No one I know has had the same experience as me getting on hrt and honestly it's a damn shame
me, mentally bracing myself for months, if not years of psychological evaluation: "So I think I might be trans?"
doc: "cool cool cool cool"
doc: "so... do you wanna start estrogen today or...?"
This is the blessed post of ungatekeeping. Reblog this to never again have to barter with a medical professional regarding treatment of your mental or physical health.
if you are in the united states, this is a map of every us clinic which practices the informed-consent model of hrt; as you can see, there’s a fair amount, although great plains/basin and range/deep south coverage is lacking. i went to the san diego family health center after discovering that the in-house process covered by my insurance would take a long enough time and involve enough gatekeeping (especially considering my personal approach to gender and transition) that there was no chance of my getting on testosterone through them before i left the country, and the fhc not only got me fully processed and on hrt within a month but gave me an 80% discount. this is to say that even if your insurance doesn’t cover your nearest informed-consent clinic, or you haven’t got insurance, it’s still worth investigating.
Informed Consent is absolutely the way to go if you have the option - even if you have to go some distance to make it happen. I’m more than happy with the course of my transition in terms of response from medical staff and clinicians (if not the actual effects of HRT so far... :-| ). If you’re considering transitioning medically, please, please, please do yourself a favor and check Erin’s Informed Consent map to see if there’s a clinic that does IC HRT in your local area.
Republicans do not understand, nor value, society or community.
yeah
gay because there's a reveal but the reveal is the exact same jorts
Fútbol sobre piezas de lego con bola de bolos. Deporte olímpico ya
this is a fucking bloodsport
do these guys hate feet? is that their problem? do they just hate feet?
to restore balance to the universe, an anti-Quentin Tarantino was born
(shuddering)
Everyone in NYC got a screeching emergency alert telling us not to heat up our food. Yet all the commercial billboards, NYPD stations, and other utterly unnecessary utilities are left powered on. That’s class warfare, plain and simple.
there is a drought, not enough water to drink, yet the wealthy still have ornamental fountains running, full swimming pools, and lush green golf courses
Tom of Finland "Absolut Tom" in Collaboration with Absolut Vodka Fall/Winter 2000
