alexandra_kollontai [she/her]

Am I even trans?

wait thats like ridiculous as fuck

I’ve had surgery and I still have this exact chain of thought every so often 😭

Nice, do you know what you plan to have instead?

but that’s anecdotal so idk.

anecdotal evidence is worth considering when it’s something as poorly studied as trans health, but in this case I’d say since E2 injections are generally healthiest and you’re already seeing changes, I wouldn’t suggest changing to E1 unless you’re seeing poor results after 1.5-2 years or so.

diy E monotherapy injections

Seem good. Injections are the best method and injection monotherapy is often sufficient without needing a separate T blocker.

was aiming to suppress my T fast but i think it happened already

I’d agree with that.

Have you been able to do any blood tests?

If you are experiencing penis atrophy and want to avoid it and you haven’t been able to do any blood tests, I think the cream/gel would be a great place to start and see how that goes, assuming it’s possible to access in the USA. You could also try that in combination with a reduced E2 dose and see where that gets you.

and there’s some evidence that E1 helps feminize

I went down the rabbit hole of E1 a couple of years ago and didn’t find any evidence at all. What did you find? If I were you, I’d just stick (ha ha ha) to the injections.

That sounds amazing, I’d love to see the progress!

Thank you for this. The unicorn always made me feel kinda uncomfortable. I think it was a necessary step for my transradicalisation, but now I’ve surpassed the need for it.

Critical support to the trans-affirming misogynistic parrot

noooooooooooooo 🫥

This is actually so true. This is the realest thing. Before my physical transition, pronoun circles were so harmful to me thanks to experiencing the scenario in the OP, and now at this point, I don’t care about them at all. But they have never been helpful to me.

I agree that other people will surely find it helpful if they wish to share their own pronouns; and they are also useful for creating an atmosphere of acceptance to make me feel more comfortable; but they do more harm than good when a person is forced to answer like in the situation in the OP. It hurts.

Cis people, here is how to do it: Feel free to present your own pronouns to convey an atmosphere of acceptance and reassurance, either verbally or in a signature/username/bio, but do not ask other people for their pronouns unless you actually really need to know. You only need to know if you are talking about the person to a third party.

It is also extremely performative and annoying when cis people only do the pronoun circle when there is a visibly trans person in the room. It’s infantilising. Either you always offer your pronouns because you want to, or you never offer your pronouns because you don’t want to.

Disclaimer: This is the humble onion of just one trans person and I don’t respresent everybody.