I’m curious, how much of a danger is it in terms of health for someone to have lower than normal or no hormones at all.
I was wondering that because I was looking things up and I recently came across a thread on r/Asktransgender where the OP said if they didn’t have hormones they would physically die in a year and several other people said similar things. Is this true? I’m not an expert in medicine but it seems like misinformation to me. I know Osteoporosis is a long term risk.
I also know that personally that I have not taken Testosterone (or Estrogen) in 15 years, and I’m mostly fine. These people said it was fatal to not take it for a year or two.
What are your thoughts on what they said? Does this sound plausible or does it sound like misinformation or exaggeration?
I never thought I’d read about some rumored distant, lost, ancient trans wisdom like it’s some Indiana Jones archeological adventure, and I’m here as an ally to help you kids find it.
Here’s some light reading to get you started if you’re serious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhannath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgynos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faʻafafine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Māhū
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00438240500404375
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15532739.2016.1250239
https://web.archive.org/web/20150513044527/http://nativeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Two-Spirits-Nadleeh-and-Navajo-LGBTQ2-Gaze.pdf
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/symposium.html
https://search.worldcat.org/title/20091288
https://www.jta.org/jewniverse/2015/the-6-genders-of-the-talmud
Best not to appropriate other culture’s practices or terms though.
I agree about appropriating by directly ripping them off. You’ll never do it right without the cultural context and it will come off as a bland and soulless mockery.
But learning from many and fusing those ideas together? That’s the ticket.