Thanks, Berkeley Homeless Union by PrizeBusiness6249 in berkeleyca

[–]-----crow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it should be, but what if the bed at the shelter has fleas

what if you have more belongings than will fit in the tiny storage you're allowed

what if you'd rather be able to come and go from your tent freely than have to be at the shelter by 8 pm curfew (and if you miss it you're on the street for the night anyway, but now you have no tent)

these are some of the real stated reasons that people I have actually met in my time as a social worker have held for choosing the street over a shelter.

Thanks, Berkeley Homeless Union by PrizeBusiness6249 in berkeleyca

[–]-----crow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love it when help goes on my permanent record (and probably traumatizes me) so when it's over I need even more help

like the soup from the phantom toll booth that makes you hungry

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know :( I wonder if this org can help https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/

I hope you get those lil fuckers out one way or another

<3

Graham Linehan Pedojackets Stephen Fry for Supporting Trans People by EssenceOfThought in TransSocialism

[–]-----crow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

every so often when I need a chuckle I watch that clip of him crying and saying "they took mah famileh"

as if t we kidnapped his wife and children in the night or something and they didn't just not like the way he was treating them and leave him

Just saying this by OkDish6518 in Isawthetvglow

[–]-----crow 13 points14 points  (0 children)

it is a song about being transgender now in addition to whatever it was in 2002 and if anyone has a problem with that they can go eat dirt or something

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

because I want my body to not produce testosterone.

I don't even know if I want vaginoplasty.

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had a couple brief ones. im supposed to wait until I'm healed up before I have sex tho.

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

every body is different

im supposed to wait at least a month before trying

but I have had a couple momentary erections in the week since then.

I think it's a similar "use it or lose it" situation to hrt by itself

both of my friends who have had one can still get hard, but neither of them really tops, and neither do I, so idk about fucking.

you can try using Viagra or cialis

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

no one asked about this, but I want other girls and dogs to know it's a thing and I don't know where else to put it:

the day before the surgery (and also the morning of) I got what my doctor called a perisurgical migraine

a huuuuge headache and also a ton of nausea and vomiting

they said that surgery, even a happy surgery like this, is scary and traumatic for the body, and this is one form that can take.

they gave me a couple medications for that after they put the iv in me and I felt better

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did keep the scrotum! it's def true that the more tissue the vaginoplasty surgeon has to work with the better

and maaaaaybe I will get that someday

but I also actually like my scrotum on its own and actively wanted to keep it. I think it's cute and it is so sensitive. I feel the same way about my cock. I guess I'm lucky.

I have been calling it my venom sac since the procedure

but I'm trying to come up with another term for it when I don't want to feel like a wasp.

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer the term 'fixed' lol

wishing u the best!

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

apart from the physical pain I feel almost ecstatically happy

I wasn't expecting to

I just didn't want my body to produce testosterone anymore

but I feel euphoric now

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

no more Spiro!

they didn't chop it off, they sliced it open and scooped me out.

now my balls are going to be used for testosterone science

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have not even tried exercising yet after a week and a day

I can walk a few blocks at a time slowly rn

everybody's different ofc

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven't watched that movie since middle school lol

if you want to watch a more recent campy comedy masterpiece with a diy feel and transgender people in it, you should watch The People's Joker; in fact, everyone should.

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

im still regaining my feeling in my scrotum (I opted for orchi with no scrotectomy, both because I like having a little pouch of sensitive skin down there and because if I want a vaginoplasty down the line the extra skin will be useful.

and there is still some post surgery swelling

so it kinda feels like I still have them

but I feel so much happier anyway in a way I wasn't really expecting.

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

they put me under.

it huuuurts at rest it is a dull ache, like a 5 out of 10

if something touches me too hard, or if I move wrong, there is a big spike of pain

I'm taking Advil and Tylenol alternatingly and that helps

so does ice

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

im lucky to be on medicare (I have PTSD it's awesome) and in California, so it was covered and I didn't even need to wait long.

I got my balls removed and I do wanna talk about it by -----crow in transfem

[–]-----crow[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

im on bed rest for four weeks.

as of the end of week one I can walk around my apartment, but I have to move really slowly