#testosterone

[status-quo-hater]

Honestly I don't think you should need a diagnosis of anything to get HRT. I think you should just be able to go buy it at CVS like it's ibuprofen.

[sidecast-text]

hey americans there is a recall on testosterone gel because they found benzene in it! please check the lot numbers on your batches, benzene is really not something you want to be rubbing into your skin, also you might be eligible for compensation because this is just insane what the fuck

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Drug Recall Report

The Drug Recall Report is for prescription drugs that are have recently been issued recalls by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

[casual-haterism]

yeah you can get cancer-in-a-stick just about at every store and gas station when youre of age but hrt is scary and experimental and new and older than fucking microwaves you cant have that

[8bitangelguts]

the fear mongering around transmasculine people who sing going on testosterone genuinely pisses me off. yes, you will be able to sing. no, you won't lose your voice. no, low voices aren't ugly (where are people even getting this shit???). no, higher voices aren't prettier. sing through the changes (don't push anything). hydrate. h y d r a t e. please don't stop singing, your voice will sound amazing.

[existennialmemes]

"Testosterone is the evil, poisonous hormone that just makes people violent and angry!!"

Meanwhile, Testosterone:

I'm begging everyone to understand that there is nothing inherently "bad" about any of our natural hormones. We need all of them, and different people require different ratios between them, but none of our hormones are actually "bad."

[elierlick]

You shouldn’t have to be trans to get any sex characteristic-related surgery. It’s not a limited resource. Plenty of cis men get implants and cis women get breast reductions. From Colby Gordon today and Leslie Feinberg in Transgender Warriors (1996).

[crippled-peeper]

how I feel about it