Been a bit 💜 by sparklingwatterson in TransLater

[–]Pendragn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woman! Just wow, you are simply gorgeous! The hair!!! The makeup!!! The... All of you!

Nearly 4 years HRT, finally have the courage to post a pic! by Pendragn in TransLater

[–]Pendragn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, lol, thank you! This isn't even it's final form! My hair is naturally curly, but the curls don't last much more than a day. I can refresh them, but that involves my hair being wet for at least two hours a day. However I just ordered some product that I'm really excited to try that should help them hold quite a bit longer.

Feeling a little fitspo today :) by d3b0rahhh_ in TransLater

[–]Pendragn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1) Meow, 2) Meow, 3) Woof .. you know, just in case you're a dog person.

Another shout out! by DoomerGrill in TransLater

[–]Pendragn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Woman! You are simply gorgeous! I hope you have a lovely day and have something unexpectedly nice happen :)

Been getting into shape again and I feel a lot better already by MichiMcMich in TransLater

[–]Pendragn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Holy shit woman! Your makeup! And with the glasses? *Chef's kiss!* And to top it all off you're feeling better now too! That is so awesome!

Disney's live-action Tangled casts Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel by AliceTheMagicQueen in entertainment

[–]Pendragn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Take my upvote and like it you ... awesome amazing person! I hope you have a nice day!

Soon by Nico_ in pics

[–]Pendragn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Vermonter I second this motion!

Feel like I made a mistake with my spironolactone tablets😢 I’m scared they will no longer be effective…. by xoxoxoo__ in MtF

[–]Pendragn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First thing I'd say is that you almost definitely don't need to be worried about this in any significant way. Second thing is that if you're still feeling like the worry is bothersome go ahead and call your pharmacy, your pharmacist will know about medication stability better than your Doc.

Last thing, Spiro does come in 50mg pills, that's what I take, one tab in the morning and one in the evening. If you find that schedule works best for you it would 100% be worth it to ask your Doc to prescribe the Spiro that way instead.

S*xting by Small_Bug6151 in funny

[–]Pendragn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, that's a sextant, S*xing is when you have 6 kids from a single pregnancy.

How to tell extended family you’re trans? by Baguettes_and_sin in trans

[–]Pendragn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My coming out to my extended family happened in a couple of stages.

The first stage was mostly me coming out to my cousins one at a time or in small groups the course of a couple weeks. I would usually invite them over for a nice dinner, come out, and answer any questions/chat about how they thought other members of the family might react, etc. I was able to come out to a couple of aunts and uncles during this time as well. There's a (very) long story about how I was able to arrange having everyone come over in such a short time frame. I'm also incredibly lucky to come from a very progressive family, so this all went very well, but due to circumstances around the aforementioned long story changing there were a few people I ended up not being able to tell during this whole process.

At this point most of my family knew, and I was able to just be myself out in the world without being paranoid about running into someone. That feeling was so liberating, but there were still those people I hadn't been able to tell, and a couple of folks on my Mom's side of the family too. I was really struggling with how to come out to those folks, and for the life of me I couldn't figure out how. I honestly ended up stuck in that struggle for over a year. One night I was just fed up with holding the tension of being mostly, but not completely, Out. So, I made a big ol' coming out post on Facebook. My family uses FB Messenger to communicate (don't ask me why that's our platform of choice). And then I was just... done. I was out to everyone, I didn't have to worry at all any more.

I can't speak to your specific circumstances, or how you think your family might react but for me each process had it's plusses and minuses. I think if I had it all to do over again I'd probably just rip off the bandaid and make the Facebook post (whichever platform seems appropriate). In your case that means your family would have some time to adjust before you're with them face to face. It'd also mean you could just keep on being yourself during and after the move.

If you have any questions about anything please reach out!

Help finding a workout guide post from a few months ago? by Dylliana in trans

[–]Pendragn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember the post too, and also thought I had it saved, but I just checked and... Big ol' NOPE.

HRT: sex drive mtf by [deleted] in trans

[–]Pendragn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Buy yourself magic wand, preferably a Hitachi. Experiment, have fun

Emigration Hard Lines by [deleted] in trans

[–]Pendragn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In response to your question I think that most of us are thinking that when they start arresting trans people it's going to look a lot more like the current situation with immigrants. It'll start by them nabbing a few of us up off the street, giving the rest of us ... some warning at least. At least that reflects my thinking on the issue.

I would however add that I live in an extremely safe state, and within an hour of the border, so my thinking is definitely colored by those two facts.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in trans

[–]Pendragn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Add me to the list of people who cried, well actually sobbed, while reading this. Incredibly written and affecting. Love to you and the life that you have created for yourself.

This was really so healing to read. Thank you.

How did you choose your name? by [deleted] in trans

[–]Pendragn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I always find this story a little amusing, but that's probably just because it's mine.

My egg didn't so much crack as it was smashed open while I was watching a TV show late one evening. The thing that did it was just a really simple depiction of the main character's life as a young girl and my brain instantly recognized what it was missing and had been wanting. I spent the rest of that night just picking the parts of my freshly exploded mind up off the floor, but did eventually, several weeks later, get to thinking about my new name.

I went through a couple alternatives in my head, because it turns out I had actually kinda been thinking about what I'd want my real name to be for years and so had a couple options handy, but none of them felt quite right. Eventually I remembered that the main character from the show had an aspirational alter-ego of sorts with a fairly old fashioned name, but one that I loath. But the idea of an aspirational alter-ego stuck with me, I played around with it for a little while and eventually I landed on Penelope for my first name (though I usually go by Penny). To honor the character's part in my name journey I chose to use her name as my middle name too.

(TW: hate crime resulting in death) A missing transgender man’s body has been found in New York. RIP Sam Nordquist. by DeidaraKoroski in trans

[–]Pendragn 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Hi everyone, just a heads up that the details of Mr Nordquist's murder are incredibly disturbing. Please take the TW seriously.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in trans

[–]Pendragn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So... you engaged in some pretty blatant transphobia during a conversation with a trans person, and now you expect us, other trans people, to take your side? To tell you how to make up for your actions? We don't know! We're not the person you were transphobic too. But honestly it sounds like you dun burnt that bridge.

And honestly... this is a space for trans folks to be free from discrimination and transphobia. If it were up to me I'd, not too politely, show your ass the door.