We are not relationships. We are people.
