i haven't posted about myself to the broader trans community or tried to find other transfems who feel like me, but the more i keep my thoughts private the more alienated and alone i feel. i'm sure other people can relate to how my identity manifests for me. i'd like to share. ... read full post
*I'm agender and I do kind of feel like part of the community – at least it's very dear to me. However, I mostly stick to "nonbinary" or "agender" in order to communicate more precisely, so I don't usually call myself trans. ... read full post
I recently came to the conclusion that I was definitely supposed to be a woman (yay me). But I've spent the first half of my life trying to suppress that thought, that I hadn't put much thought into what I'd like to be called. ... read full post
Well, it's happened. Three months ago, I made a post here asking about how to cope with the wait for surgery (By the way, thank you for all the nice comments. They were very helpful and I regret I just didn't have the energy to reply. But know they were appreciated a lot). I was aiming for January. I prepared all the documents, collected them over months and put in my application for coverage. And today, the answer came back. Denied. I did everything right. All the right documents, all the right doctors. The reason for the denial? They say I need to provide proof for 12 months of therapy. This is an old guideline. The current guideline, which has been in place since 2020 says: 6 months. I paid a therapist out of my own pocket without their coverage for exactly 6 months of therapy. This was about 2000€. And now they, who are literally the institution made for adhering to their guidelines, are disrespecting their own guidelines. ... read full post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_self-examination
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/3990-breast-self-exam
Edit: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/Fiona points out that WHO doesn't recommend self breast exams. According to the wikipedia article I linked, you could self exam every single day and suddenly find a walnut (Susan Love), and self exams have not been proven to save lives.
Well, I finally had my first time being somewhat directly confronted with transphobia. ... read full post
I am 14M(AGAB) and started feeling gender dysphoria after starting puberty. At first I thought that I was agender. Soon, I found myself imagining being an AGAB agender, so I decided that I was not agender but a trans girl. ... read full post
Had two interactions with men in public today. ... read full post
Context for this: I grew up in a quite rural village but most of the time I am not there, since I study somewhere else(where my social transition is quite far, so that almost all people I know/care about know it and i very rarely get misgendered/deadnamed). When I am back at home I am an active member of 2 two clubs. I have not outed myself in my village for one reason: Talking. The people around here like to talk a lot of shit and imagine the wildest stuff ever. To avoid this I am planning to drop my coming out out of the void on the yearly general meeting. This means, that the people I am around know what the reality is and I can therefore avoid them maybe asking questions eventually forcing me to come out. ... read full post
A set of genetically identical ovaries would be awesome.
Sorry for the first link that popped up. Don't know where that came from. Fixed it now
I've been saying, "I was born without a uterus", which so far seems to answer honestly without directly outing myself as trans.
Any thoughts on how to best navigate this? Ideally without disclosing I'm trans 😅
CW: transphobic boomers. ... read full post
Hi, I just want to kindly ask what hygiene products to use? Preferably european and cheap, don't care if they are advertising it to men, women, or like unisex or whatever just would like something that works. Idk where to ask, just I as a kid I kinda neglected hygiene and would like some recommendations, also this Philips oneblade was honestly worth buying for me, kinda expansive but worth it :3
I'm terrible at posing, but I did manage to get a good shot instead of my ADHD "the person you are talking to has left the conversation" face. ... read full post
OK, so recently 2 of my jeans broke and so I had to buy new ones. Went shopping in the next City, but not a single store had any kind of jeans that were long enough (German/EU length 36). So I decided to then get them on the internet and when I order from one shop I can just buy 1 jeans Mentz for men and one for women. I then settled on a high waist Jeans and I have to say, that they are much cooler then men jeans.They look kinda cool And they also look way cooler if you add a nice belt. They are also much more comfortable, but that also may just be mine and since its new. ... read full post
I'm trying to find somewhere to store my sperm for fertility preservation before I start estrogen. Anyone got any recommendations in or near the bay area?
Did you get rid of the vellus (fine, downy) hairs as well? I realize the correct answer is "ask your surgeon", but...
The best I can find is that it probably doesn't matter, but since they have the potential to develop into a problem down the road I'm leaning towards better safe than sorry. My electrolysist (electrolygist?) wasn't sure. Hence The straw poll.
Thanks!
I just moved to a new area, which is right on the border between a red state and a blue state (living on the blue side, of course), and I'm looking to set up healthcare appointments. I can search for providers through my insurance, but there's basically no information on them. I would expect that the average medical professional would be more accepting than the average person, but I would still like to increase my chances of finding an accepting provider, since there are definitely phobes around. Are there any tips I can use to help with that? ... read full post
Hey everyone sorry I’ve been quiet for a bit but I’m back because we really need help. ... read full post
Hello nice people.Hello nice people. ... read full post
I'm struggling to believe that the same person fit in both tops.
So, I'm going to be the best man in my friend's wedding. I'm very flattered to have the honor. He's one of my closest friends, and I have no problem supporting him as his best man/best trans. ... read full post
Honestly don't have much to say. Just want to show how much I love my trans sisters and give you virtual flowers, since I can't physically give you real flowers. <3 🪻🌹🌷🌷🌹🪻🪻🌹🌷🌷🌹🪻🪻🌹🌷🌷🌹🪻🪻🌹🌷🌷🌹🪻🪻🪻🪻🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷