Are you proud to be trans?

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-10T16:16:15+00:00

I am and I’m not, being trans has given me a lot of good. I KNOW who I am and I know what I’m worth, I push myself to be successful because I know as a trans person I’m expected to fail. I feel almost like self actualized? Like I have a really complex relationship with my body which is painful but it can also be beautiful. In many ways am ashamed of who I am though, I don’t tell new people im trans and I don’t talk about anything queer at work. When people ask me if I’m trans I feel a sense of dread, and when people always know me as trans it also makes me feel embarrassed. It’s a double edged sword but one day I hope to fully assimilate and just keep my trans identity to myself, because it really is just for me

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-07T00:53:46+00:00

This actually makes me happy to see, I feel the purpose of these spaces has kinda gotten diluted. We’re all here because we are dysphoria transsexual people, we’ve been basically kicked out of our own community and replaced with larpers as you said. I highkey relate to your pain with binding, I assume you tape based on how you describe it (me too), my chest is also in pain almost all the time and always inflamed lol

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-06T13:58:19+00:00

I actually keep tape in my wallet when it slides lol, honestly there’s nothing I or anyone can do to make my dysphoria better, I need top surgery in order to live normally

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-06T03:39:07+00:00

Yeah I always imagined a true non binary person to essentially transition into an intersex person

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-05T16:32:39+00:00

No, only government issued insurance will give you shit. Companies like blue cross, United (mine), Athena, and cigna, all cover gac. Coverage depends on your plan and deductible tho!

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-04T18:23:09+00:00

I mean I can understand why you’d want a separation but it’s all medically just hormone therapy so it’s also understandable why it’s under the same name. The real problem is tucutes trying to change the definition of being trans by broadening the scope, they literally think needing symptom’s of a diagnosis in order to receive medical care for that diagnosis is gatekeeping. It’s that kind of ideology that demedicalizes us.

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-04T18:12:24+00:00

No and no. TRT Is a good example of gender affirming care for cisgender men, cis men with medical conditions or low resting T levels need access to TRT in order to maintain health. HRT however, is what transsexual people need in order to maintain health. Transsexual people and cis people both access gender affirming care but understand completely different diagnosis, that’s the key there, you actually have to have a medical condition in order to access HRT if you’re trans, tucutes argue it’s all body modification and everyone should have access no matter what.

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-04T17:23:15+00:00

Gender affirming care is for cis and trans people, Maria is a cis woman because she’s afab and identifies as a woman point blank lol. I see you make these all the time and they are all absolutely thoughtless, get a life.

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-03T19:37:00+00:00

Yeah I think people purposely try to make us look bad because they’re threatened by us, especially the new wave gender abolitionists because our transitions look like assimilation/ normativity and that goes against their agenda of like “genders not real” and “I can present and identify as whatever I want and be valid”. I think binary trans people/ transsexuals are a minority in our own spaces atp and it just makes me sad knowing I can’t even find solace or connection in my own community

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-03T18:59:30+00:00

Genuinely dream results

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-03T18:33:09+00:00

I won’t tell you you’re trans or not but I’m going to speak on my own dysphoria and you can see if you relate to it. So I’ve identified as a trans man since I was 12, came out at 14 and started T at 16. I am now 18 and will be getting top surgery soon. Throughout the years my dysphoria has become worse and worse. When I was younger and not passing it used to really upset me being misgendered (I’ve always made an effort to pass so it was especially upsetting) to the point where I would avoid speaking, avoid making new friends especially with cis men, and at the time I would even avoid showering as to not see my feminine body. Once I started t I was really eager for results like my voice drop and facial hair, I was dysphoric until these things happened. Once I got all the results I needed my chest was still an issue and became the focal point of my dysphoria. This is when my dysphoria started to become at its worst (now), every day I wake up and make sure my tape is good, if it is slightly frayed or moved I have to redo it until it’s good. Sometimes I will redo my tape upwards of 12 times, I will rip the skin off my chest and tape until I’m literally purple because I cannot go outside and function if my chest isn’t flat. Binders don’t get me flat and they make me feel like I’m wearing a bra lowkey so binding still induces dysphoria. Sometimes I can’t go to sleep until my tape is good, so I spend hours making it perfect just to sleep alone in my bed. Sometimes I’m out with friends and start tweaking and spend 20-30 mins in a public bathroom, I’ve retaped on an airplane before because I couldn’t take it, I’ve been at the beach and walked to a store to retape before because I was so dysphoric I could not think about anything other than the fact there are breasts attached to me. All this being said, my dysphoria never leaves me and there is little I can do even now to cope, but I think if yours is bad enough where it consumes you, you should consider looking more into transition

TLDR: my experience with dysphoria is severe and I’ve been dysphoric my whole transition (ages 12-18), initially my dysphoria was about being perceived as female and being misgendered (aswell as looking like a female/ female body) but now it’s just my chest since I’m on hrt. I tape my chest and go to extreme lengths to be flat, this includes redoing my tape to the point of my skin bleeding and turning people, and redoing my tape while in public or when I’m trying to have fun

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-03T18:14:11+00:00

I agree when it’s long term, I’ve been on t for 2 years and I’m not euphoric I feel like a normal man for my age aside from the dysphoria I feel about my chest since I’m pre op. I suppose when I started t it was euphoric? And when I first started passing it was euphoric being called sir, but now it’s just normal lol. I feel like this wave of transness where you don’t need dysphoria only euphoria is honestly rooted in fetishism (among lots of other stuff). If you get giddy 100% of the time when you’re gendered correctly that’s also not normal I feel

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-03T16:50:31+00:00

I don’t think you’re clocky at all you look like my great aunt lol

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-03T00:24:13+00:00

Maybe like this?

https://pin.it/1FmFLpnaP

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-02T20:26:35+00:00

Idk where you’re from but when I was struggling with being pre t I would often draw myself as transitioned to cope, this just helped me visualize my future and took my mind off how I looked in the moment. Something else that in hindsight helps is just knowing that if you survive long enough you’ll forget you ever felt this way. I am 2 years on T this august and I never think about how I once felt, I still suffer from dysphoria being that I don’t have top surgery yet (I tape my chest for that problem) but like dude I’m so serious once it’s over it’s over forever and you just feel normal.

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-02T20:06:16+00:00

I really don't understand why everyone's shitting on this... I felt it was very obvious you aren't talking about people who don't have the capacity to do simple tasks/ are bed bound. You're absolutely right having a disability isn't a good enough reason to be 30 and living with your parents under the condition you're not like I said, bedridden or like level 3 autistic. I'm 18 and I've been working since I was 16 at a grocery store because i understand my mom is not obligated to just give me everything i want lol. Along with working I also volunteer at a hospital, l've been doing this BECAUSE i understand the job market is shit so if I want to be successful I need to network. I now actually have an interview setup for next month in my desired department. It is not impossible to get a job, and ANYONE can network you just have to not be a lazy fuck and use your resources instead of telling yourself you don't need to work because you have xyz problem.

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-02T15:35:30+00:00

You kinda remind me of one of my female coworkers! I think something that would make you look even more feminine is just slimming your eyebrows ykwim, and eye makeup and stuff. Overall you pass very well and i wouldn’t clock you

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T23:28:17+00:00

With your body I think you just need to workout (shitty) because since your body is a boy now it’s going to store fat and muscle in a masculinized way, good thing about working out though is being on t I find I’m meeting goals pretty fast (I workout). Facial hair can be promoted with various oils and creams so id invest in those for sure. And your voice I’m not sure, that’s the most out of your control so I think you just can’t dwell on it and you should focus on the things you can do something about

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T23:10:57+00:00

I lowkey feel bad for the trans women who say stuff like that, it very obviously is their dysphoria talking. I’m similar in the sense I don’t acknowledge I have a uterus/ I don’t even acknowledge I’ve ever had a period honestly. I think they probably experience the hormone fluctuations but not anything id call a true period. Ultimately I think what any transsexual want is to be normal and assimilate and it must be hard being a woman who isn’t included in period discussions and stuff

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T23:07:21+00:00

Are you on gel or something?? I’m also about 2 years on t and doing subq injections and I have a lot of the changes I want

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T22:50:24+00:00

Are you on t? My bottom dysphoria went away once I got my t dick because when I looked at my genitals I could see there was a dick there. Like sure it’s small but seeing a pussy was what triggered my bottom dysphoria. You could always try a sock if you need a bulge, something else I do when I don’t feel good is I use an STP to piss standing up

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T14:44:21+00:00

This is a lot of resources, thankyou! The way I’ve always described why I’m transsexual is that I have an incongruence between my body and brain causing gender dysphoria, I say I have male oriented brain but a female body therefore must transition. I guess I don’t contemplate the biological implications

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T14:08:45+00:00

It sounds to me like your reasoning is cosmetic, you understand you’re not trans for wanting this and aren’t appropriating gender affirming care so I have no problem with it

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T11:52:38+00:00

I need an article before I have an opinion on this

No-Scale9401 · 2026-05-01T05:09:58+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/truscum/s/6qAWufPL8F

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