like legitimately spent years wanting to transition medically but being terrified to because of the horrible stuff I would hear about surgeries that all turned out to be from transphobes masquerading as advocates. It’s insidious
oh, absolutely, and it makes it so hard to make your own medical calls when you can’t decipher actual risks from things made up by transphobes. medical decisions shouldn’t be taken lightly, but they should be well-informed, and trans men, ftms, trans mascs in general, have been done a massive disservice with all of this misinformation. there are obviously risks involved with surgery -- any surgery -- but how are you supposed to know what to believe when people are either a) spreading misinformation about masculinizing medical treatments, or b) completely ignoring the existence of trans mascs in general? invisibility is not a saving grace, it’s fucking deadly, because you’re not seeing who’s slipping into the shadows with us, and you’re not hearing what they’re telling us.













