Shitty in the interim for sure, but it’s nice knowing how disruptive it’s getting. I outright tell work places I will not go. I also have brought up the embarrassing but truthful act of needing to look up bathroom laws for places I travel to. A lot of coworkers after meeting me realize just how absurd it’s gotten; and how transphobia affects them even.

I hate having to be the trans representative for so many people, but the fact it’s had a noticeable affect on people’s viewpoints is nice at least.

I have some friends in Florida; one moved there recently in part against his better judgement. He told me I’m welcome to stay with him if I ever were in the area. I had to tell him it’s not only dangerous but outright illegal for me to. I’m not risking a fraud charge for having changed my gender marker.

So yeah. Their loss, and they’re starting to feel it.

Is it how they talk on those apps? Sure.

Is it how a lot of men just talk outright? Yeah, and it’s insane. The messages my partner (cis) and I (trans) have gotten on Instagram even are so out of pocket.

I’ll gladly accept the lack of understanding of boundaries, because it makes the red flags obvious from the start.

I’ll add that it’s very, very nice to see a rational, “respectful” reaction to being told they are trans though. Too many men who jump to invalidating gender and outright transphobia out there. Especially the ones who are only afraid of being seen as gay.

It’s also already happening. Waymo admitted to needing wayyyy more manual interventions than they let on

It’s insane. The documentation is often times half accurate and feels like navigating a minefield of half truths, depreciations and context clues to find the solution to problems.

Ihatethemihatethemihatethem

Only if you have an E5 license! If you have an E3 it’s still compliance and you can trial purview features

I’ll be so honest, the best android emulator is just downloading the Android SDK. You can pull off anyyyyy set up you want.

I love going to Entra (azure), the authentication manager (admin, legacy and Entra), the defender dashboard for DLP, wait no compliance, and then uh, what license do I need for this? It’s a NIGHTMARE navigating their depreciated shit. Absolutely unreal

It’s be totally fine for me. I only take 50mg so it’s about the lowest dose you can be given. Stepping up the estradiol tablets at the 3 month and 6 month mark. I’m predisposed to hypertension so it helped with that and let me worry less about sodium intake. But I’ll probably be moving off of it soon. I actually got a call earlier today and the idea of injections came up

As others have said, you’ll likely land somewhere between 4-6 mg a day. How you space it out will largely be up to you, as I took 6 mg a day; I was taking 2mg 3x a day. Once in the morning, once after work, and once before bed. With 50mg of spiro thrown in. I could probably do without the spiro now to be honest.

My levels were:

2mg a day: 68 pg/ml

4mg a day: 146 pg/ml

6mg a day: 282 pg/ml

I was asked to bump down my dose to 5mg since it was so high at my last test. So I’m taking 5mg a day now.

CE is still used far more frequently than you’d think. I had been phasing it out for retail clients, but one of them had received brand new time clocks that ran CE

Oh hey that was me for over 15 years!

I’m transfem now and happier than I’ve ever been.

With all of that being said, feel things out. Gender isn’t a race to a goal, it’s who you are and what that means for you. It took 3 separate personality crises before working through the fear and anxiety of it all. Even if you’re just cis, what’s important is that you get to be yourself.

In time it thins; but never stops. Body hair is a burden among transfems, but don’t let that be what stops you. Honestly, if you’re considering HRT to such a degree, it’s well worth trying. I can’t describe the mental clarity I experienced within the first week.

I’ve already seen people calling for arms restrictions for anyone undergoing any form of GAC.

Yeah :c

I’m starting a new job and was told that they’ll want a picture of me and a short intro to send company wide. I will throw a fit about that.

The company I’m leaving also wants a short video from me to wish someone well on their retirement. Not going to be happening.

No thank you! Genuinely, I’m here for content and to drop the occasional comment. I come from a time of irc and php. Customization was nice, but I’m not here for it these days.