Let’s say I, a middle aged cis man went to my doctor, wanting gender affirming care, and my doctor wanted to provide - what, if anything, would the treatment/care consist of? Just making sure my testosterone level was up to Hegseth-approved standards?
menopause = hrt.
all for the crime of being born with ovaries and daring to age out of the use of them.
I’ve heard multiple times that using testosterone supplements degrades your body’s ability to make testosterone naturally. So once you start using supplements you always have to use them. Otherwise they sound interesting. Just a few injections and I can type in ALL CAPS whenever I want? Sign me up.
if you already naturally make low T amounts, TEST supplementation wouldnt affect that anyways. its the people who are anabolic steroids, or the rever estrogen. some people will go as far to use Synthetic INSULIN too.
Frankly, as a trans person, I’m not a fan of the term. I didn’t get treatment to “affirm my gender.” I changed my sex. I literally changed my sex. I didn’t get “gender affirming treatment” or whatever the new entry on the euphemism treadmill is we’re supposed to use this year.
My trans kid uses transgender because his body is still female in most ways but he does use T and is a he. I think only when you change genitals that’s changing your sex, right?
I would argue HRT changes your sex.
Courtesy costs nothing so I would call anyone whatever they want, honestly.
Does this mean that the older term term “sex change” is more appropriate?
Frankly I prefer that to the wishy washy language around gender.
Indeed it is. Most money in teenage gender affirming care goes into removing tits from obese boys.
Is this a joke question? Like others have pointed out, gender affirming care is even more popular among cis people than trans.
On an absolute scale sure, because most people are cis. But on a per person scale is it more popular for cis people? This is purely anecdotally speaking, but the only people I personally know who’ve had gender affirming care are trans
I sincerely doubt that. Almost every plastic surgery that’s not a result of a disfiguring accident is gender affirming care. Viagra is gender affirming care. From hair plugs to Corvette is gender affirming care.
This is definitely because a lot of cis ppl don’t even know that what they are doing is gender affirming care.
Getting Viagra is GAC. Cis men don’t love talking about how they got out on Viagra or need T shots or gels.
Women going through menopause and being given HRT to manage the symptoms are getting GAC. They don’t call it that, but that’s what it is.
Your argument is deeply flawed, like people who insist that autism didn’t exist 100 years ago. It definitely did! We just didn’t call it that. Just because you don’t call it that, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
What about Truck Nutz?
That sounds more like gender affirming self care
We call it “hormonal treatment” around here, my mom is doing it.
Sure, a lot of it is exactly the same. Hormone treatments for men with low-T, hair removal or replacement, plastic surgery, etc. We don’t trend to call it gender affirming care in cisgender people, but that’s exactly what it is.
Never heard of viagra, penis enlargement surgery, breast enlargement surgery, lip filler, botox etc?
People take hormones for non-transition reasons too.
yes. from as small as hair transplants to blue chews. heck even the mil will give low t soldiers shots.
Well, yeah. I’m a cis woman who takes oestrogen because they removed my ovaries; I do so for gendered reasons, there’s a reason why I don’t take testosterone instead which would be an equally valid way of replacing my missing hormones from a physiological perspective. I also shave my face for gendered reasons, because people are a lot more judgemental about women having facial hair than men. Cis men who are born with penises but lose them get phalloplasty. And so on.
I have a testosterone gel I apply daily and get regular blood tests to monitor my hormones.
Gave me chest hair, thicker facial hair, and decent erections.
I thought those gels were a scam. Do you apply it where you want (more) hair growth?
I’m sure the internet is full of scam gels. In the US, I’m pretty sure you need a doctor’s prescription for the real thing.
Just a heads up so you’re sure you’re both talking about the same thing here.
Possibly, my impression is 100% based on internet advertising and what I’ve seen for sale at US gas stations. I’m thankful I don’t need it, I just wasn’t aware that non-scam versions of creams like that existed.
I rub it into my underarms where the skin is thinnest. It just increases your T levels so more body hair starts growing, it’s not like rogain.
It definitely works, I go into a 3rd party lab for a blood test every three months so I can see exactly where my hormone levels are at, they also test liver, blood numbers, and look for any cancer signifiers.
These was perscribed to me by one of those online telehealth deals, they also do boner pills and hair loss stuff.
Glad it works for you. Remote tele health is an actual doctor, right? As in, all the credentials, just not in-person appointment? That makes it immediately more legit than the banner ads I saw on shad6 websites eons ago…
Yeah it’s a real doctor, but it’s definitely a bit of a pillmill. They’re very eager to give you whatever you want.
For men: hair plugs, Rogaine, testosterone replacement therapy, those compression vests Inget advertised on YouTube.
For women: botox, breast enlargement, Brazilian butt lift, laser hair removal, hormone replacement therapy,
That’s a shirt list off the top of my head.
Men can also need a mastectomy if they start developing breasts due to some medical condition or hormodal issues. Something called gynecomastia .
This one is very common is cis-het men. Know people in Trump country that have had it done.
Penis enlargement, testicular implants, implants to look more muscular
You have low testosterone. You lose your penis and/or balls or damage them.
Gynecomastia surgery seems like it’d fit the category.
