#fuck pcos man

[voidimp]

really not loving this trend lately of acting like shaving makes you a disgrace to the whole fucking queer community

like we really went from "not shaving is totally fine and good, body hair is completely natural & not gross" (correct) to "shaving is disgusting and unnatural, why would you do that to you body" (hmmm sounds kinda familiar) & even "its literally impossible to have dysphoria or sensory issues due to body hair/want to shave for any reason other than to appeal to patriarchal beauty standards & anyone who says they do is lying" (real, actual things i have seen people say, what in the god damn)

you can shave your face you can shave your head but as soon as its below the neck suddenly shaving is some sort of unforgivable crime. god forbid someone doesnt like the way it feels when their clothes rub against every little fucking hair. god forbid they dont like how it holds in sweat. god forbid they dont like how it holds in heat. god forbid they dont fucking like how it looks on them.

like. is the word "choice" not in peoples fucking vocabulary or something

[schizowitchic]

also like i partially found out i might be intersex because i was looking at trans stuff and there was like "(however many) months on t and finally seeing some bottom growth" and like pictures of t-dicks and i was like.... um.... that's kind of just what my clit looks like anyways. so i was like "hey google give me a quick rundown on this" and learned what clitoromegaly was and then i was like. hm. intersex resources. and it's like a sign? symptom? side-effect? of certain intersex conditions

[icedteaffee]

I feel like i still have my trans boy personality… while simultaneously wanting to live in a barbie world. do you feel me bro?

[smilepaint]

hey guys! a few weeks ago i got to help organise and host something really cool and important - a transmasc specific menstruation education episode! as far as i know this may be one of the only things out there like this, so i wanted to share it here. some of the information is specific to where i live in aotearoa new zealand (and its made for students of my university) but most is broadly applicable. i think this will be especially helpful for folks either considering going on T or early in the process, but apparently even my mom learned some things from it. give it a watch!

[shittilydrawnshittilycolored]

Something very poetic about me getting my most painful, unbearable period during election week. Doomscrolling while pain shoots down my legs and I’m covered in my own blood.

[sunnywalnut]

Family: no you can't go on T

Therapist: no you can't go on T

Gov: no you can't go on T

My body: well fuck you then *makes my own*

[supercantaloupe]

truly detest how pcos tags/forums/etc are absolutely crawling with terfs

[tetriminas]

I think. the timing of me starting to get vocal about fatphobia as well as genuinely pissed off about it while subsequently finding out I almost definitely have PCOS is. just too on the nose man lmfao

[bootyful-seventeen]

Sometimes I wish I was a man just to avoid dealing with a vagina cuz they’re annoying as hell

[riverofrainbows]

Need some affirmations so: in 27 days i will be able to go on testosterone and i will become super hot and finally stop looking like a prepubescent teenager and my voice will go deeper and my vocal cords will not only thicken but also get longer and i will have fat redistribution and my face will get beautiful and i will have an easier time building muscle and my disability will get easier to manage with that and my shoulders will get broader and my boobs will deflate even more, and my hips will get smaller and i will not put so much weight on on my belly and won't look as pregnant anymore when I'm bloated and gaining weight, and my arms will get bigger, and my face will get gorgeous and how it was always supposed to look, and my skin won't be as dry anymore, and i will recognise myself in the mirror and i will become drop dead gorgeous because i finally look like a man, and I won't have people treat me like a minor anymore, and i will feel more connected to my body, and my dick will grow and i will feel much more comfortable, and once i pass and can be somewhat stealth in public women won't feel so possessive over me and what i want and need anymore and that i should feel comfortable with whatever they feel comfortable because we're both women, and i will like my own voice and i will sing so beautiful and it will finally feel natural when i sing and maybe i won't have so much trouble finding the right pitch anymore, and my ribcage won't be as small and round and i will grow more hair on my body again, and I won't have to lie about my identity and pretend I'm a woman anymore, and i will just be me, and i will meet people who didn't know me before and who won't know my deadname and who will always call me by my name, i will become known under my name,

[vamptastic]

its like so fucked to me that PCOS is almost always diagnosed in middle aged women bc of fertility issues unless the person in question has a very obvious and severe case or lobbies their doctor at length about it. this would not be so upsetting to me if PCOS didn't massively increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a way that is largely preventable! or if PCOS didn't make it damn near impossible to lose weight, meaning many people have their symptoms dismissed be it for other health problems or PCOS symptoms themselves over something they have next to no control over.

[du-hjarta-skulblaka]

Shout out to the folks at work the other day that enabled/encouraged me to go on a lil infodump about being transgender and who had genuine questions and listened to my answers. Obviously it's not something queer folks should be expected to do but I love being a point of information for people! I love talking about my experiences and my understandings of philosophies that intersect with that and I think alot of cishet people are maybe uncomfortable asking blunt questions? But so long as they're posed in good faith and with willingness to think about the response, I enjoy answering those weirdly specific things. How else to we dispel the willful ignorance that places of power want to foster towards us? I refuse to he a scapegoat and am deeply grateful to the people that are receptive to experiences outside their own

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

I should be able to get a hysterectomy if I want one. Like I’m 23yrs old, I have endometriosis and pcos, I’ve been begging for a hysterectomy since I was 16 and I should be able to get one without some fucking doctor saying I need to have kids first

And I can’t even get the only fucking medication that helps because doctors are so fucking transphobic around here. like instead of testosterone, which has been proven to help me several times, the only medication they’ll approve is the fucking depo shot which makes me bleed nonstop and does nothing to help any of my symptoms

[hobisexually]

long winded rant in the tags coming that’s partly about weight but in a very unfiltered sad way so if that triggers you do Not read on

[kkujo]

also idk i feel so fucking good abt myself idk genuinely being consistent with my gym routine has done everything for my mental health and confidence like i still feel bad abt myself sometimes but for the first time since i was probably 9 i'm having days where i look in the mirror and thinking DAMN i look good and those days are getting more frequent it's really the best feeling

[awesome-cookies-and-cream]

So I might have pcos