Hello! I keep a comprehensive list of resources on DIY here: https://lem.lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/19393848

This includes guides on HRT that describe dosages for gel with and without a blocker. Since you only have gel there are some things to know. Gel may or may not be sufficient to block testosterone and you will need a higher dosage than normal. You might have to apply the gel to your scrotum to get more out of the gel, but this can give you a big spike in E which can be uncomfortable for some. Your gel might be an ideal strength for this usage actually.

I urge you to read this guide at the very least: https://diyhrt.info/ and then read these articles:

• Scrotal application: https://transfemscience.org/articles/genital-e2-application/
• Nice table for dosage, you will want high to very high to suppress T with no blocker : https://transfemscience.org/articles/e2-equivalent-doses/

Some tips for gel:

• Dont get gel on other people or animals. Especially not on children or animals.
• Wash the area you apply to beforehand.

Edit: As someone mentioned you have a rather limited supply, so while this is a neat little test it will only achieve so much. In any case, this is a great opportunity to read up on and experience HRT. After reading about what specifically HRT does I was fairly certain it was for me, but to finally remove all doubt I realized I needed to try it, so thats what I did. I can say in my case I did not regret it. However you end up feeling about HRT I wish you the best of luck :3

We will be here if you need any assistance or support <3

I’m happy for you!

Please read up on HRT so that you have an understanding of what you should be prescribed and how much. It’s good to be informed. Also, if you ever feel like the wait time for HRT is too long then know that we’ve got you.

Oh I know exactly what songs you are referring to! It’s

There is widespread malpractice against us in other forms for sure, like too high blocker dosages, too low E doses (just general incompetence), gatekeeping HRT in the first place, different kinds of conversion practices like purposefully long wait times for diagnosis, etc.

But yeah, this in particular is not malpractice but lack of research. This isn’t standard and there’s no research to suggest this would be safe and effective and so I doubt any doctor could prescribe a cyclical regime. That’s not to say it isn’t true that it is safe and effective, but they can’t know and so therefore it’s just not in line with how they operate.

I do wish there was more research on effective medical transition, but we’re a small market in a patriarchal and capitalist world

That is correct

That only works if you are also blocking testosterone in some way as the lows won’t be enough for the E to suppress T on its own

I’ve suspected the same for a while. Whenever I’ve had a dip due to changing the form of HRT I would notice a lil growth spurt, but I suspect I’m too far into using HRT now for it to matter much for me. I would love to simulate a cycle but it’s simply not feasible as I’m currently using patches.

Before I was on DIY injections and then a cycle wasn’t very feasible either as I needed a high dose to suppress T. I could’ve had highs and lows by going very high I suppose

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Dunno. Perchance

There are garments that holds everything properly if it’s of proper shape and size for you, and there’s underwear and bikinis designed specifically for trans people / femboys / drag queens etc.

Some might need tucking, some will hold stuff even without. Latex underwear that is a size smaller can help hold things in place, and you can wear it underneath other underwear or garments.

I personally use boyshorts but I have panties as well, and I have a swimming dress that I really like. They’re all really designed for cis people but they fit me just fine. My cheaper medium sized boyshorts however do usually lose their shape after I wear it for a bit and it stops holding things well. My shapewear that compresses my waist and is like a pantie in the crotch fits really well.

There’s a sort of societal pressure to present as your gender when you’re trans simply because it’s safer and the alternative is often being misgendered and marginalized. it’s also really scary to change presentation early on so early in the transition is when you’ll see many sort of “overcorrect” and go overly femme or masc, but many are perfectly happy to be gender non-conforming, and many try less hard as they get more comfortable with themselves.

There’s also the growing trend of femboys or guys that present more feminine, and I see guys painting their nails more than before these days.

I think a celebrity making a gesture or doing something symbolically is really cool, but at the end of the day the real signs of a cultural shift is what regular people are doing casually, and to me it feels like there’s something shifting, even if it’s slow going and there’s pushback.

PS the trans dress thing sounds sort of accidentally transphobic, but looking at your profile I don’t think that was intentional and is just an issue of phrasing.

Let me make this clear. A lot of you are missing the point.

If you support trans rights and you support someones identity, but you maybe don’t support a trans billionaire as mentioned by one commenter, then that’s but “I support trans people, but”. That’s just supporting trans people.

If your support for someones identity or rights is conditional then that would be the problem. Phrases like the one in the comic is often made when saying something controversial and invalidating, like only supporting some trans people or thinking it’s okay to misgender certain trans people.

Traffic cone tits is pretty common 😭 but you’re early in your hormonal transition so I can tell you they will fill out more, especially if you put on a bit of weight, so remember to eat properly!

That’s true! I meant more as an example of a community that because of its nature has to ban more than other communities!

Also it occurs to me that I have no idea if rimu is looking at instance bans, community bans, or all bans. Instance bans will typically also include community bans which can inflate the numbers if all bans are counted in the data

Edit: in fact it’s all weird. if you instance ban someone early before they can participate much they technically get very few community bans, whereas if you ban someone who has participated a lot they’ll get lots of community bans as well (when you are instance banned you get banned from all communities you’ve participated in on that instance). an instance that is more trigger happy will have fewer community bans than an instance that is slow to instance ban

Edit 2: And then there’s temporary bans! I dunno if those have been counted

Yeah from memory most of our instance bans are gatekeeping and transphobia (and spam) which are the things we are the strictest on. We also notice that many transphobes are also bigoted or inflammatory in other ways as well, which makes sense as you wouldn’t notice someone with bigoted views unless they were very willing to voice those views.

I don’t think this is terribly meaningful. Do you take into account unmoderated communities? Some communities and mods are also more ban happy than others, so one instance can have communities that very rarely ban and ones that ban a lot, and how big those communities are will also vary.

A more meaningful analysis would try to measure the impact of ban-happy communities by adjusting for their size/activity or would compare individual communities.

Edit: Some communities or mods also get harassed a lot and therefore need to be more ban happy (like womens stuff), but I don’t think accounting for that would be within the scope of what you’re looking at, but it’s worth being aware of.

mystic mushroom is not a dude! Ze uses ze/zir pronouns

Poster is not a guy!

Much like WPATH and other serious organizations blåhaj firmly supports HRT for minors. All current research suggests that for those that need it it is everything from good to life saving.

In many cases people cannot safely pursue HRT with the aid of a doctor, or the care that they receive does not follow proper guidelines. We often receive doses that are simply too low or even too high at times when it comes to certain blockers. Given that puberty is permanent and can cause trauma and harm, and given that HRT is life saving, we fully support DIY.

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There is plenty of sfw furry art? In fact there’s an example here in this post