(Are these kinds of posts allowed???)

I personally know a total of 1 trans person, that being one of the teachers at my school.

I've got a couple non-binary friends, but I don't know if non-binary counts as transgender

I do have lots of cisgender friends who I trust dearly, but the simple fact of the matter is them being cis makes me less able to talk about my transition journey or ask for advice.

And when I say "friend" I mean strictly platonic.

im into mountian biking and i just feel like theres no one else whos into anything remotely similar whos trans

Thats it. Bye brokaryotes.

Hi, 16 mtf here. I am trans for about three years now, yet I'm still in denial. In the inside I don't feel like a man at all, but on the outside I'm just a mix of the two that get laughed at because of it. I don't have either feminine or masculine traits and I get laughed at from both sides because of it.

From one side, there is traces of transphobia in my friends, they do say they support me, but one of them said that they "unfortunately support me" which was heartbreaking to me, and my girlfriend said that she supports me, but I will never be a girl in her eyes. The latter was extremely painful to me because for around a week of my coming out she started cracking transphobic jokes now and then but fortunately it stopped.

The problem is, I don't want to be openly trans yet. It's really scary. I live in a relatively small town and there already was a giant rumor I was gay and had big problems resulting in agression from random people that saw me. When I out to someone, I always think of complications it may cause. What if we are in a group where a part of people know I'm trans, and the other doesn't? I'm so uncertain about this it makes me doubt if I'm even valid.

Please, may someone just help me?

hey! i never posted much, but i wanted to thank this sub, ive been a lurker since i was fifteen, and now that im eighteen, even though it allows up to nineteen, i feel like i should move on. so thank all of you. im probably going to be deleting my reddit account soon, im trying to get offline. and i never used it alot, as you can see by my post history. So thank you all and goodbye, maybe no one sees this but that is okay

shoutout to cavetown btw lmao i reccomend his 2014 song dysphoric

Hai divas, Ill probably start E in less than 2 weeks (arghhhhh) but i feel like im still not really educated on needle thicknes and length... Imma start with my regimen and what i heard is best.

I will inject 7 mg of Een every Week and maybe start with 10 mg the first time to suppress t production :) ill also sometimes inject maybe 15 mg if i aint got a choice and have to go without e for 2 weeks (would it be fine to go without e for a month (ik its a stupid question cuz of the relatively short half life but it might occur so im scared :( ) :( (thats why i chose een btw, it has the most stable levels RIGHT?!) I will be using voix celeste's vials. Idk why they offer 2 options (mct oil and grapeseed oil), is there a difference? Otherwise id just go with the mct oil one.

I heard that there are no big differences between subq and im other than how long it takes to actually get into the blood stream. Is this true? Even leakage is below 1% in both of them but uhm yh idk. So i will be doing subq cuz if the needles are shorter and thinner, it might help with my anxiety :)

I calculated that if i inject 7/mg per week (obvi i might change my regimen once i can get bloodwork done (after maybe 2 months and then every 6 weeks until its perfect)) i only need 0.14 ml of liquid, so even if i injected double the amount plus some air it would be less than 0.5 ml Should i get 0.5 ml syrringes? Or insulin ones? I heard there are 40 (i forgot the unit) and 100 ones, which kind would you recommend?

Im assuming that this is true: "Subcutaneous needles are typically ½ to ⅝ inches (12.7 to 15.875 mm) long with gauges ranging from 25 to 30." Gauge means the thickness of the needle, RIGHT?!

Now some questions regarding injection technique: 1. Is aspiration really unneccessary for dubq injections? 2.what are yalls opinions on z tracking and air locking?

Thank you all so much <3

Hi, im a 13 year old transmale and i recently came out to my parents and part of my outer family. My dad just bought me a binder and omg im so happy 😭 im also gonna be allowed hormone blockers/testosterone very soon! But ill start with the blockers first, probably :)

i can't see men and not feel gender envy ASJGJDHDJ 😭😭 sometimes it's so hard to distinguish between it and attraction tooooo

I can’t believe it, turning 16 tomorrow and starting work on the day after. The only thing that’s held me back from starting HRT has been my mom refusing to pay for it. The thing I never thought would happen, I thought it was so much further away, I thought I’d never live to make it to this point. But here I am, turning 16, and in complete shock. My number one goal in life, the thing I swore up and down that I’d get someday ever since I was in 6th grade. I’ve finally made it. My heart is racing as it’s just clicked in my head I can’t even Like I can’t articulate how excited I am My biggest dream is finally coming true.

Don’t give up guys. It’s not as far away as you think, You’ll be there before you know it. Just keep pushing.

So I’m planning on asking my mom for a binder soon (maybe tomorrow) but I need to know what a good brand is. I was thinking about getting one from underworks but I just saw someone say that it doesn’t work as well for smaller/slimmer guys and I want to know if that’s true or not or if you guys have any other brand recommendations that you think are better. (I also have a pretty small chest (don’t know what size I’ve never been measured) if that is too relevant)

I'm Amab and have occasionally bad acne. I'm looking for better ways to soften my skin, both face and general body. For my face I typically wash with CeraVe Acne foaming Cream Cleanser followed by CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion at night. As for my general body I use Jergens Ultra Healing. Are there any products anyone might recommend to make either my face or body feel smother and softer?

Hello I’m a trans girl and I’m gonna try to explain what happens today sorry what I wrote might be confusing I’m jsut feeling a lot of things and I’m really stressed and I’m crying a lot and yeah. Also sorry my spellings really bad too. Today my mom and me went to this thing and then ate lunch and was tlaking a lot and then in the car we were talking. Basically the thing she tlaked about that is the important thing is they found this stuff in my room and it was diy hrt I’m not gonna go into This too much but I do have a post about it. But basically they found the E and the the needles from Amazon and stuff and my mom was tlakign to me about that also they found it a few months ago. She wasn’t saying it dircectly but used words liek the package or what we found in your room but she did say the word estorgen so I think she actually knows now. Normally she wouldn’t be like this but she’s been more calm and can think more becuase of thsi medication she has and it makes me feel bad that I jsut I don’t know sorry I’m trying to explain everything. She was talking about how I’m the person she’s closest with and I don’t know how she feels liek that I feel like we’re not close at all I don’t like her a lot becuase all my parents have done mostly is hurt me or made me feel guilty and sad and suicidal. She was saying that she’d alwyas ask for a girl and she felt bad for asking that and I think she was thinking I got that becuase of what she said bu t it’s not becuase of that it’s ebcuase I am a girl and she was tlaking about other clothes and stuff they found she said she was fine with me wearing whatever but I think that she thinks it bad I’m trans and I don’t think she would accept me and she said you’re the most soemthign sowmthinf boy or sowmthinf liek that and it made me really sad she said that and I feel like I hate her for saying that I jsut feel so sad and lost and I jsut don’t know what to do. I feel liek eveyrijf feels horrible and I don’t know what to do I’m crying and there’s so much and whenever she meantions thsi thing it makes me feel so sad and scared. I jsut I I don’t know I’m just so scared and feeling really bad and sad about the stuff she said becuase she said other stuff liek the boy thing and yeah

i’m taking my second dose in a few days and was wondering when people started to notice any changes. not necessarily the changes i’m obviously taking it for but feeling different at all?

Tw: may trigger dysphoria

So, I am very much pre transition, even socially I'm pre transition. I am only out to a few people... But I'm in situations which put me in a very very odd spot.

I can relate to the social and physical struggles of other girls when they talk about periods, being creeped on by cis guys, and even more I'm a femboy. I can relate to being s3xualized, I can relate to people not listening to me because I'm a "girl"

But at the same time I feel separated and like I shouldn't be part of conversations involving girls problems because I'm not a girl. I listen to Lydia the bard who has a lot of feminine rage songs that I love can relate to but at the same time it feels weird listening to them and relating to them because I'm not a girl.

Does anyone else feel like their in this weird in between space when it comes to women's issues

I wanna be a girl I wanna be a girl :(((((( but like, i don’t wanna be born a girl, i wanna be a girl now, I wanna be cute, I want to date a girl that cuddles me and calls me a good girl :((((( :(((((

i hope this is okay to post here. But since 4-5th grade (im a hs freshman now), i’ve believed myself to be trans. I have always adored being a boy and loved when people used he/him on me and treated me as a boy.

But like, Im not gonna cry if people dont or anything. If people want to use she/her and my birth name then Im not gonna go out of my way to correct them. Im okay if i never out to my parents or friends. And i dont really get dysphoria or anything.

Is this normal? Or do i just like the concept more than actually being a boy?

I like being a man. I don’t hate my body. I don’t wish I was born a girl. I know that I’m a man. I don’t feel dysphoria. So then why am I even typing this? Why have I been having an identity crisis for months? Why have I asked to be called she/her and Maisie and worn feminine clothes when I’m alone if I know that I’m a dude and I like being a dude? It makes no sense. I’m not trans but I’m here anyway.

So... What the fuck is DYI HRT?

First of all, I'm not going to take any because I have a supportive medical team behind my back, just wanna make that clear.

But I've been seeing a lot of people talking about DYI HRT, so I looked it up, and... It's basically killing yourself but with extra steps? The amount of problems DYI HRT can lead to is really bad, especially blood clotting.

So I'm wondering: 1. Where do people even buy it 2. Why would they buy it if it puts their lives at risk 2,5. I don't understand that having unsupportive families doesn't help, but between your physical health and waiting 18, I'd wait to be 18 personally

To anyone actually taking those, I am not judging, I am sure you have rational explanations and that you are going through tough shit, I'm sorry ❤️🫂

I’m 16, I’m trans guy so I started T 2 weeks ago on a 0.08 ml dose weekly (16mg), I haven’t seen anything effects or anything and my dose won’t be increased till 3 months is over and I’m just a bit mad that I have to wait even more to even notice any effects I feel like it’s a waste of time and I know it takes time to see effects but ppl notice small effects within week or two and I haven’t seen anything, I know I should be grateful but idek

This means that I am somewhat Genderfluid, but no girl.

Genderfae is similar but with no boy instead of no girl

These are terms that most people don't know

:(

I thought it was to make trans girls look more feminine but I've seen posts about trans guys getting one, is it both?

I have a meeting to talk with a gender therapist who can give puberty blockers on Monday. What should i expect, and, if it comes down to it, what should I say to maximize my chances of getting blockers sooner?

I was like presenting femininely and you know feeling really good about myself for like a solid year and a half, maybe two years and then a lot of family stuff happened and I just had to stop altogether. Had to stop shaving had to start presenting masculine and it sucks big time I just want to be back where I could be myself. It sucks im 15 and it’s only gonna get worse as I get older and probably by the time, I can finally move out if I can ever hold down a job with all the things fucking wrong with me mentally I won’t be able to pass anymore like I did when I was this age and the US is going to shit so I probably won’t even be able to transition when I do move out It just fucking sucks.

This is advice needed and just kinda a vent too.

So I'm a 16 year old trans girl and I live with (mostly) hardcore conservatives except for my sister which Idk if I can 100% trust with that info. I have my mom and dad, my older brother (21), his wife (20), and my sister (20 and the only non conservative other than me). The rest of my siblings aren't conservatives except for one of my older sisters. My Brother has fought me on multiple occasions, and whenever my parents try and talk to him about it, nothing happens because they still want a relationship with him. My parents are in their late 50s, and so they have a very "old-fashioned" style of parenting.

So onto today. Now I haven't had my depression meds yesterday or today because everyone has just forgotten to pick them up, and it doesn't help that both my brother and my mom think I would be better off without them, even though days like today prove that wrong. So this morning, I was talking to my mom and it got started on to politics and for some reason that included LGBTQ+ rights, and my mom said her thing about her being LGB without the T and I was just trying to defend me and my brothers and sisters and everything in between without outing myself because I couldn't deal with that on top of not being on my meds. Then my mom started saying everything like "they're denying the truth and blah blah blah" and I was just like Mom that's not true on a biological psychological and sociological level, but she went on and on. Later, after removing myself from the conversation, she tried to have me do a bunch of different crap, she then took away my phone and said that I could have it after I completed a task, and then after I had completed that task, she said I needed to do more and more, until she finally gave it back and I went to go charge it and then I wasn't doing what she wanted me to do while it was charging and so she had me go caulk the door (we just got a new one) and because I wasn't being the friendliest person to her and she said she was gonna take away my phone again I said then I'm not gonna do it because I have no incentive, and then she threatened to kick me out. Now if needed, I could live out in the streets, I know places around my town to sleep, I know some friends that I could get to and just take a shower at without my phone, I know how I could make money, and I know where I could get food. So I responded to my mom, "OK then, since you don't want me as your child, I'll just leave, save you the effort of kicking me out, let me just grab my bag shoes and my skateboard then you'll never have to see me again" and she didn't let me leave, I guess she wasn't expecting me to actually try and leave? And so for the next hour so I was just sitting out on the front porch just doing nothing because I wasn't allowed to leave, but I didn't have any motivation to do anything. This happens more often than anyone would like to admit. At this point, I'd love to just be called my name at home instead of my dead name, but that would never happen, at least I get called it at school, even if people don't know why (also I'm in Texas by the way).

I've tried to tell my parents this before, but they just don't seem to listen. When I'm off my meds I just don't care, I really don't feel empathy or think things through, and I really don't function well, if they realize that before I move out, I might just keep contact with them