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Our Final Victory In The War On Christmas Draws Ever Nearer! - Trans Megathread from December 22nd, 2025 to December 28th, 2025

Capitalism and its allies (racism, queerphobia, ableism, and patriarchy, just to name a few) have turned what aught to be a time of rest and celebration at years end into the mess we know as "Christmastime". These systems of abuse and exploitation that we struggle against are in fact so deeply embedded into the "traditions" surrounding Christmas that their removal would render this so-called "holiday" totally unrecognizable. Without the atomization, the abuse of laborers and the gross consumerism fueled by the violence of empire… what would be left of what was once called Christmas?

The true War on Christmas lies not in saying "seasons greetings" or "holiday tree" but in the battles we wage for the liberation of all mankind.

Happy holidays comrades, a better world is possible.


The image (which is tight as hell) is a commemorative poster by Vladimir Menshikov depicting Ded Moroz, a Russian/eastern slavic cultural figure similar to Santa Claus, as a partisan in the Great Patriotic War. The poem in the bottom left (roughly) translates to:

We have settled our score with the invaders: To the executioners who barely survived, Our partisan raids, fierce and relentless, Still haunt their dreams at night.

Image and translation credits to Propagandopolis on twitter (its an xcancel link).

I was too busy with the nonsense to produce an actual effortpost so this is what we're getting this week lol.


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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 7mon

HELLO THIS IS THE MEGA SIGN UP POST/LIST POST

if you have a preferred week please tell me

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​ * after name denotes someone who has posted before and will be skipped by first-time posters

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

I like doing these, can I have another?

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

STABBED MYSELF WITH A NEEDLE, IT'S GIRL TIME!!

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 7mon

LFG trans-ferret

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 7mon

party-blob

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Oh shit starting with the needles??? You’re so brave

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

It's not that hard, it also does not hurt.

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

I’ll probably switch at my next follow-up, the possible complications with pills are scarier than needles at this point

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I'm on diy so it's the most available one, it's super chill and convenient, apply once a week and then just wait

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Can't believe I'm 2 1/2 months on E.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

Aaaaaa that's so excitingggg! Before you know it'll be a year and then 2 years and then the fat redist will really kick into overdrive and omgggg we're so excited for you just thinking about it cat-trans

So proud of you for making it this far

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JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I'm so happy for you.

cat-trans

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 7mon

trans-heart trans-heart trans-heart

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🎀 Seryph (She/Her) - 7mon

Hi hi~ I felt like I should post a little update on how things have been going. Unfortunately I'm still super busy so I won't be active (thesis hell is real) but I also wanted to let you all know I'm alive and doing good. Very good actually.

Immediately I'm really proud of where I've gotten even if it's not quite as far as I'd have liked. I currently have more money saved up than I had when I got kicked out 2 years ago and idk, even though its not a lot I'm really really proud of myself for reaching this point. All my grad applications are in and I'm hopeful about my chances too, and I'm getting ready to move for grad school this summer. I'm still really busy though, I kinda gave myself way too much work this semester and I'm still kinda recovering from that which has been messing with my theses more than I'd have liked.

On the trans side I started prog and its been nice (though has definitely had its effects on me), also made some closer irl friendships which have been helpful too.

And the biggest bit is I have a partner now and we're so gay oml. Unfortunately its long distance but we've been spending so much time together and its been so nice and comfortable and its just feels right. We were already best friends for like the past year, but now, ah I love zir so much ze's so perfect and aaahhhhhhh.~ Its been so nice and I'm so happy and excited about everything moving forward.

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 7mon

waow-based

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rando895 [she/her] - 7mon

Came out to my parents back in September (I'm an adult, financially stable, and safe just to put that out there) and they have not taken it well.

::: spoiler spoiler

So when they asked what I wanted for Christmas at the start of September I said "nothing until you access me as your daughter". Well I'm sure you all know how well that went... Transphopes gonna transphobe. Well, they basically ordered me to call them back and tell them what I wanted. Lol. Nope. Thats not how this works. So I didn't. But protecting your peace is difficult, especially with ones parents.

I got a phone call this morning with my dad yelling at me for being selfish etc, etc. So now I'm crying, drinking my coffee, and reading about emotionally immature parents so that I can get on with my life.

But my in-laws have been great (and literally everyone else in my life but my parents) so I am grateful for that.

:::

Also 2.5 months of hrt = tears, lots of tears apparently

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Insecurities are stored in the tear balls, and they need to be let out.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Sick and need to be someone's cuddly gf

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

Being somebody's cuddly gf is at the bottom of maslow's hierarchy istg

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Oh hey I got a 3.73 this semester, nice.

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RION [she/her] - 7mon

Swag money

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 7mon

If a male family member offers me a hand shake at Christmas like they would another male relative, they get me ignoring it and going for the hug where I press my breasts against them and I hold it just an imperceptible moment too long.

They brought this on themselves.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Holy based

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

I have been doing the same and kind of relishing how annoyed they get when I ignore their hand and do the "hug?" gesture. Very powerful technology.

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 7mon

One of them left quickly just doing a wave to avoid it again on the way out. Lol.

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 7mon

Haven't really seen people be annoyed by it. My brother is more of a hugger than me, where he'll go for hugs with men he just met (like a friend of a friend) and it never seemed like its been something they've disliked.

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

I've always been a hugger regardless of identity. I'd say it's a fragile masculinity / homophobia thing, and it isn't something I see very often (thankfully).

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

After not drinking caffiene for many weeks, I tried an energy drink again. And now I'm straight up nauseous and panicking. I used to drink this shit daily what-the-hell

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 7mon

It's interesting how quickly we lose tolerance for things. I hadn't had fast food in months and felt gross after eating it two days in a row ._.

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

Had the inverse of this but with my medication recently what-the-hell It is weirdly affirming to realize you're making positive decisions I guess haha

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 7mon

oh my god, I can't drink caffeine anymore either. I have a coffee-stength caffeine drink today and I'm trying to basically make it last for most of the day because I don't wanna drink too much and feel anxious.

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

I feel the jitters is all in my mind when I drink, sometimes it's alright just gonna sleep after a cup

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

Sign of adhd btw

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Merry Christmas to the queer commies in my phone. Love and support to all of you dealing with misgendering and casual transphobia over the holidays.

Went to a sports game where some 16-yr olds were being belligerent dickheads. When I turned around to stop them from fighting my sibling, they said I looked like a girl :) so far so good, especially for 1 week on E and rocking cold weather gear

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Person at the gender clinic sir'd me. Girls what even is this shit lmao.

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JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I had a similar incident this year.

::: spoiler spoiler I went to my PP clinic for an appointment, and apparently a new security guard was being trained. He misgendered me, I corrected him, and his supervisor who was with him reprimanded him immediately... while also misgendering me in his apology.

I then sat in the waiting area while across the room the supervisor was explaining how to avoid this situation in the future. I was fuming about being made an object lesson. :::

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 7mon

i don’t have a lot of hard evidence for it but philippines has to be one of the top lesbian countries. i’ve only been here for a bit under a week, but i see signs. here’s the label for some laundry detergent:

i also saw one of those airplane/skymall type magazines showing a lesbian couple going to all the tourism spots they were advertising. i don’t have photos but you have to believe me

i went to my aunt and uncle’s house and in the bathroom there was a painting of a woman by my aunt that would be nsfw to post here

make of this information what you will theory-gary

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 7mon

I know two Filipino women both are lesbians (in separate relationships). I did not meet them through queer stuff.

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

A sign now exists because of me catgirl-huh ::: spoiler spoiler Back at the library and I'm opening the bathroom door, they changed the hinges and I slam the door open against the wall. Those doors normally took a lot to open and I just thought I got super strong over the weekend :::

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

The sign is warning people about new hinges forgot to mention

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Nasalstrip [he/him] - 7mon

You’ve left your mark on the world 🎉

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

yea... just glad I didn't smash the fire extinguisher or anything

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Apparently its fucking impossible for my family to keep a door closed so I had to run all over the neighborhood (its fucking freezing) while sick to catch this fucking dog. FUCKING CLOSE THE DOOR GOOD GOD

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RION [she/her] - 7mon

One morning when I was like 13 I let the dogs out to the backyard of this rental we stayed at for a bit. And someone had left the door to the garage open? And then the actual garage door for cars was open too?? So they just ran out to what's normally one of the busiest streets in town and said hi to people for like 30 seconds before coming back. I just stood there dumbstruck while it happened and then shut the door after they came back in. If it wasn't so early things could've been a lot worse!

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 7mon

I started estrogen on the 25th of Feb, this makes Christmas day my 10 month anniversary every year which seems fitting.

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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 7mon

Every year except leap years catgirl-smug

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I started on the solstice (the next day after, but still), super pagan vibes.

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

Used to be apathetic to Thanksgiving and Christmas, now I actively dislike it :christmas-cool: Between being vegan in a carnist family and the weird ways my in-laws gender activities, I'm at my wit's end. No shade to people who like it, it's just overstimulating to me anymore.

Thinking I will come out in the new year, so I may not have to worry about family activities anymore 🫥

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

I think my mom looked at my chest area suspiciously

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Ah what treacherous breasts!

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

If youre actually nervous about and not ready to come out, the magic word is "gynecomastia" for a medical sounding thing if she asks.

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

::: spoiler family shit, rambling I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

The Christmas zoom call was SO ass. It was horrendous. No one gave a fuck about my name or pronouns. I've written a letter to my family and asked my sibling if it was fair and they said yes. I still don't know if I should send it.

The whole reason I zoomed instead of visited in person was because I didn't want to be trapped there around so many people I despise, with no way of leaving. It's great to know I made the right choice, because not only did I not hear my name basically at all (except for once from my sibling), but my dad was actively an asshole to me. I guess he simply couldn't help it.

I wore my favorite dress, did my nails all nice, had my name on the zoom set to my name and pronouns. I did everything. No one forgot. No one cared.

I find out from my sibling today that while they were there in person, any time my grandma tried to bring anything up about my gender transition, my dad would shut her down by saying "please, let's just have a good day." So it seems like everyone may have been to afraid to ruin my dad's favorite holiday, so I was the sacrificial lamb. "Let's have a good day." Amazing how I didn't have one of those.

Every single bone in my body is telling me never to talk to my dad ever again and just cut ties. I desperately want to be able to. He is an irredeemable asshole. I genuinely hate him. The only thing keeping me from just doing it is the knowledge that my grandma lived with him. Shes 90 years old and if I ever want to see her again in person, I have to put up with the family nonsense.

It's also a thing where I'm scared of cutting off from pretty much the only family I have left, even if they're bad for me. :::

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler I think it's that I'm running out of people who claim to care about me. Even though my dad doesn't actually care about me, he says he loves me. And I kind of crave that. :::

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler I feel like I'm just allowing myself to be taken advantage of just cause he says the words. But the feeling is so strong. Even though I hate his guts :::

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 7mon

Used to think I didn't like "Mr" because honorifics are bad. Now I know I just don't like honorifics. Much rather be called bitch than "Ms".

Also, first time to be assumed to be my brother's wife.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Much rather be called bitch than "Ms".

I need more people to call me bitch tbh. I think only one person has been comfortable enough with me to

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 7mon

Saw your other comment. Congrats on your estrogen treatment biiitch. :)

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 7mon

Same. I've only had one person do it so far and it was a student who was just trying to get a reaction from me years ago.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Bish please powercry-1?

(Sorry, I'm too sub even jokingly call other people that)

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 7mon

Bitch, same. I'm always referring to myself as "this bitch" but no one else is getting in on it

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 7mon

I want to stop watching shows and reading stories without queer people. Feels like I've seen enough cishet storylines to last me a life time.

I think about the stories that mean the most to me and, with some exceptions, queerness always plays a role. Those exceptions always include queer fanworks to re-contextualise the characters or the whole story too.

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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

I dyed my hair for the first time! I'm officially blue hair and pronouned up!!

The more openly queer I look, the happier I am :))

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Sister's bf trying to get in my good graces

Hey man, how you doin!

:madilene-stare: ppl need to just leave me alone tbh...

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

I swear I'm not that overtly anti social but I do hate people treating me blatantly genderedly.

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 7mon

me at christmas table: staring forlornly out of the window counting down seconds that i can leave

my brother: trying to engage me in pc part discussion rattling off cpu names and models

catgirl-flop

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

I'm autistic enough I've been doing something embarrassingly similar to my dad about something slightly different and he loves it.

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

Hearing radio ads that go "something something Starbucks... Something something revoke man card" is wild to me. Anyone else remember that period where your gender could be revoked by doing some acts, or that your gender was a card others could take away brow all that talk if the left is stripping your masculinity was just projection. I am aware these people think in the binary so if not man than woman and we gotta add sexism/misogyny to the mix

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mendiCAN [none/use name] - 7mon

yer reminding me of some part-formed thoughts i had on this a few months ago. i got my nails done (partly from seeing yours actually) and was rocking my shit walking Mom's dog and kept getting cold looks from her neighbors when before i had got friendly waves.

made me wonder about performative masculinity and wonder if chuds are so grumpy cuz of the constant work they do to maintain their manliness "card" alla time

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

My reactions have been mixed mostly women digging the nails but I keep at it regardless. I really don't know if I'll ever rock pink hair let's say but it has mostly to do with messing with my hair more than I need but it would make a statement at least

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

A friend I'm really comfortable around is visiting, and as soon as they opened the door and walked in I felt my personality return. It kind of puts in perspective how lonely I actually feel.

I have a few online friends that I talk to a lot and maybe that's why I haven't felt extremely lonely but I really need to find some people irl that I can actually be me around

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

Work has been fucking awful. So many sick calls, its too busy, they want us to take way too acute patients and we cant get people off our unit. Then we get backed up and theyre mad we cant make a trauma bed appear - like bed coordinator, site manager you made this happen by having us take ortho patients and disposition problem patients.

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puppygirlpets [pup/pup's, she/her] - 7mon

mewwy cwistmas to all who celebrate

doggirl-happy

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I wanna cry for no reason. This means the E is working lets-fucking-go

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KrupskayaPraxis - 7mon

::: spoiler dating, sex I keep seeing content on instagram about dating, romance and hookups and it makes me feel lonely. :::

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 7mon

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

I mean to be fair, walking and sleeping are two of the most incredible activities kind of ever, so...

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 7mon

sleeping my beloved catgirl-heart

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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 7mon

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

6 days :) I’m so worn out from family shit that I don’t think I’m noticing many effects . I want to fight my siblings and cry, but they always irritate me so that could easily be separate. Still not drinking but I’m absolutely surrounded by alcohol which sucks. I can’t wait to come out next year and go to my partner’s family for the holidays. They’ve already started calling me she while I’m still “man, dude, boy” to my immediate family… maybe this is the estrogen cuz I kinda feel like crying despite nothing bad really happening. One sibling “they”d me which I guess is progress. It feels shitty and ungrateful to say, but I’m so exhausted I wish I was back home

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

My stomach hurts like crazy but at least I have an excuse to look pained and not socialize. Why does this happen the first holiday I don’t drink smdh (is nausea/diarrhea a side effect of starting mones?)

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

Haha. We're having the same experience basically

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Sorry for bombarding with replies, but yeah we’re definitely in the same boat. It’s nice to have comrades here because a lot of our best posters are in so deep!

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

Don't worry about it. Being stuck with family during Christmas is an experience. My grandmother is already annoying me about my hair. I just turn away and don't even reply.

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

I need to pull out the ignoring card more than I do

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rafflesia [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

WHEW they weren't kidding about estrogen making your emotions more intense

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

Real

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

Yeaaah, it has been a week for me, and I'm already feeling it.

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queermunist she/her - 7mon

I didn't really notice until I started prog

AND THEN-!

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RION [she/her] - 7mon

I think my boobs are getting sorer? Been about a month since I started injections, maybe that has something to do with it

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Got all 175 strawberries in Celeste, all but one B side (the summit).

edit: on the final ascent of the summit B side

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

Work sucks tonight. 1:10 ratio right now (I have 10 patients) and the other side is gonna go down to 1:10 too soon. This is unit is orgnaized around "team" nursing but Ive been a team of 1 every other shift here its ridiculous. Im basically just waiting for a sentinal event and praying its not on my shift.

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

I FEEL IT IN MY FINGERS, I FEEL IT IN MY TOES!

::: spoiler spoiler CHRISTMAS IS ALL AROUND ME, AND SO THE FEELING GROWS! :::

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

Is this movie not-good about trans stuff? Of course, it’s fuckin British. Do I love it in spite of that? Yea.

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

Lib actually

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

I got an email from my registered gender clinic asking about my insurance details so that they know who to charge money for the healthcare they will provide me ... starting 3 years from now (expected wait time).

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Diy, that's ridiculous.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

I know. I'm DIYing already. But eventually I do need to go legal (I'm an immigrant. I can't go off grid)

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Sorry it's a reflex

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 7mon

It's not a bad reflex to have honestly, considering the medical gatekeeping a lot of us would otherwise face.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

It took me basically 3 years from wanting bottom surgery and getting on the wait list for the gender clinic to it happening in January. The time passes.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

I know, I'm being dramatic. 3 years from now I'll be fine. (Even though I'm not fine right now)

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

What the fuck

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Since feeling better the last few days, I've also noticed myself being randomly emotional/crying about things again and more often then ever. Several times a day, usually only for a few minutes at most though. Random things, like wanting a partner etc, not the same as my deep sadness. I assume just normal E emotions but it is still a thing.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Also cuddly, so damn cuddly, god I need to cuddle.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

mood

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

So it seems recently that my libido is now closer to what it was before HRT than immediately after. Interesting.

Went from 100% to 5% to now 60%.

And I'm feeling deep yearnings.

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bipp [she/her] - 7mon

Oooo hell ya! The yearning is sort of amazing

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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 7mon

yeah this is something that can go back and forth a lot over the years. i've also had some major changes when i got off cyproterone and switched to monotherapy, and things seem to be taking another turn now after my orchi. and it's not just libido, this all comes with a set of anatomical developments as well.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

Getting anxious to see changes happen in the next weeks. I know it will take months for most changes, but still anxious for the earlier ones

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SexUnderSocialism [she/her] - 7mon

Your brain when you start HRT:

"Are you enjoying the show? Refill your estrogen... You'll love this next part." bridget-smug

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I don't know why I expected something to feel different, but that doesn't even make sense. Puberty didn't make me feel much differently, so changes in hormones aren't magically going to make me FEEL THE ESTROGEN PUMPING THROUGH MY VEINS or something.

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bipp [she/her] - 7mon

It'll all hit you in awhile that things are different and that feeling is the best!

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

Yeah, changes hit all at once

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Mood, before starting I was like “it’s a process, it’ll take years,” and after starting I’m just like “WHERE CHANGES”

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

Me two hours after the first injection: "where booba?"

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Up with trans!

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SunshineEnema [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Down with cis!

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 7mon

Up with trans!

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Down with cis!

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

up with trans!

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 7mon

Down with cis!

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

Up with trans!

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 7mon

Down with cis!

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

This holiday sucks

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Well chat, overall had a good Christmas, obv being closeted sucks super bad but it was still okay. Felt good which is really what matters most. Hope everyone else is okay. Wish my mood was more stable.

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

Starting to wonder how much my inability to enjoy dancing was actually just dysphoria in a hat

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

I love dancing at night clubs and with partners doing swing or whatever after transitioning! I didnt mind boogeying as a boy but I LOVE it as a woman!

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 7mon

Yuri

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 7mon

Speaking of which, why isn’t vampire yuri more of a thing? You’d think there’d be an audience for it.

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 7mon

You're so right. We're being cheated out of quality vampire yuri 😭

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RION [she/her] - 7mon

Forgot my coffee, sooo tired

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

we bring you coffee meow-coffee

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RION [she/her] - 7mon

Thank u

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Thought of a few of you on the first video of my nightly doomscroll

::: spoiler spoiler It's "emotional dimorphism" and ig biting is a way to regulate the emotion of being overwhelmed by cuteness. ::: spoiler spoiler More of a thing for me now :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler I started estrogen and I had to bite more and more too. Didn't have to before, become more and more of an urge, now I have to bite something :::

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Nasalstrip [he/him] - 7mon

I’m so fucking sick of my towering teen boy coworkers commenting on and joking about my height. I’m stealth but it still makes me feel so shit even if they only know me as a man. Just the audacity too, I’m 21 not one of your friends.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Height is inescapable and I hate it. Maybe in the top 3 for me

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Nasalstrip [he/him] - 7mon

I’m okay with being a 5’3 guy, especially since I’ve been able to go stealth, it’s just the constaaaant comments I get. Like yeah I know I’m short I’m the one in the body brah

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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler sex Just had a 4some with my tboy bf and 2 other tgirls and omg omg omg omg. Freaky t4t group sex for hours is the greatest thing on earth. I love my removed removed life :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

There is this guy (on reddit) posting pics of him doing body art on his arm with mehndi. Example in the linked picture. As you can guess, the comments consist entirely of people denying that the guy is a guy, or them calling him a twink and talking about how "breedable" he is.

I swear to God you need some thick fucking skin to post pictures of yourself on the Internet if you are even slightly feminine (menhdi is typically associated with Indian women).

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

My friend was showing me these weird-ass games in steam that they were getting as a gag for a common friend, and like, can people stop being weird about twinks, femboys and trans women?? Like, please, stop it with this shit.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

No, because many men (and I suppose women too) haven't moved past the catcalling culture. They just know it's rude to do it to women, but GNC men and trans women? They're fair game because who stands up for us? Even people in our own communities often join in on this shit.

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 7mon

Cried a bit at this beautiful short film about being trans: One Day I May | Animated Short Film 2024

I sometimes want the body of a man and other times of a woman. What do I do about this? I love my body and I want to keep all my original body parts, I just want to be able to morph back and forth as I wish. Does anyone relate?

I believe there is no gender affirming surgery for me because I would never change away from the female parts of me without being able to instantly return back to my original body whenever I want.

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 7mon

Wow, what a touching film. 🥹 I do relate to what you're saying.

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 7mon

this was really beautiful. thank uou for sharing heart-sickle

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Amnesigenic - 7mon

Experimenting with hair removal because electrolysis is expensive, been intermittently ripping out body hairs for a while now, had a new idea recently while doing so: I've been hearing since I was a kid that you shouldn't disinfect cuts with peroxide or alcohol because it will worsen scarring and make it heal slower, and scarring of the hair follicle is what makes the hair stop growing back, so maybe waxing/epilating+one of those fluids=hair not come back? I assume someone has already thought of and tried this because I never have original ideas but I can't find anything evidence of it online. I tried it anyway and it made the pores sting where hairs were removed but that doesn't necessarily mean anything, I'm maintaining a control group area that's being plucked but not alcohol washed as well but it's definitely too early for a noticeable difference in results. If anyone knows of science about this or can provide a scientifically plausible explanation of why it would or wouldn't work I would appreciate it.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

The risk doesnt outweigh the benefit and youll end up with scarred skin. Laser works pretty good, electrolysis is obviously gold standard. But even a while with estrogen and waxing/epilating will calm your follicles if you cant afford laser/electrolysis

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nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer] - 7mon

From my understanding, it's targeted destruction of follicle stem cells that stops hair growth, not scarring of the follicle. Off-the-shelf stuff isn't strong enough to do anything, and even if you could find alcohol or peroxide strong enough to have an effect, I'm not sure how you'd apply it without damaging your skin too. Esp peroxide which can cause tissue death at higher concentrations.

You can find some nut grass oil (Cyperus Rotundus) if you wanna try a topical. Results vary but some people swear by it.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I don't think you should do this. Waxing/epilating irritates your skin and applying peroxide (I'm assuming a commercial solution of hydrogen peroxide) can be damaging to the skin, doing it right after epilating is bad, you can damage your skin. Alcohol is not much of a problem, it is used in aftershave stuff, because it can actually help your skin heal as it is an antiseptic, but it will also make your skin dryer long term. Over all, this will probably not have the results you are after.

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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 7mon

Mostly echoing what others said. Do not risk scarring for this, you will eventually regret it. Also, unless you have white / grey / platinum blonde hair or very dark skin, electrolysis shouldn't be the first line of permanent hair removal anyway. It is faster, cheaper and more efficient to start with laser and then eventually do electrolysis if you have ambitious goals like "never shaving again" - for things like not having a visible 5 o clock shadow anymore even after days without shaving, and having peachy smooth skin with a very casual, quick shave, laser is usually sufficient if done right.

Still a price issue if insurance doesn't cover it, but a lot less than electrolysis simply because the workload is sooo much lower. We're talking about 10 - 20 half hour sessions vs literally hundreds of hours. If you go for this, make sure that it's a diode or alexandrite laser and not some IPL scam and try to get input from trans patients who've been to that place, results vary a lot depending on the technician's skills. Watch out for red flags like technicians not covering up birthmarks before a session, no permanent reduction of hairs after more than a handful of sessions or people reporting that their hairs turned white instead of falling out.

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Sneakytrickyyy [any, undecided] - 7mon

HELLO, WORLD!

rat-salute

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RION [she/her] - 7mon

Made an ill-advised Google search and LMAO

::: spoiler self harm :::

Can always count on Jeffy B to hook you up

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

I really wish I had some trans women friends. I need to talk and be talked to more. I had made a few friends here and that was peak, before they left. I think about them every day. And many, many failed attempts.

I'm sad and lonely tonight.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

I just hit it off with so few people, so few people are trans women... god. I just want friends. People I get along with. Connection in my life. What the fuck did I do to deserve this

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mean [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

Trans women friends re amazing and they changed my life but they are hard to find. I wish you good luck comrade.

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

Um so I saw a recording of myself and didn't hate it. I also didn't hate hearing myself. I actually kind of liked hearing myself wtf? So that's cool. I actually felt really comfy as a very obviously trans woman tbh.

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 7mon

the wiggles then: Fruit Salad! Yummy yummy!

the wiggles now: Woke salad! They/them pronouns!

what happened to america?????????

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 7mon

The Wokeles kelly

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

Came out to my partner as gender questioning on Christmas evening. It did not go very well, but it could have been worse. Sometimes when there's conflict, I question whether I actually believe what I'm saying. I'm proud that I stood firm this time that this is something necessary and important to me.

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

I feel this. I struggle with the same thing. What helps me is to think about the moments of euphoria, in case that helps you too. That’s what keeps me confident whenever I start to second guess myself.

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

This is especially helpful for me since I also think I'm autistic. I've always masked to avoid conflict, and sometimes that reflex makes me unsure about whether the mask is the real me. But the euphoria is unmistakable 🙂

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

Yay!

I have the same issue. It’s super frustrating not being able to figure out how you really feel. Like wtf, that shouldn’t be hard.

Anyway, I’m glad this was helpful :)

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

It is so validating hearing someone else have similar experiences 💜 Thank you!!!

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

cat-trans

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KrupskayaPraxis - 7mon

A year on HRT and my boobs are still pretty small and can be confused for moobs from some perspectives. Can I expect more growth this next year?

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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

The second year is when mine really got big

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Yes, they don't stop for a long time. Hopefully you'll get a good bit more in the next year/next couple :meow-hug:

Also when you hit, I think like tanner 3 (check me on this) you should start prog if you haven't already. In studies it gives an extra cup size on average.

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KrupskayaPraxis - 7mon

I've started prog three weeks ago

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Good stuff :cat-trans:

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neongreensweater [they/them] - 7mon

::: misgendering

was only able to stand up for myself once re: misgendered by family members but the person was very sorry and did their best to make sure not to do it again so we take what we can get right now (im so sleepy when will they go home lol)

:::

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

lol I only started calling them out on it the last couple days and my parent said “I thought you’d let us know when you’re ready” motherfucker my bad I thought it came free with the womanhood

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

What do these people think coming out is for??

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

I wrote a whole ass letter about being a woman, answered hours of intrusive questions about my life and sexual history, and you thought that wasn’t the declaration that I wanted to be treated as such??? At least my brother’s trying a bit though :)

I’m glad your holidays weren’t too bad Eggnog

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

I really do not want to return to work after my break. I hate work so much, its so exhausting. Even without full time it feels like it takes everything I have. I've thought about trying to cut back on hours a little, and I definitely would over quitting. It is very disheartening that 30~ has me this tired and done and wanting to quit when I need to work more.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Sick and miserable and trying not to misery post since I already do that a lot

::: spoiler voice dysphoria I will say being sick has made my voice even worse holy fuck :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

That's awful

::: spoiler spoiler Sometimes when Im sick it cuts out the lower register and I couldnt help but sound more femme pitched. It was like forced training lol. But most of the time, being sick or wildfire smoke will cut off the higher tones and it does suck :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

it is. Its a bit more manageable now that I'm taking pseudoephed (the goat). Still pretty bad but not as awful as earlier.

::: spoiler spoiler Yea its definitely making my voice a lot lower :/ :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Swinging on the bars,

I hit my leg on a pillar,

What harsh winter pains ...

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mean [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

I had a nice, quiet Christmas. I was home from college for the holidays so I was staying at my parents' house^[they accept that I'm trans more or less]^[they are also both liberal religious Catholics]. Then we went over to my grandma's house for dinner^[she's a good cook] and I stayed with her for the night. In short I had a great time.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

I have gone from being in love with my boobs to hating them cause they are so fucking itchy all the time and their shape is wierd

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Them being itchy all the time does kinda suck tbh.

Shape being weird is normal when they're growing but I know 100% I'm going to hate ever minute of it too tbh

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler silly toxic masculinity Learned through the grapevine that my mother-in-law was going to give me a nice candle for Christmas (she knows I love candles) and my father-in-law shot it down because "that's a gift women give to other women or men they have a crush on." What the fuck? I'm not out, but holy shit what a hyper-specific, meaningless gender rule. I have given men in my family flowers and candles AND THEY LOVE IT! Some cis people are ridiculous. :::

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 7mon

Hackers 1996 trans headcannon : transmasc Acid Burn and transfem Crash Override (or reverse) lesbian t4t couple take down AI data centers

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

Oh yeah I could see it. Ramon Sanchez/Phreak is such an obvious proto enby. Everytime Ive watched it with someone else who's trans and seeing it for the first time they clock Phreak as enby.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

There is not a world in which Phreak is binary. Crash and Joey are transfem eggs in my mind and Cereal is their emotional support himbo, maybe thembo.

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 7mon

Cereal really is a total thembo lol

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

You're right. Look at these queer icons:

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

Lord Nikon also gives me strong transmasc vibes.

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queermunist she/her - 7mon

Christmas is over, family ate some of my potatoes and corn muffins, but my pumpkin bread got put to the side and covered up because the table was too full and no one saw it and so no one ate my dang pumpkin bread. 🙄

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Damn I love corn muffins.

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queermunist she/her - 7mon

I topped them with some sweetened plant butter I whipped with cashew milk!

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catter [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler misgendering Had a little bit of a breakthrough recently. Got dysphoria from being told how refreshing it is to see a cis man care about skincare and fragrances, two of the things I've grown to care about because they feel like femme expression to me. I have never liked being called a man, but that juxtaposition made it crystal clear for me why. :::

Weirdly it put me in a better mood because I feel I'm growing more certain of my identity. Thanks to everyone here who has been helping me navigate this :)

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

::: spoiler depression, dysphoria I'm getting depressed about my hair again. Also, I have no privacy in this place, I wish I could just go to my room and cry. :::

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I really just wanna go home and stay in my bedroom

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Moss [they/them] - 7mon

"Stand users attract other stand users" is true as hell because my friend group is like 95% queer and/or neurodivergent, and that was completely without seeking out each other. I have a lot of friends and we all bonded over being slightly weird, and now looking at things, nearly all of us are either queer or neurodivergent. I think I have two, maybe three friends who are straight and neurotypical, and I have a lot of friends so that's saying something. This is completely unintentional on our behalfs because very few of us knew we were queer and/or neurodivergent growing up together

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

This shit is 100% real btw. Back in middle school I had a super queer friend group. We even had our token "American military LARPing christian boy" who later turned into a trans-femme communist. I was super happy with these people. Now my college friend group is all cishet men and I feel more lonely than ever.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

Most of my college friends were cishet and slowly but surely over 10 years were all trans or otherwise queer, except the one guy. Tick tick BRIAN

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

I used to think I was the straight friend in my groups or the neurotypical one really was just hiding myself too much because I was uncomfortable about standing out

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Its always wild to me how many of my friends have adhd, like everyone I get along best with

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grym - 7mon

Same here. 99% of the friend group that started 15 years ago is neurodivergent and/or queer. We just used to be the nerdy weirdos

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 7mon

my wife said "this band is better than nirvana" not realizing hole is courtney love's band hehehe

https://youtu.be/cH_rfGBwamc

"when they get what they want, they never want it again"

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

I got 3 chapter left of Judith butler and when I done with them gonna feel so fucking smart doggirl-smart

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Did remember injection Friday and getting it out now.

Tried messaging my cousin again. We've been talking very rarely, it feels very unfortunate for me. She said she loved me so much, but doesn't keep chatting or message first or anything like that. I'm trying not to assume the worst or anything but- I would feel more loved if we just chatted semi often or she messaged me or anything instead of saying it. And yea, we hadn't talked in years and years before I came out to her, but I don't know. I wish we were working towards a friendship. Our moms talk and apparently she is super excited to see me again etc.

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

My dad is zoom calling me into the family Christmas gathering tomorrow. Oh that end call button is gonna be so tempting the entire time dear god

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mean [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

Would there be any repercussions to hanging up? Because if not you should just do it if you feel the need.

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 7mon

There is a very high chance that will be happening

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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 7mon

How to hide hormone shit from family? The danger of them finding out is like the main reason i havent started diy yet (well, also that im a stupid fuh wholl 2nd guess herself every turn without a handholding guide doggirl-smug but i can probably overcome that problem). I can maybe ask some other ppl ik to store it at their places but i want other ideas cuz idk if thatd work doggirl-sweat

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

You only gotta do it once a week. I just put everything into a drawer with a lock and then locked it. You can dispose of supplies whenever you're alone, just be sure to do it appropriately.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

None of it is that big tbh, could easily be hidden in a shoebox under your bed or probably in your drawers or something. I have 2 years of stuff and its probably a shoebox worth even with a sharps container for needles. If you got maybe like 6months-a year of needles maybe it could fit in a stuffed animal? Its temp sensitive enough I wouldn't put it in my pc case though. Could fit in a drawstring bag in the bottom/back of a closet too.

Injections are usually every week/10 days, if none of that works out there's also an ester (Undecylate) that's done monthly. Its a bit trickier to dose from what I've heard but if you couldn't make the other options work that's something you could do too.

That was a problem for me too if you need help feel free to DM me.

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anonochronomus [comrade/them, she/her] - 7mon

You don't need much in the way of supplies for HRT. Bare minimum is a syringe and a vial. I keep mine in a little pouch in a drawer.

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Merry (the war on) Christmas everypony!

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler

If I have so much trouble connecting with my own family (my mom keeps telling me that I've become so cold and distant) and panic in the presence of people (been stress eating lately even though I'm on vacation), then I'm just cooked.

:::

::: spoiler mention of detrans and suicide

I'm even getting g thoughts of giving up. Whether that means dying or detransitionining, it doesn't matter. But either way, I have not much motivation left to see things through.

Maybe this is just a result of being in the closet for so long. But I'm going to be in the closet for a long time. Can I make it to the end?

:::

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crosswind [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I used to think that my parents would be the easiest people for me to talk to, and I built up in my head how much more difficult making friends would be, and how I wasn't ready for that. Eventually I pushed myself to start meeting people anyway, and at first it was really hard, but it got easier over time as I recognized how much the people I met were not like my parents. Now talking to my friends makes it much easier to deal with my parents.

I had been in the closet a long time when I started making friends, but that situation hasn't changed much since I came out.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler dysphoria, misery So genuinely hard for me to accept that this really is my life, that the dysphoria etc is what it is and there's not going to be an answer. There's nothing someone is going to say that makes me okay with my body, that makes voice training not awful, that makes being trans in this society, in this body, not awful. Its just going to keep on sucking, I'm going to keep feeling miserable and disconnected and longing for what I will never have. Nothing is going to make it okay. Its just not okay. Its awful and painful and the worst experience of my life and its not going to go away or stop or anything. Its hopeless and miserable and terrible. I'll never get what I want.

I can't accept it. I can't do this misery and pain and dysphoria. Why can I not be content in my body as it is. As it could be. Why do I have to feel like this.

Life is hell for me. Its not okay and never will be. I hate being trans and I hate living after T puberty. I hate my stupid fucking awful body and voice. Fucking puberty. Forever. Literally nothing can stop the grief, the pain. I keep trying to fix it but it can't be. ::: support group in a few hours. need to decide what to talk about.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Didn't say much. I don't really have anything to say but stuff like the above

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Self-suggestion works. I can usually alter my mood greatly just by telling myself different things. So then why do I tell myself negative things so often? What is the point of indulging in sorrow? How stupid of me to put myself down ...

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mendiCAN [none/use name] - 7mon

tell me as soon as you crack this one k? i talk mad shit at myself

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

I told my friend in middle school I transitioned 6 years ago!

He started going down a red pill path in uni, and I dunno, I just never corrected him or told him. I think he's literally the last person I was intentionally withholding from (my dad and I just havent talked but if we did Id tell him.

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Friends, shortly after I posted my last trans mega I took a big hit to my mental wellbeing and as a result of this I had little desire to POAST alongside you all. This of course is not an issue as there is no obligation to POAST, however I was presented with many chances to talk about one of my favorite musical acts (Above & Beyond) and I did not take any of them. I never get a chance to talk about OceanLab or Above & Beyond.

Low key mad about that.

Anyways, in reply to a comment by @Red_Eclipse@hexbear.net I have this to say:

YES!!!!! Bigger Than All Of Us was wonderful! It didn't beat Group Therapy for me but it didn't dissapoint by any means. What gets me about the new album is the "character" played by Robert Bedford in contrast to the characters played by Zoe Johnston and Justine Suissa. Bedford's voice sounds older, almost tired, and his songs are about what his songs were about 10+ years ago, failed and toxic relationships. Suissa and Johnston don't sound all that different (though Suissa's voice has taken on a timbre that is just gorgeous) but the lyrics in those songs seem to be from the perspective of people who have settled down and/or have kids. Not sure if that contrast is there intentionally or if that's just my interpretation. Like you mentioned, Above & Beyond have an incredible taste in vocalists, Johnston being my favorite of their frequent collaborators. She brings a surreal and unearthly, at times eerie vibe to club music that I really fuck with. Case in point being Gabriel and Dresden's remix of No One On Earth.

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Red_Eclipse [she/her] - 7mon

I did pick up on that, the way the different voices seem to have different stories. Richard's is definitely interesting. Start A Fire = limerence, Blood From A Stone = emotional vampire, Sailing Off The End Of The World = avoidance/running away, and 'Til I'm Home makes me wonder if he's desperately trying to find his way back to that same person he ran away from in the previous song lol 🤔

Quicksand literally made me cry because it's exactly how I feel when my long distance SO leaves.

"cause I love, love, love, love, love you don't let go of my hand.... don't go, don't go, don't go!!!" 😭😭😭

And yess I love No One On Earth, I wanna fall in love with an alien pls 🥺

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 7mon

Ok ok ok ok but the thing about No One On Earth is that its probably about aliens or someone rolling on MDMA pretty hard but it can also be about a pet getting adopted if you think about it a little.

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

I am so itchy. It’s getting to the point where my last three injection sites just stay itchy. They’ll get better over the week, but then when I inject they’ll be big and red and itchy again no matter how much Claritin or Benadryl I swallow or apply topically. Still better than the alternative, but goddamn I wish I could do this without being basically covered in bee stings most of the time.

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 7mon

You're doing subq injections right? I've heard some people get less irritation with intramuscular injections. Maybe you could try that for a few weeks and see if it makes a difference?

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

Good call, I’ll snag some longer needles and give IM a shot :)

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

I was feeling overwhelmed so I had a nap. Simple fix lea-huh

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RION [she/her] - 7mon

Huge new technology

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler ::: spoiler suicide I should kill myself already

I am so sick of this shit. This nightmare.

Why the fuck did I have to be trans

Why am I sticking around for this shit. It's awful. Everything about this is awful. I just want to stop. I hate living, I hate doing anything. I do not want to exist anymore. This is hell. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

headpat

::: spoiler spoiler

cuddle cuddle cuddle cuddle

Despite how tough it is, you're still going.

::: cuddle

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 7mon

down with cis

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

down with cis

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 7mon

down with cis

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 7mon

Soggy biscuit with all transfems that have been on HRT for long enough is just normal biscuit

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler I dont cum much anymore (to my general relief) but I do absolutely produce some shit that I guess is more or less the equivalent of getting wet? If someone is hot enough and were talking dirty or making out, I will be leaking to my eternal surprise. No orgasm or whatever :::

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler I mean it makes sense. The bartholins/cowpers glands are homologous (spelling?) and estrogenizing them makes them function more like bartholins glands which are in large part responsible for "getting wet".

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

:madeline-stare:

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 7mon

i-do

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I regret searching what it is

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 7mon

tuxedo mask? more like tuxedo masc 😎 🌹

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 7mon

Listening to pure love in kamurocho really do make me feel flag-bi-pride Hana's VA is gold and Akiyama just got this suaveness to him.

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

Up with trans.

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KrupskayaPraxis - 7mon

I hope I find my soulmate before I'm fully done with my transition so I don't have to start disclosing to every new date

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Holy shit I hate the idea of having to disclose

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

Presumably your soulmate, the One, etc wouldnt actually mind if youre trans. I disclose upfront but even for stealth people, fertility can be a red line for people. You know, no one would have to disclose pretty much any otherpart of their medical history, "I broke my collar bone, I had cystic acne" whatever... Anyway I like being trans and Im happy to be upfront about it.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Yea, even cis women who are infertile wouldn't be expected to say something nearly as early as trans women (or may not even know until trying). Personally glad that's not an issue for me with not wanting kids/not dating men

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queermunist she/her - 7mon

I'm doing the thing my dad used to do, where he couldn't find the exact gift that the extended family wanted and so he got the off-brand version. Deal with it nieces and nephews, I have untreated ADHD and didn't remember Christmas shopping until last week! Now you get to relive my childhood!

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mean [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

I made this meme. The bottom part is a depiction of the scene in Aeneid book 5 where the Trojan women get fed up with the quest to colonize Italy and burn the Trojan fleet and Aeneas, out of frustration, decides to let them settle in Sicily.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

My brain tells me that connecting and committing with other people is a burden and expenditure. It is a tie that is difficult to abandon and sever. I have no real rebuttals. Maybe it is more efficient to live life functionally alone. I'm used to it anyway.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

I don't think so, but you do have to find people worth connecting with

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Nasalstrip [he/him] - 7mon

Complaining about the cis lol ::: spoiler spoiler

I’m so fucking sick of cis people and their insistence on constantly bullying us, making judgements on what WE need, pretending they’re experts, treating us like subhumans who need to disclose we’re secretly monsters to everyone we meet or else we’re literally abusers, refusing to acknowledge how many trans kids die because of lack of transition healthcare, acting like “natural” puberty isn’t permanent either, acting like kids ask for surgeries or medical treatments on a whim or just for fun, going out of their way to pretend transition doesn’t help and we’re all just miserable, “biological men!!1!1!1!” “Biological women!1!1!2!”, and thinking their arrogant asses know everything about us whilst totally refusing to talk to us.

They’re constantly whining about respecting us being so hard! So confusing! “I just don’t get it!!”

Most of all I’m sick of them blaming US for what we’re going through. Blaming US for our misery at their hands and blaming us for our banned healthcare and blaming us for their abuse and blaming us for our deaths. ANYTHING but accountability or learning. It must be because we were too DEMANDING and “pushed pronouns”! We took up “too much space”! Silly me, forgot they wanted us segregated so they could go on living in their shitty conformist black-and-white hellhole. Better than having to utilize an ounce of empathy and put in the effort of rubbing 2 brain cells together to call someone a different pronoun. That’s just too much!

Genuinely I’m just so sick and tired and pissed off and the rage has nowhere to go. They want the world to be a black and white binary conformist shithole and then act like we’re crazy for pointing out that that’s totally incompatible with the human mind and experience. I am so sick of cis people. :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler Cis people are so evil its legitimately one of the things that makes me most doomer about this whole thing. They 100% understand men don't want breasts, women don't want to sound like men (along with all the many other things natal puberty does that they understand), they are just cruel. They value 1 cissy over a thousand of us. And, and they have the gall to say "we've gone too far". xi-plz :::

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Nasalstrip [he/him] - 7mon

Yeah I’m just so tired all the time, and cis people cis people’ing is a huge contributor.

Whenever they say some dumbass shit with the “I know what’s best for you” tone I just think of the suicidal tendencies song lyrics:

“So we decided that it would be in your best interest If we put you somewhere Where you could get the help that you need." And I go, "Wait! What are ya talking about?! We decided?! My best interest?! How do you know what my best interest is! How can you say what my best interest is! And what are ya trying ta say, I'm crazy?! When I went to your schools! I went to your churches! I went to your institutional learning facilities! So how can ya say I'm crazy?!

They say they're gonna fix my brain Alleviate my suffering and my pain But by the time they fix my head Mentally, I'll be dead”

A little edgy but it’s a great song to listen to when you feel like the world is insane and you’re the only reasonable one lol

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler Warsails Update I'm really liking where my character is. I'm playing her as the unofficial Spy Master for the Sultan of the Aserai Unqid. He's my father-in-law, my character being married to his youngest daughter. My character keeps turning down offers of a Lordship. Instead is officially just a mercenary getting paid for the influence she gains in fighting enemies and pirates. I own a brewery and an olive press in the capital Sanala where my father-in-law rules from, which feed me rumours. I also have a Silversmith at Askar which is just upriver, which lets me monitor that city.

I have taken over an alley way in Sanala and left an Aserai woman called "the Leopardess" with high roguery who I gave a bunch of reformed pirates to be enforcers. I also have an Imperial woman called "the Black" who controls an Alley in the nearby city of Quaryz which the Vlandian aggressor is occupying. What's fun is I set her up prior to a new war, Alleys don't get taken over like workshops if a city changes hands and they feed information out on troop numbers, while lowering security. It's like I have my own spy/stay behind network.

I have recruited an enormously tall Battanian woman who is a former midwife to be my surgeon (which makes sense I've had like 3 kids already with my lesbian wife). I usually play tall characters but this one I have is average size. So it's fun to see this huge woman standing amongst my other sailors and troops. I'm planning once I get enough men to maybe have two ships, one for me and another for my wife. It's pretty fun, my alleys and my workshops pay for my ship and troops, I target Corsairs and take them prisoner to recruit from them. I have a roguery perk which means I don't lose morale from and my surgeon has the perk that means her surgeon skill applies to the enemy casualties which means way more survive after battle. I'm working my way to a perk that lets me upgrade them to Aserai naval archers but for the moment I'm happy with the corsairs.

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler spoiler I finally accepted a lordship and used the console to snag the cute little castle between Sanala and askar.

We are getting washed though by the Vlandians they've got a city and three castles. We had to accept a bitter peace so we can tidy up a war against the Southern Empire who took the town of Husn Falq.

I don't really care about Empire building in bannerlord but it's fun to be trying to fight off Invaders. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Watch sci-fi chinese cultivation donghua

There is a Donald Trump reference in there

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Also an undertale reference, in the same episode

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iridaniotter [she/her] - 7mon

What's it called?

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

Daily life of the immortal king.

Mostly a slice of life anime where they combine put cultivation into the modern world (so you get things like buying magic items from the Internet, or using microwaves to do traditional Chinese alchemy)

I ... I don't remember why I started watching it or how I even came to know of it.

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

::: spoiler cw sex, tech (silly)

Ugh, i reach a point where yeah i just wanna go hook up with folks. Ok what do people do? Apps! Try to install. Aurora is broken. Get apkm file from apkmirror. Yay it installs! Go to open app. Oh right my phone broke so im using my old phone which is running gappsless lineage OS. Apps no worky cause need gapps. Dont even have microg.

Chat, i think my phone is working for the volcel police, what do i do? How do i escape volcel-judge and violate the volcel-kamala directive?

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VOLCEL_POLICE [it/its] - 7mon

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

::: spoiler misery ::: spoiler some suicide talk I really, really enjoyed not feeling surrounded by hopelessness and wanting to kill myself and hating my stupid trans life for a few nights and I'm already back

Why the fuck am I so fucking miserable instead of being happy and normal.

I'm tired of being pathetic and lonely and miserable and alone and just craving something that's missing. It's breaking me. It might have already. I'm so broken and desperate and hopeless and alone.

god I just want to die and not have to push through this anymore. I'm already broken. Please wtf. I feel like there is nobody :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Early transition just feels like waiting for my real life to start, idk how so many people here have taken it well, ts sucks

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rafflesia [she/her, it/its] - 7mon

It is super annoying and i'm impatient to boot. I'm trying to distract myself but it's tough lol

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

And its so long cri years wtf..

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

I kinda liked my early transition, a lot was hard and sucked but I got huge euphoria from getting gendered right or wearing a skirt the first few times.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Getting gendered right and called my name is really nice, yea that's true... Idk I just really want to look and sound like a woman like, right now. And have had laser. I want to be out there with friends and dates and feel right. Maybe doesn't help I have this hope I'm gonna be in a better position as far as friends and stuff goes when I'm further along..

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 7mon

Finally got a chance to start reading the cheerleader book I was talking about last week, and I love it so far bridget-pride

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shallot [she/her] - 7mon

All these years I was afraid to be clocked as too femme… wow you really can be secure in getting “dude”d and “man”d way more than I ever suspected lmao. Like I guess I’m not presenting that fem but like I’d have been afraid to go out like this and get called out. What a dummy I was.

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 7mon

is it normal to get chronic headaches after you stop estrogen

my last dose was almost 2 weeks ago and i’ve had headaches for the past 3 days

i haven’t felt this in years 🫠

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Yes, you're giving yourself menopause

Go back on hrt owl-pissed

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 7mon

it’s gonna be another week before i can start again 😣

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

:meow-hug:

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

I got no shit for real hot flashes and daily headaches too

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 7mon

were you a headachey person before hrt? i remember getting headaches like this every 1-2 weeks from age 12 to 22. i was always taking tylenol for it

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 7mon

I did as a kid up to about being a teenager, and theyd be bad. Then Id have a nosebleed 😬. Then fine! Lately Ive been headachey more because of work stress, not sleeping enough (picking up a lot of shifts), etc.

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 7mon

wtf i used to get nosebleeds all the time too, not often with headaches though

i hope things at work ease up for you seen!

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

A headache with a nosebleed sounds like it would be a first aid warning of something bad. Hope you can catch up on sleep soon, I hate being in sleep debt.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 7mon

Oh shit I have a mega to make...

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

I'm sitting on posts for the new mega

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JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them] - 7mon

Just watched Tokyo Godfathers with my partner (my second watch, her first). Definitely made me feel things.

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 7mon

I watched that this month, second time for me, technically first all the way through. On a satoishi kon kick. :)

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 7mon

Blowing more money on comics/graphic novels and here’s my latest pick up:

Love and Rockets I’ve always heard good things about but never read. Cú is one I saw that looked neat, basically about the legends involving Cú Chulainn in comic form. I picked up the Gaeilge version because it was in stock but also would be great to help me learn it a little better.

Previous to that, I got some newer EC comics since I was obsessed with the original EC stories (from reprints) when I was a kid:

I’ve already read that volume of Epitaphs of the Abyss and loved it. Working through Cruel Universe now.

Also found out about HaruNeko thanks to cuddlefish on tracha and it’s absolutely amazing. Basically it’s a front end to browse and download stuff from free comic/manga sites. You can find pretty much anything on there and it’s available almost instantly. Pretty great stuff.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 7mon

::: spoiler dysphoria

Advertising for women's products always triggers my dysphoria. And it's all overpriced branded stuff as well, stuff I have no plans of ever buying (especially since I am scared of buying women's products in public).

Also also, I don't feel comfortable enough with my body to even use sports appropriate clothing (cause it would show things). This does not help with doing stuff.

:::

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Sator_is_Tense [they/them] - 7mon

the OP pic is funny b/c Santa looks like he's just posing for the camera whereas his femme companion is holding that ppsh like she means fuckin business

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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Conmon autistic t4t first date: take gummies, then someone goes on about their special interest for an hour, trauma dumping, then kinky sex, then eat pizza

It's the best

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 7mon

Sometimes I'll pre move out a bunch of possibilities on my daily chess games and then when I get back to the board I don't even recognize what happened.

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Moss [they/them] - 7mon

Germany Manhood

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