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   zip (zip@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 20:40:15 JST zip

   Worrying that a cis person might take cross-sex hormones long term by mistake is like worrying that your child will go out and roll in the nettles if you let them in the garden. Sure. Hypothetically they might roll in the nettles. What they’re not very likely to do is go out there and roll in the nettles a second time. Meanwhile trans people are yelling to be let out of the nettle patch while being told that moving around the garden is dangerous and to stay put for our own safety.

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     zip (zip@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 21:00:20 JST zip

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     People seem to think that hormones fundamentally don’t really feel like anything, that they just change your body and nothing else. Nothing is further from the truth.

     Getting on HRT when you’re trans feels like you’ve been wearing shoes two sizes too small for your entire life and you’ve just got a pair that fits. Getting on HRT when you’re not has the opposite effect: instead you’re taking a drug that will cause crushing depression. It’s even on the side effects list!

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     zip (zip@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 23:38:55 JST zip

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     I kind of forgot while saying this that in their mythology we’re embarked upon a sinister project to propel cis kids through transition.

     Obviously fucking not, dickheads. We recoil at the idea of someone being pushed to transition as hard as we recoil at the idea of them being pushed not to. It’s always self-led. How dare you accuse us of the same monstrosity that you are so determinedly perpetrating yourselves.

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     zip (zip@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 23:38:56 JST zip

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     But say I’m wrong. Perhaps there’s folks out there who feel equally comfortable either way. People should still get to choose what happens to their body! Even if they might change their minds! _Especially_ with puberty blockers, which simply delay things.

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