Transgender Discussion Thread III: Vote in our poll!

[Auzkhia]

Good news! I started hormone therapy today, only bad thing was a blood test, it was a bit painful and nearly passed out at the sight of it, I have anxiety issues with blood and needles.

I assume it isn't being administered by injection?

No, and it's harder to find anyway due to a shortage. Pill forms, 1mg of estradiol and 50mg spironolactone twice a day. I said pills anyway, so it's not an issue. There was also a patch but I didn't bother with that.

[The New California Republic]

I assume it isn't being administered by injection?

No, and it's harder to find anyway due to a shortage. Pill forms, 1mg of estradiol and 50mg spironolactone twice a day. I said pills anyway, so it's not an issue. There was also a patch but I didn't bother with that.

Ah right. I remember that my ex got the T injections in his arse.

[Auzkhia]

No, and it's harder to find anyway due to a shortage. Pill forms, 1mg of estradiol and 50mg spironolactone twice a day. I said pills anyway, so it's not an issue. There was also a patch but I didn't bother with that.

Ah right. I remember that my ex got the T injections in his arse.

Blood tests are hard, some nurses stuck it in my left arm, blacked out, they took me outside and left after that, since I needed to leave anyway. Not the best exit, but still.

T can only be injected that way, or in the leg, some trans guys I know do that.

[Khasinkonia]

Going to school always reminds me why I so vehemently support trans kids being able to get HRT.

[Andsed]

Going to school always reminds me why I so vehemently support trans kids being able to get HRT.

Uh excuse my ignorance but what is HRT?

[The New California Republic]

Going to school always reminds me why I so vehemently support trans kids being able to get HRT.

Uh excuse my ignorance but what is HRT?

Hormone Replacement Therapy.

[Andsed]

Uh excuse my ignorance but what is HRT?

Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Ah thanks.

[Soviet Technocracy2]

I assume it isn't being administered by injection?

Injection doesn’t seem to be the norm for estrodiol.

[The Serbian Empire]

I assume it isn't being administered by injection?

Injection doesn’t seem to be the norm for estrodiol.

It usually is taken in pill form as injectable forms have been in low supply since 2015.

[Serrus]

Good news! I started hormone therapy today, only bad thing was a blood test, it was a bit painful and nearly passed out at the sight of it, I have anxiety issues with blood and needles.

I feel the same way, so I'm just gonna give you a hug and congratulate you on HRT/surviving with sanity intact.

[First American Empire]

I take Estradiol via patch. I've had a better experience via this method than taking them in pill form, since patches give you a more even dose of hormones than pills. (I get my Trans healthcare from my American insurance, so I'm not sure if they offer it in Canada where I work.)

[Vassenor]

So I'm laying here at 3AM feeling like garbage. Mostly because it's becoming more and more obvious that I've let my transition stall out with no idea how to get it going again. I've still utterly failed to talk it through with my parents in any way, shape or form, and now I've started working with another employment support service... thing that's put another roadblock into the process.

I just don't know what I'm doing but I definitely feel like the light at the end of my tunnel has disappeared.

[Yagon]

So I'm laying here at 3AM feeling like garbage. Mostly because it's becoming more and more obvious that I've let my transition stall out with no idea how to get it going again. I've still utterly failed to talk it through with my parents in any way, shape or form, and now I've started working with another employment support service... thing that's put another roadblock into the process.

I just don't know what I'm doing but I definitely feel like the light at the end of my tunnel has disappeared.

I'm rooting for you, I have zero useful experience, but I'm rooting for you in that way where it's like the 84th minute mark and it seems hopeless and then ______________________ and then you triumph and then denouement with sequel teaser after credits.

[Auzkhia]

I take Estradiol via patch. I've had a better experience via this method than taking them in pill form, since patches give you a more even dose of hormones than pills. (I get my Trans healthcare from my American insurance, so I'm not sure if they offer it in Canada where I work.)

Planned Parenthood I was at said they were the least effective.

So I'm laying here at 3AM feeling like garbage. Mostly because it's becoming more and more obvious that I've let my transition stall out with no idea how to get it going again. I've still utterly failed to talk it through with my parents in any way, shape or form, and now I've started working with another employment support service... thing that's put another roadblock into the process.

I just don't know what I'm doing but I definitely feel like the light at the end of my tunnel has disappeared.

My parents *try* to be supportive but still rear their ignorance all the time, it's frustrating, I'm a terrible teacher, yet I'm literally the only trans person they know, guess who has to play kindergarten teacher? Me. I like that they listen but it just feels like extra work to get them to accept me.

[Thuzbekistan]

I take Estradiol via patch. I've had a better experience via this method than taking them in pill form, since patches give you a more even dose of hormones than pills. (I get my Trans healthcare from my American insurance, so I'm not sure if they offer it in Canada where I work.)

Planned Parenthood I was at said they were the least effective.

So I'm laying here at 3AM feeling like garbage. Mostly because it's becoming more and more obvious that I've let my transition stall out with no idea how to get it going again. I've still utterly failed to talk it through with my parents in any way, shape or form, and now I've started working with another employment support service... thing that's put another roadblock into the process.

I just don't know what I'm doing but I definitely feel like the light at the end of my tunnel has disappeared.

My parents *try* to be supportive but still rear their ignorance all the time, it's frustrating, I'm a terrible teacher, yet I'm literally the only trans person they know, guess who has to play kindergarten teacher? Me. I like that they listen but it just feels like extra work to get them to accept me.

Acceptance comes with understanding. Its unfair, but minorities such as yourself tend to have to make people understand. Especially when only .6 percent of the pop is trans, so you have so few of you guys spread out so far. Falls on each of you to help those closest to understand.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Update on my friend: she's out of the hospital and currently at a mental health facility receiving therapy. I haven't been able to talk to her. Turns out the attempt was pretty bad and the hospital had to restart her kidneys twice. They were only letting her parents have contact with her. She was too distraught at the hospital.

I don't know, and neither does her family, how long she'll be kept at the mental health place. I think there's a big concern about another suicide attempt if she's released at this time.

[Thuzbekistan]

Update on my friend: she's out of the hospital and currently at a mental health facility receiving therapy. I haven't been able to talk to her. Turns out the attempt was pretty bad and the hospital had to restart her kidneys twice. They were only letting her parents have contact with her. She was too distraught at the hospital.

I don't know, and neither does her family, how long she'll be kept at the mental health place. I think there's a big concern about another suicide attempt if she's released at this time.

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope theres no permanent damage.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Update on my friend: she's out of the hospital and currently at a mental health facility receiving therapy. I haven't been able to talk to her. Turns out the attempt was pretty bad and the hospital had to restart her kidneys twice. They were only letting her parents have contact with her. She was too distraught at the hospital.

I don't know, and neither does her family, how long she'll be kept at the mental health place. I think there's a big concern about another suicide attempt if she's released at this time.

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope theres no permanent damage.

Thank you, Thuz. So do I.

I am calling her this weekend, see if I'm allowed to talk to her. Even if only briefly.

[Auzkhia]

Planned Parenthood I was at said they were the least effective.

My parents *try* to be supportive but still rear their ignorance all the time, it's frustrating, I'm a terrible teacher, yet I'm literally the only trans person they know, guess who has to play kindergarten teacher? Me. I like that they listen but it just feels like extra work to get them to accept me.

Acceptance comes with understanding. Its unfair, but minorities such as yourself tend to have to make people understand. Especially when only .6 percent of the pop is trans, so you have so few of you guys spread out so far. Falls on each of you to help those closest to understand.

Should it be every trans person's responsibility to educate cis people? No, especially because you can look up a wealth information online.

But are they going to educate themselves on their own? No, not usually.

[Thuzbekistan]

Acceptance comes with understanding. Its unfair, but minorities such as yourself tend to have to make people understand. Especially when only .6 percent of the pop is trans, so you have so few of you guys spread out so far. Falls on each of you to help those closest to understand.

Should it be every trans person's responsibility to educate cis people? No, especially because you can look up a wealth information online.

But are they going to educate themselves on their own? No, not usually.

No one cares until they actually meet one or have one they know. Other than that, it's mostly irrelevant to them. So why should they look up things about lifestyles or genders or anything else that doesn't have an impact on their lives? On top of that, you are trying to get people who CAN'T see from the perspective of a trans person to understand that perspective. Most people have a tentative feeling about trans simply because they can't understand it. Cis people are generally locked in a mindset of "well, this is who I am" and questioning something as basic as whether they are a man, or woman, or something else is entirely foreign to them. So if you want them to understand, it is up to you to try and share what that is like. No amount of googling will do that for anyone.

[Auzkhia]

Should it be every trans person's responsibility to educate cis people? No, especially because you can look up a wealth information online.

But are they going to educate themselves on their own? No, not usually.

No one cares until they actually meet one or have one they know. Other than that, it's mostly irrelevant to them. So why should they look up things about lifestyles or genders or anything else that doesn't have an impact on their lives? On top of that, you are trying to get people who CAN'T see from the perspective of a trans person to understand that perspective. Most people have a tentative feeling about trans simply because they can't understand it. Cis people are generally locked in a mindset of "well, this is who I am" and questioning something as basic as whether they are a man, or woman, or something else is entirely foreign to them. So if you want them to understand, it is up to you to try and share what that is like. No amount of googling will do that for anyone.

Some questions can be easily answered with a quick google consultation, but I shouldn't have to educate, but if not me, who is going to learn? Maybe cis allies could tell their fellow cis, but still, it just gets tiring.

[Thuzbekistan]

No one cares until they actually meet one or have one they know. Other than that, it's mostly irrelevant to them. So why should they look up things about lifestyles or genders or anything else that doesn't have an impact on their lives? On top of that, you are trying to get people who CAN'T see from the perspective of a trans person to understand that perspective. Most people have a tentative feeling about trans simply because they can't understand it. Cis people are generally locked in a mindset of "well, this is who I am" and questioning something as basic as whether they are a man, or woman, or something else is entirely foreign to them. So if you want them to understand, it is up to you to try and share what that is like. No amount of googling will do that for anyone.

Some questions can be easily answered with a quick google consultation, but I shouldn't have to educate, but if not me, who is going to learn? Maybe cis allies could tell their fellow cis, but still, it just gets tiring.

There arent allies or "fellow cis". We arent grouped by how we are born. Diabetics dont expect anyone but their close family members to know how to use a glucagon kit or how to stab them with needles. Theres no need for everyone to learn even the basics about trans people unless they need to so long as they, out of ignorance, arent biased against them. Expecting everyone around you to know about your set of difficulties or challenges is going to do nothing but frustrate you.

[Western Vale Confederacy]

Some questions can be easily answered with a quick google consultation, but I shouldn't have to educate, but if not me, who is going to learn? Maybe cis allies could tell their fellow cis, but still, it just gets tiring.

There arent allies or "fellow cis". We arent grouped by how we are born. Diabetics dont expect anyone but their close family members to know how to use a glucagon kit or how to stab them with needles. Theres no need for everyone to learn even the basics about trans people unless they need to so long as they, out of ignorance, are biased against them. Expecting everyone around you to know about your set of difficulties or challenges is going to do nothing but frustrate you.

This.

The world doesn’t have to adapt to you, it’s you that has to adapt to it and take the time to explain.

[Ifreann]

Some questions can be easily answered with a quick google consultation, but I shouldn't have to educate, but if not me, who is going to learn? Maybe cis allies could tell their fellow cis, but still, it just gets tiring.

There arent allies or "fellow cis". We arent grouped by how we are born. Diabetics dont expect anyone but their close family members to know how to use a glucagon kit or how to stab them with needles.

A poor example for the point you're trying to make. Most people understand the challenges faced by diabetics, even if only vaguely. Whereas many people don't even accept that being trans is a real thing.

Theres no need for everyone to learn even the basics about trans people unless they need to so long as they, out of ignorance, are biased against them.

In the same sense that it isn't necessary for people to know how to add. We're all a lot better off with people having that knowledge.

Expecting everyone around you to know about your set of difficulties or challenges is going to do nothing but frustrate you.

The problem of widespread ignorance will never be solved if no one recognises it as a problem.

[Thuzbekistan]

There arent allies or "fellow cis". We arent grouped by how we are born. Diabetics dont expect anyone but their close family members to know how to use a glucagon kit or how to stab them with needles.

A poor example for the point you're trying to make. Most people understand the challenges faced by diabetics, even if only vaguely. Whereas many people don't even accept that being trans is a real thing.

Theres no need for everyone to learn even the basics about trans people unless they need to so long as they, out of ignorance, are biased against them.

In the same sense that it isn't necessary for people to know how to add. We're all a lot better off with people having that knowledge.

Expecting everyone around you to know about your set of difficulties or challenges is going to do nothing but frustrate you.

The problem of widespread ignorance will never be solved if no one recognises it as a problem.

1. That only changes as trans people make themselves understood. Social change takes a bit, especially in the states.
2. Except everyone needs to add at some point. You can go your whole life without meeting a transgender person.
3. Theres widespread ignorance about many serious illnesses and disabilities. But again, only people close to them generally know what it is or how it affects them. Should we be trying to educate everyone on these matters as well? People really dont try to learn about things irrelevant to their lives unless they have an interest.