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Keyhole top surgery results - Dr Kamol Pansritum (Thailand)
5 days post op, drains removed on day 3, first time showering since surgery.
1 week post op
11 days post op, stitches removed
13 days post op
1 month post op
3 months post op (after swim selfie)
Hey! Can I just ask- I'm looking to do top surgery (keyhole) with Dr. Kamol, but I feel like the results that i've seen always have a little extra fat on the sides, they don't look like regular cis guys' chests. I was wondering, do you perhaps know where I can find more photos of how keyhole looks like with him? And aside from the surgery itself what all did you have to pay for (tests etc. if any) and how much did each thing cost you? Thanks!
I’m not aware that his keyhole results has that much of extra fats at the side (is it like a dogears type thing that you’d usually see for DI results?), I suspect it may not be remaining fat and more of some healing issues with where the drains were. You can email them for more pics.
As for the other costs Hotel accommodations: 1500-3000 THB per night (comes with breakfast) Laboratory tests (CBC, Electrolyte, HIV, HBV, HCV, EKG, chest x-ray etc.): 3300-6800 THB. It comes as a bundle so I don’t know the cost breakdown of each individual test. They’ll give you 1 compression vest/post op binder but you can buy another one for around 1130 THB
Keyhole top surgery results - Dr Kamol Pansritum (Thailand)
5 days post op, drains removed on day 3, first time showering since surgery.
1 week post op
11 days post op, stitches removed
13 days post op
1 month post op
Finally got around to doing another comic! I’ve been grappling with memories of my childhood, trying to understand why from a certain period of time I saw myself as being a girl. I never really felt like I related to “always being a boy just never realized it” but maybe that’s because of my upbringing? Parents were liberal with what I wore/played with, and I was heavily groomed into the “tomboy” role, so I never really felt that repression? Or maybe I just wasn’t aware! Who knows! I’m a boy now, I’m at peace with my childhood and that’s all that matters!
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Do you have any tips on passing as a short (adult) trans guy? I'm 5ft, 3 months on T and terrified I'll look 12 forever. I really just want people to see me as over 18. I'm 22 atm
(Copied from a previous time i answered this)
YES I DO. First off my mans I love you. We in this together. I’m 5’1. I have learned that there are three (3) factors or ways in dealing with being a short man or guy. -The clothes you wear, the way you carry yourself, and your attitude about your height. For me, my height dysphoria is rooted in the comparison of myself to cis men. I love my size. It’s economical so I don’t have to eat as much and my clothes cost less to produce, I can fit anywhere so airplanes are always comfy, and my muscle to body fat ratio is much more conducive to calisthenics and body weight exercises. But when I’m around other guys who are so much taller than me, it makes me really self conscious. It’s just a reminder that I’m not cis. It used to really get me down about myself and it still does sometimes. But here’s the thing. I am done growing. I am going to be 5 ft 1 forever. There’s nothing I can do about that. So what is the point of dwelling on it?
Tip#1 Get over it.
I’m just making myself sad and there’s no benefit to focusing on it. That’s something that took me a while to realize and really start to understand. Once you are willing to accept your height then your attitude about it starts to change.
Tip#2 is to joke about your height with people. People are probably going to make fun of you for being small. That’s just the way it is. So the best thing you can do is joke back. Let them know that you know you are small and you don’t care. For example whenever I’m in a situation where a talk person is needed like team pictures or needing someone to reach the top shelf I always jokingly volunteer. It’s an easy way to get people to laugh. If you joke WITH them then them making fun of you will roll like water off a ducks back. (Did I really just say that? I’m turning into my dad)
Tip#3 wear nice and well fitting clothes. I always dress way nicer than most of the guys in my grade. It’s a look good feel good type thing. Plus dressing up makes you look older so people are less likely to wrongfully guess that you’re a little kid because you’re small. Also I have a pair of boots that I wear all the time and they give me an extra inch or so.
Tip#4 carry yourself with confidence. Even if you feel tiny and weak or whatever, walk with your head high and your shoulders back. For one it makes you literally taller to stand up straight. You take up more space and you just look bigger if you carry yourself with confidence. People will see you differently. They will respect you much more and honestly they’ll notice your height way less. Instead of it being your defining trait, it just becomes a minor aspect like the color of your hair or eyes.
And finally tip#5 is more optional. I work outish and bulk up. It makes you look bigger and older to be muscular and guys will respect you more too. Plus the girls love it. So if that’s something that interests you then I would definitely look into it. So yeah! Those are my tips. Straight up i should write my college thesis on this topic. I could talk forever about how my height and my attitude towards it has affected my life
Things that are terrifying to me that I assume aren’t terrifying to cis people:
Person looking at me as I figure out where the door is on this weird stall
Person who was leaving the bathroom as I entered suddenly deciding now is a good time to go back and stand by the sink after they see me go in a stall
Literally any middle aged to elderly person looking at me in public
A small child old enough to talk staring at me in public
Anyone who looks like the type to live on a farm or in a gated community staring at me in public
Going clothes shopping
Showing my government photo ID in any situation
Laughing people leaving the restroom after they see me
Shopping anywhere on the edge of town or in one of the surrounding rural towns
People who knew me before the age of 18 being around when I introduce myself to new people
Buying deodorant, soap, and shaving supplies in the store
Walking out of a public restroom
Yeah cis people can reblog. Just don’t go “Uhm actually” on me or imply that I’m being paranoid. If you do that you’re part of the problem.
bruh the only time a man should have an abortion opinion is if he’s pregnant
or if he’s trans because yknow trans men don’t need to be pregnant to have a uterus
hi… most trans guys don’t like being brought up in the abortion talk… 99% of us won’t use our anatomical features to have children. stop bringing us up in this topic,this is extremely dysphoria-inducing.
It’s dysphoria inducing sure, but we all gotta have uncomfortable conversations buddy. Just because we’re not gonna use them doesn’t stop them from existing and there’s more with the abortion convention than just abortion, because ultimately it’s about reproductive rights and healthcare and whether we like it or not trans men need access to dfab centric healthcare, both pre and on T.
Ignoring the issue won’t make our health requirements go away.
My comment is very much within radical feminist ideas, ie no males and males aren’t lesbians. It’s a straight couple both wearing wedding dresses and some good photoshop but it doesn’t disguise the brow ridge, the hands and arms, neck and clavicals, and the hips. Don’t write lesbian representations on pictures of straight couples
It is a gross comment because you have zero proof of her being trans instead you’re being a ass to other women based entirely off YOUR standards of passing.
I have a cis woman friend who is 6'3, broad sholdered, and has a wode neck. I guess she’s male now 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It must be exhausting being a radical feminist, then, needing to judge whether each and every woman you see is trans or cis.
Which is bloody ironic, considering radfems constantly claim to support all GNC people.
If they did, they wouldn’t constantly trying to “clock” trans people and would read a lot of the people they insist are trans (without any proof) as GNC folk.
You will know when you’ve shot yourself in the foot if you, a butch lesbian, get kicked out of the ladies room because some straight soccer mom who is as hateful and paranoid as you are thinks you’re either trans or a man.
If you’re so sure that I’m wrong prove it. We’re not talking about a butch lesbian. We’re talking about a completely gender conforming individual but someone who is not the sex of the gender they are conforming to. And I couldn’t care less. Congratulations to the couple. They seem happy. My issue is someone finding the image saying a heterosexual relationship is lesbian and further seeking funds on patreon for compiling images of lesbian representation. There has never been a moment in history where a man and a woman-however gnc that man has been-were not allowed to be married.
If you can prove that the blond person if female I’ll admit I’m wrong.
she ain’t gotta expose her pussy and nobody has any obligation to answer your insanely invasive questions to prove that this person a woman by your dumbass standards you fuckin freak
Stupidity at it’s worst.
Also I wanna add another thing since I don’t see anyone pointing this out. These woman CLEARLY work out. Look at their muscles. They look ‘manly’ because they worked hard at the gym. So shut the fuck up. If they say they are woman they are WOMAN. End of discussion. You have no power to deny their happiness or their Identity.
Working out doesn’t change your brow ridge dipshit.
Genes and maybe being females who produce more testosterone than estrogen may do but idk you clearly are the master of human biology here i guess
Why are radfems like this?
Treat trans men the same way you treat cis men, or don’t call yourself a trans ally. If you treat us like we’re morally superior to cis men, safer to be around than cis men, inherently more attractive than cis men, or Men Lite™, we don’t want you. You aren’t helping us.
Terfs on this website are like “survivor of queer ideology” like I’m sorry Elizabeth you “survived” IDing as panromantic for two weeks not a fucking war on your country.
Terfs on this website call themselves “detransitioned” because they used to put different pronouns in their tumbler bio in August 2016 but were then like, nah.
Listen. Read. Educate yourselves. If you are unaware, fix that. Do not be complicit in the societal and legal oppression of transgender Americans.
Also, heads up: If they have a “prefer not to say” option for sex/gender on a job application, fill that one out. If not, just put the one you pass the most as. (And another heads up: if you’re either trans OR disabled, the companies that brag about how inclusive they are can and will be the first ones to trap you, either on a job application or in the first few weeks after being hired.)
Though between the “lifesaving medical care” and “modifying your body to fit in”: PICK ONE. You can’t say that transition is both a valid treatment for dysphoria and also something people do only to pass socially and avoid ridicule in the same breath. (And citation needed on “trans people live half a century shorter than cis people on average”.)
I was going to actually comment on the citation on the life expectancy, too. Good notes in general, Biz.
That’s not true about the selective service thing. If you get a letter from selective service saying you didn’t have to register (and that is ALL it says, not why) then the student aid thing is no longer an obstacle.
Story time: I’m a trans guy. I have an identical twin. We’re both tall, androgynous, and have naturally deep voices
In high school a rumor was spread that one of us was trans. For years, everyone in school had convinced themselves that my twin was “the trans one”. She rolled with it to keep me safe, and said it felt like a compliment to be mistaken for a trans woman since she looked up to a lot of trans women. That didn’t stop the bullying, but it’s easier to deal with when it’s directed at the wrong person. I’m engaged to a feminine cis guy who is several inches shorter than me. I have 20-30lbs on him and I can dead lift him. He’s more delicate and soft both physically and socially. He cries during sad movies, owns half a million stuffed animals, and clings to my arm when he’s nervous or it’s cold out (oh yeah, also he’s adorable) Whenever the topic of being trans comes up, cis people tend to think he’s the one who is trans. Direct all “what do your parents think?” comments onto him. Completely ignore me. Ask him invasive/transphobic questions about his body. Tell him “you pass so well!” through grit teeth. Like with my sister, I get pretty pissed about this, but there’s not much I can do about it. I have had to argue with cis people to establish the fact I’m trans because they don’t believe me & think I’m joking. they’re like “but he’s - no, she’s trans!” and frantically point fingers at my fiance and sister. Because there’s no way an adult cis woman could be taller than 5′9 and choose to be bare-faced, and an adult cis man could love How To Train Your Dragon 2 with a fiery passion, enough to watch it 3 times in the theatre. Terfs take one look at us and try to convince my sister she’ll never have a uterus or that she’s “appropriating women’s spaces”. Transphobes say my boyfriend will “always be a girl” and call him gendered slurs. They talk over them, block them, and grill them about what genitalia they have online. Completely unknowing that they’re talking to two cisgender people who are gay and gnc. @ young, closeted, scared trans people: any cis person who insists they can somehow “know” your “birth sex” by looking at you because “it’s so obvious!” is full of shit. people come in all shapes and sizes regardless of gender. Not only are they being transphobic, but they’re being homophobic too.
Gender Identity, Brain sex and Transsexualism: a guide for the gender skeptics
In this post I’ll explain the scientific basis for some of the terminology applied to transsexualism and why the medical establishment understands it as a legitimate medical condition. It’ll be a rebuttal of some common complaints and I’ll post all my sources at the end of the post. Feel free to ask me anything or @ me if you have any questions or curiosities on the topic.
Common Complaint: Gender Identity isn’t real or Gender Identity is the same as feeling uncomfortable with Gender Roles.
First of all, what is the clinical definition (that is, the definition used in manuals and guidelines for diagnosing and treating Transsexualism) of Gender Identity and where did it even came from?
The Standards of Care, published by the WPATH, defines Gender Identity (sometimes called “Experienced Gender”) this way:
“A person’s intrinsic sense of being male (a boy or a man), female (a girl or a woman) […]”
That sounds incredibly vague, doesn’t it? One could ask which definition of “gender” is being used in the guidelines. Well, the DSM-V has this to say on the matter of gender:
“The need to introduce the term gender arose with the realization that for individuals with conflicting or ambiguous biological indicators of sex (i.e., “intersex”), the lived role in society and/or the identification as male or female could not be uniformly associated with or predicted from the biological indicators and, later, that some individuals develop an identity as female or male at variance with their uniform set of classical biological indicators. […]”
So the clinical perception of gender as being distinct from biological sex was originated as a way of explaining the experiences of transgender intersex people, that is, intersex people who were brought up as male or female depending of the “sex” they were assigned at birth and during adulthood or adolescence ended up living socially as the opposite “sex”.
On the 1968 Paper, “Can a Biological Force Contribute to Gender Identity?”, Howard J. Baker and Robert J. Stoller (a pioneer on the study of transsexualism) described the experiences of six intersex individuals who despite having no visible atypical anatomy and being raised as typical members of their assigned sex, persistently affirmed that they belonged to the opposite sex. Upon puberty, all of them developed anatomical changes corresponding to the sex that they declared to belong to.
The paper describes the concept of Gender Identity and its development on this way:
Stoller recognized a similarity between the intersex individuals described in his paper and the experiences of transsexual individuals (who have existed at least since the 1930s ):
On the late 2000s we get the following definition on the DSM-V:
“Thus, gender is used to denote the public (and usually legally recognized) lived role as boy or girl, man or woman, but, in contrast to certain social constructionist theories, biological factors are seen as contributing, in interaction with social and psychological factors, to gender development.”
You may have noticed that both definitions assert that gender identity is created by a collection of factors including the awareness of one’s anatomy (a marker of biological sex), family up-bring (the social reinforcement of gender roles) and some unknown (at least in 1968) biological force. You may also have noticed that Stoller’s description of gender identity makes a contrast between the belief of being male or female and the sense of being masculine or feminine.
What do we learned?
1) The clinical concept of Gender Identity isn’t synonymous with Gender Roles (the social expectation of masculinity and femininity). Gender Identity is a collection of social (gender roles), biological (visible sex differences) and psychological factors (the unknown factor as described in 1968).
2) The clinical concept of Gender Identity has existed for over forty years. Tumblr didn’t invent it.
On a 1982 paper called “The Theory of Gender Identity Disorders”, written by Jon K. Meyer, the standard process for gender identity development is described on this way:
The paper goes on describing how this standard gender development is atypical in the case of transsexual individuals. To those individuals whose gender identity is discrepant to biological sex, the psychological conflict alongside social repression of the biologically incongruent gender identity leads to noticeable distress, social impairment and disturbance of one’s body image. You may have noticed that these descriptions are quite similar to our modern diagnosis criteria for Gender Dysphoria.
Common Complaint: There’s no scientific evidence of gender identity.
Several neuroimaging studies were made to understand the role of hormonal influence in brain tissue during hormonal sensitivity periods (prenatal and pubertal periods) on humans. The literature on the effects of prenatal androgen exposure is strong and it’s based on the studies about intersex individuals with different degrees of androgen exposure.
Because anatomical sexual dimorphism happens before the sexual differentiation of the brain (and before the development of gender identity), it’s assumed that transsexual people have some brain-limited condition where there is no concordance between the sexually differentiated state of the brain and the body.
There are several (including recent research made in 2015) studies that give credence to this theory. The studies compare the average brain phenotypes (or patterns) of non dysphoric male and female control groups with ftm and mtf control groups including the ones who hadn’t gone through hormonal replacement therapy at the time of the study and didn’t had intersex conditions.
A 2016 review of nearly all literature on neuroimaging studies on gender dysphoric people, came to the following conclusion:
“A difference in brain phenotype of people with GI [Gender Incongruence] compared to natal sex controls in various brain measures suggests a sex-atypical development of the brain. […] Although the number of studies examining the brain of people with GI is still low, they have taught us that brain phenotypes for FtM and MtF seem to exist, and provided evidence for the role of prenatal organization of the brain in the development of gender incongruence.”
Common Complaint: Ftms don’t have “male brains” and Mtfs don’t have “female brains”.
…That’s not a completely inaccurate affirmation actually. Another 2016 review of transgender neuroimaging studies says the following:
“Untreated MtFs and FtMs who have an early onset of their gender dysphoria and are sexually oriented to persons of their natal sex show a distinctive brain morphology, reflecting a brain phenotype. These phenotypes are different from those of heterosexual males or females; the differences affect the right hemisphere and cortical structures underlying body perception.”
The results from neuroimaging studies don’t actually say that Ftms have “male brains” or that Mtfs have “female brains”. This is an oversimplification of the results from neuroscience. While the studies did show several similarities between the brain patterns of men and Ftms and women and Mtfs; the overall conclusion was that Ftms and Mtfs have unique brain phenotypes that are different than the brain phenotypes found in non dysphoric men and women.
Early onset dysphoric Ftms have a more “masculinized” brain structure and early onset dysphoric Mtfs have a more “feminized” brain structure but the overall “package” looks unique enough to be counted as a distinct phenotype on itself. It would be more accurate to say that that Ftms have Ftms’ brains and that Mtfs have Mtfs’ brains.
The brain phenotypes of early onset and late onset dysphoric people are significantly different. This is in agreement with old theories on the differences between early and late onset dysphoria. Early onset Ftms are often gynephiles (attracted to women) while early onset Mtfs are often androphiles (attracted to men). Their dysphoria manifests in early childhood, increases during puberty and persists through adulthood.
Late onset dysphoric people also have unique brain phenotypes but their phenotypes are distinct than the ones presented by the early onset group. It’s also worth noting that neither the early nor the late onset group share the same brain phenotype of homosexual men and women.
Common Complaint: Gender Dysphoria is the same as Body Dismorphia.
It’s indeed possible for someone to have both Gender Dysphoria and Body dismorphia disorder and some neurological studies have found a link between the brain areas responsible for body perception (it’s all on the right hemisphere) and sense of self and the areas that are sex atypical in transgender individuals (mainly on the right hemisphere). Does that means that dysphoria is just another form of body dismorphia? No.
Body dismorphia involves a disconnection from physical reality and is often associated with symptoms of OCD and eating disorders. Usually, a person with this disorder desires the removal of a body part because they see it as being deformed.
Dysphoric people are usually self aware enough to understand that their bodies are not physically deformed and their dissatisfaction is consistently focused on specific gendered body parts. Upon undergoing gender transition procedures, this psychological distress in dissipated.
These notable differences between dismorphia and dysphoria were visible even on the early years of psychoanalytic research on transsexualism:
(Meyer, 1982)
(Gardiner, 2013)
Common Complaint: Brain sex is a myth, neuroimaging is completely flawed and brain sex research is sexist.
Humans, just like all mammals, have sexually dimorphic bodies and these sexually dimorphic bodies will be influenced by a fundamental organ such as the brain. The human brain itself is vulnerable to hormones involved on the development of sexually dimorphic structures. There’s nothing surprising nor controversial in affirming that the brain, just like any other organ, will exhibit signs of sexual differences.
Neuroimaging research has consistently shown the differences in size, white and gray matter patterns, and many other structures present in the brains of men and women. Usually, men are taller than women. The fact that some men are shorter doesn’t negate the fact that on average men are taller than women. Individual exceptions or overlaps don’t negate the existence of sexual dimorphism because sexual dimorphism is measured by averages rather than by individual distinctions.
The misuse and mischaracterization of neuroimaging research by media outlets doesn’t invalidate the entire scientific field of neuroimaging. If someone has been using a distorted interpretation of neurological research to excuse sexism then the burden of the blame is on them rather than being placed on an entire scientific field.
Common Complaint: But Gina Rippon/Daphna Joel/Rebecca Jordan-Young/Cordelia Fine said that brain sex is a myth.
1) Daphna Joel’s research was methodologically wrong. Her research classified brain phenotypes as “male” or “female” based on the phenotypes exhibited by the 30% extreme examples of gender differences between men and women. If an individual exhibited a single overlapping characteristic they were immediately placed on the “substantial variable” group. If your entire classification method relies on unrealistic examples of sexual dimorphism then you’ll easily arrive at the conclusion that neurological dimophism isn’t internally consistent.
In other words, if your premise is fundamentally wrong (classifying sexual dimorphism based on extreme individual examples rather than averages) your results will be skewed.
This 2015 rebuttal of Joel’s research says the following:
“The definition of“internal consistency”Joel et al. use is so extreme that, in realistic conditions, it can only generate results consistent with their hypothesis. Under more realistic assumptions, the method of Joel et al. virtually always returned the same pattern of results—a preponderance of “substantially variable” profiles, a minority of “intermediate profiles,” and a very small proportion (often close to zero) of “sex-typical” profiles.”
This 2016 rebuttal of Joel’s research says the following:
“The failure of the brain to meet these two requirements does not mean that “human brains cannot be categorized into two distinct classes: male brain/female brain.” In fact, an individual’s biological sex can be classified with extremely high accuracy by considering the brain mosaic as a whole.”
Another 2016 rebuttal concludes with the following:
“A simple multivariate analysis using the same data suggests quite the opposite: Brains are indeed typically male or typically female.”
2) Gina Rippon, Cordelia Fine and Jordan Young have made a career criticizing supposedly methodological flaws on neuroimaging studies while consistently citing and defending the results of Joel’s research as being a more accurate model for understanding brain phenotypes.
It’s not unrealistic to affirm that they might be biased towards a particular type of result, given the fact that they have been consistently involved in controversies within the neuroscientific community because of their habit of coining inflammatory terms such as “neurotrash”, “neurononsense” and “neurosexism” to label neuroimaging research whose results differ with the “mosaic brain” belief.
Common Complaint: The belief in brain sex and gender identity is biological essentialism.
Recognizing that biological differences exist between males and females doesn’t necessarily imply that men are better than women. The average men can be taller and stronger but we do know that women are just as capable of engaging in physically taxing activities regardless of this biological difference.
While there are some studies that show differences in brain function or language acquisition, for example, neuroscientists are still aware of the role of environmental influence on brain development. The recent popularity of the field of epigenetics and the concept of brain plasticity are proofs of this awareness.
While some transgender people do express their gender identity in a somewhat stereotypical way, research on the development of gender identity has shown that it isn’t necessarily limited by gender roles. Again, having an inner sense of being male or female doesn’t imply that one is following all of the expectations of “masculinity” and “femininity”.
Moreover, while some of the diagnosis tools (questionnaires and so on) and the diagnosis of dysphoria in children are very reliant on display or lack of display of traditional “masculinity” and “femininity”, professionals on the field are still instructed to explore things deeper than surface level presentation of masculinity or femininity.
“Assessment of gender dysphoria and mental health should explore the nature and characteristics of a child’s or adolescent’s gender identity. A psychodiagnostic and psychiatric assessment—covering the areas of emotional functioning, peer and other social relationships, and intellectual functioning/school achievement—should be performed.
Assessment should include an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of family functioning. Emotional and behavioral problems are relatively common, and unresolved issues in a child’s or youth’s environment may be present.”
(from the Standards of Care)
References:
(2012) Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7, International Journal of Transgenderism, 13:4, 165-232, DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2011.700873
American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
Baker H, Stoller R: Can a biological force influence gender identity .Amer J Psychiat 124:1653-1658, 1968.
Stoller, R. J. (1968). Sex and gender: Vol. 1. The development of masculinity and femininity. New York: Science House.
Meyer JK. The theory of gender identity disorders. J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1982;30(2):381-418.
Gardiner, J. K. (2013). Masculinity’s Interior: Men, Transmen, and Theories of Masculinity. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 21(2), 112–126. https://doi.org/10.3149/jms.2102.112
Byne W, Karasic DH, Coleman E, Eyler AE, Kidd JD,Meyer-Bahlburg HFL, Pleak RR, Pula J (2018) Gender dysphoria in adults: an overview and primer for psychiatrists, Transgender Health3:1, 57–73, DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2017.0053.
Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels & Antonio Guillamon (2016): Neuroimaging studies in people with gender incongruence, International Review of Psychiatry, DOI:10.3109/09540261.2015.1113163
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terfs and incels really do have a lot of similarities:
- believe one gender is infinitely and disproportionately better off and the other is constantly mistreated
- weird obsession with biology and people’s skull and bone structure as a way of proving their ideology
- believe they understand the great truth of the earth which is: they are forever going to be at a great disadvantage because of their own biological predispositions
- believe the opposite gender universally has certain traits
- believe the entire world has a bias towards the opposite gender
- believe that this is why they are miserable and their life is shit
- are constantly making themselves miserable with what they think are facts but are really just self imposed ideas and circumstantial evidence
- circlejerk
Having this history is traumatizing. Transitioning isn’t. Transitioning is the easy part. I’m sure that I will have horrific moments after surgeries, but none of those will even touch the trauma that I experienced while growing up with gender dysphoria.
The truth of the matter is that I have lived in a body that has caused me irreversible mental scarring for twenty one years. I still live in that body, but it is getting easier with each passing month. And it will get even easier as I go through with the rest of the surgeries that I need in order to stop living in a nightmare. Body horror is the reality of my life, and will be the reality of my life until I am finished with transition.
Growing up with gender dysphoria is traumatic. I have been dysphoric for as long as I can remember. At 8, I thought that my parents were playing some cruel experiment on me, and forcing me to live as a girl. At 21, I know now that wasn’t the case.
Doctors recommend therapy for the potentially traumatizing experience of transitioning, when they should be recommending therapy the definitely traumatizing experience of growing up in constant body horror.
Part of me wonders if maybe the neurological symptoms that I’m dealing with now are part of a conversion disorder that my mind has created in order to deal with the trauma. I wouldn’t be surprised.
some of y’all are like “i’m gay i’m gonna commit crimes & do arson uwu” but can’t even ask the cashier for extra ketchup coz u have anxiety so what’s the truth 😕
Why do so many people on this site, more specifically voluntarily non-op trans men, insist on talking shit about phallo and spreading misconceptions to pre-op trans men and boys and getting them to think that phalloplasty isn’t right for them?
I used to think that I shouldn’t get phallo cause it wouldn’t feel “natural” or be “functional” like a cis man’s dick, but a few hours of learning about post-op men’s experiences and looking at a few results made me realize that that wasn’t the case. It’s very rare to not have the nerves connect properly (like a 1% chance, even then you’ll still have a little bit of feeling) and there are cis men who don’t have a “functional” dick (inability to get erect naturally, lack of ejaculation during orgasm) according to these people’s standards. The results are also amazing and look 100% cis, but because of the common belief that post-op dicks don’t look natural, you’ll see many people say “wow your results are the best that I’ve ever seen” when the person’s results look like dicks that I’ve seen on dozens of other trans men. But because people’s main exposure to post-op dicks are ones that usually only have the first stage done and are 10 years old, they’re shocked when they see one that has just been considered a normal or average looking phallo result for years. (I don’t mean this in a bad way, I mean that the results look good but literally every dick looks like that)
We’re not allowed to talk shit about top surgery results because it’s body shaming, and rightfully so, but we can talk shit about phalloplasty as much as we want. Showing a post top man’s chest that has complications as an example of all top surgery results is wrong because it’s just a bad result that rarely happens, but sharing a post phallo man’s dick that has complications, or just looks a little “off” to you as an example of all phallo is fine because you’re “spreading awareness”. When you share a post-op man’s dick to people that isn’t completed, has necrosis, or has some other kind of complication in a negative way, you are not only making horrible generalizations about an advanced surgery, you are also mocking a man who has spent so much money and has gone through so much pain just to be content with his body. I’ve seen pre transition trans guys call post-op dicks “frankendicks”, “gummy worms”, and “knee arm penises” and say that them using those horrible names for phallo dicks is just “coping” with the fact that they’ll never be satisfied with or get phallo. Not wanting bottom surgery is fine, the problem is when those people shame and make fun of those who do. If you don’t want a certain procedure I suggest that you shut up about it if you’re just going to say negative and false things about it. It’s sad that even with a new technique that’s going to be used in around 2 years, a lower complication rate, and a higher satisfaction rate, there are still people who want to spread these blatant lies.
If you’re a trans guy or anyone else who is interested in bottom surgery, only listen to post-op men and men who are looking into or about to get bottom surgery. Go on Transbucket to see newer results. Learn about all the bad things and all of the good things, think about if every risk is worth it, even if you have a higher chance of winning the lottery than getting it. Just don’t listen to people who have said that they do not want bottom surgery, because they are usually very wrong about any concerns you may have.
