Dear people who think itās wrong to allow HRT for children -
Firstly, weāre not talking young children here. If theyāre young, they can be put on puberty blockersĀ which just make it easier later and are totallyĀ reversible.
I figured out I was trans at 13. A month after my first period, so about a month too late to be put on puberty blockers instead.
I didnāt come out for awhile - I was 15 when I came out at school and home.. So 2 years too late to be put on puberty blockers instead.
Do you have any idea how much happier Iād be if I was on HRT?
No, you donāt. I do. And the answer is a whole fuckinā lot.
Iāve known Iām trans for the past 4 years. Iāve gone by the same name for the past 3. Iāve used a binder for the past 3, which boosted my confidence. Iāve had short hair for 2, which boosted my confidence.
But yāknow what fucks me up every month? Periods. Something stopped by T.
Yāknow what fucks me up every day? The fact that in order to be seen as a guy, I have to put on a binder, and it often doesnāt work. That in order to be seen as a guy, Iād have to get rid of my comfort objects. Knowing that if I wear my light blue shirt, Iāll be calledĀ āsheā more just because itās pastel and Iām not otherwiseĀ āobviouslyā a guy. Something that could be fixed by T.
The fact that if Iād realized earlier, and come out right away, I wouldnāt have to deal with half of this because of puberty blockers.
The fact that if I was on T, I wouldnāt have to deal with nearly as much of it.
Denying access to HRT to people just because theyāre minors is wrong. Itās what leads more of us to being uncomfortable. Itās what leads more of us to beingĀ āvisiblyā trans, which leads to us being scared and hurt.
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