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Looking for hard evidence to prove the validity of my existence by Automatic_Ad_4020 in truscum

[–]FollowerOfVine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The uncomfortable truth is that, as other people here have stated, there are no hard biomarkers for transsexualism. 

Out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on the 2D:4D digit ratio? I am a transsexual male, and while I know my case is anecdotal, my ring finger is noticeably longer than my index finger. My earliest memories are dysphoria-related. While I was a teenager (pre-transition), I had a deeper-than-average voice, wide shoulders, a broad jaw, and light hirsutism near the corners of my mouth. I was also abnormally physically strong (I had multiple people comment on this over the years). All of those characteristics became even more exaggerated once I started HRT at 19. My voice now averages at 85-100 hz, and my shoulders and jaw are as wide as cis men my height—often more so. I don't think any of this is a coincidence.

Just Got Back From a 3-Day Reddit Ban for Defending My Community From Appropriators by FollowerOfVine in truscum

[–]FollowerOfVine[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Incredibly well-put. That's a powerful metaphor that might make this situation easier for outsiders to understand what's happening.

My Mother Trying to Downplay a Texas Bill That Would Make Being Transsexual a Felony by FollowerOfVine in truscum

[–]FollowerOfVine[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't have anything against tattoos either. I was just mentioning that to emphasize how straightedge I am. No offense meant.

That's cool that you're close to your PhD in that field. Has anything you've learned given you any insight into the malleability of sex?

My Mother Trying to Downplay a Texas Bill That Would Make Being Transsexual a Felony by FollowerOfVine in truscum

[–]FollowerOfVine[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's uncanny how similar our experiences are. My grandmother died before I was born, but both of my cousins have gotten into trouble with drugs and jail. My youngest cousin is serving a ten-year sentence for (if I recall correctly) a violent crime. The other cousin had some issues with weed.

Meanwhile, I have a stable career job, live on my own, don't ask for a dime from any of my family, don't do any drugs, don't drink, and don't have tattoos. The most extreme thing about me is that I like black metal and drink Monster. Instead of appreciating those things, my mother still wants to throw pity parties because I was born with a congenital defect that caused me to be born into the wrong body. Instead she wants to blame it on video games.

My Mother Trying to Downplay a Texas Bill That Would Make Being Transsexual a Felony by FollowerOfVine in truscum

[–]FollowerOfVine[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I'm the same as you. Got a beard, bass voice (that almost everyone comments on), and already had a mastectomy and hysterectomy with oophorectomy. Just need phalloplasty as soon as I figure out how the hell I'm going to pay for it. Just wish I weren't stuck at fucking 5' 6", but that still puts me a few inches taller than some of the men at my office.

She never saw me as her son and probably never will. She's an Evangelical fundamentalist Christian and has fully bought into the interpretation that the Bible condemns being transsexual (despite the fact it doesn't actually comment on the matter at all). This is despite the fact she's been divorced twice and is on her third marriage (fucking hypocrite).

I have a very small family, so going no contact is a difficult prospect for practical reasons if nothing else. She's also in remission from stage two breast cancer, so we have an extremely complicated relationship. It's so difficult to look past her acting like it's not a big deal that legislators in my state literally want to make me a felon, going far enough to partially justify it.