#testosterone hrt

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

[shamebats]

Tiktok post by @ djdott64 (he/him).

[camilahrt]

[auti-starshine]

The fearmongering around medical transition for transmascs will never not be upsetting to me.

“you’re gonna look ugly as a man” “but you’re such a pretty girl, don’t change that” Wrong. You will look different after T, but you will look happy. You will probably grow hair and gain weight and look pretty different, and none of that is bad or makes you less desirable. You are going to look like you and that’s all that matters.

“T makes you angry” “you’re gonna be a scary man i won’t feel safe around you” Wrong. Testosterone does not “make” you angry. Messing with your hormones will mess with your emotions for sure, but you will not immediately become some scary predator when you start T. Being a man/masculine does not make you a threat, a predator, or inherently angry. That’s radfem shit.

“bottom growth is gross” “no one will want you with bottom growth” Wrong. Bottom growth is cool and a LOT of guys end up loving theirs a lot more than they thought they would. For a lot of people it is a desirable trait, there are people who find bottom growth hot and attractive. And! If you’re sure you don’t want it there’s things you can do to work around that, just talk to your provider.

“bottom surgery is super painful and not worth it” First off, call it phalloplasty, because that’s what you’re talking about. Second, yes it’s painful, it’s surgery. There are risks to it and complications can happen, but that’s true of any surgery. Phallo might not be for you, but it is life saving care for other folks. It is beautiful and should be talked about as life saving care and not as some afterthought thing that no one actually does.

Being transmasculine is a beautiful thing. Transitioning medically is not something every trans person wants, but if you notice yourself holding back for the reasons i’ve listed above (or similar) maybe reconsider.

[rbremington]

TESTOSTERONE!!!! HRTUESDAY!!!!

[intersexcat-tboy]

Study shows testosterone therapy does not increase anger, irritability, or aggression in trans youth

Article (link)

Not only did the study (link) find that THRT doesn't increase anger, but that some subjects demonstrated REDUCED aggression

[lizzytestosterone]

Just a step ahead of it

[transguyarchive]

Help the Trans Guy Archive write about testosterone!

I'm currently drafting a very comprehensive post for the Trans Guy Archive all about testosterone HRT. You can see in the table of contents above what I've written so far, plus a FAQ for all the misc. questions I've seen trans guys ask about the process.

I can't show the full post (because it's just too long to fit into Tumblr) but is there anything additional that you think I should add? Random side effects from T? Hurdles to get through with doctors? Social experiences while on the medication?

Anything helps :)