Why not? Firearms should always be available to people based on period. I like my firearm laws up here in the north (Canada, eh) they work well, and they allow me to own, and use my firearms.
It may not be my second ammendment, but it certaintly is a right.
I saw your submit to fuckyeahtranspride, and you and your blog really remind me of my girlfriend c: You're so beautiful and I'm so proud of you! Stay proud
So I finally for my hormone prescription from the doctor. I'll be posting monthly updates on my progress, in both Tumblr and Reddit (transition timelines subreddit)... I truly can't even begin to explain how excited and happy I am! Here's my starting dose: 50mg Spironolactone daily, along with 1mg estradial. It's quite a low dose, but I agree with my doctor when he said its best to start low and build up. Just to make it clearer for people, I'm 22 years old, I'm 6 feet tall, and I'm roughly around 185lbs. Which isn't too bad, but I'd like to hit around 170. These two photos are me at my starting point, and this is how I look on a daily basis. Both at work, and in public. I'm literally out to everyone minus work, but the way I see work can figure it out as I get more fem. Anyways here's me, I'm super duper happy, it's been a day since starting and I just feel great. I'm sure it's a placebo effect of starting finally but Estrogen is truly the proper hormone for me! Feel free to follow and send anons to keep me entertained as I slowly transition into the woman I truly feel I am :) P.S. Sorry I haven't posted in ages, I more or less wanted to refrain from posting until I got the prescription! And if your currently waiting, your time will come just push hard! Bye for now
It's been a while since I've posted, and there's been good reasons for it. I've had a very rough past month... I'll start it off by saying that it seems I have a strangely close relationship with death. Every time I've dealt with death in my life I've always witnessed it first hand... Unfortunately, Oreo, my baby has passed away. I had to witnessed this first hand as she had died in my arms. Very much like when my brother passed on. I'm getting better, and I'm copeing, but I miss her dearly. Funny thing, (and I feel horrible saying "funny thing") the day after she passed I got a call from my gender clinic and I have my three appointments set up. I should be super happy about this but for some reason I have a hard time feeling any real happiness about this. Sure I'll finally be starting my medical transition, but it's just certain things in my life at the moment are making it hard to even be excited. It's weird how the world works, because 2 days after that I had gotten a really bad tooth abscess and had to go to the ER twice, to get proper antibiotics, and pain medication. Needless to say it's been real rough lately. I truly don't know where I would be right now if it was for my loving girlfriend. Anyways once I go for my first appointment on April 14th, ill probably put some sort of update on here... Depending how I feel. Bye for now tumblr folk.
Uhm no, I'm not transphobic and neither is my cis girlfriend :)
I don't I've ever let society give me a cis type mind, or outlook on things. I've always felt stuff like that was silly my whole life :)
I too am trans btw.
I am trans and I am transphobic. I catch myself thinking that male is the “opposite gender” to female. I sometimes assume you’re a girl if you use she/her pronouns. I forget that clothes aren’t gendered and dresses aren’t feminine. these are problems I’m aware of and I’m actively trying to change my mindset.
if you are cis you are transphobic. if you are trans you are transphobic.
everyone is unconsciously transphobic because that’s how our cisnormative society has brainwashed us to think since we were born. don’t pretend you’re not transphobic, but instead acknowledge the issue and put in effort to change and learn.
I really wish I had more lgbtq oriented friends, the majority of "friends" which I have are old high school friends, or people from my old job. But I was never close with any of them. I guess what I'm trying to say is I could use some actual friends... Friends that would be totally cool with me presenting as my true self. Like my gf is great, we've been together 7 years and I really can't ask for anyone better... But she's my significant other, and she can't fill the friend void at the same time as the wifey void... Ah being lonely sucks.
Well here goes for another day filled with hopelessness, depression, and dysphoria... Oh might I also add, extremely Lonely. Really getting tired of waiting, and these days happen more and more lately. Despite me being on a herbal hormone regimen, and stating i generally feel happier, I still get days like today. More so than the happy ones. I'm finally at a point where dysphoria gets me every single day, and it wins most of the time. 9/10 I smoke pot to combat the depression and icky feelings but I don't think it's doing anything anymore, as I even feel this way during those times. It's just not fair, it's not fair that I had to be born in this shit hole of a body, and it's not fair that I have wait even longer then originally told. To be honest I'm not sure how much longer I can wait before I go down a destructive path, and I don't think the public trans health system realizes how much mental strain this has on a person. I understand it's busy, but I've been waiting 5 or months now... I consider myself mentally strong, but I'm starting to wear down big time. I can't begin to imagine how some people are, for the ones that aren't as strong as me or others. This sucks.
So as I promised last week, here's my update on herbal hrt so far. My current dosage is at 3200mg for fenugreek, 1500mg for Maca, and 640 mg for saw palmetto. Now I'm thinking of bumping up my saw palmetto to match the Maca dosage, but we'll wait another week and see.
Otherwise I actually have noticed some extremely slight changes. I've gained weight, I know herbals make you gain weight regardless so it wasn't much of a suprise. However most of my weight gain has been in the thighs, butt, and hips. There has been some tummy weight gain as well. I wouldn't say my hips and ass are super feminine now, but there has been noticeable gains.
My chest feels tighter, and at times it feels I a type of pressure in my boob area. It comes and goes tho, I wouldn't say I have boob growth because I don't. But maybe it's putting the oestrogens to use, who knows.
To be Honest I'm not expecting much from just herbals, and no one should. This is more or less to prepare my body for the pharmaceutical versions of what I'm taking, so that way it's a little bit of a faster process. That and my mind is going crazy with having to deal with all this testosterone...
Other than that I seem happier, maybe it's just the fact that I'm ingesting the proper hormones (even if it's phytoestrogens), or it's actually doing the job. I guess we will see in a months time!
Hopefully my clinic calls soon so I can get started on proper pharmaceutical estrogens, and anti-adrogens.
On a side note I'm think of ordering some Pueraria Mirifica, I heard it's much more effective than fenugreek in terms of phytoestrogens..
So while I wait the dreaded wait time for prescribed hormones, I'm going to give herbals a shot. I'm sure I'm going to get a ton of flak, people saying its a waste of money, and so on. However I've done a crazy amount of research, and it's possible to see some minor effects. It's also for my own sanity, I can't just sit idle, waiting any longer. So where's my regimen for the next while, I'll be taking Maca, fenugreek, and saw palmetto. 500mg/3 times daily for Maca, 610mg/2 times daily, and I believe the SP will be like 500mg/ 2 times daily. Maca is for the butt, and somewhat curves(from what I hear), fenugreek is for the chest, and the saw palmetto has supposed anti-androgen properties. Hopefully this actually works lol... I'm not expecting a whole lot, but we will see! I'll defiantly update as I see results, if any.