ElfBean

Every time I’ve used the “correct” room since starting my transition I’ve been harrassed or SAd, guess I need to either hold it or risk that every single time from now on.

Yay, so even after years on hrt when I’ll clearly be at a physical disadvantage I still won’t get legal protections (which were designed for exactly this) until I maybe eventually get a doctor to confirm what I already know? Great, lovely, thanks. Looks like I’m gonna have to start hoarding estrogen I guess cause I’m certain this is just the start. Really makes the swastika sticker I passed by on a walk yesterday that much more scary knowing there are people near me who would absolutely hurt me if they could, and now they’ve basically been given the go-ahead.

I’m on ArchRT btw

I basically force the sneeze through my front teeth and it kinda works most of the time. Taught myself how when I noticed a girl I sat next to in school sneezed almost silently and I thought it was super cute. Now, coughing and throat-clearing on the other hand… Sounds like I’ve lived my whole life in a coal mine…

Infinite chain of parasitic elephants?

I was thinking ouroboros but either works, whatever seems worse to you

I will turn you into a one-man human centipede

In any other circumstances this might be kinda sad. Like does he seriously have so little else going on with his life that all he can focus on is this?

I’m mostly worried about my grandmother - it’s been at least 6 years and she still treats my cousin’s bf like a girl despite having it explained to her multiple times that he’s a man. She’s definitely a product of her generation, but it’s the refusal to listen and even try to learn that gets to me. Other than that everyone’s been cool with it, though my parents are still slipping up constantly. As for everything else it’s going surprisingly well so far; I’ve already started noticing some stuff that should usually take a couple months to kick in

No physical changes yet (aside from one dream I had as a kid) but they have started incorporating various transition-related scenarios already. Only been on E less than a month and not even a full week after my first shot I was already having dreams where I demonstrated the whole process to unknown observers. I’ve also had a couple where I’ve gotten into arguments and cut off less accepting family members, so that’s been a Fun™ preview before it inevitability happens irl

Transfem enby here - the way it works for me (can’t speak for anyone else) is essentially as two valid options. Some of my friends alternate, some stick with one, but if you’re going to pick just one then those are the correct options. Can’t guarantee it’ll be the same for others with multiple valid pronouns but most will be happy to explain if you ask. Personally I list them from most to least preferred but they’re both right so as long as it’s one of those I don’t care that much

If someone proposed to me with a high-end GPU I think that would seal the deal honestly

It’s all good, and thank you :3 I’m not great at taking compliments but I appreciate them all the same

When it was illegal in the UK gay men were sterilized with HRT because of estrogen’s libido-reducing effects, so essentially forced transition and dysphoria. I see the US leaning more toward camps, but this government looks like it would try anything to inflict pain on “undesirables”

I actually had a toy one as a kid. Sure, it was repurposed from a mega man battle network cannon with the sticker removed, but I knew how I was gonna use it the moment I saw it

Same… I’m trying to get things sorted as soon as I can, and hopefully starting monotherapy soon, but even then I’m still gonna have to keep an eye on supply chains and government policies potentially forever from the look of things. I’m scared, for myself and everyone else both here and in the rest of the world. None of us asked for this but it’s all framed like it’s our fault somehow

Maybe if that were the main issue there would be the slight chance he could get over it eventually. It’s definitely a big part of it, but it seems like this has been a steady progression for a while now. Plus a heavy dose of sunk-cost fallacy keeping him locked into every shitty decision he makes

Wow, didn’t need to call me out like that. But yes.

God I wish that were me. Either of them, I don’t care

I’ve bridged the gap, I have A S C E N D E D