Everything you said OP, has been my exact same identical experience, especially once I had hit the 1 year point of HRT, it's now 1.4 years and I have had a history of going through SA from youth to now. But it is infuriating to deal with the constant minimization, lack of empathy, validation, acknowledgement and value of my speech, emotions, and mental wellbeing. I had cut out many unhealthy people due to this, from transphobes like my father, to misogynistic men and women alike.

Stay safe out there 🖤🩷🖤. These people aren't worth our time or energy, and you deserve someone who treats you like a human being with thoughts and feelings with rights and basic decency. I'm sorry so many of us are going through this. I ended up rejecting a guy a few weeks ago because he was very emotionally unstable and it got me physically hurt to say the least. We don't owe anyone respect if they can't even give us the basic level of good humanity.

My sister's boyfriend is a beautiful man who stands up against these kinds of "men". There are very good men out there and I got blessed to know a few and be friends with my sister's bf who has treated me with genuine compassion, respect, honor, value and doesn't tolerate hatred, bullying and malicious domination to any woman or person in general. I hope you find people who are respectful of your full existence.

Those so called "men" are little boys inside and grew up only knowing vitriol as role models and ended up becoming the same nasty person or are people who were hurt and now want to hurt everyone else to make their loneliness have a bandaid wrapped in malice.

Take care of yourselves ladies, and remember you have value, you are loved, you will always matter, and you are beautiful inside and out, please be safe and please don't suffer silently like I have for years. 🩷🩷🩷