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- The Gender Dysphoria Bible // In depth explanation of the different types of gender dysphoria.
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- Trans Resistance Network // A US-based mutual aid organization to help trans people facing state violence and legal discrimination.
- TLDEF's Trans Health Project // Advice about insurance claims for gender affirming healthcare and procedures.
- TransLifeLine's ID change Library // A comprehensive guide to changing your name on any US legal document.
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- The Trevor Project // Web chat, phone call, and text message LGBTQ+ support hotline.
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seems like you know a lot about this.
I'm personally sitting somewhere in the 400-500pg/ml range as its where my energy is the highest. I'm doing monotherapy indefinitely.
would you suggest i try to prioritize surgery so i can reduce my levels?
Really im just curious what time frame a "temporary monotherapy" counts as.
yes, I highly recommend an orchiectomy from a skillful surgeon, ideally someone that also performs vaginoplasties (so they are more likely to know how to preserve options for a future vaginoplasty if that becomes a possibility and desire later).
The temporary timeline was at most a year, since in the U.S. insurance requires a minimum of 1 year on supervised HRT before allowing any trans gender-affirming surgeries.
Anecdotally, I never found monotherapy as stable for my mood as having more normal estrogen levels post-op, but most of the stability just came from my body no longer occasionally producing testosterone levels I didn't tolerate well. (High estrogen definitely made me more emotional, but in some ways I enjoyed how it felt - once my life calms down enough, I plan to incorporate occasionally more frequent or higher doses to simulate a monthly cycle.)
Simulating a monthly cycle sounds kinda fun. I hope I can do that in the future too!
Still just a baby trans girl tho. I'm amazed at how big of a difference a little estrogen has done for me.
I'll look into orchie, I don't think i want a vagina but idk maybe its worth keeping the option.
Thanks!