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Hi ladies. Did anyone of you girls transition without having to go on HRT, bc I’ve heard some tgirls who are sex workers among others who transitioned thru cosmetic/plastic surgery only like having ( BA Breast Augmentation , Laser treatment, BBL: “ Brazilian Butt Lift” …etc) done!

Can we really transition without having to be on HRT to mainly maintain our sexual function down under like size, erection/ penetration & sperm count etc?!

Hey i am hrt 6 month estrogen and spirolactone should I start progesterone?

So in a nutshell I have a Trans stepdaughter (male to female age 21). Just had a breakup that is completely flipping her life upside down. She's already attempted suicide and is threatening it again. I'm pretty sure we can get her to move back in... but what should I do to help her? Do I treat this like any breakup anyone goes through? Is there anything I should do different because she is Trans? Do I just sit back and say little because I may not understand the situation? I just don't know what to do on my end. I apologize for my ignorance... but I could use some guidance. Thank you

Alright, so! Usually I feel like I’m just a trans guy, but occasionally I feel like I’m not actually a guy, and instead I’m a girl. Other rare times, I feel like I’m some form of enby, but usually leaning towards one binary gender. I’m not sure if what I feel is dysphoria or just general discomfort. Sometimes when I feel like a boy, I lean very heavily into feminine things, and sometimes when I feel like a girl, I lean very hyper masculine. A lot of times when I’m in “girl mode” I still don’t particularly like using she/her. I know pronouns =/= gender, but I figured I’d throw that in there. I usually have very extreme top and bottom dysphoria, and long for surgery, but sometimes I don’t feel it at all, and can’t convince myself that I want surgery and T, or even want to be a guy at all. Usually I love when my friends use masculine words for me, but when I don’t feel very dude-like, I like using feminine words, but am too nervous to let anyone know. Sometimes I dress feminine/use feminine pfps, but only when my friends are asleep, because I don’t want them to think I’m “being trendy”. I also like to browse through “women’s spaces” online to relate to some of the things there, even doing this a lot of times when I fell like a man. I know of genderfluid, but I don’t exactly WANT to be genderfluid if that makes sense? What I mean is, I’d much prefer if I could just be a binary trans guy, so I didn’t have to deal with all the gender flip-flopping. It also makes me feel like I’d be “lesser” if I was genderfluid, because so many people are against it. Of course I fully support anyone who is genderfluid though. I also don’t like my legal name, even when I do identify as female. I like dressing mainly masculine, but there are also certain feminine clothing items that I love, and would like to wear. Similar theme with my hair, I like a lot of masculine hairstyles, but I’m also in love with a “wolf cut shag” type of style, and would love to have that. With facial hair, even as a dude, most of the time I don’t particularly want it, but I have a few moments where I do. Certain masculine things make me happy no matter what gender I feel like, same with a few feminine things. I can probably give more information if it would be helpful, but this is off the top of my head! Thank you for listening!

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Hey, I have a somewhat unusual request for this forum, but hope you can help me.

My name is Viviane Paffendorf and I am currently conducting a research project on trans people and the sense of belonging in trans communties. I would be happy if you could participate, it only takes a maximum of 10 minutes to fill out and is completely anonymous. I am aware that this is sensitive information, therefore the survey is completely anonymous. You can find all further information in the description of the survey by following the link. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

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My youngest brother is trans and attempting to get top surgery. His boyfriend has organized a gofundme because the surgery is extremely expensive. My brother has very large chest (DD cup) and scoliosis. He’s been wearing a binder for the past 7 years. This surgery would not only help with his crippling body dysmorphia but also his excruciating back pain. I would greatly appreciate if you could please share this or donate. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈https://www.gofundme.com/f/getting-my-boyfriend-too-surgery?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

For me, the transgender thing is the reality of my life. It's the reality of my existence and it's something that I've come to believe is beautiful about me." ―

So I'm a trans girl from Mexico and I visited Washington DC this weekend and it was amazing. It wasn't really my plan when I decided to make the trip, but since I had brought my breast forms and some femme clothing with me, I said f*** it and went out in girl mode in Saturday. I visited the National Mall and several museums and had such a great day, and later that night I saw my favorite band live and I'm still smiling from the experience. It was the first time I spent a whole day in girl mode and it was easily the best day in my life.

I don't know if this is the general experience our trans siblings have in the city, and I'm aware of the current situation in the US. I really wish everyone was able to enjoy their authentic selves like I did yesterday.

But at least for now I wanted to share my experience because I'm really really happy with how it went through. It made me feel more confident about myself and I'm so grateful for that. I'm definitely planning on going back some time in the future.

My wife (45 cis F) and I (49 MTF) finally ended up with COVID last week. Thankfully the symptoms have been mild and are either resolved or resolving. Then this evening I noticed food and drink tasted really weird and unenjoyable and I couldn’t smell most scents. Never had anything like this happen before and it is really weird and disconcerting. I’m hoping like hell this is temporary and my senses come back normally and soon, but the idea of never tasting/smelling anything normally again is messing with me.

Gonna be hard to make myself eat or drink anything until this resolves (which may take months) since everything tastes so weird and bad. May be great for weight loss (not really). Hope this is a very short term problem.

Just needed to tell someone.

Hello peeps, this is gonna be long but I truly need some honest advice. so this may be a bit of a sensitive post but I’m truly honesty seeking helpful advice and serious empathy. First off I feel like i need to say that politically I am pretty damn conservative and don’t agree with many views of the LGBTQ community but I DO NOT HATE ANYONE WHO DOES… which I hope you will understand after I make my point. So my sister… she’s the polar opposite of me when it comes to politics and we don’t really discuss much because of that but other than that we have always been very close and have gone through some serious shit growing up together. She recently decided to come out as trans and many may think I’m trans phobic for this and hell maybe I am but it is killing me and I tell you why and just would like to hear some different perspectives to help me understand how I should take it and what I should do. So my sister for many years now has struggle with depression and anxiety due to both our parent being pretty fucked up. My dad who has raised us mostly has struggled with meth for years but has been a decently functioning addict as much as someone on meth can be and actually did a decent job and if nothing else was very warm and loving… but still it has made life hard for us and probably more so my sister… so the last few years she has grown increasingly political and progressive which even though I disagree with a lot i am fine with and actually truthfully and genuinely respect who she is as a person right now and love her to death. But as I said she recently came out as trans and it is really hard for me. She moved away from me and my dad about 2 hours and in the past few days posted on Facebook and said she’s apparently been on testosterone for about 2 years which physically hasn’t done anything although I noticed she stopped having her armpits which again I don’t care I love her. But she came out officially and didn’t say a word to me or my dad or ask advice or anything which I get because she probably get like she could t talk to us honesty which sucks because I have always respected her opinions and who she is, she has such a warm and loving heart accept for maybe to conservatives or “trump supporters” like me which is why although o know she lives me probably felt like she couldn’t talk to me face to face about this and maybe this can be an eye opener for anyone who reads this that political views are not all we are. Anyway truthfully we don’t agree with it at all and it’s not because we hate trans people but it’s because we think she making this choice for the wrong reasons and also for me personally I have a hard time dealing with the fact that my sister that I’ve grown to love may complete change into a different person at lest physically and I’m sure for some that doesn’t seem like it should matter but the idea of her like growing a beard or sounding like a man is hard for me to cope with..the reason is if I can try and rationalize it cuz it’s obvious a complicated thing but even if my sister maybe has some self image issues and and has a hard time respecting herself i truly love and respect the person my sister is right now and making all these drastic physical changes so suddenly seems very wrong to me and she was always fine with being female before and I truthfully believe she is doing it for some sort of validation or to somehow stand up or with other trans people which is totally fine with me but I grew up with her and I don’t think she truly honesty has gender dysmorphia I believe she’s feeling very passionate and strong in her political views which again I respect and admire but I think she is doing this for the wrong reason and pulling the trigger to quickly. I would not have any real issue with almost anything she decided to do in her life I would care one bit of she was gay, I would care if she simply wanted to be called different pronouns or anything like that. It’s the drastic physical change that person is really fucking me up. I know that there can be some serious health risk when you mess with your hormones and she gets serious anxiety when faced with health issue or even scares and I feel like this will not be good for her mental health even if she truly feels like she wants to be a man I think she needs to at least conquer some of her other mental issue first before deciding. I’m kind of ranting and just putting it all out to a community I have very rarely had pleasant interactions with so forgive me. A couple more things to add is my sister has never had any sort of boyfriend or girlfriend at least not seriously and never been very sexual active so i feel that could be a major factor. She’s not been compety devoid of sexual desire which I know for sure because not to be to graphic but we had a pretty funny interaction where she was being wierd about me opening a door in her dresser and me being dumb and ignorant about my sister in that way didn’t get it and liked questioned her she told me she had a “toy” and it was funny and what not. Anyway like I said I really just put it all out there and I could go on and on but simply put …. I need some good well thought out bias free advice if you can try and see my perspective. And please understand that yes I have my political views but this beyond all that is seriously hard for me and funny as it is and I never thought I’d be hear I feel like the best advice i can get may just be from this community. But again it’s not about the politics really… this is truthfully about me and my older sister and how you guys can hopefully try and see both sides and maybe help me go forward with talking her and find the right words to at least help her truly think this decision out and talk to her family and brother about it.

I always cover up my body I always where long pants and always where a jacket or a hoodie in and outside the house and when my mom tell me to take the jacket off I feel angry and sad I even cover up my body when I got to the gym,school ever party’s is this gender dysphoria or something else’s

Everytime I tried to transition to my right gender But I here my mother voice say that I’m not trans that God made me a boy for a reason so I stop wear girl clothing and other stuff I prayed and I prayed for god to take away me being trans I harmed myself and try to get rid of me being trans and it did nothing I keep on her my mother voices. And I just want it to stop.

Apologies for cross-posting. Please see bottom of post for added links that may help to demonstrate this project's credibility!

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TL;DR: Participate in an online guided writing study to advance free and evidence-based therapeutic tools for trans communities & earn $20 for yourself or a trans/nb NGO.

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Hi there! My name is Lindsey White (they/them) and I am a nonbinary therapist, long time reddit lurker, and 6th year PhD student in Counseling Psychology at UMass Boston. With my colleague Dr. Heidi Levitt we have developed the Transphobia Healing Project! Our team targets translating evidence-based therapy tactics into at-home exercises in order to reach low-resourced communities, or folks who don’t readily have access to affirming therapists.

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We are seeking participants to engage in three 15-minute-long online expressive writing exercises that contain prompts to help guide them as they reflect on a distressing experience related to their gender. Pre and post surveys are used to measure changes in mental health, and a follow-up survey to see if changes sustain after a month.

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Financial Compensation: We are committed to providing direct financial support to trans/nb communities through our research. Participants have 2 payment options: 1) Choose an org that serves trans communities and WE will make a $20 to that org on your behalf (see list of orgs below), or 2) Receive a $20 Amazon gift card via email.

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Here's a snapshot of how the THP will work:

1. 2-minute screening call – verify you meet study criteria & we can answer any of your questions (Criteria: over 18, live in US, gender identity, not currently in crisis)
2. Pre-study survey
3. Writing exercise 1
4. Writing exercise 2
5. Writing exercise 3 + post-study survey
6. 1-month follow-up survey + $20 pay-out in your preferred method

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*Click the link here to get started on the project or to learn more about THP*

https://umassboston.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0v0DbXaVyhSRQjk

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Organizations on our Donation List:

• Trans Lifeline
• Black Trans Femmes in the Arts
• Trans Women of Color Collective
• Transgender Law Center – Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP)
• Transgender Legal, Defense & Education Fund
• Queer Detainee Empowerment Project

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Research Team

• Project Manager: Lindsey White, EdM, MA (they/them) (me!)
• Principal Investigator: Heidi Levitt, PhD (UMB faculty page; Google Scholar profile)
• Research team's webpage - learn more about our team, and view a bibliography of completed projects and recent publications
• UMass Boston IRB: irb@umb.edu (Approval Number: 2013091)
• Project Email: UMBStudySchedule@gmail.com

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A note to our trans & nonbinary community members:

In my experience working with LGBTQIA+ folks in research, I know that many of our community members are understandably on guard against malicious people who harm us and our loved ones This is especially strong in our trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse communities (and, of course, in online spaces). To folks who feel concerned about a post like this, I wanted to say thank you for looking out and wanting to protect our communities. To help put folks at ease, I wanted to provide a few more links that may help to demonstrate a credible online professional presence, and a history of engagement in research in service of LGBTQIA+ communities.

1. This is a study that Dr. Levitt, myself and colleagues have published on challenges some LGBTQIA+ folks have encountered while trying to become parents. It was cited in an amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend foster care non-discrimination.
2. This is THP's "sister study" from our research team, which was developed for people with minority sexual identities.
3. You can see some of our faces in our webpage bios.
4. Finally, if you are more comfortable reaching out to an official "umb.edu" email address, you are welcome to email myself (Lindsey.White001@umb.edu), Dr. Levitt (Heidi.Levit@umb.edu), or the UMass Boston IRB (irb@umb.edu) directly with any questions or concerns.

Confidentiality, Data, & Ethics: The questionnaires you complete and the writing exercises you complete are the data that will be collected for analysis in this study. This data will help us to learn how these exercises function and how helpful they are for experiences of transphobia. Any confidential information you share will be kept confidential within the research team. That is, the information gathered for this project will not be published, shared, or presented in a way that would allow anyone else to identify you. The data collected in this study will be kept in confidence within the limits allowed by law. Psychologists have an obligation to report active threats of harming oneself or others (so please do not participate if you are actively in crisis, but instead we encourage you to call Trans Lifeline 877-565-8860) . No identifying information (e.g., names, addresses) will be recorded on your writing exercises or surveys and if you include identifying information in your writing exercises it will be deleted from our records. Your email address will be known only by the lead investigator of this project and graduate students trained in research ethics and confidentiality who are helping to schedule screening and send email reminders. All identifying records of your identification (e.g., email address) will be destroyed within one year of your completing your participation in this project.