“Trans people aren’t a threat to anyone; hate born by ignorance is. All trans (including non binary) people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, no matter who we are and where we are at with our medical and social transition. Look beyond the hype and fear-mongering in the press. Become the representation you want to see yourself.” Fox Fisher
0/10 do NOT recommend two days in a row of hour long electrolysis sessions.
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I don't think I have the stones to do this once a week for a year or more. 😜 (#trans humor)
If the same people go after trans rights, gay + lesbian rights and women's rights, and if these people are always traditionalists working in the cause of a strictly defined social conservatism, then isn't the problem that a patriarchy wants to control the sexual lives and gender expressions of others, to restrict personal freedoms and to create incarcerating and incarcerated lives?
Autistic and non-autistic transgender youth are similar in gender development and sexuality phenotypes
Fischbach et al. Br J Dev Psychol. 2024.
"Neither autism diagnostic status nor continuous autistic traits were significantly related to any gender or sexuality phenotypes. These findings suggest that the developmental and experiential features of gender diversity are very similar between autistic and non-autistic transgender adolescents."
Elagabalus was made a Roman Emperor at the age of just 14. The Emperor often wore wigs and makeup, and liked to be referred to by feminine titles. Elagabalus reportedly offered a large sum of money to any doctor who could give them a vagina.
please help Rae! ze is disabled and has bills to pay and a family to feed. ze can't donate plasma for 4 months due to surgery. buy zer photography! anything helps!
I have a breast growth question. I have read and heard from multiple sources that I should not expect any changes in body shape in the first 3 months (and sometimes even beyond that point), that the fat redistribution won't happen overnight, etc etc. And so I was fully prepared to wait and not fret too much about when my boobs or hips were going to start growing.
But then, this week the bras that I bought well before beginning HRT and that had always felt snug and comfortable were not feeling so snug and comfortable anymore. I noticed they started leaving significant marks on my skin and the underwire was poking my sideboob and armpit a bit. I loosened the shoulder straps, which helped alleviate the problem a bit, but it still didn't feel right.
I didn't take any measurements before going on hormones, but then I remembered that early on I did take some pictures of my breasts, for future reference. I scrolled through my pictures, and then took off my clothes and stood in front of my mirror... and I gasped. There is a very significant difference, specially in the left breast. It's really noticeable, even with just a passing glance. It's not from weight; in fact, I lost a kilo since starting HRT.
I know that of course everyone is different and that there are exceptions to every rule; also, I am certain that if this is happening to me it has certainly happened to others. But I am still stumped. Has this happened to anyone out here?
I also noticed a significant hardening of the tissue in the centre, close to the areola; is that to be expected?
So yeah, I am obsessing with my boobs (boobsessing?) right now. I am sitting in bed topless, and every 30 seconds or so I look down to admire them. I am in awe. As if I needed another reason to be blissful.
EDIT: Just to add that next week I will have been 3 months on HRT (15/2).
I need you to start using Facebook again-- really. I mean it.
I need you to start sharing information there. Share leftist news. Share real news about #Palestine. Share #BLM posts. Share #Queer & #Trans news and resources. Share #Climate Crisis news. Share increasingly #radical memes and personal takes. Ramp it the fuck up till you're worried your family & friends will think you're absolutely unhinged.
I'm completely serious.
Why? Because older people use it who only get their news from Fox or CNN. Because your centrist friends and conservative family are there. Because you are the last line of hope for them to learn anything about what's really happening, and about things that actually matter. Some of them know you and trust you enough to listen-- not all, but some. They aren't going to read theory or pay attention without a thread or connection to someone else that cares.
They need real connections like you so that these ideas are not abstract.
please help moo with his monthly food and bills! he's disabled & has been unable to find a job for years. he's stuck in a housing situation where people steal his food. anything helps!
So today, I will have a teeny, tiny needle jabbed into my face a couple hundred times. With each stab it will have an electric current turned on to kill a hair follicle.
Yes... A single hair follicle. One hair follicle at a time, for an hour.
I am not looking forward to this at all. Not all trans women/transfemme people get electrolysis on their face but I am.
<sarcasm font>Let me tell ya folks... being #trans isn't all rainbows and unicorns 24/7 like you might think. </sarcasm font>
Andrea Jenkins is a politician, poet, activist and community historian. She was the first Black trans woman to be elected to public office in the United States and continues to work for the whole community.
“Transgender people have been here forever…I look forward to more trans people joining me in elected office and all other kinds of leadership roles in our society." Andrea Jenkins
A year ago, tonight, a girl who’d never seen her own reflection was sitting with her Eldest child for bedtime. And after Eldest fell asleep, she came across a post suggesting that wishing that she was the other gender was not a very cis thing to do.
It only took a few days to conclude that she wanted to transition so she could show her children what it meant to live authentically. She didn’t want her example to them to be living in the closet.
"Google has removed two websites providing “DIY” hormone replacement therapy used in gender-affirming care from search results at the request of the UK government, according to legal letters viewed by 404 Media."
"Both sites were temporarily offline after their domain registrar received letters [...] asking them to suspend their domain names". The registrars are Namecheap and NiceNIC.
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Hey guys, im reposting this since it's a new account, but essentially i live in a neglectful home, and im currently unemployed and im disabled (i have confirmed adhd, i also currently suspect i have ocd), and im therefore very poor and unable to afford basic necessities. I am very poor and unable to afford medical treatment or food or other things.
My mom doesnt take care of me at all (she has always been very neglectful of me), my family has mostly abandoned me and none of them help me. I live with them in the same house but they dont want to help me beyond that. They dont pay for my food or any other basic necessities. I cannot afford basic necessities like food or cookware on my own as i do not have an income without donations. Please help me. I need donations desperately. Please.
“Maintain yourself, find your community who loves you for you and who wants to celebrate you. Being yourself as you navigate the world in a way that’s safe and authentic and good to you is going to help in the long run. Know that you’re loved and supported, that time goes on and more people will see us for who we are as we continue to advocate for ourselves.” Aaron Philip