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uncanny-tranny · 14 hours
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I think the way medicine is very slow to actually change with how even an individual changes is part of the reason why there's a phenomenon of trans people who have to have extensive knowledge about hormones and body functions. In my experience, it's been really rare that medical professionals will interact with you where you are and who you are. It's been, in my experience, more common that they will disregard anything which affects you or your body.
In the case of hormones, they do change your body because the body's functions are influenced by many hormones. In the case of sex hormones, they can affect the way your body functions in some or several ways. If you treat a trans woman patient who has an estrogen-dominant system as though she has a testosterone-dominant one, you run the risk of misinforming her about her own body and what her health looks like. While hormones aren't the mythologized, bioessentialist idea that many people have, they do have nuanced impacts on bodies and we should adjust our treatment of trans people whenever the need arises to ensure holistic and accurate care can be provided.
The interesting thing about medically transitioning is how you might just be treated with the wrong framework.
When I get my hormone levels checked, for instance, they check it against the wrong type of person, so everything is flagged. Did you know that testosterone encourages hemoglobin production? Well, my hemoglobin is perfectly in line with male levels, but my levels are checked for the wrong endocrine system. Before I realized this, I was really confused as to why my hemoglobin was two grams over the range given, and was confused as to why that happened, and worried about if I should be worried about that. But it was a normal consequence of my testosterone levels, which are also flagged though they are well-within the range that is typical for my age and health categories.
The way we treat and measure for trans people and trans patients will affect the treatment and education they receive. There are ways in which hormones especially can influence how one's body operates, and with that in mind, you also have to change the way you interact with a trans person. With my testosterone levels, if you were to measure them against the incorrect endocrine system, you would fail to treat me in reality - that being the way my body has changed and maintained homeostasis since being on T.
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uncanny-tranny · 14 hours
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The interesting thing about medically transitioning is how you might just be treated with the wrong framework.
When I get my hormone levels checked, for instance, they check it against the wrong type of person, so everything is flagged. Did you know that testosterone encourages hemoglobin production? Well, my hemoglobin is perfectly in line with male levels, but my levels are checked for the wrong endocrine system. Before I realized this, I was really confused as to why my hemoglobin was two grams over the range given, and was confused as to why that happened, and worried about if I should be worried about that. But it was a normal consequence of my testosterone levels, which are also flagged though they are well-within the range that is typical for my age and health categories.
The way we treat and measure for trans people and trans patients will affect the treatment and education they receive. There are ways in which hormones especially can influence how one's body operates, and with that in mind, you also have to change the way you interact with a trans person. With my testosterone levels, if you were to measure them against the incorrect endocrine system, you would fail to treat me in reality - that being the way my body has changed and maintained homeostasis since being on T.
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uncanny-tranny · 1 day
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It actually does bother me that eating is treated like spending money - that you have an allotted allowance in the form of calories that you are supposed to budget.
"How are you spending your calories?" I'm spending them on experiences. I'm spending them on time with my community, my people, those who matter to me. I'm spending them on satiating a human need. I'm spending them on the feeling of being alive and not just living.
If there is one experience that I don't want to "pay" for, it's the basic human right of comfort, security, community, and care.
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uncanny-tranny · 2 days
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You know, if animals can have comfort objects and favourite people and relax when they have nothing to do, maybe we have that same permission. Maybe life - regardless of size - is about finding comfort, happiness, and security.
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uncanny-tranny · 3 days
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It's very funny being like... a stereotypically (as in, straight masc) masculine queer person. Like it's frustrating because I would love to have cute moments where I share tips with a trans woman or maybe help somebody in that kind of way, but like... why should she or anybody else listen to me when I only got my third pair of jeans recently? 😭
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uncanny-tranny · 3 days
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I think it's incredibly important to remind folks on testosterone or folks who want to reverse patterned baldness about their options, but man, does it sometimes suck wondering how much of our insecurities about our hair stem from backwards beliefs that to strive towards beauty is not only preferable but "makes you good."
As someone with a rather masculinized body pre-medical transition, patterned baldness has always seemed neutral. Hair is incredibly important (hell, much of my own energy is spent on my hair because I like it), but the pressure to have hair, to have hair the "right way" is something that I absolutely loathe.
I'm not here to judge people who don't want patterned hair loss or baldness, I'm here to say that those traits will never make you lesser. Not only is it neutral, but it is also just as worthy and beautiful.
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uncanny-tranny · 3 days
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Consistency often matters more than duration or perfection. If you can't be perfect or do something for a long time, then do it consistently. If you only have enough energy to do one thing, then be consistent.
It's easy to fall into despair when you can't do something perfect, but please, remember that pails in comparison to you being as consistent as possible. You, often, will form much more fulfilling, enduring, and impactful behaviours when you are as consistent as you can be. There is no need to be ashamed of imperfection or slow progress. You are an imperfect person born in an imperfect world, and we don't have to overcome imperfection - unironically, we are perfect in our imperfections.
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uncanny-tranny · 5 days
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Alright, today is Transsexual Thursday; put in the reblogs, tags, or on anon the things you have loved about your transness/transition/presentation/anything related to being trans! We can never have too much positivity about the joy of creation 💛
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uncanny-tranny · 5 days
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Theory without interacting with your fellow man is defective. In order for you to have a rounded sense of politics and what your community needs, you must strike the fine balance between theory (i.e., empowering yourself to understand the way ought to work) and actual interaction with others (i.e., understanding how the world actually works).
Theory without human connection is incomplete and human connection without theory is aimless.
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uncanny-tranny · 6 days
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ty for making a trans safe space :)
makes me (and im sure, lots of others) very happy seeing positivity in a time when i cant transition safely yet
I am so happy to have you here and sharing a planet together. There will come a time where you can transition however you want and need to, even if it doesn't seem like it. In the meantime, your presence here is so meaningful and impactful, and it's a privilege that we share space with one another
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uncanny-tranny · 9 days
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This is slightly unrelated or more accurately a tangent, but while I don't necessarily think that there have been a billion trans people ever to have lived, even if I was wrong, we still would make up 0.588% of the entire human population to have ever lived (assuming that the estimated amount of 117,000,000,000 is correct or close to it). I think it's just very interesting, given that... we don't number in the billions in modern day (or it's safe to assume we don't, even with slight/moderate rises in people being open about being trans), we often aren't a majority in most places with a large population. Now, if trans people did number in the billions, that would be a neutral and fine outcome because transness is a neutral aspect of one's identity, but I find this interesting given how often fear mongering about us tends to frame our existences.
I recall saying this before, but it bears repeating:
There could be a billion trans people in the world and it still wouldn't be a bad thing because being trans is not a bad thing. Even if the rate of people discovering they are trans is "disproportionate" to trends from decades ago, that is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a natural consequence for there being more trans people being able to stay alive, and, overall, being able to live in a slightly more tolerant world. You'd only see that as a bad thing if you actively didn't want trans people to either live or live a life that facilitates wellness.
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uncanny-tranny · 9 days
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I love seeing those "Top Ten Secretly LGBT Figures YOU Didn't Know Were LGBT" types of historical-themed posts or articles. Clearly they've never met a young LGBT person - they would name figures you've never even heard of, let alone knouwn they were LGBT.
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uncanny-tranny · 9 days
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from one nonbinary person to another, i’m so sorry about that ask. some people really just can’t seem to be fucking normal abt nonbinary people for some reason and it’s horrible. wishing you the best, and i hope you have a good day/night/whatever time it currently is for you. ^_^
I appreciate your words, and I want to assure people that, while unfortunately, I am accustomed to this sort of stuff, I still appreciate the community outreach.
I don't typically post that sort of stuff, but it's important to me that we recognize, address, and combat all forms of transphobia. While trans people as a whole are in an often unfortunate circumstance, there are still hurt people who perpetuate supremacist ideas about transness. Lateral aggression isn't just bad because it is bigotry done unto another, but also because you separate yourself from any other community and help. You hurt yourself just as badly as the people you seek to hurt.
I need fellow trans people to never tolerate any lateral aggression in any form. It will never serve you. It will never serve the trans community. You are doing the dividing and conquering for the people who want to see our demise.
I know you, anon, didn't come for me to write you an essay, but it's important that people don't just dunk on the previous anon and learn nothing from it. We need to learn how to be in community with each other.
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uncanny-tranny · 10 days
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It's okay to just be binary you know
It's also okay to let trans people do whatever they want forever. Hope this helps.
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uncanny-tranny · 10 days
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I recall saying this before, but it bears repeating:
There could be a billion trans people in the world and it still wouldn't be a bad thing because being trans is not a bad thing. Even if the rate of people discovering they are trans is "disproportionate" to trends from decades ago, that is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a natural consequence for there being more trans people being able to stay alive, and, overall, being able to live in a slightly more tolerant world. You'd only see that as a bad thing if you actively didn't want trans people to either live or live a life that facilitates wellness.
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uncanny-tranny · 10 days
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I don't know what young trans person needs to hear this but:
If you are in any type of relationship where the other person insists on degendering you in ways you don't want or outright misgendering you, or makes demands about what they are comfortable with in your transition (e.g. "don't bind, that makes me uncomfortable!"), they do not deserve you accepting that - especially if it is a romantic or intimate relationship.
Young or newly-out/newly-discovered trans people often feel unlovable, or unworthy of being treated with respect. It's a very common experience when you discover your transness, and it can stem from a variety of factors - dysphoria, self-esteem issues, wanting to transition but not being able to, transphobia, popular narrative that caricatures trans people as unlovable. However, this doesn't mean that you are unlovable or unworthy of care. You deserve to be treated well. You deserve to live well and be surrounded by people who feel the same.
Your comfort, safety, and belonging are not too much to ask for.
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uncanny-tranny · 12 days
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I've talked before about how the way people treat suicide can be unintentionally devastating to the suicidal person, but I don't think I really ever said how to avoid that.
Speaking about suicide in how selfish it "is" ("think about how you'll transfer your pain to your loved ones!") might seem like a way to put logical sense into the suicidal person, but, honestly? It runs the risk of massively increasing their shame and guilt about being suicidal. Suicide is not inherently a revenge fantasy or a way to "get back" at someone's loved ones, so when the suicidal person is treated like a criminal of a "crime" they haven't even committed yet, you can imagine how unhelpful that can become.
Instead, if you want to point out how cherished your person is, frame their relationships as something they can keep fostering.
"Your cat will miss you :(!!!!" becomes "you and your cat seem close, right? I'm sure it's beautiful having a close friend like that!" and maybe include ways that they and their cat are close and meaningful to each other, tailored to that relationship.
That's only one example, but when you shift the focus away from why that person should repent and feel guilty for being suicidal, you can instead focus on why they would live for that reason. See how you can frame that as a positive? Whatever is keeping that person tethered should never be used as a bludgeon, I think, because then you're taking away why they're living, the positivity of why they are here. Whatever they are here for should be remembered often and honoured.
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