a lot of the time its just wanting to feel like you were born in the right body, on a very personal level. I’m very comfortable in my body and still feel like I’m missing a piece of what I shouldve been, even if that piece is suffering through periods. its hard to explain with words that feeling
so while I am glad I don’t have to deal with the pain, a part of me still wishes I had to experience it
for me I think I would trade exogenous hormones for endogenous hormones (i.e. having functioning ovaries) even if it meant having a period just for safety and stability reasons - the fact that my sex hormones can be taken away or withheld from me is an awful reality, esp. knowing that in prisons they are often withheld or not administered in the right doses or route of administration
a lot of the time its just wanting to feel like you were born in the right body, on a very personal level. I’m very comfortable in my body and still feel like I’m missing a piece of what I shouldve been, even if that piece is suffering through periods. its hard to explain with words that feeling
so while I am glad I don’t have to deal with the pain, a part of me still wishes I had to experience it
for me I think I would trade exogenous hormones for endogenous hormones (i.e. having functioning ovaries) even if it meant having a period just for safety and stability reasons - the fact that my sex hormones can be taken away or withheld from me is an awful reality, esp. knowing that in prisons they are often withheld or not administered in the right doses or route of administration