#transistioning

[positivelyenby]

Hello!! I was wondering, can you still be Non-binary without explicitly changing your physical appearance medically? Like you’re born female but you don’t feel like either a boy or a girl so you just kinda stick with your assigned sex because changing into the opposite just feels even worse?

Yup! You dont to transition to be nonbinary!

[tealslimes]

I'm super anxious about posting this but I need a place to vent.

So recently I came to terms with the fact that I'm a man and not a girl and have started outwardly living that way or taking steps to. Despite the many issues I will continue to face there is one big one on my mind. I'm gay but biologically my body doesn't match with the rest of me. I've had some ill-informed opinions of, "then why don't I Just stay a girl." (Biggest reason, because I'm not) Or people will try to soothe me with "just date a bisexual or pansexual person." (Which I’m not against either if things aligned) Or I've had other gay trans men tell me they found someone including cis people who love them as the men they are. I've even had some people tell me to settle for chasers. I'm pre-t but have an appointment next week to get the ball rolling on that, so I really hope that whole "It gets better" is true.

One of the things I always remember is it’s not like I was doing great presenting as female before I started opening transitioning either finding a long term romantic partner. So I should stop complaining.

As much as I feel like I’m finally free to be me I feel like I’m losing parts of my identity as well and I thought I was more ready for this.

[123pret-e]

Is there any kind of hormone transition that doesn't include getting breasts (thx I'm curious)

Hello!

If you are asking about in general, then testosterone, the male transition hormone, does not grow breasts. It does not reduce breasts to my knowledge, you have to get top surgery for that.

However, I will assume you are talking specially about getting estrogen, the female transition hormone.

This took a bit of research and I apologize if it does not fully cover everything.

To start off, there was a study that showed breast development wasn’t even that extreme, and everything in this paragraph is based off of this study. Some people expect estrogen will bring them up to a D, but that is not entirely true according to this article. It brings you simply to about an A in most cases, and surgery would probably be required to increase breast sizes.

“Almost half of the trans women had a bra cup size of less than AAA, or less than 8 centimeters, after one year of hormone therapy, researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Another 26 percent had an AAA cup, which runs from 8 to 10 centimeters, and 14 percent had an AA cup, from 10 to 12 centimeters”

Now, most hormone therapy is a pattern of hormone blockers and estrogen/testosterone.

If you wanted to make your body less masculine, you could take hormone blockers. However, hormone blocker drugs, to my knowledge, are literally chemotherapy drugs. But it would prevent your body from becoming incredibly masculine like it would without the drugs, and it would not develop breasts like estrogen would.

I do believe that all types of estrogen would produce some type of breast development. If you did do hormone blockers, you could use things like wardrobe and hair to maximize femininity/androgyny without breasts.

You could also do estrogen, fully transition, and then get top surgery. This seems like it would best cover what you seem to be asking for, a very feminine body but no breasts.

I would strongly recommend talking to a doctor about this if you want to transition. I am by no means an expert, not in any medical field and certainly not transitioning. I am years away from my own transitioning, and when I do, it will not be with estrogen.

Best of luck! This was my first ask, so if you have more questions that I did not cover, feel free to ask some more!

Work Cited https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1E82UT

[positivelyenby]

hey. I’ve been thinking about... T. I’m not out to anyone but I think being perceived as female is... not what I want. The thing is I’m sure I’m not 100% binary man also, so I’m scared of like getting out and all that only to then find out I’m... not a dude. It’s like I’m in a limbo where I don’t want to be female and I’m not sure if I’m male. It sucks

Im sorry friend. Im unsure what you should do, maybe you should think on it and reflect. Its okay to not go on T. Its okay to not to hormones.

[positivelyenby]

I'm enby and out to a lot of my friends and my mom (she tries lol) but I hate the question of if I'm going to transition and being forced to defend myself! No I'm fine with binding on some days and not on others! Leave me alone!

Im sorry friend. It is really frustrating getting that question a lot. Just know you dont owe them any info!

[georgeromerosanalcavity]

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