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inactive and no longer a transmed

[mechakiing]

what a ‘trender’ isn’t: flashy colors, dresses, presenting as your given gender, colors, freaky hair cut, etc.

what a ‘trender’ actually is: someone who experiences no disconnect from their birth gender and only goes as trans online / irl to fit in with the new ‘lgbt’ times and seem quirky.

-  🍥

[lifeofcynch]

that’s the tea!

[localtransdude]

Yall ever get that jealous type of dysphoria. Like "if I was born male I'd have a better body like him and maybe not have to go through phases of maturity again and I'd be like him". I hate this dysphoria and its insecurity, plus dysphoria

[dysphoriathoughts]

I’m a simple guy. I see another trans person talk about how they’re post op and on hrt, I get sad.

[profeminist]

Comic source

[mechakiing]

what a ‘trender’ isn’t: flashy colors, dresses, presenting as your given gender, colors, freaky hair cut, etc.

what a ‘trender’ actually is: someone who experiences no disconnect from their birth gender and only goes as trans online / irl to fit in with the new ‘lgbt’ times and seem quirky.

-  🍥

[lifeofcynch]

that’s the tea!

[oraalikeksi]

[find-the-beauty-within]

The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

[priincessolivee-deactivated2025]

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

[whatmountains]

TRANS WOMEN: HERE'S SOME SHIT YOUR DOCTOR WONT TELL YOU ABOUT HRT

1. Progesterone: not for everyone, but for many people it may increase sex drive and WILL make your boobs bigger. Also effects mood in ways that many find positive (but some find negative). Most doctors won’t prescribe this to you unless you ask. Most trans girls I know swear by it.

2. Injectible estrogen: is more effective than pill or patch form. Get on it if you can bear needles bc you will see more effects more quickly.

3. Estradiol Cypionate: There is currently a shortage of injectible estradiol valerate. There is no shortage of estradiol cypionate. Functionally they do the same shit.

4. Bicalutamide: This is an anti-androgen that has almost none of the side-effects of spironolactone or finasteride. The girls I know who are on it are evangelical about it.

[naidje-deactivated]

@euryale-dreams

[joyeuse-noelle]

Are there HRT medications that don’t increase blood clot risk? I’m already at risk because of my blood pressure, and my doctor won’t prescribe HRT that increases clot risk while I’m on the medication - and I may never not be on the medication.

[euryale-dreams-deactivated20201]

Absolutely.

The concerns surrounding venous thromboembolic events as a side-effect of hormone replacement therapy can mostly be traced back to one particular study known as the Women’s Health Initiative. This study was an enormous undertaking which, unfortunately, demonstrated significant adverse effects of the hormone therapies studied. As a result of this the use of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal cis women was dramatically reduced as the medical community began to question whether or not the therapy caused more harm than good.

Naturally, trans women have been suffering from this fall-out ever since.

What physicians seem to fail to recognize is that the study examined a very specific hormone regimen which was, arguably, outmoded at the time the study was conducted: It examined the use of conjugated equine estrogen (Premarin) with or without the use of medroxyprogesterone acetate. Neither of these drugs is regularly used for the treatment of transgender women.

The estrogen most commonly used to treat transgender women nowadays is 17β-estradiol either in pill form or in the form of a sticky patch that you apply to your skin. Esters of estrogen (e.g. estradiol valerate) are also sometimes used either in a pill form or as an intramuscular injection.

Transdermal estradiol patches are the gold standard when it comes to treating women who are at high risk of a venous thromboembolic event. It simply does not increase the risk of developing a venous thromboembolism. The only thing you should keep in mind is that patches are not always well tolerated because of the lifestyle changes required to keep them from falling off and the fact that they tend to irritate the skin.

Fortunately, oral 17β-estradiol appears to be safe, regardless of the increased risk. At least one large study has shown that the use of oral estradiol in trans women is not associated with venous thromboembolic events. An individual woman’s risk would need to be substantial in order to contraindicate the use of oral estradiol.

For those who have significant risk of venous thromboembolism because they have had a previous thromboembolic event, because they are paralyzed, or because of some other factor it is good to know the relative risk between oral and transdermal estrogen. The latest research indicates that the use of transdermal estrogen lowers your risk of a thromboembolism to 80% of what your risk would be using oral estrogens.

It’s difficult to find hard numbers regarding the relative risk of venous thromboembolic events with regards to hypertension. The best I could find after an hour or so of searching was this study regarding VTE in lung cancer patients. Hypertension increased the risk by a factor of 1.8.

However, to put that into perspective being of African descent increases your relative risk for deep vein thrombosis by a factor of 1.3 when compared to Europeans. Europeans are, themselves, at increased risk when compared to Asians and Pacific Islanders by a considerable margin: a four-fold increase.

I should point out that being ‘male’ is also a risk factor for developing a thromboembolism and hormones are likely to be a contributing factor. Also, menopause is another serious risk factor. Given this information it is likely that the use of transdermal estradiol will lower your risk of thromboembolic events significantly.

As far as the anti-androgen is concerned: The primary use for spironolactone for cisgender people is as an antihypertensive.

Even if the risk of thromboembolism was truly significant with modern hormone replacement therapy it wouldn’t justify what your doctor is doing to you. The fact is that mortality in the transgender community from suicide–caused in part due to the lack of access to hormone therapy–is substantial. The quality of life lost when a trans woman is denied hormone therapy is substantial. The fact that your doctor does not appear to be taking this into consideration when they weigh the risk of thromboembolism against not receiving necessary medical care is deeply concerning.

I strongly recommend that you seek a doctor who is more sensitive to your medical needs as a transgender woman.

Edit: Fixed a minor, but embarrassing, error.

[whatmountains]

oh wow this is so helpful & good info

[blackthorn-and-iron-deactivated]

Everyone who cares about transfem people please reblog this

[thetolerantleft-deactivated2017]

this was really fucking helpful

[blkwlw]

I know a lot of trans women dont have acess to information like this and its very helpful.

[waincat]

this is a great resource and sorry to add commentary on it but is there a source for “Injectible estrogen is more effective than pill or patch form?”

asking because people say exactly the same thing about testosterone and it’s a myth (not to say that means it must be the same for estrogen, just wondering if there really is a difference)

[imfemalewarrior]

Information about hormones everyone! 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

[queenophydea]

Deffo tryin to get progesterone

[boycopter]

logical brain: types of scents don’t have gender and it’s ridiculous that specific smells are gendered

trans brain: Need Boy Soap . Smell Like Boy

[cistrenderman-blog]

How about instead of saying

“Sex = What’s between your legs Gender = What’s between your ears/what you identify as”

And say

“Sex = What’s between your legs Gender = What you want between your legs”

Because that’s what it ultimately is. Cut all the ‘identify’ stuff out.

[emo-and-dumb]

Im anti-nb, but if a study comes out and says “atipical dysphoria is 1000% real and because of this you cant deny it unless you are fucking stupid” i will support nb people a 10000%

[the-cosmic-goddess-deactivated2]

Why do you need evidence of nb people to accept their existence? Cis people didn’t have evidence of trans people other then trans people saying they exist (which should be good enough evidence on it’s own). Nobody has to prove their existence to you. Accept people for who they are, cause if you’re queer then it wasn’t long ago when most people didn’t accept you due to a “lack of evidence” that you even existed.

[bi-kisses]

you must be new to my blog

seeing as given our current medical and scientific research pretty much confirms it’s biologically impossible to be non binary I’m going to stick by my stance. If there was NO research out there (as there was when gay people and trans people were fighting to be seen with only their existence as proof) then I’d say ‘let’s be accepting because we don’t have any reason not to believe their experience’. But given all the info that discredits their legitimacy, I’m going to have to disagree with you here.

[the-cosmic-goddess-deactivated2]

Idk how long I’ve been following you. I follow a lot of trans related blogs and at a quick glance you just seem to be a typical transmed blog which I follow plenty of.

I think you’re oversimplifying things. Yes, science is important in this discussion, but when it comes to identity other factors such as society plays into this. I didn’t look at your sources, but imma give you the benefit of the doubt (out of laziness) and accept that they say what you think they say. Does that give you the right to tell nb’s that can’t ID as nb’s? That’s like me walking up to a Christian and saying “Yeah, there is no God so you literally can’t be a Christian. Sorry but evidence is evidence! You’re identity most follow my perception of the world around me!”

[bi-kisses]

Gender isn’t a mythology or religion. How you expect people to address you and the medical procedures you undergo isn’t remotely comparable to religion. I can’t entertain this comparison, even as an atheist, because it’s so absurd.

Your gender identity isn’t just a label. It’s quantifiable, medically observable, scientifically explainable. I’m not saying ‘don’t ID as nb’ because I’m not in control of people and what they do. I explain why I personally do not believe in or perpetuate non binary labels. People have to discover who they are on their own and my goal is just to provide as much info as I can to encourage this.

[the-cosmic-goddess-deactivated2]

The comparison had to do with identity and the evidence behind it. I feel like you completely missed the point there.

[bi-kisses]

….I think you completely missed my point altogether. Religion is a personal philosophy. Gender identity is not. I’m explaining the difference in front of your eyes, you can’t pretend everything else I said doesn’t make a difference simply because you want to compare holding a superstitious worldview to changing how everyone perceives you, the pronouns they use for you, the life altering treatments you undertake.

I didn’t miss any point. The problem with comparing an identity that is personal and doesn’t make a difference in other people’s lives (worshipping of your own will, reading religious texts, what have you) to a gender identity is philosophy, which is at the end of the day what religion boils down to, is just a perspective you use. Gender identity is something WAY different with, as explained previously, medical evidence to verify its legitimacy. Which, again, non binary does not have.

[opinionpositivity]

Comparing gender identity to religion makes it seem that you think gender is a choice.

[bi-kisses]

^^^^

[docsplayroom69]

[carlatvzooslut]

Oops   I hope they still Have the Boy Parts .

Kinda hard once it is turned inside out  to be a boy again

[coolmanfromthepast]

It wasn’t the boy who decided he should transition. This is heinous child abuse.

[momir]

No one should transition when they’re not even old enough to have fucking dental implants yet.

[this-is-cthulhu-privilege]

[cisnowflake]

I’m all for LGBT rights but kids shouldn’t be transitioning. They’re just not mature enough to be making that choice and there’s too much of a risk that they’re being influenced by adults with an agenda.

[twshitlord]

For those who are curious about the original source, I’ll link the article here.

This is just another case that goes to show how important it is that transgenderism is treated like any other medical condition. In no world should a 12-year-old been able to start hormonal treatments. Hormone blockers would have been one thing, but this boy was given estrogen beginning when he was 12. That’s irresponsible on the part of the medical practitioners and the parents.

This is what happens when being transgender is treated as a social/political position instead of being properly handled as a medical condition. Not only do stories like this create anti-transgender sentiment, but they also add more weight to an argument that transgender people are just sick in the head and/or confused.

Transgender people are not “sick in the head” as some might say, but being trans is something that originates in the brain (it’s a neurological condition). Our best understanding, based upon the current scientific studies, is that transgenderism is caused by abnormalities in certain brain structures. This isn’t an illness like schizophrenia where trans people are plagued with delusions, but rather the brain’s understanding of the body’s sex is at odds with the reality, and the most reliable treatment the medical world currently has to offer is to alter the body to ease the distress caused by the perceived incompatibility. 

This is why being trans is not like being gay, lesbian, or bisexual; living in a tolerant society allows same sex-attracted people to live happy, fulfilling lives without the risk of inherent harm to themselves or others in doing so. A trans person, even in the most accepting of communities, will continue to experience emotional and psychological distress if not able receive treatment to transition. 

The problems we face as trans people are not primarily with society (though there are certainly societal hurdles and actual issues of transphobia to be combated), but rather they are internal issues caused by this disconnect between our biological sex and the sex our brains expect to see reflected in our bodies (ie gender dysphoria).

[nevsky-shit]

Thank you so much, Mr Shitlord

[ratsouped]

as much as I support detransitioners on their personal journeys sometimes some of the things on their subreddits just? baffle me? Yes, T can cause hair thinning and hair loss? This should not come as a big shock to anyone??? I googled "negative side effects of ftm testosterone" and the very first thing that popped up was a list, and the fourth thing on that list, clear as day, was "male pattern baldness".

I'm not saying that detransitioners are just stupid people who rushed into transition or anything idiotic like that, but it should be common sense that if you're not willing to do a lot of research to become well informed on all the effects of hormones, and then think it through extremely carefully to make sure that you are fully prepared to accept all of them if they happen, then you should not go on hormones, ever?? Tf??

The fact that in some places, a person can go into a clinic and get on hormones, just a few months after they first started identifying as trans, with little to no safeguards in place to make sure they've truly thought their decision through and they fully understand what the hormones will do, is also to blame, and is fucking horrifying

[jakeremake]

Like, that's the point of T. It turns you into a dude. For good AND for bad. Like... There are side effects. Balding. Ass hair. Back hair.

Like I'm already scoping out good places to wax my back even tho my Endo appt is next month because looking at all the guys in my family... I'm going to need it. But it's a worthwhile trade-off for chest hair and facial hair. I'll take the back and ass hair. I'll take the risk of balding (no one on either side has gone bald, but I know it's a risk).

There's legit medical side effects too, which need to be talked about and why even informed consent clinics need therapists, because what happens if when you start hrt it causes serious side effects? How do you then reconcile the fact that medically you can't do hrt because it exacerbates an underlying heart problem to life threatening levels? Or if it causes your liver to freak TF out? These are actual side effects of both E and T. E is famous for causing blood clots. If you fly frequently, you're going to need to wear compression stockings or you can literally throw a clot and die. (Cis women on estrogen based birth control should know this too! Dunno how many of y'all's docs told you that... But at the very least grab some of the 18 weight fashion compression socks off Amazon for any flights, to help you not die. Because if you do get a clot, even if you stop estrogen, you're still going to wind up with prophylactic Heparin shots every time you fly)

Therapists are not only there to gatekeep. A therapist is there to help you figure out the risks vs rewards of any kind of transition move, from helping you with social stuff to figuring out if hrt is the best option for you to helping you prioritize any surgical procedures to put them in the order best for you, to helping you deal with how to handle things if once you start on a plan of action, circumstances require that to change. Its how you wind up with the "informed" in "informed consent".

You wouldn't agree to any other medical procedure without the doctor breaking down the risks, why should hrt be any different? If you want to go to an informed consent clinic, fine, but make sure you're actually informed on what you're consenting to! And see a fucking therapist, even if it's not required because hrt is also not a magic pill. You're not going to turn into your idealized version of yourself. There's going to be things you still don't like about the way you look-they may be different things that you never noticed before (like now that you can grow facial hair you realize your jawline drives you crazy, or now that you're growing tits it really draws attention to the pectus excavitum that wasn't serious enough for the doctor to ever do anything, but is now twice as noticeable, or just dealing with acne because you're going through puberty again) because everyone has those little things they dislike about themselves, but are things that you learn to accept and love even though they're not how you "want" them to be. There's going to be hiccups with your transition. If you're a grown-up working a grown-up job, your peers aren't going to really remember what it's like to be in the throes of puberty, and having a therapist to help you process all the new things your body is throwing at you because... Puberty, since you can't really talk to your peers about it. it can be the difference between really loving your transition and regretting the shit out of it.

Even if you go the informed consent route, and don't need a therapist to write you a letter as to why you need hrt, a therapist is a great person to have no matter what. Because even if you don't need them, a good therapist is helpful even to the happiest most well adjusted person to keep them that way. WHO et al can say being trans isn't a mental illness, but they definitely can't say that going through puberty again is sunshine and roses.

[apparentlytransphobictransguy-d]

Nondysporics fucking suck. Let’s break it down.

“Your cis friends won’t respect you more just because you put other trans people down.”

My cis friends respect me because rather than screaming at them for misunderstanding my identity, I respectfully and factually explained to them that I have gender dysphoria, and transitioning will greatly improve my quality of life.

“Non dysphoria trans people aren’t hurting you.”

Yes they are. When I sent an email to each of my teachers telling them my new name and situation, half of them assumed I was another cis girl coloring her hair and wearing ‘flower boy’ crop tops while going by he/him pronouns. Instead I was an insecure, scared teenager taking testosterone injections and praying to God no one would point out the obvious bulge in my chest the next day.

“Well, cis people will always disrespect us, dysphoric or not.”

No, cis people aren’t these stone cold bigots by default. They will listen and understand, at the least they will respect my name and pronouns. I don’t want everyone to fully support my lifestyle, I want to be shown the basic level of respect that every other dude gets.

And cis truscum/transmedicalists (cis people who believe you need dysphoria to be trans) are saints and I love each and every one of them. People who have taken the time to research, understand, and advocate for trans people are truly selfless.

“Well remember when Bill Nye-”

Yes I remember when Bill Nye, a reputable scientists with a good deal of nostalgia attached to his brand, pandered to the far left by gushing on about how complex gender is. That then sparked the mogai community to gather aropund him and hail him as a mogai god.

Gender is complex in the sense that sometimes, gender and sex don’t match uwfp. Sometimes little boys feel more like little girls, sometimes little girls feel like little boys. However, there is a very small percentage of the population who is ACTUALLY transgender.

People not included in this percentage are:

-non-dysphoric trans men, women, and people who identify as “nonbinary” without any sort of dysphoria. (I believe there are two genders but I will entertain the idea of an outlier to the two established genders)

-detransitioners 

-intersex people (unless they truly do experience dysphoria. some do, some don’t)

-extremely butch lesbians or extremely effeminate gay men. (there’s a word for that: gender nonconforming. not conforming to the set standards of the gender you are. they’re still cis, as they don’t experience dysphoria.)

So please, support trans kids with dysphoria. They’re the ones crying themselves to sleep at night, they’re the ones mutilating their bodies, they’re the ones who can hardly take a shower because the bodies they were born in just aren’t right. These kids are the ones persecuted in school, these kids are the kids who feel as if they’re letting their parents down, simply for being themselves.

And, unlike you non dysphoric pricks, these kids can’t just stop being trans when it’s convenient for them. 

So if you’re one of the many fuckers making tans kid’s plight seem like a choice? Choke on my cock. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

[awolspaceman]

gender euphoria explained very simply

cause in debates we get long n verbose explaining shit and tbh some stuff can be explained very quickly???? idk

so gender euphoria, as i understand it, is when you transition and you feel so incredibly good and a lot better than when you were pre-transition. right? cool. im gonna do some math now. 

let’s say happiness (with your body) can be quantified as a percentage, from 0 to 100% happy. keep in mind, YOU CANNOT EXCEED 100%. using me as an example, i was roughly 60% happy with my body before i came out and transitioned. however, i’d been at 60% happiness levels since i had started puberty, so to me, when i was as comfortable in my body as possible before i came out, i was only 60% comfortable, but to me, i thought that the 60% that i was feeling actually was my 100%, because i’d never felt any more comfortable. so, when i cut all my hair off and started binding, i immediately thought “holy shit, i’m now like 110% happy with my body,” when in reality, i was only at 70%. remember, we cannot go over 100%. so when i started thinking about my body in depth and how truly comfortable i was with it, i realized that i really only was at 70%. gender dysphoria had been all i’d ever known, and i just assumed that my highest points pre-transition were my highest points, period. i didn’t think that there could be something impeding me from being as happy as i could. the feeling of combating my dysphoria brought me euphoria.

so with this in mind, gender euphoria cannot exist without gender dysphoria. you can’t be 100% comfortable and happy in your body and then become 110% happy and comfortable, it isn’t possible. so to experience that euphoria, you need to be at less than 100% for it to improve your quality of life. 

and don’t get me wrong, gender euphoria is important. it helped me realize i was trans and to recognize my dysphoria and understand that i could, in fact, become more comfortable in my body through altering it. but gender euphoria cannot exist in a vacuum. it cannot exist without gender dysphoria. gender dysphoria is the cause, gender euphoria may be the effect, but you have to trace it back to the cause. 

idk im probably making no sense here but hey im sick of overly big words describing things that can be explained in a pretty simple way.

[transm3d]

you did it! you cracked the code! this is it!

great post op

[heavyweightheart]

in addition to the fact that people just have different natural rhythms, a big reason why we can’t seem to go to bed as early as we “should” is that nighttime is, for many of us, our safest and most fulfilling time of day. we don’t have to work, we won’t be contacted by bosses or insurance companies or collection agencies or other suffocating life business… we’re likely only to be contacted by our friends, or by no one at all. night time is release; it’s ours. we can rest or recreate. we can do things we actually want to do. who would choose to cut that short?? just to usher in the next morning when our lives are not our own again? nighttime is precious and nothing could be more normal than the desire to embrace this

[heck-yes-m8]

Pedophiles who realize what they feel is disgusting and not normal and actively go to therapy to try and get better: 👌👌👌👌👌👌

Pedophiles who call themselves MAPs or NOMAPs and actively condone pedophilia: 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎