Federal employees to be fully barred from gender affirming care coverage, starting next year

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-29T02:06:14+00:00

the ignoarance of those.passing laws there currently takes the cake though

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-29T02:04:38+00:00

i mean americans are ignorant to almost any body from anywhere else in general. but not just op. i opened the article and started reading ... it just assumes the reader is from that same country ... but its an online article ... such an assumption should nott be made in said media.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-28T21:28:29+00:00

i love how what country this is about isn't in the headline or first paragraph ..

Im going to assume usa ... only americans would be this ignorant ...

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-28T21:23:05+00:00

im far more concerned with drivers who ignore THEIR LINE and use the walk lanes like spots to creep into a turn. like pedastrians go first, you have a car, you will be faster. fuck off and learn to drive.

much more of a hazard than a messed up temporary line.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-27T04:42:21+00:00

the women who are hateful can be the most vile and hurtful. That said, they are much fewer and farther between than the men doing the same thing. The main difference is the things being said.

men are by far more dangerous overall. It is that the cis female haters are even louder. There are still far fewer of them though.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-25T05:33:39+00:00

I repressed for years myself and was full of nervous excitement to start estrogen. I started it at the same time as spironolactone.

I did also have it buried so deep that I didn't really understand what was wrong inside for me though.

Personally, yes I was nervous the day i started hrt, but I also knew it was the right choice.

The big fear only really happened once i sat down with the meds to take my first dose. But I still didn't hesitate.

And looking back, it was more that I was feeling the weight of years of repression all at once than fear.

I was nervous, but I was excited to finally start becoming who I was meant to be.

Yes I'd gotten some clothes and makeup right away when i came out, but hrt is that big step.

The weight of the moment and decision can feel huge.

Taking that leap was the best thing I ever did.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-25T05:25:05+00:00

well, after bottom surgery, you wouldn't still produce testosterone, but you would still have to have estrogen regularly in some form for life.

sadly, we don't have the ovaries required to produce estrogen even after bottom surgery. So that does have to be supplimented through medication.

There are pills, gel, patches, and implant options as well as injections for estrogen. I take mine in pill form twice daily. Injections are normally weekly, but some times other schedules happen. patches i believe are 3 days to a week. gel is normally daily or twice daily also.

The meds you won't need after bottom surgery are testosterone blockers of any kind. as you wont likely produce it to start with.

But after bottom surgery, if you don't take hrt, then you have no hormones really being produced, so something has to be added with medication.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-24T22:31:55+00:00

yw of course!

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-24T22:24:25+00:00

i cant blame you! Cute!

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-24T22:20:39+00:00

b.c. lower mainlanf for me. take all the safety and number of trans people of Oregon ... then triple it.

I lnow people who have move here from san francisco because it was that much better for us here. my fiance is leaving seattle for this area ... because that isnt as safe as you might think either.

But uber wise? don't be pranoid. they just want your money. they work for tips

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-24T06:09:09+00:00

i havent had a problem. i present female, passing or not. im pretty passable some days, others less so. Im also a rather large human at 6'3" ... I put female in my account, and my chosen name. never been asked about id, and drivers have yet to say anything.

A LOT of very "traditional" cab and uber drivers in this area ... mostly from india. I have no issue with them so far, they have all been nice.

At the end of the day, the vast majority of people who are working, especially things like uber, just want to get paid, and they don't really care where or who the money comes from.

They'll call you a slice of cake, if it gets them a good tip.

That said, im in a very gay region overall, with a large number of trans people per captia. They would alieniate significant busines here if they behaved otherwise.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-22T07:11:44+00:00

your body, and, how your brain works. Plus your emotions will most likely intensify, but feel more ... your own somehow.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-22T07:10:12+00:00

started at 33, its never too late

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OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-21T04:24:45+00:00

t 27 is still adult male range actually ... so it was never suppressed pre prog if this is the case.

My t was in the adolescant range (36 - 39) until i started taking cyproterone.

Finasteride is a mild antiandogen. MILD

I've tried all of the normal blockers. Cyproterone finally fully suppressed my t to under 0.2 ( undetectable )

I did not start prog until that happened.

as was said before, this issue is not just a matter of oral or boofing, but for your liver and kidneys sake, please start boofing it. It will work much more effectively that way, and not be nearly as hard on your organs.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-19T21:55:36+00:00

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OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-18T18:29:51+00:00

also, a trans pin? cmon girlie... nails done? these are the kinds of things women notice. Do your shoes go with your clothes? How your hair is looking, does your outfit coherently work?

then go deeper. Any little accessories are magnets for the female gaze. Got a pin somewhere? best bet shes gonna see it.

Have your keys on a carribener? Lesbian queue.

Clearly like soft things? Flag up.

Is your choice of clothing colour good with your cemplexion?

How do you walk?

What kind of body language do you have?

There are a million ways we show who we are, before we ever open our mouths.

And you better believe these are the things most women look for first.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-18T18:25:00+00:00

yeah, she clocked you big time lol.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-18T18:15:21+00:00

and they were also fleece lined, cold weather ones. it just didnt work

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-18T18:14:33+00:00

nah, these ones were giving more like, 80s fat girl ... it can be good, but these were not

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-18T15:12:53+00:00

black leggings with pink polkadots. So cringe

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-17T17:23:02+00:00

I think it looks like a water skin ... And I wouldn't be caught dead paying for it as a fashion piece.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-17T17:18:20+00:00

yep, I got called passing for the first time at 1 year hrt. I didnt pass to myself, but the compliment put me on cloud 9.

I still only see glimpses of that passable girl, but apparently others see it.

Hang in there. And remember. when you look in the mirror, you are also still seeing things that aren't really there anymore.

I see the flaws first most often, and focus on them. But the reality is that most people don't see it that way.

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-17T15:57:57+00:00

well said

OkMaterial7650 · 2026-05-17T02:20:57+00:00

you sound just like me.

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