LGB ErasureThe attitude towards starting HRT is so wrong seeing how serious and permanent changes it leaves.

submitted by INeedSomeTimeAsexual Ally from self.LGBDropTheT

I've been lurking r/butchlesbians and without observing it I'd consider the claims such as "Trans cult is transing gay people" as a crazy conspiracy theory detached from reality. But it's enough to see posts on this sub. Okay, I understand that someone, who identified as butch lesbian discovers they are really a trans guy after a long time of questioning and proper psychiatric screening. But the most concerning thing I've seen is the attitude towards HRT. It is seen basically as sort of cosmetics and some people cheering that "I can't wait for my voice to drop!". Shouldn't an actual trans person cheer they will be finally seen as a man...? I've always seen this choice as a hard decision to do because you have to figure out the ratio of benefits and side effects from HRT.

I barely see this more thoughtful attitude towards something what permanently changes your body and surely messes up with your system (but it is allowed because the benefits are higher for a trans person than hormonal issues) in these places and this is very concerning but maybe it answers the question of why we have a growing number of detransitioners these days. If HRT was presented as just cosmetics then I'm not surprised.

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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Have you seen any of the communities that "microdose" on estrogen? Like some spiritual awakening thing.

There's an article on Women Are Human that's called Transitioning is All the Fashion, it talks about what you're mentioning here. You might find it interesting.

[–]fuck_reddit 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The way HRT is talked about screams medical malpractice to me on its face. The idea that ANY treatment is "completely safe" is patently false. Even the most innocuous treatments can have brutal side effects. What determines their safety is not that there are never side effects, but the relative incidence of side effects (ie. PrEP can cause kidney failure or loss of bone density, but these are extremely rare [according to current studies, as almost any scientific inquiry is subject to revision], therefore the drug has been deemed to be safe overall). I also guarantee many trans people are all on board with the concept of informed consent when it comes to sexual interactions. That's fine. What's extremely hypocritical is that they want to deny informed consent in the medical field to all of society.

[–]LiterallyawomanTERF IRL 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They get an emotional high off of imagining themselves as their perfect self ( “if I was a guy my life would be better, my depression and struggles stem from not being my true self etc.“) and can put off actual inner work and fixing their lives by fantasizing the only thing between them and happiness is transition-much like how dieters fantasize about how perfect life will be at their goal weight-which is why there are so many forums to help guide people post-weight loss through the reality that losing weight didn’t magically make them happy or successful or love themselves.

It’s also why many dieters struggle to maintain weight and will gain without the fantasy they get to build during a weight loss journey. It’s easier to have one single goal and focus on that instead of facing multiple issues in your life. It’s like losing weight and feeling good for a week before it’s your new normal and you realize you are still just you.

I should know I went through it losing weight and while I’m happier being fit I had to accept it didn’t change any other part of life besides my body.

People who aren’t the tiny .6 actual trans will find that out the hard way except with permanent changes and a chemical dependency on a lifetime of steroid and hormone shots they will suffer tenfold from stopping or continuing as opposed to never having experimented to begin with; clits too big and desensitized to orgasm, penises that can’t get hard, the reality that most of them will never “pass” as the gender they want to and the hell that creates- the true Othering they do to themselves when if they addressed their mental health sans surgery they wouldn’t create a whole new trauma to be dealt with...