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Massive life update: I've finally gotten lower surgery! I'm about 3.5 months post op and I'm happy as hell. I might have a stricture, but so far I can still stp from my new peen. I haven't worked out since shortly before surgery, so I've had an increase in waist size. Also....for any folks new to buying men's pants, the second number measures inseam. It will 100% change after surgery unless you account for it. I didn't, so nearly all my jeans and pants don't fit anymore.
Photos of gay trans male activist Lou Sullivan throughout his life, as presented in Lou Sullivan: Daring to be a Man Among Men by Brice D. Smith
I never see historic trans male posts and I’m crying thank you
Nine months post op a few days ago and my chest hair has really grown A LOT the last six months or so.
Haven’t posted a selfie or anything here in a while so here’s me from a few days ago. I really love how far I’ve come but I’m not happy with how far I’ve yet to go. I’m 2 years 7 months on T, 1 year 7 months post op hysto and 7 months post op top surgery. But I have yet to have any phallo surgeries. I had a consult with one surgeon last summer but I haven’t gotten inclusive insurance so I’m stuck as hell. If any of y’all have any advice or tips I’d greatly appreciate it. Mainly dealing with lower dysphoria until surgery can happen.
Body goals
My name is Ryan. I chose my name weeks ago and I'm still trying to get used to it. I am a non-binary person and my pronouns are he/they. I live in Portugal and my existence isn't valid because they believe that there are only two genders...so I basically need to identify as a male to get top surg...
I’m raising money to start my transition. If you don’t have any money please share. And if you do have money and need it more than I do please don’t donate. I hope we’ll be able to be ourselves one day. Thank you!
This person is genuine folks. They are in a sticky situation between unsupportive family and a government that does t recognize their gender. If you can donate please do. If you can’t, please spread the word.
Hey y’all, @willbydesign is trying to sell a reelmagik stp packer. Color is M7 and it’s 5inches. If you or someone you know is looking for an stp hit him up for more info.
Real Talk
All this talk about how you shouldn’t take your testosterone shot for a period of time before and/or after top surgery- it’s complete and utter bullshit! If your hormone levels are at cis male levels then don’t fuck with that by stopping your shot. Surgeons don’t make cis males lower their testosterone levels before they undergo surgery, so why the fuck do trans masculine folks do? The issue most surgeons quote has to do with the viscosity of your blood- if it’s fine in the months leading up to surgery it ain’t gonna change just because you’ve been anestheized and are undergoing surgery.
Obvisouly ifs important to consult your surgeon, but literally everything I just said above was said to me by my surgeon.
Drains came out. They were just these six inch paper things folded in half to create a funnel type thing, the concept is similar to drainage ditches on the side of highways. Hopefully only a few more days of wearing the vest until my drain holes close up. I also have to keep gauze on my nips until they stop peeling, which hopefully will be soon.
As promised, I’d update y’all on my top surgery. I got double incision with nipple grafts today, probably close to 9 hours ago now. I’m not in much pain, just a bit difficult to breath cause I’m in a post op vest. Imagine trying to breath after running in a binder, that’s what it feels like. The doc was amazing, he was very professional and didn’t spend a lot of time marking my chest. He told me where he was gonna touch, and always reffered to my chest as just that- my chest. When it came to marking the tissue, he only called it tissue and not breast tissue which I am grateful for. Once I had the IV in I was out within a minute and woke up 2.5 hours later even though it felt like I just went to sleep. He told me it’d be about 3 hours. He was very friendly to my mom and eased her worries too. Over all I’d definitely recommend him to anyone. His name is Dr. Kenneth Wolf, and he operates out of a private clinic so doesn’t accept insurance. His clinic is in a subarb just outside of Detroit, MI.I paid $5400, but he was honoring a quote he gave me in 2017, top surgery with him now costs $5900 but that’s still more affordable than some name brand surgeons like Garromone or Sassani. I’ll get to see my chest for the first time on December 26, and this is the best Christmas gift I’ve ever given myself, including my hysto last year. Speaking of I’ll update y’all on my hysto since that was a year ago today (12/21/2017).
My reveal went really smoothly and super fast. My girlfriend recorded it so we wouldn’t miss any post op instructions. Y’ALL MY NIPS ARE BASICALLY PERFECT! It’ll be up to you to determine if I cried cause my chest is flat or cause I was finally able to shower after early a week. There’s some swelling but that’s normal. I can’t wait till I’m cleared and can go back to the gym. Gonna start slow and work up from there.
Today I am ten weeks post op hysto, and I feel amazing. Sometimes I forget I’ve gotten the surgery, but I don’t mind that. My emotions have evened out and I’m back in the gym. It’s been hell trying to get my gym routine back between a new school/work schedule and getting sick twice, but I’ve been fairly consistent. Photo comparison of my incisions down below.
This is three days post op.
And tonight, ten weeks post op.
And this is a year post op hysto, you can hardly see my scars at all.
STRANDED
Saturday December 22nd
We are in need of shelter and food ASAP. We are currently stranded, cold, and hungry.
Please help us get out of the cold and back into a safe place.
In order to send immediate relief, donation links and information:
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Venmo: @transitionmatrix
email address(for google pay or paypal): [email protected]
Cash app: $OliverGraham9
Thank you
As promised, I’d update y’all on my top surgery. I got double incision with nipple grafts today, probably close to 9 hours ago now. I’m not in much pain, just a bit difficult to breath cause I’m in a post op vest. Imagine trying to breath after running in a binder, that’s what it feels like. The doc was amazing, he was very professional and didn’t spend a lot of time marking my chest. He told me where he was gonna touch, and always reffered to my chest as just that- my chest. When it came to marking the tissue, he only called it tissue and not breast tissue which I am grateful for. Once I had the IV in I was out within a minute and woke up 2.5 hours later even though it felt like I just went to sleep. He told me it’d be about 3 hours. He was very friendly to my mom and eased her worries too. Over all I’d definitely recommend him to anyone. His name is Dr. Kenneth Wolf, and he operates out of a private clinic so doesn’t accept insurance. His clinic is in a subarb just outside of Detroit, MI.I paid $5400, but he was honoring a quote he gave me in 2017, top surgery with him now costs $5900 but that’s still more affordable than some name brand surgeons like Garromone or Sassani. I’ll get to see my chest for the first time on December 26, and this is the best Christmas gift I’ve ever given myself, including my hysto last year. Speaking of I’ll update y’all on my hysto since that was a year ago today (12/21/2017).
I don’t post here much anymore, I’m usually on Instagram now. But this past Saturday (12/15/2018) was my two years on testosterone. And in 3 days I’ll be getting top surgery. It’s so surreal, three years ago I came out and I thought I’d never get on T or get top surgery. Now I’m so close I can almost imagine it. I’ll post my recovery on here.
Stealth justifications
Can we please stop talking about being stealth as if the only real justification for it is personal safety? It seems like any time someone tries to shut down stealth-shaming they base their argument solely on something like, “not everyone has the privilege to be out as trans without their safety being threatened” and that is absolutely 100% true, but I think it’s only one part of why stealth-shaming is wrong. And when you use that as your only argument the implication is that anyone who doesn’t feel like their safety is threatened can and should be out as trans.
I want to be stealth because I think my trans status is completely irrelevant to my relationships with many of the people I interact with, and why would I want to tell them something that could potentially make them see me as someone I’m not supposed to be?
I want to be stealth because I believe it’s the best thing for my mental health. I already spend too much time worrying about what people who know I’m trans think of me, how they see me, the kinds of things they think about my body and the way I present myself. I want to get to a point in my life where I don’t have to constantly worry about that, and that will never happen if I’m always surrounded by people who know I’m trans.
I have the privilege of feeling pretty safe, I’ve never (not yet, at least) truly felt that my physical safety was threatened due to someone finding out my trans status. That doesn’t mean that I have a duty to be out as trans. I do not owe the trans community my visibility (in fact, there are plenty of things one can do for other trans people that don’t involve being publicly out as trans).
So, when we argue against stealth shaming, can we keep this kind of stuff in mind?
8 months of working out and watching my diet. Trust the process. Stay humble. Stay hungry.
