I think this topic is underdiscussed in the trans community, so I'd like to talk about it.

It's okay for trans people to mourn that some of us don't have the option to have children the way we'd like to. It is okay if a trans woman mourns that she is unable to become pregnant, for example, and there is no reason to shame her for how she feels. Equally, I think it can be inappropriate to tell us that there are other options besides "traditional" means of conception, like adoption. We know that there are other options, and that isn't the point.

I go back and forth on if I even want to be a father, and in both mindsets, I mourn that I don't have all the options I want to have children. It sucks. It really, really sucks. And it's hard to accept that this isn't my fault or my body's fault. That's the hardest part for me. But whether or not it's hard to accept, it isn't my fault - it isn't your fault, either, if you feel the same ways I do. Our bodies and our selves aren't the problem. We are not broken because we don't have all the options we'd like.

No matter how you feel about this topic, just know... you aren't a problem or a burden. No matter what your journey looks like, happiness and fulfillment can be found, eventually.

Court rules Missouri AG entitled to transgender care records

A St. Louis judge has ordered Planned Parenthood to turn over certain documents to Attorney General Andrew Bailey in his ongoing investigation of transgender health care providers.

St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer on Thursday ruled that the state’s Merchandising Practices Act entitled the Republican attorney general to documents he requested that weren’t protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the federal law known as HIPAA that protects patient privacy.

Aujourd'hui c'est la journée de visibilité Trans (#TransDayofVisibility, #TDoV), une journée pour visibiliser les personnes trans et non binaire, et permet de combattre les discriminations et préjugés positivement !

J'ai réalisé ce dessin en partenariat avec le Le Planning Familial , il à pour sujet le projet de loi proposé par les sénateurs LR qui veulent interdire la transition des mineurs… sans rien comprendre au sujet et en se basant uniquement sur des associations transphobes et pro-thérapies de conversion. Par exemple ils veulent interdire les chirurgies génitales sur les mineurs, alors que c'est DÉJÀ le cas et que ce n'est pas autorisé avant 18 ans ! La seule chirurgie autorisé à partir de 16 ans est la mammectomie et ne peut PAS se faire sans l'autorisation des parents.

En bref une proposition de loi basée uniquement sur des paniques morales et des théories complotistes qui va encore plus compliqué la vie des mineurs trans et non binaires.

J'ai également un autre petit projet de BD sur les questions trans que je voulais poster aujourd'hui mais qui -à cause de ma santé- à été retardé mais que je posterais la semaine prochaine si tout va bien !

Belle journée à toustes mes adelphes ! Force et bonheur à nous toustes !

Went to PP today for blood work! They treat me so good! Would recommend!

[Photo ID: Color illustration against a light colored background of a trans flag with hearts and circles around it. Text reads 'Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy. New patient appointments are available in St. Pete, Tampa, and Kissimmee. Call 941-567-3800 today! Planned Parenthood.' /End ID] Source (posted around 03/18/24):

@ppswcf is proud to announce that we are expanding appointment availability for gender-affirming hormone therapy and once again accepting new patients in need of care! Appointments are currently available at our health centers in St. Pete, Kissimmee, and Tampa. New patients must complete their first visit in-person, but follow-up appointments may be done through telehealth in some circumstances. To schedule an appointment, call 941-567-3800.

Making the call to Planned Parenthood about starting the conversation about HRT and what I should do, who I should call all that good stuff today... I'm excited but also just....I'm so incredibly nervous. My brain is screaming at me "there's still time to just give up on this whole gender thing and just live out your days in a complete miasma of sadness and repressing WHY you're sad all the time"

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Finally scheduled an appointment to sort out how to best Microdose Boy!!! Things are Happening!!! Excited to see what it does!!!

The program I'm doing most of my transition through only offered locations 3 hours away, I already go 2 hours for therapy. I practically live in the car I can't even legally drive (Gran drives me places, so I don't have a seizure at the wheel) between all my appointments already, so I just had the thought after my injection appointment today (bi-weekly and an hour away), that I should check out if there were any places in town I could go, and I found out they have a Planned Parenthood! I'd just never seen because it's kind of shoved into an obscure space! (Honestly feel so much safer going into this one than the ones I can see from the street)

Anyway! Very Excited! Very looking forward to making my body a little more my own!

Finally coat weather is done and jacket weather is back.

Decided to use the spare time to go to a blood draw for lab work at Planned Parenthood (HRT). Last time my hemoglobin was a bit high so they just wanna double check.

But they did let me go up on the dose! This last check in call they said they could bump me 60mg to 70mg, so ✨more boy juice✨, which is very good ☺. It already feels amazing week one at that dose. 💜

~Nico

Trans life update

I just scheduled an appointment to talk about going on HRT and I'm so excited!!

It was, so much easier than I thought it'd be especially with me living in a red state [Which, if anyone wants an easy way to get HRT, especially in red states, planned parenthood does gender-affirming care which I didn't know, and in a lot of states they take state Medicaid! Thank you and shoutout to Planned Parenthood, I'm not sponsored just never felt so respected and heard by a medical clinic ]

A little mad I waited until I was 20 out of fear I couldn't afford it but hey I'm finally getting there! And I couldn't be happier, I've been waiting for this since I was a preteen

Preparing myself for Second puberty now

So is anyone else going rabid thinking about ostaros and nightshade parallels or is it just me

I think people don't talk about this enough and it was, and still is, absolutely crucial to my transition.

Planned Parenthood offers Informed Consent HRT and virtual appointments.

What does this mean and why was it so crucial to your transition?

Informed consent means your provider does not require you to jump through any hoops, such as x amount of months of therapy, prior to receiving hormones. Instead, they inform you of the effects and have you sign a form that states that you are informed and understand the effects of hormone replacement therapy. This was so important to me because I live in a rural area where getting quality, non-queerphobic therapy is incredibly difficult. I was prescribed hormones on my very first visit.

Virtual visits means you can simply schedule an online video chat with a Planned Parenthood provider. Your first visit will have to be in person since you do have to sign the forms, but subsequent visits can be online. This is so important because not all Planned Parenthoods offer HRT (because they lack someone trained to do so) so folks who have to drive an hour (or more!) like me, no longer have to do so except for that first appointment. I don't even have a labcorp location near me, I have the lab request sent to my email and I bring it to my local doctors office and they fax the results to PP. Having to visit PP in-person isn't as bad after your first year since you don't need as many appointments. I'm to the point where my hormone levels and overall satisfaction with the effects means I have an appointment once a year and get my blood drawn every 6 months and I just send in refill requests when needed, but the amount of appointments you need and distance can put off alot of people who desire hormones.

I just wanted to make another (I believe I have made a post about this before) post about this because I know there are folks who aren't aware of this and it could help someone.

Ugh

Planned parenthood appointment for T

Y'wanna know how far out it is?

June, then FUCKING DECEMBER.

This is fucking exhausting, there's no way they're that booked ??? Right ????

We met in HighSchool. I had moved all the way from Texas to Montana my junior year and I wasn’t thrilled about it. On the very first day I remember standing in the hallway with my schedule, not really knowing what to do and all of a sudden this tall girl with the brightest smile comes up to me and offers to show me where everything is. We became inseparable best friend immediately and half way through the year we both caught feels. I had kinda known I was attracted to girls, but never explored it. One day of a night hike we ended up kissing on top of a hill under the stars. It was so magical that night. We started dating but lived in a very small town and my parents were very against “the homosexual lifestyle” so we kept it hidden. That year was hands down the best year of my childhood. You can’t hide that much joy forever and my parents must have heard something because my dad pushed my face into the couch and told me if he ever heard I was with another woman I wouldn’t be his daughter anymore. Completely shatter and terrified, I broke up with her. Senior year was hell for us both and three days after graduation I left Montana…. 12 years later via FB we reconnected and I could not believe that even after all this time, even after everything I had gone through after high school, we easily fell back in our rhythm. Even after all that time and distance our souls were still so similar. I loved back to Montana and fell in love all over again with our 4 year old daughter. After almost 2 years I knew I couldn’t never not have her in my life again, not to mention my kid lol on April 9, 2023 we were legally married ❤️‍🔥♥️❤️‍🔥 NEVER STOP FIGHTING AND BELIEVING IN LOVE I PROMISE IT IS SO WORTH IT ❤️‍🔥♥️❤️‍🔥

Ok, so, I'm agender (I think) and I wanna settle down with my partner some day and have kids, but idk what I should be called :/ like, is there a universal, gender neutral term for parents that's easy for kids understand?